Comments on: iPhone 5 to be an August game-changer?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:01:00 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

According to the $numbers$, apparantly Apple DID INDEED beat Nokia on reliability, AND EVERYTHING ELSE for that matter!!!

LoL!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:59:00 +0000

Yeah! You said it right!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:56:00 +0000

NOOO!!!!

It is NOT a “you have to hold it… blah blah blah” thingys! This thing is UGLY!!!!

Apple is all about symetry and clean lines. This thing is NONE of that! This thing is NOT anything close to what the iP5 will look like. Nor the 4S.

AND THANK GOD for that! I would NOT replace my 3 iPhones in my family plan with that eye sore and Apple knos it thats why they arent selling anything that even remotely resembles that ugly thing!

By: Fossil4117

Fossil4117 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:00:00 +0000

You are gay. Apple owns droids

By: Fossil4117

Fossil4117 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:00:00 +0000

You are gay. Apple owns droids

By: Destin246

Destin246 — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:15:00 +0000

I can barely look at without barfing its so damn ugly lol no way I would ever get a smarphone that looks like that :/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:49:00 +0000

this is not the new iphone 5. come on now slashgear. I saw the first one back when the iphone 4 was rumored and the second one shows the same photo shop style but with iphone4 as the base pic. Thats unprofessional for apple. Plus they dont leak information.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:49:00 +0000

By: hp

hp — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:53:00 +0000

I own plenty of Apple products and love them all. I understand Apple very clearly. At some point though, each new product will have to be more groundbreaking than the previous. Technology advances fast fast fast. One can’t just add a faster processor and call it good.

By: Nest11

Nest11 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:44:00 +0000

Ipoop 5, ifart 2, are going down, Android is smashing apples, again…and again…

By: Alexander Cardosa

Alexander Cardosa — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:13:00 +0000

True to that, but I have an iPhone 4 and will not be upgrading for another year or so. My wife has the iphone 3G yes iphone 3G and will be upgrading to the iPhone 5. Upgrades every year is a good thing it means innovation is moving forward. That does not mean every year you upgrade but it does mean that in 2 or 3 years the leap is big enough that what you get will make you a very happy consumer which is all good.

By: Alexander Cardosa

Alexander Cardosa — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:06:00 +0000

Yes they can afford to do an incremental. Because you don’t own Apple products you don’t understand the mentality of Apple as a company. Its not about the numbers for Apple it has never been about spec. I don’t see a game changer for iPhone 5 but more of a user changer maybe. Unlike Android which means nothing since its one OS in 100 different phones manufacturer (MS Windows anyone) Apple has no fear.

Sure one phone can do this better or that, but in the end most are cheap plastic “me too” phones. With lots of them not been able to run new programs after the last update. Apple never competes against them, never has.

Will the iPhone 5 be slimmer? Yes, with same or more battery life.

Will it have a bigger screen? No because it would take out the “retina” display.

Will it have a better camera,? Maybe on the back side, but not for video conference because of the lag issue. I use that camera all the time now on my iPhone and iPad and it works just fine if there is some light in the room. And it does not eat my whole bandwidth on the WiFi at home.

Does Apple care what people who do not understand the company or its products think? No.

Do people who buy Apple want another Windows Clone/Android Clone? No.

Will iPhone 5 be 9x more cable of playing games like the iPad 2. Yes it will actually I would say that will be the main push.

Not sure about the iTouch since it has always had a bit more power and been clocked much higher than the iPhone. I even see where the iTouch/iPad will become more in line with each other and the iPhone will be on its own when it comes to releases.

The real big thing for the next iPhone is the A5 chip with its much, much more powerful video processor. Also it will be the 1080p ability to output which will be limited to 720p when it comes to the iPhone 4 and iPad 1.

