Apple iPhone 5 to have new casing and 4 inch screen
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If you're wondering how reliable 9to5Mac's source is, this tipster was dead on last year in saying that there would be no Apple iPhone 5 when everyone else was saying that the iPhone 5 was a layup. So when this source says that the information points to Apple getting back on track for its usual summer launch pattern that was broken last year, perhaps we should listen.
source: 9to5Mac
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1. KingKurogiii posted on 26 Jan 2012, 01:11 3 5
i thought the tear shape was smexy though! :/
2. Council posted on 26 Jan 2012, 01:26 31 20
It can never beat the Galaxy S3:
1) 1.5 to 2 GIGA HERTZ QUAD CORE PROCESSOR
2) 2 GIGA BYTES OF RAM
3) Screen : SUPER AMOLED 3 WITH PPI OF 352
4) 10 TO 12 MEGA PIXEL CAMERA
5) TOUCH-WIZ 5.0 (ON ICS) DEVELOPED WITH THE HELP OF GOOGLE.
6) LIGHT WEIGHT AND UNIQUE, PREMIUM CONSTRUCTION.
Extreme specs, even better than my old laptop. The display will be the one to look out for, closer to real life!
5. Dr.Phil posted on 26 Jan 2012, 01:37 6 4
What source says this? I am sure the GSIII will be a great phone and I will probably end up wanting it, but I have yet to see a reliable source say that it will pack those things. It is all speculation at this point unless there is a credible (note the word credible) source.
11. Council posted on 26 Jan 2012, 02:14 14 5
Well, Dr.Phils, its actually speculation(S3) vs. speculation(iphn). S3 is a lot better even while speculating.
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6. HTCOE posted on 26 Jan 2012, 01:46 4 4
i agree with Dr. Phil bc your way ahead of yourself with big hopes for what you expect in the galaxy s3 bc none of what you said are facts just speculations ... and i honestly believe the Samsung Galaxy Nexus S will be the best phone from Samsung even better than the s3
13. PhoneLuver posted on 26 Jan 2012, 02:31 3 2
Connection:
LTE
Bluetooth 4.0
NFC
WIFI
Camera:
12MP
Dual LED
Xenon Flash
Screen: HD, no bigger than 4.3"
Processor: Quad Core
Memory: 64GB
Battery: 3300mAH minimum
22. RamyRamz69 posted on 26 Jan 2012, 06:05 2 0
Lol...GS3 is not even released. These are all rumors, maybe at the end we won't have a GS3 and have a G(Enters a catchy name).
29. McLTE posted on 26 Jan 2012, 09:33 3 1
The thing is.. the iPhone 5 doesn't have to beat the GSIII or any other phone.
Look a the 4s.. not much of an upgrade and it's sold in unbelievable numbers.
The iPhone 5, will probably dominate everything, regardless of specs.. just the way the market is right now. Apple has such a fairy tale hold on their consumers right now that they almost can't go wrong.. kudo's to them really, for creating such a following.
And this is coming from and ANDROID guy! I love android and will NEVER buy an iPhone.. but the reality is that nobody can touch the iPhone sales right now.
The benefit to all is this pushes Android, WP and everyone else to try harder.. which is leading to phones like the GSIII! I'm really looking forward to seeing it!
34. -box- posted on 26 Jan 2012, 13:41 0 0
It's sold well, but there's also been a high return rate; many folks were holding on to their iPhone 3G and 3GS hoping for a major update or just a replacement for a worn-out model, and found that the UX wasn't much of an improvement. Those that wanted another iphone got it, and those that wanted a UX improvement tried it, returned it, and got something else.
The next generation iphone really needs to be a heck of a step up; the product hasn't been "innovative" since the 3G came out, it's losing market share, Nokia is in the game with a huge marketing budget for its very appealing Lumia series, and iphone users are getting bored with the platform. A notification bar and a highly flawed "virtual assistant" are not ways to keep a platform fresh.
45. jzack posted on 27 Jan 2012, 20:07 1 2
Who cares? Apple still the best. Wondering why?
I used to have 1.5Ghz android device with touchscreen even on the fastest android custom rom yet. but still it cant run unreal engine games. but my apple ipod touch 600mhz with 265 ram can run unreal engine game. an extreme graphic games on 600mhz + 265 ram device. but the game can't even run on 1.5 GHZ + 512 ram android device.
Other than that, when same game run by those 2 device (android - 1.5ghz + 512 ram and apple - 600mhz + 216 ram). But ipod runs so much smoother than the 1.5 ghz device. WTH?
