Apple Announces iPhone 5

[Wombo Combo]

Was looking to get one but the nano sim is a deal breaker for me. Guess I will go with a 4S plus its a little cheaper.

 

[BORTZ]

Just what I expected… Except for the 3 microphone thing, Didn't see that coming… And the New Nano (dammit, should have waited to send in my 1G Nano for the recall thing), and the Loop.

Those new EarPods look great, wonder if they sound as good as my 1G iPod Shuffle earbuds… those were great… pity they broke.

Speaking of which, the headphones port is on the bottom, why didn't they do this before…

Going by the screen, this was the largest upgrade ever, Insides, not so much.



But is it enough to make me upgrade from my 1st Generation iPod Touch?

*Looks down at iPod*

Not yet… I think I'll wait until next year, and purchase the iPhone 5 as my first smartphone… Or maybe I'll get a Touch…


Hey… They haven't killed off the 1st Gen Classic yet…

But in all seriousness, looking back, the older whole number jumps of the iphone have been large leaps and innovations. Now it seems like apple is a midrange phone as everyone else catches up...quickly. Theres no innovation here from Apple anymore.

Not really…

iPhone 2G to 3G : Well, 3G data and a new shape

iPhone 3G to 3GS: Processing, Camera

iPhone 3GS to 4: Processing(kinda), Camera(kinda), Shape

iPhone 4 to 4S: Processing, Camera

iPhone 4S to 5: Screen, Shape, Processing(kinda)

whole numberss.

 

[VMM]

Okay. Wait wait all of you "lol more like iPhone 4SS".

WHAT did you expect from a new phone? An ARM CPU with 8 cores? Which isn't even available on the market?

It has EVERYTHING the market currently has to offer when it comes to technology. Everything's up to date.

So what's the matter now, except usual Apple hating?

It's just an incremental upgrade, like the S3 was with the S2, but I didn't see anybody crying "BOOHOO SAMSUNG SUX IT ONLY HAS UPGRADED THE CPU TO A QUADCORE!! ;O;".




Oh wait, maybe you expected it to shoot lasers from the camera.

I expected something better than Samsumg Galaxy S3.

Samsung Galaxy S3

Price(32GB): $249
Screen: 4.8 in
Resolution: 1280x720
RAM: 2GB

Apple iPhone 5:

Price(32GB): $299
Screen: 4 in
Resolution: 1138x640
RAM: 1GB

 

[Zerousen]

I've starting to take New iPhones less and less seriously, especially after the iPhone 4S and iOS 6 .... C'mon Apple, is that really all you've got?

 

[finkmac]

whole numberss.

iPhone 2G to 3G : Well, 3G data and a new shape

iPhone 3G to 4: Processing, Camera, Shape

iPhone 4 to 5: Screen, Shape, Processing, Camera

The problem here is that the 3G doesn't fit anywhere neatly…

Come on, people… The 3G wasn't that much of an improvement over the 2G… It didn't even increase the clock speed…

 

[raulpica]

I expected something better than Samsumg Galaxy S3.

Samsung Galaxy S3

Price(32GB): $249
Screen: 4.8 in
Resolution: 1280x720
RAM: 2GB

Apple iPhone 5:

Price(32GB): $299
Screen: 4 in
Resolution: 1138x640
RAM: 1GB

You know that Apple uses iOS and Samsung uses Android, right? They have different hardware requisites.

There's no need for a bigger screen and more RAM (except just to show that you have a bigger pen0r) as with iOS there's clearly no need for that.

I don't like the Galaxy S3 as it's WAY too big.

 

[pyromaniac123]

iDontCare.

 

[BORTZ]

I dont like Samsung in general. I like just the straight up Droids.

 

[Hells Malice]

OMG APPLE WTF

This is the prove that they NEED Steve Jobs, they are out of 'ideas'. Look I love that Apple fans enjoy their time but this is just a huge fail.

I might get the new ipod touch tho, wanna play Chaos Rings

 

[Langin]

@[member='Hells Malice'], I know he's stealing others their ideas, sure he said it himself, but there was a fresh feel on Apple products in some way, now it is just another iphone 4

 

[bradzx]

Thank for agree with me, Lomo.

 

[Santee]

If I didn't have a phone, and it ran android, it would be my first choice, but I do have a phone and even if you could put android on it the only really superior feature from my nexus is the processor.

I just hate how I'm going to have to hear about this for nearly in a month in school.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

I expected something better than Samsumg Galaxy S3.

Samsung Galaxy S3

Price(32GB): $249
Screen: 4.8 in
Resolution: 1280x720
RAM: 2GB

Apple iPhone 5:

Price(32GB): $299
Screen: 4 in
Resolution: 1138x640
RAM: 1GB

You know that Apple uses iOS and Samsung uses Android, right? They have different hardware requisites.

There's no need for a bigger screen and more RAM (except just to show that you have a bigger pen0r) as with iOS there's clearly no need for that.

I don't like the Galaxy S3 as it's WAY too big.

About this specs stuff, can anyone here show me an app that really needs a quad core 1GHZ? And more than it? is there something?

What disappointed me on this presentation was the lack of innovation. New ideas... the same goes to S3, is something innovating on it? For me both iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 are improvements of same shit that we already have available since 2011 or even early.

 

[Thesolcity]

I have to admit the iPhone 5 announcement was a little.....underwhelming based on the hype surrounding it. Even during the announcement I was thinking "Ok......and....?", constantly. It seems it was rushed the way they kind of blew past iOS 6, threw in some iPods, and then lolfoodfighterskthxbye. I'll wait for some proper reviews of it until I consider buying one.

Galaxy Note 2, anyone?

 

[nando]

I haven't looked into the specs and I don't really care because I'm not getting a new phone but the design is absolutely beautiful. I need to see one in person; the casing is pretty much jewellery at this point.

 

[The Catboy]

Wow! It's so amazing that the phone looks actually the same as the last iPhone!
I am so glad that they put so much time into keeping the phone actually the same.

 

[Terminator02]

I dont like Samsung in general. I like just the straight up Droids.

You know HTC, LG, Motorola, and Samsung have all made Droid branded smartphones for Verizon.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

On a positive note the new iPod Touch looks pretty solid. $300 for 32GB isn't bad and the device seems a bit more gaming-focused which is a nice touch. Gives me a chance to play all the iOS games I missed.

EDIT: Oh yeah ITT typical "boo apple is shit" thread.

 

[BORTZ]

I dont like Samsung in general. I like just the straight up Droids.

You know HTC, LG, Motorola, and Samsung have all made Droid branded smartphones for Verizon.

I know I mean I don't normally like the Samsung Android line up; I like the Motorola ones.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Wow! It's so amazing that the phone looks actually the same as the last iPhone!
I am so glad that they put so much time into keeping the phone actually the same.

lol just had to quote this.

I really would go for another phone.. like the S3 or One X but the build quality of iPhone feels pretty premium.
The S3 feels like.. frail plastic. Now, there is no doubt as to how powerful that machine is.. it is just not comfortable in hand.

I am still confused as to which phone to get for my upgrade :/ S3, One X, iPhone 5 or another random one lol