dynamitejim
Member
Gonna be a nice upgrade from my 4. One question though - is there an off-contract model that can be used on both the ATT and/or Verizon/Sprint networks?
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BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Ha now I am kind of paranoid. Maybe I should just call ATT up and order it over the phone to be sure what I am getting.
Kind of underwhelming to be honest...
I'll hold off until the reviews. Really, the only two things that would make me upgrade to a 5 is how the camera and battery life compares against the competition. If there's a significant upgrade for both, I might jump on it, otherwise it'll be android for me.
I'll hold off until the reviews. Really, the only two things that would make me upgrade to a 5 is how the camera and battery life compares against the competition. If there's a significant upgrade for both, I might jump on it, otherwise it'll be android for me.
chickdigger802
Banned
lmfao the lightning plug adapter for old connector is fucking $30.
lmfao.
lmfao.
Alright bit of help here please
I planned on getting the next iphone (before this announcement), as it coincided nicely with the end of my contract (first ever Iphone) and because my Blackberry is awful.
Should I go with it (seeing as the small jumps between this and the 4S are irrelevant for me) or get Galaxy or HTC?
Not really up to date with the phone market I must say :/
I planned on getting the next iphone (before this announcement), as it coincided nicely with the end of my contract (first ever Iphone) and because my Blackberry is awful.
Should I go with it (seeing as the small jumps between this and the 4S are irrelevant for me) or get Galaxy or HTC?
Not really up to date with the phone market I must say :/
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I'm concerned about UK contract pricing. Very concerned.
AppleSmack
Banned
When is launch date?
I love the look of the iphone 4/4s/5. If the lumia 920 was the size as the 800 then I would probably prefer it though. The lumia design doesn't look as good with that big ass screen imo.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Funny!
^ What he said
Neuromancer
Member
The new charger is kind of assy.
Good post...my opinion about the phone might have been different if they had NFC, wireless charging, and hell, even an bendable/unbreakable screen.
Samsung is going to start producing bendable AMOLED screens in November, things could get interesting. I'm real excited to see what the S4 has to offer.
victreeb3l
Member
ive had a black 3gs and have a black ipod touch. black is also gorgeous but its time to switch it up
I am not looking forward to fighting the crashing AT&T/Apple servers on pre-order day. I experienced it when pre-ordering the IP4, and it wasn't pretty.
In terms of it not being compatible without an adapter, or in terms of functionality? If the former, yes. If the latter, wutttttt? Works both ways, yo! It's a revolution.
In terms of it not being compatible without an adapter, or in terms of functionality? If the former, yes. If the latter, wutttttt? Works both ways, yo! It's a revolution.
Domcorleone
Member
was thinking about getting this or the S3 or note II...
This phone looks sexy and the features are cool, but at this point I would only get the iphone 5 for the hardware, the OS is so dated and after getting the nexus after having every iphone before the 4s it just seems like I would be going backwards.
Its amazing how sexy their hardware always looks though.
This phone looks sexy and the features are cool, but at this point I would only get the iphone 5 for the hardware, the OS is so dated and after getting the nexus after having every iphone before the 4s it just seems like I would be going backwards.
Its amazing how sexy their hardware always looks though.
Auron_Kale
Member
I'm grandfathered into my plan and when I was pre-ordering the 4S, it already noted that I was grandfathered at a $30 data plan.
I'll say this, they've learned how to handle the flow of pre-orders since the 4S as the ipad 3 was very smooth, so basically just check the info on the screen - they let you go back before you hit 'submit' to make sure everything's in order.
BigJonsson
Member
Underwhelming but people are still going to go nuts
Willkiller
Banned
Any idea when that stuff will start to come out?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
you would ONLY get it for the hardware? IMO the whole point of getting an iphone is the software. The app selection is unparalleled and it isn't even close. Has the best ecosystem as well. The high quality hardware has always been the bonus.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Okay great. Thanks for the info and tips I really appreciate it.
It depends on which ecosystem you want to be a part of; the Apple app store or Google Play. The former has a larger range of Apps, but the latter isn't so far behind. At this point I find the difference irrelevant for most users.
Just don't get an HTC phone, their designs are the worst.
pretty much.
"unless onlookers notice that the phone is dramatically physically different, how else will they know i have the new phone?"
