Seriously, that's the name of their next revision. Apparently "Mango" was taken already...
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Would it be stupid to buy iPhone 5 if I already have 3 iOS devices?
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Seriously, that's the name of their next revision. Apparently "Mango" was taken already...
Wow... I thought it was gingerbread? I don't know, I got off Android when my crappy Droid X broke in June, and just switched to an iPhone.
Not like Google gives a **** about being quick to update and fix their OS. When I had my Droid X, I was waiting for Gingerbread for like 5 months. Naming it Ice Cream sandwhich is a joke.. "Hey, nice Droid! What's it running?" "Oh, that's Ice Cream Sandwhich!" ....................
Google can only update Nexus phones. All other phones have to be updated by the manufacturer.
IMHO, I don't see an iPhone 4 -> iPhone 5 upgrade as compelling as each of the first four. Here's why, the first one was well, the first one, the iPhone 3G added 3G, which was enough reason to spring for it, the 3GS added enough under the hood features for me to want it, such as 32GB, double the RAM, video camera, auto-focus camera, faster chip. The iPhone 4 added the retina display as well as the 5MP and HD video cameras as well as the front camera. Right now, the specs on the iPhone 4 are so good that the marginal utility of an iPhone 5 just isn't worth it to me unless they add 4G and 64GB storage, and even that, I may not be as eager to upgrade. Sure, a 1080p camera would be nice but it eats storage like cookie monster eats cookies, and a 8MP camera only offers marginal improvement over 5MP. Maybe if my iPhone 4 breaks, I'll passively upgrade to 5...
Im very happy with the hardware of the iPhone 4. I dont see BIG reasons to jump to iPhone 5 because of hardware. My concern is it would be yet another iOS device. I can have iOS 5 (and probably iOS 6) on the iPhone 4, so Im pretty safe for now.
The feeling I have is that I would be buying the same thing over and over again. Maybe it would be better to wait for iOS 6 and iPhone 6, since I hope then the software will have a big jump in UI specially.
The feeling I have is that I would be buying the same thing over and over again. Maybe it would be better to wait for iOS 6 and iPhone 6, since I hope then the software will have a big jump in UI specially.
I just don't understand why you would keep your 4 like you said if you got a 5. If your scared of eBay fine, Craigslist it and get $400 out of it. What would you do with your 4 of you had a 5. Hell you would be better off selling it for $100 then letting it sit unused.
I'm in a similar position to OP, what I decided was if I think the next iPhone is worth like $700-$800, I'll buy it and give my old 4 to my girlfriend, if I don't think it's worth it I'll buy a white 4, and give the old one to my girlfriend and wait for next year.
There is nothing stupid about it; if your needs are satisfied by the current device, there is no need to upgrade; however if you encounter an issues that exists on the iPhone 4 and does not happen on the iPad 2, for example, you might consider updating to the next revision of the iPhone.
For example, I've discovered the convenience of using the iPad 2 to output to my TV and mirror the screen; this can't be done on the iPhone 4 which I presume to be hardware limitation (as the CPU and the GPU are more powerful on the iPad 2); right now I can only output video out and not display video on the iPhone [simultaneously]; I hope the next revision of the iPhone would alleviate this issue for me.
Finally if you're looking into another OS, I would suggest Windows Phone 7; it's highly polished interface along with fluid usability is excellent; with their major release "Mango" coming up (much like iOS 5 for the iPhone), I suspect it will be a even better mobile ecosystem than it already is. I have a Samsung Focus for this task and it's highly capable; in fact I find there are many existing Windows Phone 7 features Apple is duplicating in iOS 5.
As for Android, my experience with them has been short, having only owned only the HTC Desire; it's a good device, but the OS falls short; it tries too hard to do everything, yet nothing seems excellent; for something quite basic, I didn't find the keyboard experience compelling. For that I dropped the device from my use.
So my opinion is you don't need to upgrade unless you find a need to; if you're looking into a change in mobile OS, I would hightly recommend you try Windows Phone 7. Anyways good luck in your choice.
For example, I've discovered the convenience of using the iPad 2 to output to my TV and mirror the screen; this can't be done on the iPhone 4 which I presume to be hardware limitation (as the CPU and the GPU are more powerful on the iPad 2); right now I can only output video out and not display video on the iPhone [simultaneously]; I hope the next revision of the iPhone would alleviate this issue for me.
Finally if you're looking into another OS, I would suggest Windows Phone 7; it's highly polished interface along with fluid usability is excellent; with their major release "Mango" coming up (much like iOS 5 for the iPhone), I suspect it will be a even better mobile ecosystem than it already is. I have a Samsung Focus for this task and it's highly capable; in fact I find there are many existing Windows Phone 7 features Apple is duplicating in iOS 5.
As for Android, my experience with them has been short, having only owned only the HTC Desire; it's a good device, but the OS falls short; it tries too hard to do everything, yet nothing seems excellent; for something quite basic, I didn't find the keyboard experience compelling. For that I dropped the device from my use.
So my opinion is you don't need to upgrade unless you find a need to; if you're looking into a change in mobile OS, I would hightly recommend you try Windows Phone 7. Anyways good luck in your choice.
Why would you have 4 iOS devices if you only going to be technically be using 3? It's not like your going to be using 2 phones and 2 other iDevices. In my opinion, you should sell the iPhone 4/iPod Touch and get the iPhone 5 if you really want it. Therefore you have 2 iDevices, which is probably all you need. 