After owning Apple products people tend to understand what Apple is about, which is the experience and not another Me Too company.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:01:00 +0000

In smartphone market – yes. In phone market – you just can’t beat a Nokia for reliability.
I still maintain, that the most valuable €50 I spent on a phone is buying Nokia 2323.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:01:00 +0000

In smartphone market – yes. In phone market – you just can’t beat a Nokia for reliability.
I still maintain, that the most valuable €50 I spent on a phone is buying Nokia 2323.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:57:00 +0000

iPhone4 was the first iPhone I wouldn’t be ashamed in pulling out at a business meeting.
This sketch just looks wrong. Definitely not for your business user that needs to do the first impression.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:57:00 +0000

iPhone4 was the first iPhone I wouldn’t be ashamed in pulling out at a business meeting.
This sketch just looks wrong. Definitely not for your business user that needs to do the first impression.

By: hp

hp — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:49:00 +0000

Not afford cash wise, but market share, user base, reputation, etc. Obviously they have the cash to produce a product however they see fit.

By: Andrewscarbeck

Andrewscarbeck — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:15:00 +0000

Apple has billions of dollars to spend… rethink your quote.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:18:00 +0000

Hms. I don’t know. Some of these android phones are setting the bar higher and every time a new one comes out, it sets the bar even higher.

But I’ll can tell you that if it dosen’t come with 4G (especially LTE capability) and NFC, it won’t be a game changer.

But the Nexus 3 will defiantly be a game changer.

By: hp

hp — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:00:00 +0000

I feel like Apple can’t afford to ship a device with only an incremental upgrade. The mobile market is rapidly expanding and with each month comes a storm of Android phones with faster specs and more features. I think Apple will need to ship a game changing iPhone each time now to stay competitive.

By: Benitez Burns

Benitez Burns — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:16:00 +0000

You tell him! lol! So many “androids” haters out there! I guess thats how life is when you re dealing with “Second best” ;-) Go Apple!!!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:39:00 +0000

no doubt, nokia has been riding that train for the last couple years ;)

By: JohnJohnJ

JohnJohnJ — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:42:00 +0000

Author, your article is so vague and “iffy” I wonder if it’s worth publishing.

By: Rye

Rye — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:28:00 +0000

Don’t care. Have had APPLE products for 24 flawless, no stress years, and it’s about time to upgrade my older iPhone. Will I be there for the iPhone 5? You betcha’!!

By: Rye

Rye — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:28:00 +0000

Don’t care. Have had APPLE products for 24 flawless, no stress years, and it’s about time to upgrade my older iPhone. Will I be there for the iPhone 5? You betcha’!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:42:00 +0000

It is SO ugly!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:26:00 +0000

What’s “shady” about an annual refresh to a product line? It is not like each refresh is not a substantial update! Ok, so the iPhone to the iPhone 3G was somewhat incremental, but 3G to 3Gs was substantial. 3Gs to 4 was huge and it sounds like 4 to 5 will be substantial. The good news for consumers has been that AT&T has been willing to foot what amounts to $450 every year to reduce the cost of these upgrades even though the users were under contract for another year. Making upgrades virtually free if you sell your old phone.

Now you might have a case if you believe that the tech was there to make the iPhone 5 last year at or below the price it is being made today. But it appears that phones are just following the technology curve and updates that come out every year are more reasonable than the new phone every month system in the android camp.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:31:00 +0000

As much as I love thin phones, the mockup is pretty hideous looking. Maybe it’s one of those, “you have to hold it to judge it” type things.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:07:00 +0000

This is going to be an interesting year for tech!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:05:00 +0000

You seem to put a lot of faith in the intelligence of people!

The idea that people are dumb and will buy anything is the cornerstone of capitalism!

By: Ward Anderson

Ward Anderson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:51:00 +0000

So they release a new phone a year and some change later, with all upgraded internals every year? I’m surprised people still flock to these devices. Just seems like a shady business practice. And no doubt there will be lines and lines of people to purchase this “Magical” device that has some minor upgrades to the internal hardware.