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What's new in the iPhone 5

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What's new in the iPhone 5

Impressions of the iPhone 5

from JoeUser Forums

So the iPhone 5 is out and naturally the fans and detractors have lined up.

For me, the iPhone 5 is a no-brainer upgrade. LTE.  I have LTE on my iPad and it makes a huge difference when I'm traveling.  If the only thing the iPhone 5 had was LTE, I'd still upgrade from my 4S to it.

Of course, that's not the only thing in the iPhone 5 delivers.

Here are a few of the things I care about to varying degrees:

  1. It's about 20% lighter than the 4S.  I kind of care about that.  
  2. It's about twice as fast as the 4S.  I don't care about that at all. The 4S is already plenty fast.
  3. It has a slightly larger screen in the sense that it's now 16x9 so it's a bit longer. I don't care about that, if anything it's a negative.
  4. The video camera now has dynamic low lighting support. I kind of care about this.
  5. The WiFi is now dual-band. This means better performance and range. I kind of care about this.
  6. It has a new connector. This means it's not compatible, without an adapter, with all the various iPhone/iPod connectors.  This doesn't bother me as the old one was clunky and dated.
That's pretty much it.  But like I said, the LTE support is the big thing for me.  LTE means cable modem speeds pretty much in every major city. And for me, that's a big deal.
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

Value is always in the eye, and mind, of the customer.  There is a market for virtually everything.  A company trying to sell a product has to decide what market they are going to target and price their merchandise according to what they believe that target market is willing to pay.  Apple, through all the means at its disposal, has been able to persuade a sizable market that there is value in many of the products they sell equal to the prices they charge (not all - remember the Lisa).  The goal price for any product is just below the price that discourages purchase by the target market.  If sales volume meets or beats the goal (lots of people buy it), then they priced it well.

So.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 24
It [fortunately] does NOT have a monopoly on SAMRT phones.

I'm guessing this is one of those Friday night things... again... you know, it's five and twenty past beer o' clock and the Zubish is just starting to creep in a bit.

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No....actually that's the samrt way to spell samrt .... JAFOCHECK

 

 

 

[yes, it was friday]....;p

Reply #29 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 26

Quoting Kantok, reply 19I believe Aston Martins should be priced at about $15,000 so I could afford one. Those evil greedy assholes and their $240,000 price tag. Their greed is keeping me from what I wannnnttttttt!!!!!!

I'd rather they were closer to 5 ....so I could buy a few of them....

Now you're just being greedy!