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![]() Well, the info is out. I'm sure Ex will do a much better job summing up their info, but this is a very underwhelming release.
5s has very little to offer over the 5. You get a faster CPU/GPU (not that you'll really notice), fingerprint reader, and 120 fps 720p video capture. 5c is essentially identical to the 5, internally. So you have a phone that is being built with year old specs, and now in plastic instead of metal...and you only get a $100 price drop. At this point, it looks like the best buy is a used 5. But that's just me. I say all this as an Android user. I wouldn't mind switching to iOS for my phone, because I don't really need Android for that. For tablets, yeah, I'm sticking to Android. Either way, this release fails to impress. EDIT: It's not surprising -- interesting, but not surprising -- that the 4S is staying in the lineup. Keeping the 5 would make the 5s and especially the 5c a hard sell.
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The 4S needs to go. I just switched from a 4S to an HTC One last week. I don't want to ever go back to that 3.5" screen. I will say though that I miss being able to do everything with one hand. I can manage on the One, but its not so easy. |
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I think Sony is about the only Android OEM that does a 4" screen these days.
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I really like the iPhone 5S, but I don't like the 5C.
You're pretty much bang on with what I don't like about the 5C. Your buying a plastic iPhone 5. Apple has never been about cost effective hardware, why start now? 5S: They hit the nail on the head with the Fingerprint Scanner. This is what made Apple Apple. Bridging a need with technology. Not bridging a phone to your wallet. The A7 processor is a significant step up, and although you do not think it will be noticeable; IOS 7 appears to be hardware intensive. Actions such as Card Based Multitasking, swiping forward and back in Safari, 3D Wallpapers, etc. will pull a fair bit a CPU Power. They don't seem to be announcing the memory in the phone, but I would expect a minor bump up from the 1 GB in the iPhone 5.
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I'll pass on it. i would like to try an iPhone at some point, but a 4" screen just doesn't cut it for me. I wouldn't mind a 4.7" iPhone, but I bet that's probably 5 or so years out still. It wouldn't surprise me if the make the iPhone 6 a 4.3" screen, so it could give them something new to say such as, "Our biggest iPhone yet!". Oh well. I'll keep my S4 a little longer.
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Not likely, but I'll try to add to the conversation. I'm not an iPhone guy, but my wife is, so I keep up with their releases. Especially in a cycle where she's going to upgrade, such as this one. I intend to have a 64GB model (for her, of course) on or shortly after release. We've already lined up a buyer for her 4s, which was far easier to sell than my S2, though at a slightly lower price.
I respectfully disagree. Apple typically uses a tick-tock release cycle. The problem with this cycle, combined with the way that most Apple fans think, makes the minor upgrade seem big and the major upgrade seem minor. For example, the iPhone 3Gs - iPhone 4 was a minor upgrade. Camera and display were upgraded, and the outer design was changed. The CPU/GPU remained the same (small bump in clock speed), while the RAM remained the same. The 4s was a MAJOR upgrade over the 4, with a vastly superior CPU, GPU, and camera. The display was also recalibrated to be higher quality, despite the same resolution. But, they looked the same, so most considered it to be a small upgrade. Basically, their "tick" is aesthetics, and their "tock" is performance. Apple deviated here by upgrading every aspect of the iPhone 5, leaving it to be a tick-tock all in one. So with the 5s, we're getting the usual 'tock upgrade (camera, CPU/GPU, other internals), but keeping the same display, size, and looks. It's not as big an upgrade as 4s --> 5, but it's in line with the other two big iPhone upgrades (3G --> 3Gs and 4 --> 4s). Quote:
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