Apple Announces new iPhone 5

[Scott Greczkowski]

No NFC, the glossed over passbook.

Nothing that I have to have yet.

 

[Neutron]

I'm just telling you what my wife is unhappy about -- but the 4/4S had no changes. I don't recall the earlier phones to be honest.

The 4S had a slight change with the face sensor on the front.

 

[Neutron]

I guess no NFC for the iPhone 5.

 

[navychop]

I'm almost glad about that. Besides, there's almost nowhere this is up and running.

 

[John Kotches]

It would have been cool if Apple had made the new connector a Thunderbolt connector since it's already out there.

Thunderbolt isn't out there in great quantity though. It is still in its relative infancy. Adapters would help out dramatically here though.

 

[meStevo]

I've used the text back to caller on my Nexus before, it's kinda neat but rarely used.

 

[Peter Parker]

I'm just telling you what my wife is unhappy about -- but the 4/4S had no changes. I don't recall the earlier phones to be honest.

I ws just saying it si routine------and I think you are wrong about the 4 to 4S transition. I know a few folks who have to have everything new that Apple puts out and they would up changing cases. hecksome existing cases did not fit the white iphones and that was not even a generational change.

 

[meStevo]

The side buttons changed a little from 4-4S also, some cases a little more tolerant to the change than others.

 

[Neutron]

LOVE this quote from the Gizmodo live blog: "He's talking about the phone has been "completely redesigned," which is a very loose definition of either "completely" or "redesigned"."

 

[John Kotches]

Wouldn't it be ironic if all the Android vendors with 16:9 phones sued Apple for using the shape

 

[Neutron]

Quite honestly I don't see enough of a feature change or a "must have" to pay for a new phone right now. My 4S does everything I need it to and iOS 6 is compatible with it already. Nothing really on the new phone has changed. I don't live in an LTE area so that feature isn't all that important to me.

 

[John Kotches]

Talking about "HD Widescreen" when the phone doesn't even make it to 720p. Kind of amusing.

 

[John Kotches]

Quite honestly I don't see enough of a feature change or a "must have" to pay for a new phone right now. My 4S does everything I need it to and iOS 6 is compatible with it already. Nothing really on the new phone has changed. I don't live in an LTE area so that feature isn't all that important to me.

From a 4S, maybe not. My wife is jumping from a 4 so it's a bigger difference.

 

[tigerfan33]

Quite honestly I don't see enough of a feature change or a "must have" to pay for a new phone right now. My 4S does everything I need it to and iOS 6 is compatible with it already. Nothing really on the new phone has changed. I don't live in an LTE area so that feature isn't all that important to me.

Same here. Happy with the 4S.

Plus buying adaptor for your adaptor is a bit much.

 

[meStevo]

Interesting comment from the Engadget liveblog:

TIM STEVENS 10:58 AM
"The variances from product to product we now measure in microns." Cameras actually take images of each case and select the appropriate back plate to fit.

• TIM STEVENSJust a few micron difference is too much, so they have hundreds of minutely differently sized backs to match. What will this mean for getting replacements at the Apple Store?

 

[Neutron]

From a 4S, maybe not. My wife is jumping from a 4 so it's a bigger difference.

Those with a 3GS or a 4 I could see making a jump to the 5.

 

[mike123abc]

Nice that they have an adapter to allow all your existing cords to still work. I just hope that it is not expensive, since I would probably pick up 4 of them....

 

[Neutron]

iOS 6 will be released Sept 19th.

 

[meStevo]

Nice that they have an adapter to allow all your existing cords to still work. I just hope that it is not expensive, since I would probably pick up 4 of them....

Guessing somewhere between $9.99 and $19.99, and you can only get them from Apple

 

[cardinalrooter]

jumping from a 3gs to a 5 October 1, if it's out by then