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Title: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Altis on Tue, 10 September 2013, 21:55:49
Anybody paying attention to Apple's unveiling today?

5S seems pretty nice, although not all that different.

5C is a 5 with thick plastic casing. I think it only exists to justify the $100 gap (US/CAN) between the 5 and 5S, as the 5 with the aluminum casing would be too similar to the 5S.

It's a very good time to buy a used iPhone 5, though!  Prices are low, and even if you slap a case on it, it's still no thicker than the 5C.

Any thoughts?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Lastpilot on Tue, 10 September 2013, 22:10:14
Plastic cases and fingerprint readers. Meh.

Well, it's better than maps and siri LOL.

For those who have a 5 like me, they will be underwhelmed. For those that don't have a 5, they will be happy maybe even tempted. Isn't that the point they wanted to make? Open up to new markets while keeping existing customers happy with their phones?

We all know REAL geeks will wait for the full overhaul, not some S or C model. It just makes me all the more curious about next years phone.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 10 September 2013, 23:05:09
Apples basic re-marketing philosophy:

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Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 11 September 2013, 07:47:52
Apparently, the ordinary iPhone 5 is discontinued as of now... replaced with the 5C and 5S and they continue to sell the 4S. Get it while you can, if you want it.
Anybody know the price difference between the current 5 and the 5C?
The old 5 is known for having a low signal strength. I wonder if any of the new ones is better ...

The 5S has a fingerprint reader that you can not not use to operate the phone and the motion/gyro/compass/GPS chip works when the phone is "off"... Bring on the NSA jokes!

I am a little bit concerned with the overloading of the Home button for fingerprint reading and getting back to the home screen. I wonder if not many people use the button as a kind of "Cancel" button, to get out of apps that they had not intended to use.
"But song on iTunes?".
"Cancel"
"Purchase complete!".
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Wed, 11 September 2013, 08:45:12
kinda bummed I can't upgrade as my iphone5 is broken and I really like the look of the gold/white 5s :(
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: HendyZone on Wed, 11 September 2013, 08:46:34
time for upgrade my poor iPhone 3G  :blank:
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 11 September 2013, 08:57:23
Apples basic re-marketing philosophy:

(Attachment Link)

^So true...


iPhones are overrated. GO ANDROID!!!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Thimplum on Wed, 11 September 2013, 09:18:56
garbage
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: tipo33 on Wed, 11 September 2013, 13:28:05
overpriced.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Michael on Wed, 11 September 2013, 13:30:36
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: domoaligato on Wed, 11 September 2013, 13:33:15
Plastic cases and fingerprint readers. Meh.

apple bought the fingerprint reader company. I have a Motorola Atrix 4g and Motorola was already licensing the fingerprint reader technology from the company that apple bought.
that is one of the rumors as to why Motorola stopped using the fingerprint readers on there android devices.
Again apple is remarketing old technology as something new.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Krogenar on Wed, 11 September 2013, 13:37:41
Anybody paying attention to Apple's unveiling today?

...

Any thoughts?

I'd have to ask my parents how they feel about it.  ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 11 September 2013, 14:24:01
I wonder how long it takes before someone fools the fingerprint reader.
It is capacitative, so you would need to cast the print in gelatine.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: domoaligato on Wed, 11 September 2013, 14:33:24
I wonder how long it takes before someone fools the fingerprint reader.
It is capacitative, so you would need to cast the print in gelatine.

A mold of a finger is pretty easy to make with smooth on products.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: demik on Wed, 11 September 2013, 14:46:02
So Apple can do ipods with colorized alu but not phones.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Wed, 11 September 2013, 15:00:22
So Apple can do ipods with colorized alu but not phones.

they made it gold, the only real colour.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 11 September 2013, 16:13:29
A mold of a finger is pretty easy to make with smooth on products.
I think that RTV has too much shrinkage. Urethane has a bit of shrinkage as well, and it cures in an exothermic reaction which would burn your skin.

