DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
LTE is the obvious cause of rapid battery drain. Watch how much quicker your phone charges when it's disabled...
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Ken Masters
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but dat back
Good Job Bob
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Third time in this thread =p
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The white iPhone looks fine when the screen is off.
I went from a black 3GS to white 4S and it's fine. The screen size is the same so I don't really see why "boarders" would matter (at least they wouldn't to me).
Baller. PhD
Banned
So what's the deal with getting one of these from the Apple Store. Does the online reservation thing tie up every device? Can you still camp?
This online shit sucks ass, no matter how fast I sit and cmd-R I'm never fast enough to get one. It was way better when all I had to do was wake up at 4am and play my DS in front of the Apple Store for a few hours.
Has anyone had success just getting in line early?
This online shit sucks ass, no matter how fast I sit and cmd-R I'm never fast enough to get one. It was way better when all I had to do was wake up at 4am and play my DS in front of the Apple Store for a few hours.
Has anyone had success just getting in line early?
Betta Lines
Member
In the right light, the black version just looks like a piece of glass from edge to edge. The white version always looks like a thing with a screen in the middle.
Why would it matter though if the screen is off either way?
I am on a business plan and they didn't care at all when I activated my iphone 5, but in the past when they have given me crap about changing phones, etc. I've gotten around it by having them call the "account owner" for permission. Since this isn't a plan change, you should be able to do it
My experience is with Verizon though
matt360
Member
So you guys saying your batteries are fine, just how many hours are you getting? 10 hours of browsing on wifi? 8 on LTE? The Apple numbers are total bullshit as far as my experience.
Mine is doing better than it was after a couple cycles, but I'm still nowhere near those numbers. If I did straight browsing I could get maybe 5 hours with LTE and all the extras turned off, but if I mix browsing with music and texting I could probably pull around 7.5 hours. Is that about normal?
Mine is doing better than it was after a couple cycles, but I'm still nowhere near those numbers. If I did straight browsing I could get maybe 5 hours with LTE and all the extras turned off, but if I mix browsing with music and texting I could probably pull around 7.5 hours. Is that about normal?
LyleLanley
Banned
I hate the way the proximity sensor, speaker and front camera look on the white phone.
What times? I can't think of any areas where it's slower than the 4 that I've found, other than purchased in the App Store.
I have only done one full charge test so far, and it wasn't just in one task. But I got about 7 1/2 hours of fairly heavy use (wifi and LTE browsing, YouTube, phone calls, texting, email, some Fieldrunners 2) and about 18 hours standby. Don't know how that compares with everyone else.
Currently doing my second test. Light browsing, lot of email, listened to a podcast on the way home (bluetooth to my car stereo) and bought, downloaded and watched The Dark Knight Returns part 1 from iTunes. I did not turn off wifi or LTE. Usage is at 4 and 1/2 hours and I'm at 64%.
I wouldn't say it is great, but coming from an HTC Thunderbolt it's a revelation.
Not as extreme as my reverse situation though -- going from a BB Tour which could last a week to the Thunderbolt (<1 day standby)
So the apple maps app is actually pretty good in Toronto. The problem is I usually google map stuff on my laptop and send the link to my phone. Is there any way to send GPS coordinates so that they open in the maps app? Other problem is evites with google map links. I guess there's no workaround for this? The google maps web app is awful 
Guys this might be a stupid question, but I need to ask. (Canadians)
My girlfriend got her iPhone 5 in today so I got to play with it. She upgrades from her 3GS and only had a 500MB 3G Data plan on Rogers. I noticed while we were at a restaurant that LTE was always shown in her bar at the top, which confused me because I knew she only had a 3G plan before.
I thought maybe the dude at Rogers screwed her without her knowing and somehow applied an LTE upgrade on her without her consent. I know LTE is more costly than 3G.
A quick Google search ran this link.
Sooo I guess it's normal? Did Rogers really upgrade EVERYONE'S 3G plan into LTE? I'm so confused...