Nothing will beat the jump from 3GS to 4
-Retina (this is probably the biggest improvement of them all)
-A camera where it actually is worth using (3GS camera was shit, improvements on 4S and 5 are good but not as big as the improvements from 3GS)
-Way more powerful where it actually matters (faster OS and app usage in comparison to 3GS, I know 4S and 5 are also more powerful but 4 is fast enough where as with 3Gs I thought I need it to be faster)
I may still uprade to 5, why because I still have a 3GS, so I thing this jump will be huge for me.
-Retina (this is probably the biggest improvement of them all)
-A camera where it actually is worth using (3GS camera was shit, improvements on 4S and 5 are good but not as big as the improvements from 3GS)
-Way more powerful where it actually matters (faster OS and app usage in comparison to 3GS, I know 4S and 5 are also more powerful but 4 is fast enough where as with 3Gs I thought I need it to be faster)
I may still uprade to 5, why because I still have a 3GS, so I thing this jump will be huge for me.
RedAssedApe
Banned
To fix antenna issues I believe.
Ok now I want the iPhone 5 in white.
I have to say that this is the first iPhone that I actually like in white.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Three is Friday. Don't think any of the others have mentioned pre-orders yet. Probably tomorrow we will find out.
I think what the people who are saying 'but all these spec bumps' are missing is that all of them are really obvious. You could have predicted any of them.
Now think back to when they revealed the 4. Yeah, there was a speed upgrade, but the first time you clapped your eyes on the retina display you knew you were looking at the future. It was so much better looking than any other screen on the market that it made every other phone look outdated in an instant. This is honestly not hyperbole: anybody who claims that they didn't let out a nugget of poop the first time they saw the retina display is a goddamn liar.
There's nothing like that with this phone. There's not a single feature of it that makes you gasp, or say, 'hey, now that's cool'. It has a few extra gigahertz and a few extra gigabytes and 17% more pixels, but nothing that, the first time you see it, screams this is the future.
Now think back to when they revealed the 4. Yeah, there was a speed upgrade, but the first time you clapped your eyes on the retina display you knew you were looking at the future. It was so much better looking than any other screen on the market that it made every other phone look outdated in an instant. This is honestly not hyperbole: anybody who claims that they didn't let out a nugget of poop the first time they saw the retina display is a goddamn liar.
There's nothing like that with this phone. There's not a single feature of it that makes you gasp, or say, 'hey, now that's cool'. It has a few extra gigahertz and a few extra gigabytes and 17% more pixels, but nothing that, the first time you see it, screams this is the future.
I don't have "caseless" money. If my phone breaks, I'm fucked.
Neuromancer
Member
This part. =\
Unless you enjoy mobile games, where Apple is still far and away the leader.
Me too. My GF can upgrade on September 28th and she's interested.
What are your thoughts? I'm thinking it's going to be £100-£150 on 2 year contract. 16Gb maybe 32Gb if you are lucky.
The iPhone app ecosystem is definitely what's kept me on iOS so far, but there are some caveats: for example, I can never get a Ventrilo client on iOS, while I can easily get one on Android, because open source licenses are incompatible with the app store.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
3gs to 5 is like o_0
Auron_Kale
Member
Cool and no problem.
I was one of those morons pre-ordering a 4S at 2am PDT lol (was up at midnight but didn't get through until 2am), but never once did the pre-order process on Apple's site not let me know exactly what I was signing up for - and I was eyeing the charge to my data plan like a hawk.
As they say: one man's plastic, offensively-skinned, still not running the latest OS piece of trash; is another man's treasure.
Wtf were people expecting that they didn't get?
I thought the back camera was the same?
Not really, 4S was a nice bump but nothing too revolutionary, I genuinely expected them to do a stormer for this revision but it has not happened, there is nothing significant happening UI wise with apple except Siri and most people dont want to talk to thier phones even if it did understand them more than half the time.
If apple do not up their game soon they will get demolished, Galaxy SIII success shows that and fundamentally mid range android phones at half the price of iPhone are fairly equivalent in terms functionality, Apple need to be careful to not repeat their own history with the Macintosh.
I hope it doesn't take long for monoprice to release one. That adapter cost is outrageous
This changes everything again. Again.
planar1280
Banned
megapixels doesn't matter - unknown source since 1995
AppleSmack
Banned
When does the iphone 5 launch? Did they announce it? 21st confirmed for Canada as well?
dorkimoe
Member
21st, pre order this friday