Apple iPhone 5 makes TIME's Gadget of the Year for its design

3. someones4 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:35 34 0

He just crawled out of a cave.

18. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:01 26 1

Not really, TIME depends on Apple for sales now, so Tim Cook also got into the top 3 Person of the year.

23. Nathan_ingx posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:11 17 1

Makes sense when you consider the name...
Tim(e) Cook.

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55. appleDOESNT.com posted on 14 Jan 2013, 11:09 6 0

The iP5 which is a iP4 2010 just weirdly taller and slightly thinner, and a new port forcing all new accessories after 10 years! bam! best 0f 2012 :/

12. PapaSmurf posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:54 24 1

"...and the overall integration of software and hardware."

Um, has TIME Magazine ever touched the Nexus 4? Hands down best software integration on any phone.

22. Nathan_ingx posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:07 12 1

Remember the article on how the iPhone 5 bent when someone sat on it while in the back pocket?
They must have realized that was too cool a feature to be ignored about the iPhone 5.
"iPhone 5, the new hybrid of cell phones, bend it the way you want and the OS will bend to you"

36. Mxyzptlk posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:45 3 19

They are perfectly within their right to say that it had the best software and hardware integration .

42. Nathan_ingx posted on 14 Jan 2013, 09:02 7 0

...says Mxyptlptlptlajapjdhnh...

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97. jinxed posted on 15 Jan 2013, 01:46 0 0

wad if that s indeed his REAL name.. :O :O

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66. Droiddoes posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:29 2 0

Absolutely. They are also within their right to be dead wrong, uninformed about what a truly innovative smartphone is, and to be openly and rightfully mocked for it. You of all...."people"....would understand.

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95. jinxed posted on 15 Jan 2013, 01:44 0 0

u shud hav been d person of d year..!!!!

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86. InspectorGadget80 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 20:42 2 0

nope they only have Apple products in their HQ building

15. wendygarett (limited) 3 days ago posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:58 4 17

Oh Apple, I love you so much and I decide to sleep in the bed that full of mac and iPhone, just like the girl on my avatars :)

well done time :)

35. Mxyzptlk posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:43 3 30

The iPhone 5 does have the best design.

38. tedkord posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:51 5 1

Of course. It has that revolutionary 4 inch screen. You watch, next year all the Android phones will follow suit and have screens bigger than 3.5 inches.

Then, there's that (pat.pending) rectangle with rounded corners, which the LG Prada clearly did not have. Nope. Not at all.

73. ZeroCide posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:59 3 0

Apple will increase the screen size by 0.00001 inches and call it revolutionary.

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41. rusticguy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:59 2 0

In terms of being antique -- yes!!!

72. Zero0 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:48 2 0

No.

The 4S has a better design. It's sleeker. I absolutely hate the two-color back on the iPhone 5.

I honestly believe that the Nexus 4 is the best looking phone around. The iPhone 4/4S is a close second, but the larger size of the Nexus 4 and the lack of physical buttons give it an edge.

87. InspectorGadget80 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 20:44 2 0

you must be crazy IT'S THE SAME POS since 2011

64. AnTuTu posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:21 6 0

You got to be kidding me iStretch 5 best design hahahahahah

88. dan86 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 21:03 1 0

Typical biased journal out off their wit. There are plenty of devices out there which have better appealing looks than useless piece of metal.

99. atsamman posted on 15 Jan 2013, 03:29 0 0

iam an android fan but i gotta say that the iphone5's got a very nice design
imo better looking than sg3 or note 2 even alittle better than htc droid

6. jaoowolabi posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:38 8 4

Droid maybe but not the Nexus

90. InspectorGadget80 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 21:09 0 0

to let u guys know on VERIZON NETWORK DROID IS A VERIZON name only please don't mix those up. and the NOTE II or GS IV should be #1 on TIME MAGAZINE. not the crappy iPhone 5

13. PapaSmurf posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:55 8 3

The Nintendo Wii U made it up there when it really didn't sell? Lol this list is pointless.

