rebelbowtie
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I feel like that's a rhetorical question
iPhone 5 - Who's in?
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mace.
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Nope, just asking if you can customize the springboard on stock iOS or do you need to be jail broken.
Thai
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Another review: iPhone 5 review | The Verge
Another review: http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-5-review-18247708/
Yes, again, all of my recent reviews that i posted are HANDS-ON reviews, not bogus speculation from either camp's fanboys.
Here is a nice quote from slashgear at the end:
"What the iPhone 5 really convinces me, though, is that throwing bells and whistles into a device doesn’t necessarily make it a better phone in the end. I’d drifted from the iPhone 4S because I had core needs it was no longer satisfying: a larger screen, for instance. Where the iPhone 5 edges back into the picture is in how well it integrates into my daily life. So many things I can make work on Android – video calling, for instance, but iPhone simply makes them more straightforward. If they’re straightforward, that means I use them more.
Competition between mobile platforms keeps the industry moving and innovating. That can often present itself as a surfeit of innovation: feature upon feature, piled high in an all-singing, all-dancing device. Right now, the iPhone 5 has the best balance of everyday usability and performance, without the distraction of functionality that is clever but unintuitive. It’s an area in which Apple excels, and it’s the reason the iPhone 5 is one of the best smartphones on the market today."
Another review: http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-5-review-18247708/
Yes, again, all of my recent reviews that i posted are HANDS-ON reviews, not bogus speculation from either camp's fanboys.
Here is a nice quote from slashgear at the end:
"What the iPhone 5 really convinces me, though, is that throwing bells and whistles into a device doesn’t necessarily make it a better phone in the end. I’d drifted from the iPhone 4S because I had core needs it was no longer satisfying: a larger screen, for instance. Where the iPhone 5 edges back into the picture is in how well it integrates into my daily life. So many things I can make work on Android – video calling, for instance, but iPhone simply makes them more straightforward. If they’re straightforward, that means I use them more.
Competition between mobile platforms keeps the industry moving and innovating. That can often present itself as a surfeit of innovation: feature upon feature, piled high in an all-singing, all-dancing device. Right now, the iPhone 5 has the best balance of everyday usability and performance, without the distraction of functionality that is clever but unintuitive. It’s an area in which Apple excels, and it’s the reason the iPhone 5 is one of the best smartphones on the market today."
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Thai
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I just got my Otterbox Defender yesterday (Thursday). Wow, Otterbox really knock it out this time...fabulous design improvement and the rubber around it is first class! The screen protector is also the crystal clear type i believe...won't know until i put the new iPhone in.
Thai
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Well, consider this quote from Sprint CEO.
Whatever it is about iPhones, but repair, service, and return rates are exceptionally low compared to Android. Again, as pointed out before, this is from Sprint CEO who has shown much love for all things Android over the years.
Koz
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I find it amazing how someone can read these reviews and only see these comments. Again, it must be the cool-aid! I only read the first review and could not believe that you post this link! It verifies every thing I've been saying. Keep in mind, I did not write this. examples;
In a side-by-side comparison with the iPhone 4S, it did look better to my eyes, though next to the excellent screen of the higher-resolution HTC One X, the improved imaging was less apparent.
My only surprise was that the increase in speed wasn't quite as noticeable between the 4S and the 5. That may have more to do with the still-excellent performance of the iPhone 4S (particularly with iOS 6) than it does with the A6.
During my time testing the phone, I did find that the battery life was improved over the 4S, though lately my 4S levels have been dipping at an alarming rate.
Though Apple will make adapters available, some functionality will be lost in translation: the new connectors won't support video out or iPod-out, which will render some setups non- or partially-functioning. This is particularly true for automakers, some of whom have already released statements noting reduced operation when the adapter is in use.
Apple is still making users jump through hoops to perform simple tasks, like switching to a private browsing window or clearing the cache in Safari. It takes no less than six button presses and home key taps to make that happen while browsing. Settings in general are a mess — wonderful when you first set up the phone ("hey! everything is in one place!") but frustrating later when you have dozens of apps ("hey... everything is in one place"). Multitasking remains a black box, not representing app states and forcing what should be "always on" applications like IM clients into a constant state of shutdown warnings. Twitter won't update in the background (nor will clients like Tweetbot), meaning that you're always playing catchup with "realtime" services. (Mind you, on Android the Twitter app will load updates in the background, meaning that even if you're disconnected you'll likely have new content to view.) It sounds minor, but when taken as a whole and spread across multiple applications, it makes the OS feel claustrophobic, mysterious, and downright unhelpful at times.
It provides the minimally useful weather and stock widgets for the notification drawer, but isn't opening up that space to anyone else. And I must mention this — the fact that the weather icon continues to read 73 degrees and sunny when it is clearly possible to have icons update with at least some information (see the calendar icon) is now laughable at best, and sad at worst.
Notifications in Jelly Bean can be acted on without having to jump into an app, which is a fantastic addition to Android. I use them all the time. I would have loved to see Apple innovate in this area — especially considering the fact that iOS multitasking still doesn't represent an "always on" experience.
Don't get me wrong, iOS is a beautiful and well-structured mobile operating system — but it's begun to show its age. It feels less useful to me today than it did a couple of years ago, especially in the face of increasingly sophisticated competition. I always have this sense now in iOS of not knowing where I am, what my status is — constantly having to load things and reload them. It feels tiring.
it didn't take me very long with the iPhone 5 to start thinking about getting back to the Galaxy Nexus and Jelly Bean (Android 4.1). For what I do, I think it's a more effective, more elegant, and more powerful OS right now. What it may lack in polish and consistency, it makes up for in power and flexibility.
