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Originally Posted by gunnnnzzz
do you know what the price is w/o contract?
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i told this guy at my office $450 for my 64GB 4S and he was cool w/ it. They go for $500-600 on ebay, sometimes even higher but I dont like dealing w/ ebay if i dont have to
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Originally Posted by FwdFtl
I'm curious to know for all of you that say nothing new, what kind of things were you hoping for on the new iPhone?
It seems like the main recipe for a revise is: bigger screen, faster processor and lighter with a sleek new design.
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yup, and its not like we already didn't know what was coming, so dont know why people were getting their hopes up for some miracle technology
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Originally Posted by Greenkirby21
I agree with you 100%.
As an engineering student, I can really sit back and enjoy all the intense engineering that goes into all phones(including iPhone).
People seem to be going "meh", but if you look at it from an engineering point of you, you can see how crazy they got things the way they were.
1) LTE. Yes, there are many phones that have LTE. It is not something new. However, everyone knows phones now with LTE have horrible battery life. My friend has a Razr Maxx, and he told me he has to charge it everyday. The fact that Apple got BETTER battery life(then 4S) while upgrading to LTE is a big improvement.
2) Size/Weight. Look at all the "other phones". They are all MUCH bigger then the iPhone. The fact that Apple got the iPhone 5 specs to match the GS3 and making it thinner by 18% and lighter by 20% of the 4S is VERY hard to engineer.
3) Look - Looks are subjective, but I am not a fan of the big android phones in terms of looks and style. The iPhone just looks SEXY. Most(but not all) are made out of plastic and too big IMO. Of course, this is subjective : )
Also, as you stated, its not about specs. It depends largely on the operating system. My friend has a google nexus that is overclocked(and he claims to be faster then my phone), yet when we did some test for fun, my iPhone 4 beat his. We both opened up web browser, and went to an image intensive website.
Why did I win? Who knows? He had a better processor. Maybe the safari app is better written and so works faster/better(aka more optimized). Maybe my wifi chip was better so I was getting a better wireless signal?
Also, people can't expect amazing new features to come out every single year. The original iPhone was amazing because it disrupted the cell phone market. It changed the way everything was done.
Its like cars. BMW sells a new generation of cars ~every 5 years. People can't expect an entirely new iPhone(or Android or Windows) device each and every year. Like cars, they get yearly bumps/new things, but the biggest, and most radical changes, are done in large gaps as the technology gets there.
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Originally Posted by gunnnnzzz
oh fuck, guess im not upgrading yet  |
damn, you must of just gotten your 4S