67. Droiddoes posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:30 2 1

What do you expect from a bunch of old farts? Put some younger people in charge who actually follow new tech and I promise that list would look very different.

91. InspectorGadget80 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 21:11 0 0

3 things are pointless 1st wii u is a great console. 2nd it's gadgets. 3rd IPH5 shouldn't be #1.

16. faisolbauuz posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:58 10 1

Impressive bulid quality ? You mean dent and scratch on a brand new iphone 5 ?

27. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:19 3 5

it was happened on the first batch, that problem has been addressed now as i don't see any of this problem anymore on my friends' iPhone

68. Droiddoes posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:31 1 0

Good point. We forgot that your friends' iphone is representative of all iphones ever made.

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81. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 14 Jan 2013, 17:09 0 1

Sarcasm.....

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89. dan86 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 21:09 0 2

You deserve that piece of sarcasm apple's hypnotized slave.

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96. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 15 Jan 2013, 01:46 0 0

am i ? i don't even have any apple products, as a matter of fact, this comment was writen using my nexus

problem?

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100. faisolbauuz posted on 15 Jan 2013, 07:20 0 0

Well i dont understand why everyone hates ios device i own ipad 3 and the ios is bad at first but after you jailbreak it will be a great improvemonts ex: it you want to add widget or cuztomize your lockscreen? Just install dreamboard or springtomize (tough its not to good compared the ones on android)bluetooth file transfer ? There is an app called airblue so? Why people are saying ios cannot be cutomized or boring ? And i wil be called and aplle fAn boy after saying this

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11. tech2 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:53 1 6

There is only 1 slot for each category

14. PapaSmurf posted on 14 Jan 2013, 07:56 10 2

Explain the Note II on the list.

19. tech2 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:02 3 5

coz its a phablet, dude !

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92. InspectorGadget80 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 21:12 0 0

u mean iTime logix

32. remixfa posted on 14 Jan 2013, 08:36 6 0

its much older than that. the iphone4 was out for 18 months before the 4s came out.. so your talking 3-4 years somewhere. "zomg they gave us the same design again!! its sooo awesome!!!"

45. darkkjedii posted on 14 Jan 2013, 09:16 0 2

To me the note and gs3 r slightly prettier, but their design isn't as complex as the ip5. Not as much has to go into their design. This is y I agree with time, , overall they r the bettter devices though.

48. dragonscourgex posted on 14 Jan 2013, 09:27 2 0

Complex?

51. darkkjedii posted on 14 Jan 2013, 10:07 1 1

The building process is.

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57. VZWuser76 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 11:35 1 0

To me the thing is they really didn't change much from the 4/4s. They replaced the glass back with aluminum and stretched the length. Other than that, you've got the same design for the last 3 years. It's not really any different than what HTC was doing for awhile. Their phones were overall the same design with a few changed here and there. But when they did it it was stale & repetitious, when Apple does it it gets an award.

If you had all ilterations of the iphone, arranged them out of yearly order, and looked only at the face, could anyone pick which one was which (other than the iphone5)? To me that is not something a company should win an award for.

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62. darkkjedii posted on 14 Jan 2013, 12:49 0 1

That's true, but it didn't win an award for that. It won for best design with the ip5.

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78. VZWuser76 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 15:49 0 0

What I was saying is how can they win an award for a warmed over design from the last 3 years. That's like giving a car company a design award for a model they've barely updated in 3 years.

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70. Droiddoes posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:34 0 0

True, the building process is very complex. It cannot be easy to get thousands of dirt poor suicidal Chinese to slave away making sub par novelty phones for 16 hours a day for 3 cents an hour without rioting or committing mass suicide.

I'll give apple that.

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93. darkkjedii posted on 14 Jan 2013, 21:13 0 0

That was unnecessary

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69. Droiddoes posted on 14 Jan 2013, 13:33 0 0

You would.