But for me, and for many people I know, the new Maps application is a big step backward for iOS — a "downgrade," as John Gruber called it in his review of the iPhone 5 — and one that will take time, perhaps years, to become great again. It's not impossible to see Apple building its Maps into something stellar, but the company needs data that it simply doesn't have right now.
Apple previously relied on Google's mapping prowess to power this application on the phone. That relationship has ended — linked undoubtedly to the ever-growing animosity between the two companies — and that has left iOS users with a vastly inferior product. In fact, the product becomes even more inferior in the face of the latest Android Google Maps app, which continues to build on Google's rich mapping data and content partnerships.
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Thai
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And? There are things that can be improved upon, like ANY phone, including your GS3.
But, i still don't see where GS3 is better at much of those things...SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE JELLYBEAN YET!
Nor do you have pure Google. What you have is Touchwiz...and lets not go into that...we all know how aweful it is, especially to a purist!
Tell me what it verifies Koz...what is it that you have been saying? To most folks here, what you have said is pure Samsung fanboyism.
But, i still don't see where GS3 is better at much of those things...SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE JELLYBEAN YET!
Nor do you have pure Google. What you have is Touchwiz...and lets not go into that...we all know how aweful it is, especially to a purist!Tell me what it verifies Koz...what is it that you have been saying? To most folks here, what you have said is pure Samsung fanboyism.
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JWaldz
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lol
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Thai
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For those geeks who understand these things, here is a detail look at Apple A6 and how increase performance was achieved: AnandTech - Analyzing the iPhone 5 Geekbench Results
Thai
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That's awesome!! Hey, i would buy THAT iphone! Love the ability to go Star Wars on someone with the light saber!! And there is no damn way anyone can beat the panoramic feature!
Thai
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This should rest your mind: iPhone 5 hits the teardown table, scores a 7 out of 10 for repairability from iFixit -- Engadget
See video...2 min into the video. And abour 4 min into it is the explanation about the dock connector and why it has to be small.
One04FourRrunner
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I'm keeping my 3s which has not given me a problem ever. It's crazy to wait in line ... It's just a phone ! When I was a kid cell phones didn't exist and people could hold a conversation with each other . Now you get a blank state after 2 min then start texting each other to get the point across.
Thai
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But, it also serves as a way to tell someone that you're not interested without having to say a word!
Koz
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Another Benchmark:
Note that iP5 is faster than Intel Atom Z2460. This benchmark give a fairly decent indication of the type of web browsing experience which users can expect from the device.
Forgot to mention the info on this site; lol
"Once Jelly Bean arrives to the high-end Android handset, the new iPhone will lose that top spot it currently occupies in that particular test."
Koz
Thai
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Negatives of iPhones:
1. Navigation...so far, i am not impress with the new navigation, at least on my 4S. But Apple is working hard on this according to reports.
2. Cannot remove certain Apple apps without jailbreaking, e.g. stock app, Newsstand app, and Passbook. But, i guess that this is still better than junk apps that carriers impose on other handsets.
3. I have to rely on my BT widget to turn on and off BT quickly. (The widget was an illegal app that i got before it was banned from the app store.)
4. I wish that you can do full screen in upright position, not just portrait mode.
5. I wish that there is a dedicated refresh button rather than having to scroll to the top to refresh...thus, reading forums would be easier since i can refresh anywhere on the page. (yes, i know about hitting the top bar to get to the top quickly.)
6. Lightning adaptor as noted by Koz et al. (But, at the same time, i know why it is necessary and not just a nickel & dime thing.)
Yup, i am still waiting for UPS guy to deliver my phone.
1. Navigation...so far, i am not impress with the new navigation, at least on my 4S. But Apple is working hard on this according to reports.
2. Cannot remove certain Apple apps without jailbreaking, e.g. stock app, Newsstand app, and Passbook. But, i guess that this is still better than junk apps that carriers impose on other handsets.
3. I have to rely on my BT widget to turn on and off BT quickly. (The widget was an illegal app that i got before it was banned from the app store.)
4. I wish that you can do full screen in upright position, not just portrait mode.
5. I wish that there is a dedicated refresh button rather than having to scroll to the top to refresh...thus, reading forums would be easier since i can refresh anywhere on the page. (yes, i know about hitting the top bar to get to the top quickly.)
6. Lightning adaptor as noted by Koz et al. (But, at the same time, i know why it is necessary and not just a nickel & dime thing.)
Yup, i am still waiting for UPS guy to deliver my phone.
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Thai
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What site?
This was my link: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/0...ch-for-a6-pays-off-in-javascript-performance/
But, wait and see Koz...nothing is set in stone. Remember, Apple can also update their iOS too. Software is one thing...actual hardware performance is another.
What is your processor, Koz? Tell me. A9 or A15? Dual or quad cores? Remember, since yours is an A9 dual core (old design), it may not do well even with JB. Now, the INTERNATIONAL GS3 may improve with JB...but doubt that yours will.
"Intel originally hinted at issues in the [ARM Cortex] A9's memory interface as being why Atom was able to so easily outperform other ARM based SoCs in SunSpider," AnandTech explained.
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foxtrot
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stood in line for 1.5 hours this morning to get mine. have another one being delivered today by FedEX. this thing is pretty awesome. I love it. had to get white. I was third in line and they only had one black 16gb, and I didn't want to buy the 32gb. I like the white though. very clean. the store only had 20 phones all together
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