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Some of the iPhone 5's (AAPL) finer details are getting criticized. Among the issues: 1) The...
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Friday, September 14, 2012, 1:40 AM ETSome of the iPhone 5's (AAPL) finer details are getting criticized. Among the issues: 1) The iPhone 5 won't support simultaneous voice and data on Verizon and Sprint's 4G LTE networks, unlike many other LTE phones. 2) A $29 adapter meant to link the iPhone 5's new dock connector with older accessories won't work with some speakers. 3) Until they're rewritten, existing iPhone apps will display black borders on the iPhone 5, due to its larger display and new aspect ratio.
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I'm in Italy on vacation and one do the first things I'll do when I get back home is to upgrade from my iPhone 4 to a 5. I doubt I'll be the only one.
Intact, four of us in our family will be ordering them.
The Cupertino, Calif., company's website began accepting preorders Friday shortly after midnight Pacific time. Within an hour, however, the company's website indicated that shipping times had slipped from an expected delivery on the device's launch day, Sept. 21. Preorderers were told their iPhone 5s would be available to ship in two weeks.
http://on.wsj.com/RWnsuA
Did you see them when you sleep?
Actually, Nokia have always beat the competition in that category.
I know a lot of people with IPhones... and some of them look like they've gone through a war. When I asked them about it, the answer was: "Oh, I dropped it once or twice."
''Kind of foolish for anyone to say something that will be proven totally wrong in a matter of hours!''
One day after this comment, I ask New Century:
DID IT FLOP??? DUUUHHH!
It seemed to be the world view that there was unprecedented demand for the iPhone. Presumably, Apple was aware of that and presumably so were the carriers.
It's hard to imagine that Apple planned for less demand than they had for the 4s.
Based on history, Apple is expected to announce some time today the preorder numbers. Though I'm not sure whether that will include carrier numbers.
We can do this again next week. Apple releases in 8 more countries on Friday ....
Have you seen the video of the guy using a Nokia Lumia 900 to drive a nail into a board with minimal damage?
Your mileage may vary.
EXACTLY how many speaker types are not supported by the adapter, and what market share of iPhone-docked speakers is this? And why complain about the black borders on OLD apps that the iPhone5 is able to run via intact back-compatibility? This is more than I am used to with desktop and laptop computers!! Regarding simultaneous voice and data, what activities will I not be able to do that I currently do, and may I do those things at 4G speeds?
Other than that, you're screwed and will be limited to 3G.
So how much do you project this will impact sales. Give us something we can ACTUALLY use.
Because you own an android phone and not a Lumia 900.
2)Connect it with the headphone jack if it doesn't work, and if it doesn't work with the adapter in the first place, then you probably have some low grade speaker/dock system to begin with
3)Existing Apps will be Re-written within weeks of the release. Why would any developer let the unused space go to waste? (Ad revenue)
None of the speakers we have have a headphone jack and you can't charge the phone via the headphone jack. diesel, perhaps you don't understand the application.
Re writing the Apps to render to the larger screen will be easy if all that is desired is to extend the existing background to the edges. To use it for banner ads will take more work, but given the Pareto... perhaps 1000 Apps constitute 95% of use, getting the Apps rendered to paint the screen with something useful will be trivial. This is a non-issue.
Amazing. And I thought only the Yahoo messageboards were full of blind pumpers.
It's almost as if Android or Windows Phone can't do everything iOS can!
Oh wait.........they can, and in many cases, they beat it hands down.
It's a freakin' phone, not a religion. Perspective!!
Perhaps they're excited about getting an awesome Windows 8 phone. That's great. My wife is ready for an upgrade. Perhaps she'll get an iPhone, perhaps not.
Far too many people act like this is a black and white decision and there will only be one phone that will capture 100% of the smartphone market. That's not going to happen. Dell didn't become the sole manufacturer of PCs, nor did HP, nor did ..... Apple. Big deal.
From an investment perspective in smartphone companies, Apple trounces everyone else in profitability.
Step aside Christ, iP5 here to save the worlds problems.
I like the way it logs you in automatically to every site you've logged into before. With my PC, I have to buy roboform and pay a yearly fee for this very feature. Could it really be this easy?
I own a small business, and have to buy anti virus software for each computer. Oh sure, there's free stuff out there, but the free stuff is not as strong as I need it to be, so I have to buy it. But the fact I have to even worry about it says a lot right there. Virus free? Sign me up!
Long story short, any minor issues like these will be solved in the next release. I can't wait to get my first Macbook and iPhone, and I will kiss the PC and Android products goodbye forever. And good riddance.
Very long story made very very short, a few months after the 3GS came the iPad, then first iMac, iPhone for my youngest, MacBook Pros the 3 girls who didn’t see the light as early as the second one, MacBook Air for moi, iPhone 4 for the other 3, my ex-wife, my company, second iMac 27 inch wonder... My whole nuclear and extended family now swear by Apple products. Nothing like it! Nut-ING!
It was refreshing to go into an apple store and be helped by salesperson after salesperson, and not feel the pressure to buy, since they don't work on commission.
Then, when the girl rang me up, she did the whole transaction on her iPod. She even swiped my credit card on it. I was impressed. No receipt required as she sent me one in my email. And she spent time helping me set up the iPad and get familiar with it.
All those devices must have cost you a small fortune. I always went the cheap route with windows, and I got what I paid for. I spent entire weekends trying to fix PC problems in the early days. Never again!
Count me as one more addition to the aapl ecosystem.
