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So, how about that iPhone 5 ?


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Original post:

Anyone know when this device is going to be launched by Apple? I am due an upgrade and was going to wait for this provided its not too far away. The iPhone 4s isn't that much better than my hd desire I don't think so il pass on that butbut I expect the new iPhone to be class hopefully.

frozenfrozen

nothing official as of yet, and there won't be until about a week before its launch. It will follow the same trend as always for its release, though.

murpho999

teednab-el wrote: »

Anyone know when this device is going to be launched by Apple? I am due an upgrade and was going to wait for this provided its not too far away. The iPhone 4s isn't that much better than my hd desire I don't think so il pass on that butbut I expect the new iPhone to be class hopefully.

That is very debatable! Personally think the 4s is 10 times better phone than the Desire.

What are you expecting on the 5 that will make it class?

MiniNukinfuts

murpho999 wrote: »

What are you expecting on the 5 that will make it class?

It'll have number 5 on the box rather than 4s. Usually about first week of june at the WDC is when it's announced. I'd imagine it'd be announced then, but it probably won't launch here till mid-end july. Like the 3G and the 4

teednab-el

murpho999 wrote: »

That is very debatable! Personally think the 4s is 10 times better phone than the Desire.

What are you expecting on the 5 that will make it class?

Well the desire HD came out before the 4s but what I'm saying is that the iPhone 4s isnt worth the upgrade until the iPhone 5 is out.

Well the iphone 5really must produce something that outclasses the proposed Samsung galaxy S3 and the htc one. Hopefully they have a bigger screen for a start.

Yakult

teednab-el wrote: »

Hopefully they have a bigger screen for a start.

Hopefully not. iPhone is perfect size for those who dont want to carry a mini tablet in their pocket like the route alot of phones are going for. Meh.

whiterebel

Yakult wrote: »

Hopefully not. iPhone is perfect size for those who dont want to carry a mini tablet in their pocket like the route alot of phones are going for. Meh.

Absolutely. Size on iPhone is fine as it is.

Doodah7

whiterebel wrote: »

Absolutely. Size on iPhone is fine as it is.

+1.

Phones with large screens are plain ugly. I remember a few years ago when the aim of phone companies was to make the smallest possible phone, it is now going the other way again!

jester77

+1 for screensize remaining the same. The reason it is this size is so that the average person can access any part of the screen with their thumb while operating it one handed. Any bigger will make one handed use awkward, if not impossible.

DjTaz

+1 as well. I can do everything i need to on the iphone with the screen the size it is - I have an iphone 4 and and iphone 4s and the speed difference is noticable in the 4s when im doing anything on it.

The lads in work have the HTC's and the screen is just a little too big for my liking - it makes it bulky.

Tea 1000

I disagree on the screen size, I find the iPhone screen too small, and I never liked the change in shape from the 3GS. Lots of rumors that the new 5 will be back to that kind of shape again, and I hope that's true. It's a lot nicer to hold. Plus there's a lot of wastage in the iPhone case size versus screen size ratio. A nicer shape that's naturally easier to hold could allow for the phone to be very slightly wider, then just push the screen size bigger while leaving the rest alone and you'd have a good device.
I agree with OP, the 4S isn't worth the upgrade, SIRI isn't much good in this part of the world yet, it'll take time to mature, so I'd say hold out.
Chances are slim of the 5 being released in June though. I'd say more like end of July, August direction.

DjTaz

Tea 1000 wrote: »

I disagree on the screen size, I find the iPhone screen too small, and I never liked the change in shape from the 3GS. Lots of rumors that the new 5 will be back to that kind of shape again, and I hope that's true. It's a lot nicer to hold. Plus there's a lot of wastage in the iPhone case size versus screen size ratio. A nicer shape that's naturally easier to hold could allow for the phone to be very slightly wider, then just push the screen size bigger while leaving the rest alone and you'd have a good device.
I agree with OP, the 4S isn't worth the upgrade, SIRI isn't much good in this part of the world yet, it'll take time to mature, so I'd say hold out.
Chances are slim of the 5 being released in June though. I'd say more like end of July, August direction.

There are already Chinese copies of the supposed iphone 5 out that have the iphone 3 curved shape with similar dimensions to the iphone 4

guil

DjTaz wrote: »

There are already Chinese copies of the supposed iphone 5 out that have the iphone 3 curved shape with similar dimensions to the iphone 4

Every year its the same

copacetic

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

It'll have number 5 on the box rather than 4s. Usually about first week of june at the WDC is when it's announced. I'd imagine it'd be announced then, but it probably won't launch here till mid-end july. Like the 3G and the 4

They changed for the 4S and are expected to stick to October release for the iPhone 5.

Yakult wrote: »

Hopefully not. iPhone is perfect size for those who dont want to carry a mini tablet in their pocket like the route alot of phones are going for. Meh.

