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hiraethified
His voiceover seems to flit between little bursts of enthusiasm, bouts of tiredness and sounding like he's trying out for a job in the porn industry.
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RedDragon
"I am not one of your fans!"
Compered to the 32GB iP4, there's been a £30 increase which does seem rather unnecessary.
RedDragon
"I am not one of your fans!"
It sounds like he's caught in a parody loop - will the real Jony Ive please stand up.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Nothing wrong with questioning the cost - it is very high and whether it's worth going for 32GB over 16GB or for a different phone that costs 'only' £450 really is a #firstworldproblem.
However, there are a few complexities which lie behind questions of cost. For example, does any of us know how many people out there are sufficiently 'minted'? Perhaps there are even more people prepared to spend £704 on a phone than were prepared to spend £699 (from memory) on the last model (or did the iPhone 5 bomb?) Or maybe some of those 'minted' individuals are going to sell their iPhone 5 for somewhere between £420-£575 in order to trade up.
Heck, it's complicated isn't it, the economics of the high-end mobile phone market? D'you know what, after a bit of thought, I'm not sure I'm really in a position to express a strong opinion one way or the other. I just hope Apple's done some kind of research.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I know, but I just always chuck stuff in a drawer and forget about it, im a bit of a secret hoarder.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I hear ya, I'm on the 4S but the battery life isn't what it was and that's a big deal for my line of work. My not bother updating to iOS7 until I read about the 4S users experience...
pinkychukkles
Feed Your Head
I use an iphone 4 on Three - I have noticed that they are offering:
The devil in the detail being that you have to possess a 4G compatible device before they roll out the service wherever you are in order to qualify for the 'free' upgrade. Currently pay £10/pm for a sim-only deal, so makes for a luring enticement to get a 4G-ready phone.
I would like to upgrade but can't afford or therefore justify it in the near future atm. It's all a bit meh to be honest, it may be wise to wait until spring next year to see if these fingerprint readers last in The Real World or if it will be another Antenna-gate or rather Finger-gate
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Eye-watering price but then again, if the camera's good enough for your needs then you won't be buying a separate digital camera and again, if you use it to listen to music then you won't be getting a separate digital music player either.
The devil in the detail being that you have to possess a 4G compatible device before they roll out the service wherever you are in order to qualify for the 'free' upgrade. Currently pay £10/pm for a sim-only deal, so makes for a luring enticement to get a 4G-ready phone.
I would like to upgrade but can't afford or therefore justify it in the near future atm. It's all a bit meh to be honest, it may be wise to wait until spring next year to see if these fingerprint readers last in The Real World or if it will be another Antenna-gate or rather Finger-gate
...Eye-watering price but then again, if the camera's good enough for your needs then you won't be buying a separate digital camera and again, if you use it to listen to music then you won't be getting a separate digital music player either.
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Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
That would be a terrible flaw. It should stop working the day after the warranty expires like other computer kit.I was reading somewhere the finger scans would start to fail after 500 reads or 6 months of use - golden rule of Apple applies: Never be an early adopter/wait for the update.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
If that was true that'd be a massive PR disaster waiting to happen and demonstrates they'd learned nothing from the map issues of iOS 6...
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
I don't what I was expecting but I'm disappointed with the new iPhones.
I get a new iPhone every 18 months or so and I don't expect I'll change the pattern but there is no excitement now waiting for he new iphone like I had waiting for the 3G and then the 4.
From a cost point of view it works out about €25 per month to have a new phone every 18 months and I tend to think for the amount of use I get out of it, it's pretty good value.
I get a new iPhone every 18 months or so and I don't expect I'll change the pattern but there is no excitement now waiting for he new iphone like I had waiting for the 3G and then the 4.
From a cost point of view it works out about €25 per month to have a new phone every 18 months and I tend to think for the amount of use I get out of it, it's pretty good value.
elbows
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Failure after 500 reads is simply not anywhere close to a viable option. There are certain usage patterns where you could do that many scans in just a few weeks.
Apple are certainly not immune to making mistakes, but nobody would normally release a product that failed that quickly. The scanner is certainly something that may fail early in some units, but not for everyone. I think the 500 number is bullshit based on some other historical version of the technology, and the most obvious way that Apple have tried to introduce some longevity into the feature is by the use of sapphire.
Apple are certainly not immune to making mistakes, but nobody would normally release a product that failed that quickly. The scanner is certainly something that may fail early in some units, but not for everyone. I think the 500 number is bullshit based on some other historical version of the technology, and the most obvious way that Apple have tried to introduce some longevity into the feature is by the use of sapphire.
RedDragon
"I am not one of your fans!"
Come on I read it in the Guardian its gotta be true.
I had to back through my browser history to find where I read the 500 readings and bust comment, it was just a curious snippet that stuck with me.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The 500 reads things is quite clearly bollocks.
magneze
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It's the first iPhone I'd consider buying. The fingerprint unlock is a great idea and iOS no longer looks like a child's toy. Home screen widgets are still missing though. Having said that, I'm quite happy with my Nexus 4 which was about half the price.
I wonder if the fingerprint reader works through plastic - for example, if you have it in an armband for running.
I wonder if the fingerprint reader works through plastic - for example, if you have it in an armband for running.
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hiraethified
When the Palm Pre was announced, I recall a poll declaring that a phenomenal amount of people saying that they were absolutely certainly 100% going to buy the thing, yes sir. These polls are bollocks.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I've never understood the point of widgets, if your apps work properly and quickly widgets become moot no?
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hiraethified
You're missing the point. With widgets you don't have to keep on opening up individual apps to find out information (bus times, weather, news, twitter updates etc), and can access everything you need from the home screen. They're a brilliant idea.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
er.... so the same as the notifications pull down on ios then.
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hiraethified
Err, no.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
edit.... I just googled, like widgets on mac osx.... which i never use
magneze
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A desktop is different from a mobile. Bus times, weather and calendar widgets I use all the time. I just look at my phone and can see them all at a glance.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Im not convinced id ever actually use them....
Not that it matters, there's no chance of me moving to android anyway.
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hiraethified
That's fine but if you're going to try and dismiss a feature that really is rather good, it might be an idea to actually try it out first.
pesh
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i've got about 6 or 7, BBC News, Poweramp, Tunein, Keep, Weather etc... very exciting at first for someone who had just moved over from iOS. i don't really use them any more, other than glancing at the weather occasionally, and thats normally built into the homescreen of most phones isn't it?
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