About "fixing PCs", I used to spend at least 20% of my time doing that. Rebooting, dealing with viruses, etc. I'm a power user, and my "fantastic" Dell Precision Workstation, which was a high-end system, crashed every single day. My Internet would stop working every couple of days, and I was for ever on the phone with Comcast. When I got my Mac, I never again had to reboot. I've gone months without doing it, and incredibly, Comcast stopped receiving my calls, because apparently (and this was very surprising to me), it was not an ISP problem, but a PC problem.
I've had my iMac for over 2 years now, and I still spend every day in awe of how great OS X and Macs are.
Seriously, people, stop hating on a great product.
As to the Kindle Fire, it is the fruitcake of tablets.
http://bit.ly/QfeTdU
I used to love them... but I had to kill 'em.
Nowadays I hate Apple for the mere reason they are acting as bullies. For a few years now, Apple has become the new Microsoft.
Anyway, who cares? All that matters is how good the new devices are... and I'm afraid that most Europeans won't be buying an IPhone 5.
How do I know it? Because Apple decided to dismiss the European market. A pure elitist move. IPhone 5 is only for the rich. Right? http://bit.ly/R0AX8h
BTW. Why didn't Qualcomm make a damn chip that was compatible will all those systems?
I give you the same answer I gave Roberto:
I wasn't even talking about the price, but the 4G shituation.
Thanks for not even opening the link and assuming otherwise.
Jeez, do you people even read other people's comments?
Or do you simply enjoy misinterpreting what other people say?
F*ck, Roberto!
I've explained once, I've explained twice. I even gave you a link... and you STILL don't understand my comment was NOT about the price, but the fact that IPhone 5's 4G only works in RICH countries (Germany, USA, Britain...) !?
Get it now?
Jeez... you need to work on your interpretation skills.
Reading and Understanding are two different things, you know?
with their current size and the increasing competition that you are starting to see, they'll have to cut prices in order to keep volume. But that damages brand image... The key is to keep ahead of competition, like SNE, NOK, RIMM once did. But AAPL is no longer as innovative as it used to be with Jobs at the helm.
They may do fine with this iphone. But what will there be in the next one that will make it a compelling buy? And in 10 years when people will no longer use phones the way we know them...
All the critics on Apple products come from people
who havn't tried them
That's all over the world
I've convinced many to convert to Mac and they are in heaven
Just lokk at the stock index
That' what count here
Greetings from Denmark
That' what count here"
Exactly. I try to "buy low, sell high," and not "buy high and pray it will go higher."
On another note, today a friend told me that he thought something I participate in is a scam, cause his wise attorney business parter told him so. Do you wonder what example I used to make my point and get him at ease?
"Listen Alex... Someone who owns an iPhone tells you it's the most wonderful device on the face of the Planet. Another one who does not and has not ever owned an iPhone tells you it's no good. Who would you believe?"
With that, I rested my case and he was totally convinced his wise attorney business parter doesn’t know his a** from a hole in the ground.
And for people who say they won't buy the stock and won't buy apple products....fine, unless, of course, you want to increase your wealth, then not buying stock or options on AAPL over the next few years is just stupid. Oh, well, to each his own.
With that philosophy, you'd be buried in RIMM and NOK shares by now, 'cause they too, were market leaders. As such, their shares should have gone eternally higher... like AAPL will, no matter what. Right?
Stick to your conviction. Buy more AAPL then... and good luck believing in eternal growth stories. Life has told me nothing goes up forever. Apple won't be an exception, no matter how hard you love them.
I know NOK will go up and I know AAPL will go up as well, but NOK downside is very little... and AAPL won't go up forever. AAPL endgame is approaching fast. The downside is simply huge. I don't want to wake up one day to realize my AAPL dropped overnight from $1200 to $300 or something like that.
"Buy Low, Sell High" has always been my strategy and I'll keep it that way. :-P
Jump in the NOK bandwagon, a company that's struggling to survive, instead of AAPL, a company that's thriving and will continue to thrive for several years to come!
The same could be said about NOK when it traded at $50 a share.
The same could be said about RIMM when it traded at $50 a share.
What happened to whoever jumped on those bandwagons? Oops, they lost.
The criticism is so easy & cheap. I have not seen an i-device user changing to others but many newcomers to apple world.
2. Oh no. Panic. A few speakers won't work.
3. iOS apps are incessantly re-written. Does anyone really think developers haven't already done so, and are waiting until the 21st to update?
I bought a 32GB black this morning. Can't wait to have it next Friday.
http://bit.ly/R0AX8h
You should wait for the IPhone 6... or move to UK, Italy or Germany!
http://bit.ly/P5qlXq
Upgraded from my 4s at 3:02am EST.
LONG LIVE APPLE
Tell us when you Cover it. Good Luck?
Research much?
Well, if you want to change to a 9:16 aspect ratio, which is certainly an improvement, that's what happens... In 90 days, they'll all be gone...
Yawn...
I love my iPhone (and would like to get the iPhone 5) but I'm not about to go on an android discussion and passionately attack their fans. Nor will most iPhone users. Seems to be an android thing, which I don't understand.
AAPL has been the investment of a lifetime, and Apple makes the best devices I have ever used, but I am not about to tell android users what to do. All these personal insults is a little too much.
I like to read the comments because there are often interesting points and different points of views. But often the most passionate insults are by the most ill informed people, and they are not well formed arguments. The innovation is gone at Apple? Aren't they the guys that invented most of this stuff? And what's innovative about copying a la android :)
If anyone thinks the iPhone 5 will be a "flop" I think they are letting their emotions get the best of them... not a great strategy for investing.
Well, I can't speak for others but I don't care about AAPL.
I'm not buying AAPL... and I'm not shorting AAPL.
I am, however, betting that Nokia will return to profitability... and will become a nice alternative to the Android/IOS flock.
As such, I've bought 520 NOK shares with enough money to buy one-and-an-half AAPL shares.