I certainly don't want a much bigger phone, but I want a bigger screen. Either use up more of the current space for screen, or make it slightly bigger. Say 4" would be a nice size.

SunnyDub1

teednab-el wrote: »

Anyone know when this device is going to be launched by Apple? I am due an upgrade and was going to wait for this provided its not too far away. The iPhone 4s isn't that much better than my hd desire I don't think so il pass on that butbut I expect the new iPhone to be class hopefully.

I'v heard around end of Aug/Sept.. Hopefully..

Also hoping they go back to the old shape (iphone 3) as I find iphone 4 very bulky

frozenfrozen

I love the current design. The whole surface being a screen would be very nice though, although I don't find the current screen size limiting at all. To be honest I can't really see anything I want to change on my 4. It's a bit slow at some things but that's only because I never restart it and it has about 200mb free space on it. I don't miss how quick it was when I first got it. Siri is something I would never use, too. Am I the only one that wants apple to make an iPhone which I can drop without instinctively just accepting the fact that when I go to pick it up the screen WILL be broken...

They're going to make it 2mm thinner and people are going to put on massive rubber cases like they do now.

MiniNukinfuts

copacetic wrote: »

They changed for the 4S and are expected to stick to October release for the iPhone 5.

Apple didn't set anything in stone about that date being the norm for iphone releases. I think they could just as easily release a new iPhone during the summer.

iggy

Personally I would like to see a small increase in screen size and a bit slimmer.
I do love the build quality of the iPhone 4 compared to SG2 that I had for awhile.

Tora Bora

It would be usefull, if the 5, didn't drop calls, like all it's predessors:rolleyes:

frozenfrozen

Tora Bora wrote: »

It would be usefull, if the 5, didn't drop calls, like all it's predessors:rolleyes:

I've never experienced a dropped call on mine. must be something to do with how I hold it, stopping antennagate and all that

sham69

It would be usefull, if the 5, didn't drop calls, like all it's predessors

I have had all the iphones from first aluminium backed one up to 4s and never had one dropped call and that is with 3 different providers.
Maybe I am one of the lucky ones..;)

Owen

Larger screen please, I'm finding typing lately a pain in the ass on the iPhone. Truth be told, my ideal frankenphone would be one with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and iOS, but to date the only way I've been able to do that so far was with a boxwave keyboard buddy case until that packed up.

There's good speculation that the next handset will use the Liquid Metal process Apple paid for a few years back, it'd allow them to more or less mould a metal back the same way they can with a plastic one. Something that echo's the Droid RAZR's 7mm thin case would be sweet.

Sad Professor

There's been some speculation that they will make the screen taller but keep the current width. The argument for this is that apps tend to scroll up to down rather than left to right, so it wouldn't be too hard for developers to adapt their apps, many of which are resolution independent anyway. This would also allow Apple to keep the phone the same size and just use up some of the free space at the top and bottom of the phone. The Verge made the case for this with mock ups here.

Others have argued that this would be too messy, suggesting Apple will instead keep the current aspect ratio and simply make the screen larger, expanding to the edges and making the phone a little bit wider. The advantage of this is that developers wouldn't have to change their apps. Good case made for this here. And here's the mock up:

Sad Professor

WWDC has been announced for June and will be focusing on iOS and OS X. This suggests Apple won't announce the new iPhone until September/October again.

Owen

Just rumours, but apparently the iWatch might be making an appearance later in the year - especially with the offerings from Sony, Pebble and I'm Watch hitting the market. An article I read yesterday made reference to Steve J really liking the idea of an iWatch, and that there were some concepts thrown about 2 years ago, but nothing came of it at the time.

frozenfrozen

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I've never experienced a dropped call on mine. must be something to do with how I hold it, stopping antennagate and all that

Mine was dropping calls with Vodafone on 4.3.3/04.10.01 but since updating to iOS 5 I've been fine.

I don't think it's going to be called the iPhone 5 either, since the 4S technically is the fifth release.

TBi

It will be the "new iPhone"

And it could be iPhone 5. The 4S is technically version 4.5, just as the 3GS came after 3G but before the 4 (I know the 4 was technically the fourth generation...).

Oafley Jones

Sad Professor wrote: »

WWDC has been announced for June and will be focusing on iOS and OS X. This suggests Apple won't announce the new iPhone until September/October again.

Why do you say that?

andy1249

Average product cycles are here ...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78352445#post78352445

All apple products are on the page with suggestions as to when to buy .... note that some upgrades are hardly worth it ... 4s over 4 ? Seriously , for a Stephen hawking tape loop ? Please ?

Sad Professor

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Why do you say that?

Because otherwise they'd probably be announcing it at WWDC like they did previously. I mean, sure, they could call an iPhone event a month later, but it's unlikely.

murpho999

With the iPhone 4s selling so well I cannot see them bringing out a new phone out so early! They'll hang on as long a possible before replacing it.