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[Metroid Hunter]

They made so many of these videos (this is the 6th for the iPhone!), that them going "this is absolutely our best looking and performing iPhone yet" has become stale and lost its meaning.

 

[SlowRevolution]

Always surprised by how nice the internals of Apple devices are, love the attention to detail.

 

[aktham]

So...is the screen OLED or still sticking with LCD?

 

[enzo_gt]

Incredible effort did go into downsizing, that's the big part. Screen obviously not.

/notchokingonapplesdick

 

[planar1280]

"It took incredible effort to do this"

Seriously?

What would samsung say if they make the worlds thinnest phone? that its not much effort?

 

[entremet]

"Incredible effort" to increase the screen size by 173 pixels and leave all the UI elements exactly the same, Jony? Are you sure?

His team is industrial design. They don't work on OS level features.

 

[Cipherr]

"iOS 6 is the most advanced OS for any phone. And it powers the iPhone 5."

Oh god, why did he say that? It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, it's just plain old flame bait.

Its his conference. Thats fair game. Amazon Samsung Nokia MS everyone does that.

 

[mjc]

This new sapphire lens must allow me to see into the fourth dimension.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Apple died the day Steve died

 

[Treefingers]

"Incredible effort" to increase the screen size by 173 pixels and leave all the UI elements exactly the same, Jony? Are you sure?

Are you forgetting all of the other hardware improvements? Yes that likely did take a lot of effort to accomplish.

 

[siddhu33]

"I don't think the level of invention has been matched by anything we've ever done." The MacBook Retina team sobs quietly.

The verge providing the goods.

 

[Horse Detective]

What about the dock connector?

 

[Emwitus]

"for the first time in racing, Rear view mirrors" Where do they get these guys? lol. #watchingcnndelayedfeed

 

[mrklaw]

I have a feeling it's in a bit of a holding pattern until they get something new and innovative going on.

or apple is dying slowly.

which will it be!?

It is impossible to innovate every year. The design is a piece of glass with a chip in it. Always going to eventually tail off with huge jumps forward

 

[D4Danger]

"I don't think the level of invention has been matched by anything we've ever done."

ok, this is just ridiculous now.

 

[dorkimoe]

What did you guys what? I mean. It's a solid upgrade.

people expect too much now. They arent going to completely overhaul the entire device and give it a completely new design, The design is already sexy as hell, that would be suicide.

 

[Stumpokapow]

I'm also not a fan of the aluminum backing. I like the glass backing of my iPhone 4. The aluminum backing makes me afraid it will be scratch prone and I hate the idea of having to put my phone in a case.

I'd think the reverse; every time I accidentally drop my iPhone, I'm terrified the back will spiderweb crack. My girlfriend's did. I'd rather a ding or a scratch than a shatter!

 

[Polishin8r]

that hardwere, it be nice to run Jelly on it

 

[goodfella]

What did you guys what? I mean. It's a solid upgrade.

It feels closer to a 4>4S than a 3GS>4.

 

[Rourkey]

Nothing earth shattering here, yet

I think I may change to windows phone iOs is stagnating and I fancy a change (and android is gash)

 

[Einbroch]

So basically you're saying it's SO SHAMEFUL it wasn't already there that shouldn't even have mentioned it?
That's what I'm hearing.

and it makes you sound crazy

I guess? I don't know why you're attacking me. They touted a feature that my old phone has had for a while. That makes me worry. So I asked a question.

Not everyone is a fanboy. Relax. I have an iPad and a Droid X2, with a Windows PC.

 

[Trojita]

Everyone here wants to know what the megaton is?

 

[Tiktaalik]

Seems like a great phone but yeah pretty disappointing that there's no NFC.

 

[enzo_gt]

I'm... uh

Where is the iPhone 5 exclusive iOS 6 feature?

Don't get me wrong, I think this phone is hot sex and I can't wait ti leave my iPhone 4 for it, but. Every iPhone has had some kind of software-exclusive feature to it.

Is it only the Panoramic photos?

And full-screen Safari.

Yeah, disappointing.

 

[Kodiak]

This is more Madden 2013 than GTAV

 

[Wind's Howling]

Seriously? That's it?

Have you not seen the event? Seriously.

People saying ''That's it?'' must have been completely fixated by the taller screen, same width but are completely ignoring the fact that everything they improved and changed is so tremendous that a lot of companies need to up their ante by 200%

 

[dwebo]

let's get some surprises up in here, goddamn

 

[Izick]

I just don't get why we get posts that people have "boners" over this. I mean it looks like a nice phone, but it's just a bigger screen and a bit smaller. There's nothing mind blowing or game changing about it. That's not a terrible thing, but it's just kind of silly to see people overreact to stuff I guess.

