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so we might as well start the iPhone5 thread now….
September 11, 2012 at
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Whats your feeling? you going to get one? you going to watch the live twitter streams etc? planning on preordering?
Here is the video: http://www.apple.com/apple-events...mber-2012/
Here is the video: http://www.apple.com/apple-events...mber-2012/
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Apple media event - http://www.macrumors.c
Gizmodo live blog - http://live.gizmodo.co
Engadget VIDEO stream - http://aolioslive-i.akamaihd.net/...phone.m3u8
PLEASE STOP HATING ON iPhone. THIS IS ONLY AN INFORMATIVE POST.
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Gizmodo live blog - http://live.gizmodo.co
Engadget VIDEO stream - http://aolioslive-i.akamaihd.net/...phone.m3u8
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yes...it has Bluetooth 4.0, that is new and top of the line.
It is small, yes, it is the smallest 4.0" phone you will see available...but are we still going with the "A human's thumb can't comfortably use a phone larger than 3.5"...are we still going there?
the 1,440mAh battery is a little troubling, though. they can give "estimated" usage times for various activities, but anyone who has followed mobile devices for any length of time knows those are dubious at best. everyone i know who has a 4 or 4S has to charge it a lot, with the power users having to plug it in twice or more a day. with a larger screen, LTE connectivity, and less than a 1% increase in battery capacity over the 4S, it'll be interesting to see what real-world usage numbers look like.
unfortunately, software comes down to preference. you can't say that iOS is innately better than Android or Windows Mobile because everyone uses it differently and values different features. if someone doesn't have a preference between OSs (a real possibility since both are so developed/intuitive at this point), this phone really is mediocre-to-OK when compared to the rest of the offerings in the mobile phone market.
Heh. I know you're probably just poking fun at me, but yeah. Like I've said, software makes a difference.
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I have iOS for phone and android for tablet and I don't believe that's true at all.
btw, when you put a secure case for that new toy, thin goes out the window.
That does beg the question of whether or not they'd have been better off not making it thinner, and instead beefing up the battery.
but then you have to admit that it's valid when someone calls the iPhone5 a small step up from the 4S and middle-of-the-road from a purely objective standpoint (no subjective OS preference allowed).
For my needs these days, it's the right choice. I've had far more android things than ios things...but the hardware quality itself just isn't there IMO. Great specs, crap resale and quality.
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and that's fine; anyone who says that's invalid for you is an idiot.
but then you have to admit that it's valid when someone calls the iPhone5 a small step up from the 4S and middle-of-the-road from a purely objective standpoint (no subjective OS preference allowed).
Here's a good question that no one seems to want to answer, but instead prefers to just attack me... What realistic items is the iPhone 5 missing that you think would have made it good enough to "amaze" you?