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Shinobi-san on 12 September 2012
superchunk said:
Well pretty much what I figured:

what i guessed right:
same look but 4"
better camera
same iOS6
LTE
new iPods (touch same as iPhone4)
no iPad stuff
pricing unchanged

what i guessed wrong:
new itouch has 4"screen
A6 processor in iphone5 (now its virtually identical to Vita specs)
no release of their recently patented game controller for iTV
lack of NFC on new iphone5... seriously wow on that and no mention that bluetooth 4 would be used for similar functionality. Guess Apple just doesn't see the awesomeness in NFC like features.

what i didn't see coming:
iTunes being altered to look like Google Play store (on web)
Siri copying the Google Now cards for sports stuff (that wasn't in original iOS6 presentation)


Overall this is a nice upgrade to the phone. Nothing really new to the mobile space as it was all there on Android and even WP7 (FB and other social integration) already. However, it keeps the truck moving and keeps pressure on Google/OEMS/MS to continue to innovate and bring new shit.

What was your prediction for the specs SuperC?

Remember our discussion about Vita and upcomming smartphone specs....i think i nailed it



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Shinobi-san on 12 September 2012

Do you guys remember the conference when Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone? Now that was revolutionary (even if it wasnt really)!

I thin we gonna see incremental upgrades along with some nice upgrades in specs over the next couple of years...until that next big thing comes along from some random company that just blows everything away.

Until then i think il stick with my galaxy S2



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famousringo on 12 September 2012
BasilZero said:

I think its the same, the processor and battery life is improved (and everything else you mentioned along with the inclusion of LTE)


Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/iphone-5-whats-changed/

^ Unless I looked at it wrong.

For those who want the comparison of the models from the official site: http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/


Apple tends not to talk about RAM in these devices, and I don't trust Engadget to know yet. We'll know once sites like Anandtech crack one open and poke through the guts.



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Faxanadu on 12 September 2012

OMG where can I buy it? Does it have internet?



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Scoobes on 12 September 2012
Shinobi-san said:
superchunk said:
Well pretty much what I figured:

what i guessed right:
same look but 4"
better camera
same iOS6
LTE
new iPods (touch same as iPhone4)
no iPad stuff
pricing unchanged

what i guessed wrong:
new itouch has 4"screen
A6 processor in iphone5 (now its virtually identical to Vita specs)
no release of their recently patented game controller for iTV
lack of NFC on new iphone5... seriously wow on that and no mention that bluetooth 4 would be used for similar functionality. Guess Apple just doesn't see the awesomeness in NFC like features.

what i didn't see coming:
iTunes being altered to look like Google Play store (on web)
Siri copying the Google Now cards for sports stuff (that wasn't in original iOS6 presentation)


Overall this is a nice upgrade to the phone. Nothing really new to the mobile space as it was all there on Android and even WP7 (FB and other social integration) already. However, it keeps the truck moving and keeps pressure on Google/OEMS/MS to continue to innovate and bring new shit.

What was your prediction for the specs SuperC?

Remember our discussion about Vita and upcomming smartphone specs....i think i nailed it

Do we actually know much about the CPU and GPU? At the moment I've just seen relative performance numbers (and I'm not even sure if they were talking about A6 vs A5 or A5X), and I think we can safely assume a die shrinkage. However, is it a dual or quad core CPU? Clockspeed? Until we get benchmarks it'll be difficult to say anything solid about it.




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superchunk on 12 September 2012
Scoobes said:
Shinobi-san said:
superchunk said:
Well pretty much what I figured:

what i guessed right:
same look but 4"
better camera
same iOS6
LTE
new iPods (touch same as iPhone4)
no iPad stuff
pricing unchanged

what i guessed wrong:
new itouch has 4"screen
A6 processor in iphone5 (now its virtually identical to Vita specs)
no release of their recently patented game controller for iTV
lack of NFC on new iphone5... seriously wow on that and no mention that bluetooth 4 would be used for similar functionality. Guess Apple just doesn't see the awesomeness in NFC like features.

what i didn't see coming:
iTunes being altered to look like Google Play store (on web)
Siri copying the Google Now cards for sports stuff (that wasn't in original iOS6 presentation)


Overall this is a nice upgrade to the phone. Nothing really new to the mobile space as it was all there on Android and even WP7 (FB and other social integration) already. However, it keeps the truck moving and keeps pressure on Google/OEMS/MS to continue to innovate and bring new shit.

What was your prediction for the specs SuperC?

Remember our discussion about Vita and upcomming smartphone specs....i think i nailed it

Do we actually know much about the CPU and GPU? At the moment I've just seen relative performance numbers (and I'm not even sure if they were talking about A6 vs A5 or A5X), and I think we can safely assume a die shrinkage. However, is it a dual or quad core CPU? Clockspeed? Until we get benchmarks it'll be difficult to say anything solid about it.

Thread is up. :)



man-bear-pig on 12 September 2012

Anyone else think they should've widened the iPhone 5 too? They increased the height by quite a bit but kept the same width...



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wick on 12 September 2012

So nothing that hasn't already been done on android phones before?

Yawn.

I'm sure the iSheep will eat it up though.



 

 

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mysticwolf on 12 September 2012

I'm glad I didn't wait. My 4S is awesome, and the 5 doesn't seem like as big of an improvement as I thought it would be



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michael_stutzer on 12 September 2012
Soundwave said:

I'm still mostly happy with my iPhone 4.

I do a lot of web surfing and video watching on my iPhone though so I'm thinking of perhaps breaking from the iOS space for the first time and going with the Samsung S3 due mostly to the larger screen.

How does media transfer work on an Android? Is it less strict than an iPhone? As in can I just drag and drop files onto Android? Is my library tied to one computer? Etc. etc.


Media transfer is just drag&drop. Ne need for a stupid software just to transfer a few MP3's. Nothing is tied, you can do anything you want.