Anyway, the point is not to mould a finger which you have direct access to, but to lift a fingerprint from a glass or other surface.
There was a Mythbusters episode, where they made a gelatine fingerprint mould by etching a circuit board.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: concept73 on Fri, 13 September 2013, 04:13:01
This is just a joke, a thicker plastic and a $100 price tag morwe?!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 13 September 2013, 04:54:48
A mold of a finger is pretty easy to make with smooth on products.
I have a Motorola Atrix 4g and Motorola was already licensing the fingerprint reader technology from the company that apple bought.
... Wait a minute... Have you tried cracking the fingerprint reader on your Motorola phone? ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Fri, 13 September 2013, 05:15:26
This is just a joke, a thicker plastic and a $100 price tag morwe?!

?? It's a cheaper iPhone 5... nothing more
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Clicky on Fri, 13 September 2013, 10:38:02
I thought it was interesting that they chose to call the 5s their most "forward thinking" phone ever.  I'm not a huge picture guy, so the camera improvements didn't really impress me.  The fingerprint scanner also seems kind of meh to me.  I was intrigued by it being a 64-bit phone and the boosted graphical capabilities, but it wouldn't sway me into buying one because swipe-tap-tap-tap-swipe games just really don't do it for me. That being said, if Apple became serious about gaming and produced an attachment that added a d-pad and buttons, I would buy it in a second.  I think it would need to be made by Apple and not by some third party for developers to really support it.   Anyways, if you were dying to get an improvement to your iPhone camera, a fingerprint scanner, and a performance boost to gaming, then the 5s is right up your alley.  If you can live without those things I would definitely wait and see what they do with the iPhone 6.

The iPhone 5c...I don't know.  It's my understanding that typically when a new iPhone is released that the previous iPhone generation moves to the $100.00 price point.  By removing the iPhone 5 from the lineup it seems to me that they're saying something along the lines of, "The iPhone 5s definitely isn't worth twice the price of an iPhone 5, so instead here's a much cheaper piece of hardware."  That being said, I think it will still sell well in the emerging markets they're supposedly looking to target (I also think it will be a hit with young teenage girls).

I think Apple produces high quality products, but I feel that if someone owns an iPhone, especially an iPhone 5, this is definitely not the time to upgrade.  If you're looking to purchase an iPhone for the first time then these seem like fine options (though if you're interested in the 5c, I would probably wait to see how well it's reviewed).
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 13 September 2013, 11:39:44
THE IPHONE 5 IS STUPID

GET A WINDOWS PHONE
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: daerid on Fri, 13 September 2013, 12:10:49
A mold of a finger is pretty easy to make with smooth on products.

This has been addressed. The sensor only works with a living finger.

Source: http://www.citeworld.com/security/22399/iphone-fingerprint-scanner-better-biometrics
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 14 September 2013, 04:08:26
THE IPHONE 5 IS STUPID

GET A WINDOWS PHONE

Too little, too late.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sat, 14 September 2013, 05:59:58
GET A WINDOWS PHONE
I can't even imagine a world where this has happened
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 14 September 2013, 07:18:59
This has been addressed. The sensor only works with a living finger.

Source: http://www.citeworld.com/security/22399/iphone-fingerprint-scanner-better-biometrics
1. That's not a very good article overall. Not specific enough.
2. The sensor in iPhone 5 is capacitative. There are research papers that tell about capacitative sensors being fooled by gelatine casts because of the capacitative properties of (animal) gelatine being close to living tissue.
3. Mythbusters used gelatine casts to fool capacitative fingerprint sensors. The procedure: Fool Grant into leaving his thumb print on a CD. Dust. Lift with tape. Scan. Clean up in a computer. Print and etch a circuit board. Cast gelatine on top of circuit board. Still, this procedure has a few steps more than just using tape which was sufficient to fool optical sensors.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sat, 14 September 2013, 07:20:10
This has been addressed. The sensor only works with a living finger.

