"NEW" iphone = perceived bigger female parts to fap to. WIN"New" iphone = new to iphone features. No actual new features.
Of course it'll sell. New form factor, thinner and lighter, with LTE? It's going to sell.it'll be interesting to see if the frothers buy it en mass again, or if people will actually not waste their time buying something that's been out for a year?
Honestly it may seem small but I'm pretty happy they have free turn by turn directions now. It maybe the last straw that broke my Android back......
but will it sell in the same droves as the other crap apple slams out? will hipsters and old people view it as necessary?Of course it'll sell. New form factor, thinner and lighter, with LTE? It's going to sell.
I don't think it's a bad upgrade, actually, it's just not worth all the hype/press surrounding it.
iPhone 4S here using the Waze app for free turn by turn. it can be a bit buggy, but it does the job most of the time.Honestly it may seem small but I'm pretty happy they have free turn by turn directions now. It maybe the last straw that broke my Android back......
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/tim-cook-apple-sold-84-million-ipads-through-june-2012-1096689Apple's iPads hold a commanding 68 percent of the tablet market, Cook revealed, up from 62 percent from this time last year.
As for sales, 84 million iPads have sold through June 2012. Last quarter alone, 17 million iPads were picked up by Apple customers...
"Now to put this in perspective, we sold more iPads than any PC manufacturer sold of their entire lineup, Cook said.
iPads account for 91 percent of all web traffic...
Today is a big day for Android... 500 million devices activated globally, and over 1.3 million added every single day.
So 400 million just from AppleCurrent total device activations claimed today - Android 500 million, iOS 400 million.
guess i better throw my apple stuff in the trash.Current total device activations claimed today - Android 500 million, iOS 400 million.
how many models is android running on again?Current total device activations claimed this week - Android 500 million, iOS 400 million.
stop making sense you commieSo 400 million just from Apple
And 500 from the sum of basically everyone else combined.
Same thing Apple did with PCs vs. Microsoft Windows and the various other OEMs. It worked for awhile and then they faded to nothing until Microsoft themselves bailed them out and they switched focus to consumer electronics.how many models is android running on again?
Even in cyberspace, the moment can only be described as surreal. Two thousand Apple computer loyalists greet the return of their hero and Apple co-founder, Steven Jobs, at a Boston trade show, only to gasp as the looming picture of Apple's archenemy, Bill Gates of Microsoft, appears on a huge on-stage screen. It was Mr. Gates, after all, who copied Apple's visionary point-and-click system of computer commands, marketed it far more aggressively and successfully, and drove Apple to near-collapse.
Mr. Gates and Mr. Jobs announced that Microsoft would inject more than $150 million into Apple and take other steps to guarantee Apple's near-term survival. Some Apple zealots in the audience hooted. Others sighed in relief. Virtually all were surprised and confused. Even in cyberspace it is odd for one company to bail out its only rival in a key area of business. Between them, Microsoft and Apple sell the operating systems, which dictate how computers analyze and display information, that run virtually every personal computer...
so how many was that again?Same thing Apple did with PCs vs. Microsoft Windows and the various other OEMs. It worked for awhile and then they faded to nothing until they switched focus to consumer electronics.
Apple had about 15% of the PC market in the early 80s it dropped to as low as 2% (and in the late 90s MS bailed them out) and didn't start to grow significantly until it changed focus and developed synergies with their consumer electronics in the mid 2000s.so how many was that again?
the iphone will fade away you are saying?
Why not the new Lumia 920 which looks kickass and will be easily synchronized with your pc's? Yes it is a bit unproven for now but it pushes the technology much further.I'm with bean. I'll be getting one, but just because mine is a couple years old already and I'm out of contract.
you didnt answer my question. againBeing a single vendor of your OS and hardware is a strategy but it doesn't guarantee anything. Note that during the marketshare bump in the mid 1990s Apple allowed legal clones (does not show Apple share prior to the Mac but apple was around 15% in 1980)...
That's why.Why not the new Nokia Lumia 920 which looks kickass and will be easily synchronized with your pc's? Yes it is a bit unproven for now but it pushes the technology much further.
