IPhone 5- whose getting one?
Sep 12, 2012 | 12:13 pm
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Ready to order but want the unlocked one - sure hope that's available right away instead of the wait. Time to ditch AT&T/Verizon - my iPhone 4 contract is up; prepaid, here I come 
Sep 12, 2012 | 12:15 pm
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"There are some great enhancements to the phone app, including the ability to send an SMS or iMessage back if you can't take the call."
Signed,
Ice Cream Sandwich
Sep 12, 2012 | 12:16 pm
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Sep 12, 2012 | 12:20 pm
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LTE and 4" screen are about the only new things on it. Letterboxing older apps has to be the dumbest thing they have done in the design department in a long time.
I was hoping for something actually revolutionary, but they had nothing. Of course, that won't stop people from buying them like crazy.
I was hoping for something actually revolutionary, but they had nothing. Of course, that won't stop people from buying them like crazy.
Sep 12, 2012 | 12:21 pm
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Just watched the presentation online.
The phone itself looks physically attractive.
However, besides a taller screen and faster processor, there isn't much to the phone. Not a significant upgrade from the 4 or 4S.
The phone itself looks physically attractive.
However, besides a taller screen and faster processor, there isn't much to the phone. Not a significant upgrade from the 4 or 4S.
Sep 12, 2012 | 12:31 pm
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I plan to upgrade our two iPhone4. I like the new features of the iPhone5. Since my two-year contract was up on 11 Sep 12, I was able to get ATT to unlock my current phones.
Sep 12, 2012 | 12:35 pm
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Thunderbolt and Lightning are quite possibly the two stupidest names I've seen for ports. What's next? Quantum? Wormhole?
Honorable mention goes to EarPods. Really?
Honorable mention goes to EarPods. Really?
Sep 12, 2012 | 12:58 pm
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Sep 12, 2012 | 1:01 pm
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I think most of you meant to post in some other thread than the "who's getting one" thread.
You're all too funny. You couldn't wait to start posting about it, thus adding to the buzz, intentional or not.
-David
You're all too funny. You couldn't wait to start posting about it, thus adding to the buzz, intentional or not.
-David
Sep 12, 2012 | 1:09 pm
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I am underwhelmed. Clearly the era of smartphone innovation is over. It is off to the commodity market. As Amazon has noted the profit is in the razor blades now, not the razor. I just wonder how soon it will be before all smartphones are free.
Sep 12, 2012 | 1:10 pm
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The buzz is out there, whether we comment or not. Meanwhile it's fun to poke fun at a phone that meekly sort of catches up to 2011 standards.
Sep 12, 2012 | 2:07 pm
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