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| Apple announces iPhone 5 |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-09-12 19:13:13 |
| As expected, Apple announced its new iPhone tonight, dubbed the iPhone 5. The rumours and leaks nailed it, with the most prominent feature being the move from 3.5" to 4" (1136x640). Due to the way iOS handles resolutions, applications need to be adapted for this new display, and if they are not, they will be letterboxed (black bars). It has a faster processor, better camera, LTE, and several other improvements, while the. As always, Apple does it right: shipping 21 September in the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore - the rest of the world will follow later. |
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| Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-09-12 19:36:42 |
| I'm getting one. |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-09-12 19:50:23 |
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It'll be one of the best phones hardware-wise (although I think Apple painted itself in a corner and now has to settle on this weirdly elongated screen), but iOS... So meh. The 920 is really killing it here. Too bad Nokia fails at actually shipping it. |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By feydun on 2012-09-12 19:52:43 |
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You're getting one? Good for you. I'm probably getting a Samsung Note 2, as soon as I can convince myself that I neeeeed it and can afford it... which will not happen soon. Either way, I don't think we define ourselves in terms of the high-tech toys that we buy, unlike e.g. buying a car. I hope it stays that way - i.e. I hope most early adopters stay meritocratic instead of falling for branding... or punishing apple for putting its shareholders first. It's no different in that than any other corporation. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-09-12 19:56:07 |
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I think Nokia tried to announce their Lumia before Apple their iPhone to grab the spotlight, but I don't think that really worked. The Lumia is already forgotten. And they blew it, no price, no date, no WP8 in sight. I really wish them the best and honestly hope they'll grab some marketshare to get this thing going. The Lumia phones (well, not the cheaper ones, sorry) are great phones. |
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| A decent upgrade, but no wow factor |
| By siraf72 on 2012-09-12 19:56:22 |
| The only real temptation (apart from the processor- hey, i'm a techie) I can find to upgrading from my iPhone 4 is the camera. As an amateur photographer those little things matter to me. But no, nothing here has me scrambling for the latest toy. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-09-12 20:04:35 |
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I skipped the first iPhone, because it didn't have GPS and I didn't believe Steve's WiFi triangulation solution. My first iPhone was the 3G and now I'm on a 4. I've bought loads of apps, for myself, my son and my wife (she uses my iTunes account on her 3GS), so it only makes sense to keep buying iPhones or I'd have to buy all those apps again on another phone. We have loads of Apple stuff already anyway and I'd like to keep everything the same brand. My wife's not so happy with her 3GS battery life, so she doesn't mind me buying the 5 so she can have my 4. |
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| Comment by undu |
| By undu on 2012-09-12 20:09:15 |
| I find the headphones the most interesting piece of hardware presented by Apple today, didn't really care about the iphone or the ipods. :/ |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By darknexus on 2012-09-12 20:11:50 |
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> The 920 is really killing it here. Too bad Nokia fails at actually shipping it. Well, that's sort of a problem. A product that isn't actually out can't kill one that is, now can it? Plus it's windows phone, so just as locked down but without as many apps. Meh. |
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| Letterboxed. |
| By phoudoin on 2012-09-12 20:14:39 |
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> Due to the way iOS handles resolutions, applications need to be adapted for this new display, and if they are not, they will be letterboxed (black bars) Is it me or iOS is already showing it's age? Even MacOS Classic handled display resolution dynamically, and while even hobby OSes or GUI frameworks can handle it fine, iOS, written only 5-6 years ago, was not designed with multiple resolutions in mind!?! Well done, guys, congratulations. |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By iswrong on 2012-09-12 20:22:03 |
| I am skipping this one, and my iPhone 4 is probably the last for a while. The hardware is good, but not spectacular (no wireless charging, nor NFC), but iOS seems to be frozen in time. Windows Phone and Android are quickly forging ahead, so I'll probably get a Nokia Lumia or Google Nexus. |
| - Score: 2 |
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