Source: http://www.citeworld.com/security/22399/iphone-fingerprint-scanner-better-biometrics
1. That's not a very good article overall. Not specific enough.
2. The sensor in iPhone 5 is capacitative. There are research papers that tell about capacitative sensors being fooled by gelatine casts because of the capacitative properties of (animal) gelatine being close to living tissue.
3. Mythbusters used gelatine casts to fool capacitative fingerprint sensors. The procedure: Fool Grant into leaving his thumb print on a CD. Dust. Lift with tape. Scan. Clean up in a computer. Print and etch a circuit board. Cast gelatine on top of circuit board. Still, this procedure has a few steps more than just using tape which was sufficient to fool optical sensors.

It's a phone, not the door to the worlds stock pile of nuclear weapons....
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 14 September 2013, 07:58:45
GET A WINDOWS PHONE
I can't even imagine a world where this has happened


(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1R73gg7tcPw/TZLn9tKGELI/AAAAAAAAAAY/R5lmZFhZiDU/s320/1300267327.jpg)
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 14 September 2013, 17:54:13
GET A WINDOWS PHONE
I can't even imagine a world where this has happened


Show Image
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1R73gg7tcPw/TZLn9tKGELI/AAAAAAAAAAY/R5lmZFhZiDU/s320/1300267327.jpg)


I will admit that I did have a Windows CE PDA at one stage.  I actually grew quite attached to it.  Then I got an iPod touch.  The only thing I missed was all the info on the home screen.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Lanx on Tue, 17 September 2013, 18:35:40
when are we gonna see the jokes

iphone 5c

whats the c stand for?

iphone 5cheap
iphone 5crap

like apple is dumb, c probably stands for colors (i didn't check out any news really) but they shoulda been smarter than that.

it's like if you're a father, and your last name is Jules, you won't name your son
Benjamin Jules...

bad initials.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Puddsy on Tue, 17 September 2013, 18:44:44
Not android no thank you

Except everyone else I know is going to buy one then patronize me for not having one.

Ah, high school.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: sth on Tue, 17 September 2013, 18:53:39
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Altis on Wed, 18 September 2013, 18:06:39
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

Good point.  The same could be said of iOS versions... early adopters often pay the price with buggy software.

I'm on the fence about updating given the slew of issues I'm seeing on some Mac forums... lots of errors installing, activating, etc.

If only I could be cured of this bug for tech stuff...!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 18 September 2013, 18:15:01
Some of those errors might just result from saturates networks - too many people trying to drink from the early adopter's cup of courage.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Altis on Wed, 18 September 2013, 19:29:51
That could be, but the errors occur after the download is done, and after it installs, it fails.. I don't know, there's a lot of behind the scenes activity I don't understand, I suppose.

There were many issues with the GM release, which was expected to be fixed up a bit before the public release; alas, it's the same build exactly.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Flyersfan1 on Wed, 18 September 2013, 19:33:34
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.
I agree, I used to hate being on the "S" cycles for upgrades, but then I realized you get a more refined phone in most cases.  I'm pretty sure the 6 will probably see some sort of screen increase, but I really like the changes they made to the camera and the touch ID seems very cool.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: PadawanGeek on Wed, 18 September 2013, 20:53:08
My thoughts on the iPhone 5S/C? None whatsoever! I'm an Android guy, but my Machead bro is gonna get it, or has gotten it.......
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 18 September 2013, 22:49:25
Some blurry wallpapers here (http://blrrr.com/) for anyone looking for iOS 7 wallpapers.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: cactux on Wed, 18 September 2013, 22:57:10
Nice HW, stable OS with multiple critical limitations.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: i3oilermaker on Wed, 18 September 2013, 23:36:41
Anyone lining up in Lincoln Park, Chicago tomorrow?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 19 September 2013, 08:24:59
no
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Thu, 19 September 2013, 09:08:21
Anyone lining up in Lincoln Park, Chicago tomorrow?

Why not just go the day after, or pre-order online? I've never understood the benefits of queuing for a phone, a device that is (best case) literally out-dated within a year.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: samwisekoi on Thu, 19 September 2013, 11:49:08
One adds an "S", the other adds a "C" and a plastic case, while still being too costly.  And the same old UI and company-controlled ecology.

