Iphone 5 vs Lumia 920

[rocketpig]

the2real4mafol said:

rocketpig said:

the2real4mafol said:
Yeah I suppose so, but if Apple done that, surely it would be no different to when the ipad first launched, which has plenty of support now. But enjoy your iphone 5!

Yeah, I would have liked a slightly larger screen as well (I really like the size of a 4.3" screen) but I understand why they did it. Right now, developers only have to code for "2 1/2" resolutions for iOS. The original iPhone (x2 resolution for 4/4S) and the iPad (x2 resolution for iPad 3), and now an extra ~20% width for the new iPhone 5 (my "1/2" a resolution). 

Ok cool, 4" is not bad though. But something's weird as the videos I saw about the phone, somehow make the screen quite abit bigger, even though there's half an inch difference, i didn't expect half an inch to make much difference to ios. It will be a good phone regardless, despite few hardware changes other than the screen size change. I guess we all expected to much from iphone 5 over the 4s when it came to new features

People were expecting too much from the iPhone 5. When you make the best-selling phone on the market, you don't reinvent the wheel with new versions. You tweak things here and there and keep doing what made you successful in the first place. I'd love to see a dynamic interface on the iPhone (and I think Apple will get there someday) but I completely understand why they're sticking to the grid format that made iOS successful in the first place.

Stuff like wireless charging and NFC are fluff. Kinda neat features but not useful on a large enough scale (in the case of NFC, "not large enough yet", it will get there in time) to sway peoples' purchasing decisions in large enough numbers to matter. I don't entirely agree with the decision but I see why Apple went with weight and thinness optimization in the new iPhone. Personally, I thought the iPhone 4S was plenty thin enough and I would have preferred a thicker, longer-lasting battery in the iPhone 5 over making the thing even thinner than its predecessor. And with the new Lightning port, I don't see much to be gained by wireless charging. You still have to plug something into the wall. Whether it's a wire leading into the phone or a wireless charger, I don't much care.

Somebody let me know when wireless charging works over short distances. That's when the tech will truly matter to customers. Being able to set your phone on a desk and automatically charge it without setting it on a receiver is tech I'd fully support and want in my phone. Setting it on a "wireless" cradle isn't different enough from a traditional cradle to matter.