So now i don't care what people are going to say about the superb and extreme difference between their dream device and my apple device. because deep down i know that their device are just a low class device
APPLE PWNS!!!!!
3. oueighteen95 posted on 26 Jan 2012, 01:31 3 4
I love this, 4 INCHES, I know some people hate large screens but c'mon, couldn't they have done 4.5". Maybe I'm being too critical but I just think apple should pull out all the stops for the iPhone 5 because I know all the new Androids this summer are going to be crazy.
7. 530gemini posted on 26 Jan 2012, 01:51 5 7
Yes, android oem's went crazy overboard, while the iphone was more reserved. But look at the sales results. The iphone still outsold all the latest android devices combined. And again, considering that Apple did not go all out, this gives the iphone plenty of room for improvement on specs that consumers can look forward to and keep them excited, while android phones have pretty much peaked on specs. What's left for consumers to expect for android devices? A 16 megapixel camera? A 6-inch display? There's no tech yet after LTE. And if there is, carriers have barely started to widely support LTE, so even if there is already a better tech than LTE, no carrier would support it yet, so they have pretty much nothing left to introduce in that aspect. The only thing worth noting that android oem's could introduce this year would be a quad core chip. Even that is questionable due to battery life challenges. So what's left for android to keep their users excited this year? NOTHING :)
9. oueighteen95 posted on 26 Jan 2012, 02:06 4 2
I do agree iPhone sales went through the roof yet that can be explained by the my "3 person iPhone" law. But I disagree that there is nothing left for android. You do have the quad cores, you also have NFC, and although I don't see a 16MP this year I do see a 12MP with better components than last year and I also see bigger batteries. Look at the RAZR MAXX, 3300 mAh battery, if the quad cores drain happen to drain the battery they will just put bigger batteries. I do see LTE catching on very quickly for Verizon, they seem to be the only carrier to actually be upgrading their network quickly. So theres alot to keep android users excited for this year.
12. 530gemini posted on 26 Jan 2012, 02:22 3 5
As I have said. Quad core chips are still questionable on smartphones this year due to battery life challenges. They could barely keep dual core phones lasting a day, how much more with quad cores. If squeezing in a bigger battery would resolve battery life issue, android oem's could've already done it in 2011 to give better battery life on their dual core phones. Obviously, there's more to it than that. NFC is still quite young, and is still facing privacy and security concerns which hinder and resist its adoption. I can see NFC ironed out better in 2014, or 2013 the earliest. 12mp cameras on android phones is not something new. It's already out there in 2011, some even late 2010. And again, for LTE, android has been releasing LTE phones in 2011, so what's new if they released LTE phones again in 2012?
15. blackrose posted on 26 Jan 2012, 02:57 8 2
Wrong quad core does not drain battery, it actually improves it. Get your facts right, and what's new. To me ICS
16. bloodline posted on 26 Jan 2012, 02:59 9 1
Actually your wrong, quad core chips are extremely efficient in terms of battery power but you will find devices are going to start getting bigger battery's while maintaining a slim design.
Your claim android cant do anymore? what a joke... the real question is, what can the iphone release thats better than what android already offers. Its no surprise that apple play catch up when it comes to specs against androids.
I guess you havent seen the potential of bendable amoled screens, better battery consumption on screens - sonys upcoming ability to link all sony devices together and use your phone to control all of them.
Not to mention this is the first year all top android phones and tablets will be running the same OS, androids potential is now set and ready to evolve, you should really watch this space.
another big threat to both android and ios is windows, from what im hearing windows has the potential to be great.
the iphone will always sell well, their marketing is above the rest and everyone knows the name because it was the trend setter for smart phones and people stick with what they know.
You know what will hinder the iphone - its os. I already know people who are bored with the same style and there is nothing more they can really do with it. The trouble with creating a very simple closed ecosystem is that you run the risk of making it simplistically perfect and cannot improve it further because it may start to get to complex for the targeted market that apple have set
All apple can do is create more native apps like siri and to be honest an app is an app there will always be other versions on other devices and android will always try that bit harder to match
21. SlimSoulja86 posted on 26 Jan 2012, 05:57 3 0
Good one!
25. darac posted on 26 Jan 2012, 07:33 0 1
brilliant post.
though i'm skeptical about the windows 8.
and also, i think we should recognize that iOS will be supreme tablet experience once they make a proper synergy with their MacOS.
but i doubt that will happen this year
