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UncleScrooge on 12 September 2012
pezus said:

Wait how is this better than you expected? It's a bit bigger, lighter, more powerful. That happens every year. What is new?


You said it was underwhelming.. how is this worse than you expected?

Here'y my stance: It's just what I expected. Neither better nor worse. Just about what you'd expect them to show off after a year's time since the last iPhone released. 

OT: People never can stay neutral on Apple topics haha It's either heaven made or terrible, there's nothing inbetween



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famousringo on 12 September 2012
Euphoria14 said:
So nothing over my current 4S really besides 0.5" taller screen and better chipset that most likely wont be taken full advantage of for quite a while?


Happens every year:

Apple - "So we've made pretty much every piece of our phone better than last year"

Tech Analyst/Forum Dude - "Ho-hum, nothing major announced"

Market - *Apple sells twice as many phones as last year*



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man-bear-pig on 12 September 2012

Where's the banking chip?



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

hatmoza on 12 September 2012

I was expecting it to be a little bigger to be honest.

Well, I'm sure fans of Apple products will love it. Any stand out features compared to the Iphone 4 yet? I wouldn't know personally since I've never really got much hands on experiences with any of their phones.



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UncleScrooge on 12 September 2012

What do you guys think about the screen size, btw? I'm glad they didn't go for a 4.5" screen to be honest. We are now at a point where screen sizes are overshooting the market I think. From what I experienced some people are actually going for smaller screens because 4.5" is too big for them (especially females). I hope the screen is not too tall to touch the first row of apps while holding the phone in one hand.



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green_sky on 12 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
Where's the banking chip?

NFC. No NFC apparently. 



man-bear-pig on 12 September 2012
green_sky said:
man-bear-pig said:
Where's the banking chip?

NFC. No NFC apparently. 


Damn...no Bluetooth 4.0 or micro-USB comparability either



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

Pavolink on 12 September 2012

So, about the rumored iPad mini...It really exists?



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man-bear-pig on 12 September 2012
UncleScrooge said:
What do you guys think about the screen size, btw? I'm glad they didn't go for a 4.5" screen to be honest. We are now at a point where screen sizes are overshooting the market I think. From what I experienced some people are actually going for smaller screens because 4.5" is too big for them (especially females). I hope the screen is not too tall to touch the first row of apps while holding the phone in one hand.


4 inches is the perfect screen size imo



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

Euphoria14 on 12 September 2012
haxxiy said:
Euphoria14 said:
So nothing over my current 4S really besides 0.5" taller screen and better chipset that most likely wont be taken full advantage of for quite a while?


You aren't really supposed to update yearly.

Still two times faster is no small cake. There are... certain companies out there who can't do it even every five years


From what I hear on VGC I would have thought iPhone owners bought every single new interation of the device.

I just got my 4S in June. I have no intention of updating for at least 2 years. I was only curious because I wanted to make myself feel better about me not waiting another 3 months.



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