This is coming from a dumb-phone user.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

So how much better is the A6 compared to current smart phone processors?

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Everyone here wants to know what the megaton is?

a banned link?

 

[outunderthestars]

to make the screen a little bigger? get outta here

Bigger screen, better screen, better speakers, call sound quality, better cameras, better battery life while adding LTE, double to performance speed, and 20% smaller/lighter?

Yea. That takes effort.

 

[Replicant]

Yes, King Ive.

He's hot but let's face it, he's kind of in creative rut lately. Damn it Apple, update those OS already!!! Did all of the innovative stuff came from Steve's idea or something?

 

[flyover]

What did you guys what? I mean. It's a solid upgrade.

That's the thing. I don't know what they could offer that would get some people more excited. If they just keep iterating and improving, that's okay with me -- at least for now. I don't care about the screen all that much one way or the other, but a much faster processor and better battery life sound good to me.

 

[illmatic19]

This is a bummer. I was expecting something radically different. The new Nokia phone looks more appealing then this.

 

[djplaeskool]

The Verge Liveblog

"I don't think the level of invention has been matched by anything we've ever done." The MacBook Retina team sobs quietly

lol

 

[infinityBCRT]

I think they need to keep creating this version of the iPhone but also create an iPhone XL line where they make phones with a bigger screen. And they also need to introduce the candy colours to their phones.

Oh man this picture takes the cake.

 

[Enco]

Bigger screen, better screen, better speakers, call sound quality, better cameras, better battery life while adding LTE, and 20% smaller/lighter?

Yea. That takes effort.

How?

And is the camera better than the 4S?

 

[Nevasleep]

What did you guys what? I mean. It's a solid upgrade.

Nothing really 'revolutionary', could have done with NFC or Wireless Charging.

 

[fierrotlepou]

Has Apple ever announced more than one product in these things? Because the whole presentation has been about the iPhone 5. Why would people even invent a rumor about there being an iPad mini shown?

 

[pulga]

10:57:09 AM PDT
"Now you can make a FaceTime call right over the cellular network." Well...


:lol :lol JB for the win.

 

[AkuMifune]

What did you guys what? I mean. It's a solid upgrade.

Just hoping for Apple to push the envelope a little more, especially with the rest of the field so hot on their ass.

But if Apple fans were only hoping for a spec bump, I guess that's enough?

 

[tci]

7.1 mm? and then they post this?

I'm confused

Also, it is not the worlds thinnest smartphone..

 

[CrankyJay]

Have you not seen the event? Seriously.

People saying ''That's it?'' must have been completely fixated by the taller screen, same width but are completely ignoring the fact that everything they improved and changed is so tremendous that a lot of companies need to up their ante by 200%

This personally isn't enough for me to want to upgrade from my 4. At no point do I go "argh, my iPhone 4 is fucking SLOW".

 

[The Elite]

He's hot but let's face it, he's kind of in creative rut lately. Damn it Apple, update those OS already!!! Did all of the innovative stuff came from Steve's idea or something?

A lot of this is still based on Steve's guidance.

 

[Stumpokapow]

People saying ''That's it?'' must have been completely fixated by the taller screen, same width but are completely ignoring the fact that everything they improved and changed is so tremendous that a lot of companies need to up their ante by 200%

Right, but everyone--all companies--updates their phone every year. So when you release an incremental "Like last year's model, but 15% better in every way", most people kind of feel like that doesn't merit a big hullabaloo.

 

[kehs]

"It took incredible effort to do this"

Seriously?

All those buses aren't going to drive themselves back and forth from the schools.

 

[Trey]

What did you guys what? I mean. It's a solid upgrade.

Bringing the specs to the industry standard. I do like Siri though.

 

[Majine]

He's hot but let's face it, he's kind of in creative rut lately. Damn it Apple, update those OS already!!! Did all of the innovative stuff came from Steve's idea or something?

Wut, Ive is hardware designer.

 

[twobear]

His team is industrial design. They don't work on OS level features.

So from his point of view, increase the screen by 173 vertical pixels.

I mean, sure, he redesigned the case exterior, and it's gorgeous, and he had a few more chips to cram in. But that doesn't seem like any more effort than, you know, an industrial designer usually has to do?

 

[Husker86]

What would samsung say if they make the worlds thinnest phone? that its not much effort?

Apple didn't make the world's thinnest smartphone yet. Moto still has that crown.