My girlfriend got her iPhone 5 in today so I got to play with it. She upgrades from her 3GS and only had a 500MB 3G Data plan on Rogers. I noticed while we were at a restaurant that LTE was always shown in her bar at the top, which confused me because I knew she only had a 3G plan before.
I thought maybe the dude at Rogers screwed her without her knowing and somehow applied an LTE upgrade on her without her consent. I know LTE is more costly than 3G.
A quick Google search ran this link.
Sooo I guess it's normal? Did Rogers really upgrade EVERYONE'S 3G plan into LTE? I'm so confused...
What are you doing that feels slower? I upgraded from a 4 and everything is most definitely faster for me.
Just tonight I had some noticeable lag when texting on the iPhone 5... the audible clicks for each letter weren't in sync with my finger presses, something I haven't seen before on my (non-iOS6) iPhone 4. A reboot of course fixed it, but it was new.
Anyone?
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So in grubers recent post he mentions how the improved lowlight ability of the camera is at least partially software driven. Here it's pretty vague and it i was wondering if he means software as in drivers or as in post processing...
Anyone have an idea? Big big difference and its bothering me,
Anyone have an idea? Big big difference and its bothering me,
chickdigger802
Banned
so are there any 3rd party lightning cables and docks yet?
Best thing about 30 pin, is if you need a cable someone always got a cable to borrow or sell.
Even the local homeless!
Best thing about 30 pin, is if you need a cable someone always got a cable to borrow or sell.
Even the local homeless!
That was why I was asking if the iPhone 4S he was using as a comparison was updated to iOS6 or not. But I just got harassed by the local neogaf applebots instead.
Sometimes it works fine but other times it won't load web pages at all and pauses video clips to buffer for a while. My signal also only have 1 bar but WiFi are full, just like my iPhone 4, which didn't have delays or anything though.
Something about all my replies. I always get ignored.
I didn't quote you, but I did reply.
Got a dance to manhandle the new iphone5. No doubt about it, it,s the most gorgeous iPhone yet.
LyleLanley
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I'm pretty sure you need an AirPrint compatible printer or you need to jailbreak your phone.
he says it right there at the end:
higher iso settings are better for low light. it's possible the third party apps just need to be updated to take advantage of them
Nope. White looks class.
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No It's still vague. Am I just supposed to assume that because he brings a technical term like ISO into play that it's a driver thing? (Or are you not answering my question) I don't know anything about photography but I do titl the joystick on my Panasonic to change the ISo until a photo looks right so I know that. I, just wondering if this is a "apps don't take advantage of the new hardware yet" thing or if its a software post processing thing. Snyou didn't answer me.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
http://www.slashgear.com/apple-lightning-cables-have-an-authentication-chip-inside-25249169/
Looks like you can only use official cables with iPhone 5.
Yay for over priced cables!
"Partially software driven" + "Official App more ISO than third party app" = "apps don't take advantage of the new hardware yet"
Are you referring to me? I told you that the ISP is on the SoC. How less clear is that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUE2lqXw4w8#t=30m49s
LyleLanley
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Are you referring to me? I told you that the ISP is on the SoC. How less clear is that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUE2lqXw4w8#t=30m49s
very unclear, dont understand that kind of nerd talk
Phil Schiller explains it right in that YouTube link. You still don't understand it after he explains it in easy to explain terms?
Pristine_Condition
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It's probably a bit of both. From rumors I've heard, there's a firmware "unlock" that allows the CMOS sensor to shoot the higher ISOs, and additional software processing to combat the increased noise inherent in low-light photography.
ISO is just a measurement of the "speed" (actually the sensitivity to light) of film from the old days of film photography; a linear carryover from the preceding ASA measuring scale. In ISO terms, every time you double the number, that represents a doubling of the "speed" of the film. For instance, ISO 800 film is twice as "fast" as ISO 400 film, meaning you need half the available light to capture relatively the same image.
Now this scale has been adapted to measure the relative "speed" of a photo chip (in this case, a CMOS chip) so that photographers who actually know about the technical aspects of photography have a point of comparison from analog film to digital photography.
