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Re: [iPhone] iPhone 5 - Most anticipated and expensive junk

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most banking, news and shopping apps are on android. They might not have the same cutting edge features that the iOS versions do yet, but they will.
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Yes, my take on the apps is the same. They might miss some cutting edge features that iOS versions have. But then again I am thinking of giving Android a chance now, since Apple is not really hearing what the consumers would like.. "a change".

Granted they made a revolutionary product, but that's in the past now. With competitors like Samsung, I believe Apple should compete in fair and up-to-date manner. 4G feature has been on the market for a good time. It never made it in iPhone 4.. and 4G is 4S is a practical joke.. every 4S user knows they are actually on 3G and not 4G. Hey with jailbreak I can customize mine to say 5G or even 10G.. that does not make my iPhone attain blazing internet data speeds... now does it?
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What exactly is Apple missing?

An even larger screen?
NFC?

I'm curious to know what "change" the consumers are demanding.

Your first post says dimensions.. I don't see a whole lot of people outside of internet tech forums saying "gee, I really wish this iPhone was larger". Apple's reluctance to go with a massive screen is not a downside to most.. it's a good thing.
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I'm passing on this too, mainly due to AT&T screwing me over. I early adopt every year. Every year they let me upgrade for a 2 year deal. This year, not so much. They want the commitment price of the phone plus $250 plus activation. Yeah, this phone isn't worth upgrading from a 4S for that price.

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You yourself answered some of it

Ask around this forum who doesn't want a screen like the Galaxy S3 .. Not everyone have midget hands. A normal average person can easily hold the Galaxy S3.. its not that huge like the Note

The Galaxy is way thinner, lighter and faster than the iPhone. I am not advocating the Samsung product here.. no ways. I am merely showing whats in the market and what Apple has produced. Users like to see good options to choose from. Not handing out same old thing in slightly different packaging.

Other companies, not just Samsung, have improvised 10 folds in the last 2 years since the iPhone 4 was launched.

What has really changed from iPhone 4 to 4S to 5? 4 had an antenna issue.. (I had first hand experience with that junk), 4S was launched just to save their face from the antenna gate issue (just like Windows 7 came after a failed Vista). Now what has really changed in 5?

I bet .. if iOS were to be ported to the Galaxy S3 today, pretty much every one would be on the Galaxy S3 using iOS rather than the iPhone 5.
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I don't want the Galaxy S3 screen. I'm 6'3" with fairly large hands. I don't like carrying large devices in my pockets either, so the big-ass android devices are out of the question for me.

The iPhone 5 is thinner than the S3. It's lighter than the S3. It's most likely faster than the S3 (need to wait for benchmarks on the A6). Android still suffers from lag in the UI (although it is much better) - that's the most important aspect of "speed" on a mobile device for me and most consumers.

So what else is there? NFC? It'll probably come eventually. It's no way mature enough, imo.

The reason why it seems like everybody else is improving their devices so much is because their devices really, really sucked a few years ago. The iPhone didn't. The 3GS was a great phone and the 4 really nailed it. The 4S was an incremental spec upgrade to keep the iPhone lineup fresh. The 5 is arguably about design. Of course they've also made it faster, better camera, LTE, etc, but the design looks to be unmatched. Can't wait to see one in person.

If you're saying the iPhone 5 was not as revolutionary as you expected.. that may be fair. Apple is refining the iPhone, not redefining it. But saying that it's a crap product because it didn't met those crazy expectations - that's what I don't understand.
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I've been an iPhone user for the past 4 years, owning several model's during that time and have always been a die hard iPhone fan, even suggesting it to all my friends and family.

However, I have recently switch to the S3 and couldn't be happier... all my apps are on android and then some. The games i did play on the iPhone are also on android and play much smoother. I'm not trying to troll, just giving my honest output.

I donated my iPhone 4 to my mom and my iPhone 3G to my brother. My brothers iPhone 3G died and my mom, while she is OK with the iPhone, she isn't too crazy about it and doesn't understand iTunes. She is used to just simply dragging and dropping music from one folder to another folder like a flash drive and she names all her songs by using the file name, not the id3 tags.

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I'm passing on the 5 and getting an S3. I don't think it is junk, but there isn't anything new here. Apple used to be the one everyone else copied, now Apple is the guy late to the game coping the feature that are on other phones. 4 inch screen is still too small especially with so much streaming media. Every app I need or use is available on android. Oh how the times have change.

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