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miniGMgoit said:
Lots of rumors about a September release. I currently have a 4, not a 4s but a 4. It's so old now and clunky and worn out. I nearly upgraded today but thought I'd wait till I got home and do some research first. I think I'll just wait until the 6 comes out now.
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It'll have a bigger screen, they'll talk about it. Everyone who doesn't like Apple will have a fit, everyone that does will have a fit. The majority of normal humans won't know what's going and won't be bothered they don't...
 
I have a 5s, and really, it's a shade too big. I have to shift it around in my hand to get my thumb up to top left etc, when using one-handed.

If they do go two-sizes I'll be happy to go for the smaller... Unless...

With the 5s/5c launch, I'd have gone for a 5c, but the cheaper one has rounded edges and so can't be stood on its side. I liked my old 4s balancing on its side to act as a clock etc, so I ended up getting the 5s for its nice flat edges.
 
miniGMgoit said:
Lots of rumors about a September release. I currently have a 4, not a 4s but a 4. It's so old now and clunky and worn out. I nearly upgraded today but thought I'd wait till I got home and do some research first. I think I'll just wait until the 6 comes out now.
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I'm still very happy with my 4, 4 years old in July. Does everything I want it to do very well. Could be a bit faster but that's going to cost me 500 quid.
 
Got a mate who works at Apple, he and a lot of his London-based colleagues have just flown out to spend 3 weeks in Cupertino.

I asked him what they were doing with a sly smile and the knobjockey still wouldn't tell me for fear of being fired :facepalm:
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
Not tempted to upgrade at all then?
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The only thing is the speed, faster would be nice, but mine is not going to change unless Apple put a slow down loop in the code. And its not like I'm waiting ages.

The seamless interface for connectivity between devices is very nice but its a single feature. That'd be like buying a new phone because it can send pictures in messages.
 
Sunray said:
The only thing is the speed, faster would be nice, but mine is not going to change unless Apple put a slow down loop in the code. And its not like I'm waiting ages.

The seamless interface for connectivity between devices is very nice but its a single feature. That'd be like buying a new phone because it can send pictures in messages.
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There's lots in ios8/Yosemite that looks good, but I can't see myself ditching my 5s any time soon, unless they have something amazingly new in the 6. Which they won't :D
 
I can't upgrade til next year anyway. But I don't like this apparent feature of iOS 8 whereby you can just use Siri with out pressing the home button. I might skip it on my Iphone 5.

So basically it's listening all the time. Obviously, it's a mobile phone by it's nature it tracks your location. All the privacy leaking apps, software bugs, warnings about possibility of remotely activating the microphone etc. OK, yes, the strongly privacy concerned aren't likely to use an Iphone. But actually listening all the time in case you utter "Hey Siri." That's fucked up.
 
If the iPhone 6 turns out to have - as expected - a larger screen I can't wait to hear the justification of upgraders who had previously been adamant that anything larger than the current iPhone screen would be a terrible idea.
 
editor said:
If the iPhone 6 turns out to have - as expected - a larger screen I can't wait to hear the justification of upgraders who had previously been adamant that anything larger than the current iPhone screen would be a terrible idea.
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I don't want a bigger screen. But I do want an iPhone. So as and when I do want/need to upgrade I won't have much choice :(
 
I also hope that if they do release a larger one it is identical in spec other than battery life. Having to chose between performance and size would be fucking shite.
 
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Ah, so that'll be your excuse. A minor spec improvement :)
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Nah, it'd have to be something significant. And I can't even think of what that could possibly be. Everything I run on my 5s runs fast and loads instantly. So can't see much need for extra speed. I don't want the bigger screen. So, not much left really...
 
editor said:
If the iPhone 6 turns out to have - as expected - a larger screen I can't wait to hear the justification of upgraders who had previously been adamant that anything larger than the current iPhone screen would be a terrible idea.
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i don't particularly like or want a massive phone, but after 18 months with a Samsung S3 i'd buy the new iPhone even if it was the size of a brick. shut up and take my money, let me back in your walled garden. Thanks Android, i really wanted to like you but it's been fucking horrible.
 
I'll have been stuck with android for almost 3 years by the time I get an iPhone, because Apple didn't make the iPhone large enough last year so I decided to wait. And of course my phone decided to be extra crap this year, just to add to the pain.
 
pesh said:
i don't particularly like or want a massive phone, but after 18 months with a Samsung S3 i'd buy the new iPhone even if it was the size of a brick. shut up and take my money, let me back in your walled garden. Thanks Android, i really wanted to like you but it's been fucking horrible.
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Don't let samsung put you off. They are wankers and their phones are shit. Unaltered Android on a nexus is the best os out there at the moment.
 
pesh said:
i don't particularly like or want a massive phone, but after 18 months with a Samsung S3 i'd buy the new iPhone even if it was the size of a brick. shut up and take my money, let me back in your walled garden. Thanks Android, i really wanted to like you but it's been fucking horrible.
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The S3 is easily the worst smartphone I've ever owned - I still marginally prefer Android though.

I'm not a fan boy and quite like Apple products, I just don't think that they do anything to justify the extra cost.
The best phone Iver ever owned is my current one - HTC One, closely followed by iPhone 4 (at the time).

All I'm saying is that writing off Android because you don't like your S3 is like writing off Windows because you had a particular laptop that was shite.
 
souljacker said:
Don't let samsung put you off. They are wankers and their phones are shit. Unaltered Android on a nexus is the best os out there at the moment.
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Still give you the option of removable batteries and the ability to add lots of memory cheaply. Construction could be better, but all my phones go straight in a solid case so less of an issue.

A launcher like Nova makes them seem nicer if you don't like the idea of rooting.
 
pesh said:
i don't particularly like or want a massive phone, but after 18 months with a Samsung S3 i'd buy the new iPhone even if it was the size of a brick. shut up and take my money, let me back in your walled garden. Thanks Android, i really wanted to like you but it's been fucking horrible.
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Mojofilter said:
The S3 is easily the worst smartphone I've ever owned - I still marginally prefer Android though.
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I've just traded up from an S3 to an S5 purely because the S3 was the best phone I've owned, it literally did everything I could think of that was required.

Genuinely curious, why didn't you get on with it?
 
The Octagon said:
I've just traded up from an S3 to an S5 purely because the S3 was the best phone I've owned, it literally did everything I could think of that was required.

Genuinely curious, why didn't you get on with it?
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Mainly the lag - I found that very frustrating and it seemed to crash quite a lot.
 
Here's what's believed to be the mute switch, volume buttons and power button of the iP6

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Calm yourselves! :D

MacRumours
 
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