Apple officially announces iPhone 5 event on September 12th in San Fran

24. JessJess (unregistered) posted on 04 Sep 2012, 12:26 3 5

Could be worse I guess. They could have given it some wacky nonsensical reference to outer space.

49. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:06 1 0

For the record, I like that wacky reference to outer space.

Hell, if someone released a phone called the Battlestar I'd probably buy it on the name alone.

54. JessJess (unregistered) posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:12 2 2

"Hell, if someone released a phone called the Battlestar I'd probably buy it on the name alone."

Touche. So would I.

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56. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:17 1 0

See? We can agree on something. :D

I hereby start a petition for Motorola to make the most kickass phablet ever and name it the Battlestar, along with smaller Razr like phones and coopt the name Viper FROM that s**tty LG phone.

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42. zibbyzib2000 posted on 04 Sep 2012, 12:53 2 5

FYI: There are many other companies that do that. The only thing is that Apple keeps it farily simple (iPhone 5), while others over name them (Super Mega Epic 4G Touch Galaxy XYZ Pro S3)

51. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:07 1 0

You're blaming the manufacturers for the carriers' naming issues. Sprint sucks at naming phones. We all know this.

68. E.N. posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:46 0 3

The obvious response to your comment is Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy SII, and Samsung Galaxy SIII. But I guess since its written in numerals, it changes everything.

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75. zibbyzib2000 posted on 04 Sep 2012, 14:45 0 1

My obvious response was the Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch

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80. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 15:42 0 0

Despite the addition of a letter in there, there's not much different between that and the iPhone generation naming in terms of simplicity.

I don't get what your complaint is.

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99. E.N. posted on 05 Sep 2012, 01:25 0 0

Ooops, sorry for the confusion, I responded to the wrong comment.

I meant to reply to this one "Congrats, Apple. You're now going to use video game company logic when naming phones"

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100. Sniggly posted on 05 Sep 2012, 01:40 0 0

You still didn't get what I was saying.

Video game companies will have umpteen sequels to an original game, but suddenly they will name the fifth game "The Game TWO." Do you understand what I'm saying now?

Apple naming the next iPhone the iPhone 5 would be stupid and inconsistent with their entire naming convention. I get that the general bleating public has been calling it that, but they're also the ones who call the iPhone 4 the iPhone 4G, and genuinely think that it has 4G connectivity. Like, LTE connectivity.

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101. E.N. posted on 05 Sep 2012, 04:10 0 0

Got it

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26. JessJess (unregistered) posted on 04 Sep 2012, 12:31 1 3

They mean the default app in iOS 6. Finally that useless little icon got the boot! Means Google will have an updated one in the AppStore, so not a problem.

44. downphoenix posted on 04 Sep 2012, 12:54 2 1

agreed, the Iphone's default Youtube is a pretty crappy app. I hope for the apple fans that the new Youtube is in greater parity to the Android one.

69. E.N. posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:47 1 1

Why???

64. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:42 1 4

Pretty much it. Know your enemy.

70. E.N. posted on 04 Sep 2012, 13:50 7 2

More like obsess over your enemy

78. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 15:38 0 1

Obsess? I wasn't aware that devoting a small fraction of my time to discussing Apple in an online community counted as obsession.

Thanks for the hyperbole though.

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81. gallitoking posted on 04 Sep 2012, 15:57 1 1

it is if you get emotional... Sniggly

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86. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 17:29 0 1

Except I don't really. I rarely, if ever, get genuinely emotional over what goes on here. Most emotion I express here is just for dramatic effect.

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72. sudbury78 posted on 04 Sep 2012, 14:10 2 2

Not Obssess over the competition but live, breath and pee Apple.

-Android User

73. paulyyd posted on 04 Sep 2012, 14:15 1 1

lol so true

79. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 15:39 0 1

Assholes like you do nothing to make people dislike Apple any less.

95. cdilson posted on 04 Sep 2012, 23:14 1 0

You really need a girlfriend. "Know your enemy." Seriously?

96. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 23:40 0 0

I have a girlfriend, much to the disappointment of a few other women I know.

And yes. I said "know your enemy." you've never heard of dramatic effect, have you?

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94. cdilson posted on 04 Sep 2012, 23:11 3 0

I had a couple of Android handsets and they all became buggy after a months use. They would always freeze up during the most minimal of tasks. The Iphone does what a smartphone is suppose to do with fluidity and ease of use. Not to mention their stellar resale values. Go Iphone!!!

97. Sniggly posted on 04 Sep 2012, 23:41 0 1

And which handsets were they?

107. cdilson posted on 05 Sep 2012, 16:18 1 0

The HTC Incredible, the Motorola Droid X and the Samsung Charge. All three handsets would freeze for minutes at a time for no reason. Ridiculous.

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109. Sniggly posted on 05 Sep 2012, 16:24 0 1

Okay, and all had single core processors and 512 MB of RAM. In other words, less than half the specs of many of today's top Android devices. I personally had the Droid X and it worked fine for the most part.

And fyi, Apple products can freeze too. In fact, the other day I had a guy pull up to my store before opening because his iPad was completely frozen. I had to show him how to hard reboot it. He's not the only one.

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104. BDW2008 posted on 05 Sep 2012, 07:57 2 0

Thats so true it's because the android software needs these high spec phones to run properly and it's constantly pushing the phones limits this causing it to freeze or lag at some point or another. The best phone I seem so far is the galaxy s3 us version with the 2GB of ram oly time I've seen a lag is sometimes when you go back to the home screen the clock will take a second to load.... With my iPhone I've never had those problems... Only thing I can think is the OS isn't as demanding on the hardware as android phones.

110. Berzerk000 posted on 09 Sep 2012, 19:37 0 0

I will admit that Android needs certain specs to run. Usually, dual-core, 1 GB RAM, and properly optimized software and it runs perfectly well. For the first 3 years of Android, the software was great, but hardware was lacking. About 80% of Android phones were buggy and had major lag, but there were a few good ones out of the bunch, a couple that were single core and sub-1 GB RAM were pretty good.

But all of those "lag and force close" arguements should have stopped around mid-2011. That's when the lag was about 90% gone, when you were using high end handsets of the time. Around that time, high end handsets were pretty much lag free and mid ranges had a few stutters now and then. But now, in 2012, even mid range Android phones have no lag, and the high ends are just plain beasts. Battery life also improved whenever the lag was gone. So those arguements should stop.

In mid-2011, it was arguable whether Android was better than iOS or not in everyday situations. But now, it's pretty much indisputable that Android has more funtionality. Those who speak differently, can usually be categorized in 3 main groups;

1) The so called "sheep" who refuse to listen to reason, even when facts are placed right in front of them. These are Apples main consumers

2) Those who are fully integrated into iOS, and the only thing that keeps them on iOS is the fact that they don't want to put the effort into transferring all of their content into a different ecosystem, or just don't have the time.

3) Those who just genuinely prefer iOS, and even though they have worked with the other platforms current offerings, they just like the look and feel of iOS better. These people are the 1% of Apples smartphone marketshare, and are usually the only ones that you can have a rational debate with.

The same can be said for Androids consumers as well. Just replace the words "Apple" and "iOS" with "Google" and "Android". It goes both ways.