Film or Digital, shooting high ISOs in low light always has consequences though. In film, shooting higher speed film, or even using a technique called "pushing" a film to higher than recommended range (by purposefully underexposing the film but overdeveloping it in the darkroom) came with the baggage of grainier images, and usually some color shift in color film, or a steeper contrast curve in B&W. In digital, shooting low light generally results in higher levels of what we generally call "noise."
Rumors abound that the iPhone 5 is using some tricks unlocked by new firmware to get at these higher ISOs. Some are saying the firmware can actually tell the individual photosites on the CMOS chip (that's the little areas that actually "capture" the photons and turn them into data) to group themselves so they mimic a chip with larger photosites.
I'm not sure if this rumor has been proven yet, but it has been done before, and seems plausible. I don't doubt there's something going on with the firmware.
The additional noise reduction processing I mentioned was confirmed to me by someone who should know. Whether this is done purely in software, somewhere in hardware, or whatever, who knows. (And who really cares, as long as it works.)
EDIT: Oh, I see that Shiller actually mentioned the latter at the keynote. That's cool. I got my info about the noise reduction from someone else at Apple. I'm glad to know I didn't reveal a secret. And from reading that, it looks like the noise reduction is all done in hardware on the A6, or at least made possible by it's boost in power.
Yeah, probably devs need to update apps to take advantage of the new hw.
I'm at 14hrs of standby and about 4.5 hours of usage, mainly on 4G/LTE and about 22% battery life left. Should add up to about 6-7hrs of usage, which is up there with Apple's claims. The biggest problem is that the phone is constantly searching for LTE coverage. So if you're in a weak area, turn it off. LTE is pretty good here with obviously some spotty areas. If I know I'm in a hood area, I turn off LTE. Does it suck? Yeah, but thats always been the issue, even with the iPhone 3G. It would search for 3G when EDGE is the stronger signal.
I'm really missing jailbreaking
I'm also really wanting a black iPhone. The white is annoying me now.From my launch last night:
*Shot with iPhone 4.
My impressions so far:
*Shot with iPhone 4.
My impressions so far:
PLUS:- Nice light-weight and I'm already used to it with less than a day's use.
- I lost my most precious app, Google Maps. Maps is no longer good for public transport here in Copenhagen. =(
- It's fast but it's not a world of a difference compared to iPhone 4, maybe I were used to the speed-up tweak from Cydia before.
- My favorite feature so far? Panorama, just took a shot, it works really great.
- I'm positive to the front facing camera as well.
- Earpods are VERY well done. Fits my ears.
- Speakers are way louder than iPhone 4.
- No scuffs, light leak, scratches, horizontal lines or anything on my device. Haven't tested out if the purple Halo rings appears.
MINUS: - Lightning is nice but will I be able to use my car charger and stereo with an adapter?
- WiFi signal have been worse than iPhone 4, remarkably. Stops to buffer videos, sometimes won't load websites and Siri is very slow at times, sometimes never responding. Apple servers stressed?
- It's taller and I have found it more troublesome texting even though it's the same width and keyboard, must be somekind of illusion.
- No official Apple dock.
- I really miss my jailbreak. =;(
- I won't have LTE 4G until november. =(
- If you got an iPhone 4 you could wait for the next one. I bought an iPhone 5, so that my father could have an iPhone as well.
You mean the tweak that speeds up the animations ? That looks fucking ugly and feels bad, not worth it IMO.
Applications, browser rendering, games... actually everything apart from the animations is significantly faster.
I guess it depends which of the speed-up tweaks you use? It was amazing on my end.
Yup, I know it's significantly faster but I haven't noticed much of it. The camera app's speed is slick though.
That's what i'm planning on doing. I'll still get a chance to play with one, though, but I think i'll pass on actually getting one for myself.
From my launch last night:
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I really hate that screen (lockscreen?) with the text iPhone 5, it is ugly as fuck. Is it possible to change or remove it?