iPhone 5...Thoughts?

Crowley · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:57 am

Azilius wrote:

Spoiler!

Okay I was wrong. Relax.

Destoroyah · **Joined:** Sep 2012 **Posts:** 39 **Location:** NML Cygni

It's just a bigger iphone4 isn't it?

Azilius · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 4236 **Location:** CS:GO

BuDo wrote:

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Whether a benchmark says its faster or an actual customer experience says it faster it doesn't seem you'd buy into it so what's the point?...Kinda funny how apple worshipers spawn their equal opposites..

You seem to have me confused with someone who hates apple products. I don't, I hate ignorance en mass which, fortunately for Apple, a lot of their user base is comprised of.

As for the benchmark comment, I was over exaggerating. While some benchmarks can be a somewhat decent tool to measure performance, a large number of them give you numerical values with little to no context. 50% better in one test does no equal 50% better performance which many people don't realize. I would argue the same thing if an Android user tried arguing with the same logic..

evilpeta · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 895 **Location:** ...

Destoroyah wrote:

It's just a bigger iphone4 isn't it?

Increased height, same width. It's now rocking a new A6 chip 1.02 GHz dual-core designed entirely by Apple. Screen now 4 inches with increased pixel density, longer battery life. It's now 4G LTE capable, and comes out of the box with the new iOS 6 and new built-in Apple-exclusive apps, including a faulty Apple maps app. 8-megapixel camera can now record 1080p video. A thinner 'Apple Lightning' connector replaces the old 30-pin connector.

In short, it is a remarkable improvement from its predecessor, but still falls behind the competition. Almost every new improvement has been present on older versions of rival smartphones for as long as 1.5-2 years. And some features, like NFC and SD card capability for example, are just not included.

Avalanche · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 3606 **Location:**

Here's the main problems with the iPhone 5/iOS 6

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1) Passbook isn't practical yet.
             -No NFC (Near Field Communication), like Google Wallet by paying just by waving your phone.
             -Not many companies want to use Passbook or have adopted it. 

2) The camera isn't as great as Apple says it is
             -Users report buggy camera and "purple haze", Apple just says you're holding it wrong.
             -Camera shots taken from 4S and 5 same angle, no purple haze on 4S.

3) The Wi-Fi leak issue
             -As with a lot of Apple products, WiFi is not working well for some users.
             -WiFi on Verizon iPhones still uses cellular data (Must be manually turned off each time). 

4) There is no relief in sight for Maps
             -Apple's maps will not be fixed anytime soon.
             -Must pay for third party apps like TomTom to get decent nav.
             -No word if Google maps is coming back.

5) Sprint and Verizon customers still can't use voice and data at the same time.
             -This was promised over and over, yet they did not add the additional radio for these carriers.  

6) The aluminum covering nicks and scratches really easily.
             -Since the phone was released a couple weeks ago, a lot of users report nicks on the chamfered edges and scratches on the aluminium backing. 
             
7) There is a huge hole in the iPhone 5 accessories market.
             -Apple hasn't even started to sell accessories (other than the adapter which recently shipped) for the iPhone 5.
             -Need to pay $29 for each adapter (like one for your car, one for your home accessories, etc) unless you plan on switching it back and forth each time.

8) Apple needs a better way to monitor data usage.
             -Users report that their data usage has skyrocketed in comparison to their 4/4S devices.
             -As said earlier, Verizon users its even worse because WiFi still uses cell data.

9)The new App Store search isn't that great.
             -It looks better but a lot of people still claim that its hard to navigate through the store, especially now there there's no lists.

10)Limited Storage
            -Unless you plan on dishing out $100 per 16gb for the iPhone 5 versions, there is no expandable memory slot. 
            -This also goes for the battery which is also non-removable (as its been with all iPhones)

/Pi · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 4592 **Location:**

Five years later and still no flash support. LOL

Avalanche · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 3606 **Location:**

/Pi wrote:

Five years later and still no flash support. LOL

Because flash is obsolete. Android killed flash support on Android 4.0+. Even Adobe says flash is dead. It is all about HTML5 now. Steve Jobs was right about that.

heroo · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 6618 **Location:**

just got my iPhone 5 after 4 weeks of waiting. best buy evah. runs real smooth.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

I'm somewhat jelly...

Majorharper · **Posted:** Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:04 pm

I've had it for about a month now, and I love it, seriously,its a really good phone, a lot of haters but I don't care, its really good.

Battery dies hella fast though

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