Also HTC will be unveiling their phone soon. Even if their version of android is **** I'm pretty sure the hardware will be much better and cyanogen mod can solve all your problems.
Worse case scenario why not save some money and get the 4S. It's the same phone. You will pay much more for a very small upgrade.
I got my first Apple in 1985, used various flavors of II and Macs throughout school, owned an Newton 120 in HS, supported them in various IT jobs which require ownership (I still have a Mac Mini PPC 2005 but its no longer used), and I currently own an Intel Mac in addition to various PCs. So what you really mean is that you have no idea what you are talking about so all you can do is throw insults like a monkey in cage.You obviously can own an Apple product because you like it without being a fan boi, just the same as you can't not own one and denounce how they are garbage, everything else is better and it's just a rip off of everything before it.
It's good I suggested buying a Nokia phone not Nokia shares.. You buy a product, not a company so if it's superior why does it matter who makes it?That's why.
And FWIW, a $100 is worth it to me. When I'm paying $60/month for smartphone service, why would I buy older technology to save $100? There's plenty of other things that cost a C-note that won't last a fraction of the time the use I will get out of a brand new iPhone 5.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/Also will the 4S will really be only 100$ cheaper than the 5? The same payment plan and it's only 100$ cheaper? I doubt it.
Sorry I don't get you. Is the 99 vs 199$ not influencing the plan you can get? In here it does.http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/
It's the 'same' phone, why would it cost significantly more?
Same plans apply to both. It's really only $100 cheaper. Instead of the 4s you'd probably be better served going with the 4 which is free, and is more similar to the 4s than the 5.Also will the 4S will really be only 100$ cheaper than the 5? The same payment plan and it's only 100$ cheaper? I doubt it.
I don't know how it works where you are, but the phone cost and plan costs are two different, separate things. You buy the phone you want and buy the plan based on what you use/need for data/call time.Sorry I don't get you. Is the 99 vs 199$ not influencing the plan you can get? In here it does.
Yes, that is 100% how it works here. The 5 is really only $100 more than a 4S, regardless of which plan you get. Where you get screwed is if you are in contract and want to upgrade...say if you already have a 4S. They want to charge you full retail price for the new phone, which is like $600. I'm sure there are ways around it, but that's the rub.Also will the 4S will really be only 100$ cheaper than the 5? The same payment plan and it's only 100$ cheaper? I doubt it.
I'm not sure at which one of us you are angry at.Newsflash...Everything in the modern world is basically built on the shoulders of something/someone else. All you do is post articles that you think support your opinion, which is just like everyone else has...an opinion. They sell a ****load of product, so they are doing something right, with users that are perfectly happy about it, yet somehow, there are quite a few haters, like yourself, that feel the need to denounce them for whatever reason.
Do I give an F that you used a Mac in 1985? Not at all. Does that have any bearing on Apple's R&D, sales, or anything else? Not a damn thing. So congratulations on the red herring.
My only point, which is the same point that I have mentioned in this thread multiple times....is that you can like what they sell and buy it...or not and don't buy it. The beauty of a free market. It gets old hearing about Sheeple, blah, blah, blah. Apple has no more or less following than any other corporation like Ford and Chevy, Coke and Pepsi, except nobody debates about how Coke ripped off a bottle design from some XYZ company or is pissed off about why they use a propriety bottle cap design.
Buy it, don't buy it. I don't care. If the new Nokia gives you hard on, buy that. I don't care. Everyone wants to hate on Apple just because they are successful. I'm pretty sure if you were running a multi-billion dollar company, you would probably do a lot of crap that pisses people off too...but you aren't and nobody cares.
4S has a better camera. It's useful for me. Not it's not for food photos. 4 is good enough for that. Still yeah if it's only 100$ difference than why not go for the 5. Still I'd wait for the new options from the competition.Same plans apply to both. It's really only $100 cheaper. Instead of the 4s you'd probably be better served going with the 4 which is free, and is more similar to the 4s than the 5.