I know what you mean, but I'm going 32. I don't generally stream music, and I hate not being able to fit my whole collection on the phone. Having to remember to add new stuff to the playlist that gets synced, having to remove stuff when I run out of room, picking and choosing, the whole situation is just a bummer to me.
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I know what you mean, but I'm going 32. I don't generally stream music, and I hate not being able to fit my whole collection on the phone. Having to remember to add new stuff to the playlist that gets synced, having to remove stuff when I run out of room, picking and choosing, the whole situation is just a bummer to me.
CharminUltra
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3 hours to go, now to find something to keep me busy...
Marty Chinn
Member
my wife - "Are we preordering tonight?"
me - "I was going to wait a bit to see what some of the other phones are like"
my wife - "Why are you going to wait? You know you're just going to end up with it anyway"
Dammit.....
me - "I was going to wait a bit to see what some of the other phones are like"
my wife - "Why are you going to wait? You know you're just going to end up with it anyway"
Dammit.....
I was 100% sure my contract was up but I figured after your post "Eh what the hell I'll give them a call." Turns out my contract ends Oct 15th so I dodged a bullet there. Looks like I'll just wait till then, which is kinda a bummer.
Thanks Juice!
I am increasingly feeling this way
Excellent. Really glad the stock earphones are finally, at the very least, adequate.
[edit] Here's CNET's impressions video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z55SYHjvvRs
My iTunes library and the App Store.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
The same reason people don't move to mac from windows and vice versa. Familiarity, quality, forward compatible apps, backward compatible with existing devices and more.
Marty Chinn
Member
Depends on your usage and comfort with tech. The other platforms are certainly viable options.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Go to your nearest store and experience all phones. As of now: iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 are suppose to be top of the line. Pick the one you like.
I have no idea how I'm going to use it, which is actually kind of weird to think. I'm coming from a phone where all I can do is text and call people so it's hard to say.
People use iPhones because they like them, or they use Android cos they like it. It's sort of hard to just say which is better. Obviously people buying a iPhone enjoy the experience previous iPhones have given them and see no reason to change. There's a whole army of people that will tell you iOS is a piece of shit and the phones are prehistoric.
Your best bet is actually trying to go hands on with a few phones and see what you think.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Of course. You will eventually fill it up, so be keen to back it up once a month. Takes around 10 minutes or less.
is anybody with a grandfathered att unlimited plan pre-ordering tonight? google sent me to a gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan) that basically said wait a few weeks and buy in-store
Marty Chinn
Member
Do you play many games? They can take up a lot of space. I think I have like 16 gigs in apps alone cuz of that.
I'll sell you my 4?
aw im broke at the moment sorry dude, lol wishful thinking someone would give an iPhone 5 away like some people do on youtube. I'm not lucky :/
Garrett 2U
Member
Yeah I'm debating that same thing too.
I stream almost all of my content, so 16GB seems pretty attractive to me.
Interficium
Banned
Because I really wanted to be called sheeple and told to look at product feature/spec matrices by NeoGaf members!
I'm pretty deeply invested in the apple ecosystem at this point. Several macs, ipads, appletv, and iphones. Everything works really well together, and I can't imagine it would be as smooth with android or windows phones. Plus, android phones just seem like wannabe iphones to me.
I find the Lumia 920 really intriguing , though. If I didn't have so much Apple gear I'd be taking a long hard look at it.
is anybody with a grandfathered att unlimited plan pre-ordering tonight? google sent me to a gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan) that basically said wait a few weeks and buy in-store
Hmm, I wasn't aware of this. I definitely don't want to lose my unlimited data.
is anybody with a grandfathered att unlimited plan pre-ordering tonight? google sent me to a gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan) that basically said wait a few weeks and buy in-store
Apple rep confirmed to me it'd be fine. I doñt know about you, but I trust a web form to do what I tell it to do MUCH more than an AT&T sales rep.
Edit: yeah, that article is wrong (AT&T users are getting a throttle increase from 3 to 5). Also, the reps are right in that in store they do it wrong half the time, as if by trial and error.
I've grandfathered this plan through 4 iPhones, 3 times through apples site. Each time you just have to be sure you elect to stay on the unlimited plan during checkout.
I think they will sell out online, maybe a lot of backorders or maybe just have to wait. but a lot of people I hear aren't impressed about so it might not sell much since its nothing huge of what other people was expecting, but i hope they drop the price lol
SuperPac
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is anybody with a grandfathered att unlimited plan pre-ordering tonight? google sent me to a gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan) that basically said wait a few weeks and buy in-store
I am. When the 4S came out they also sort of "hid" the unlimited plan choice at the bottom. But even before the limit was 3 GB - I got 2 texts from AT&T over the last few months saying I'd exceeded 3GB and to cool it or they'd throttle my data speeds.
is anybody with a grandfathered att unlimited plan pre-ordering tonight? google sent me to a gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan) that basically said wait a few weeks and buy in-store
I asked my sister who preordered the 4S online last year and she said that was bullshit.
I'm preordering tonight but getting a little antsy about which addresses I need to change where. I called AT&T and Apple and they both said I did not have to ship to my AT&T billing address, so we'll see... ;|
kame-sennin
Member
Has this been posted? People are shown the iPhone 4S and are told it's the iPhone 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rdIWKytq_q4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rdIWKytq_q4
How could they? No one is selling it unlocked for at least a couple months.
Dreams-Visions
Member
is anybody with a grandfathered att unlimited plan pre-ordering tonight? google sent me to a gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan) that basically said wait a few weeks and buy in-store
god damn it.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
This is so embarrassing that it is close to unbearable for me to watch
Ugh. I give up on this planet.
bigDdestruction
Member
I've been doing research for the past couple of hours on the 3 services for the iphone 5, and i still cant decide what i want to go with. I honestly dont make that many calls so i'm totally fine with having like 300-400 mins a month. I care about texting and how fast the network is. Sprint seems affordable and within my budget, especially the unlimited data plans. Can anyone tell me there experiences with sprint? and if i should go with them or not? Thanks
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Yes, it's been posted about 10 times. It wasn't funny the first time.
Blah, it's FUD. It'll be dreadfully obvious when you're using the form. If you're worried take screen caps of every step and work through Apple's support if shit goes sideways.
I seen a giveaway on youtube this morning, when it releases it will be given to the winner, probably not unlocked but AT&T is GSM, so if that one is given away it could later be working on any carrier.
What city do you live in? Sprint's service is pretty shoddy in a lot of places.
So I'm thinking about preordering one of these tonight. My phone is eligible for the discounted upgrade, and I wanna get it through verizon. When they say they'll become available to preorder...do I go to my verizon account and get through their website? Never done this online before, and am wondering if their site will be updated at that time.
Well, seeing as Virgin is an MVNO on Sprint's network, I think you're probably best off avoiding Sprint if your Virgin is too slow.
bigDdestruction
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metsallica
Member
I'm preordering tonight. Had no issues last time I did this with the 4. Even got it shipped to work, which is NOT my AT&T billing address. Kept my discount, unlimited plan, everything.is anybody with a grandfathered att unlimited plan pre-ordering tonight? google sent me to a gizmodo article (http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan) that basically said wait a few weeks and buy in-store