But it has an "S" now, so the hipsters will be excited.

And the NSA can add hipster fingerprints to their database.  This was important since many of the fixie-riders don't have driver's licenses or bank accounts.  Good ol' Tim, jus' helpin' out the guv'ment.

(http://i.imgur.com/y7lmaQc.jpg)

Yawn.

 - Ron | samwisekoi
(Apple employee 1989-1997)
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: daerid on Thu, 19 September 2013, 15:33:07
That's actually completely inaccurate.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 19 September 2013, 15:43:39
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

You are the last person I would've expected to be in agreement with Apple's general business philosophy. My entire world view is shaken.  :'(
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Thu, 19 September 2013, 15:44:30
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

You are the last person I would've expected to be in agreement with Apple's general business philosophy. My entire world view is shaken.  :'(

"Apple's general business philosophy" by that you mean making money?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: samwisekoi on Thu, 19 September 2013, 16:03:23
That's actually completely inaccurate.

Well, yes, if you want to bring "facts" to a "truthiness" fight.   :-\

Actually, Colbert-accuracy standards aside, iPhone people will buy iPhones.  Re fingerprint-reading, I've seen *some* of the technical discussion about the on-phone, encrypted, hash-only fingerprint validator, and remain unconvinced that it would be impossible to gather and upload either a reversible hash or some other encoded version of users' fingerprints.

We know that Apple is under a FISA order for something, and that they have made the mildest of public objections (compared to Google, Yahoo, and even Microsoft for heaven's sake!)  So there is no way to know yet if the phone can or does provide fingerprint info as metadata, nor even if FISA considers fingerprints protected "content" or unprotected "other information".

Even assuming that the 5s is a righteous piece of utterly benign technology, now is an unfortunate time to bring to market a piece of technology most commonly associated with law enforcement.

But ArsTechnica or EFF or someone will have these into an RF testing enclosure and try to find out what, exactly, is going in and out.  Remember the key-logger that was "only for trouble-shooting"?  That was a surprise, eh?

TL;DR:  My first reply was mostly a joke.  My concern about the fingerprint reader is that it may turn out not to be a joke at all.

 - Ron | samwisekoi

p.s.  Pro tip: A post actually containing a satirical comic may very well be satirical itself.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 19 September 2013, 16:11:41
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

You are the last person I would've expected to be in agreement with Apple's general business philosophy. My entire world view is shaken.  :'(

"Apple's general business philosophy" by that you mean making money?

Making money is the outcome, greed through Stockholm Syndrome-esque obedience and incremental improvement is the philosophy.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Tym on Thu, 19 September 2013, 16:21:07
ios 7 thoughts? I don't like it :( I have it on my iPad and blurgh.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 19 September 2013, 16:43:48
WINDOWS 7 IS BETTER THAN IOS 7. IOS IS STUPID AND IT SUCKS. GET WINDOWS 7!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Tym on Thu, 19 September 2013, 16:44:50
WINDOWS 7 IS BETTER THAN IOS 7. IOS IS STUPID AND IT SUCKS. GET WINDOWS 7!

I thought you were a windows 98 guy?

Also I can't get windows 7 on my ipad.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 19 September 2013, 16:46:20
I PREFER WINDOWS 3.1 THE BEST, BUT 98'S PRETTY GOOD TOO. I'LL SETTLE FOR WINDOWS 7 THOUGH WHEN COMPARED TO SOMETHING AS DISGUSTING AS IOS.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Tym on Thu, 19 September 2013, 16:48:02
True, IOS 7 has been grim so far.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 19 September 2013, 17:01:46
ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO SWITCH TO WINDOWS TODAY!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: sth on Thu, 19 September 2013, 17:27:40
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

You are the last person I would've expected to be in agreement with Apple's general business philosophy. My entire world view is shaken.  :'(

what? no, i'm saying if you want the least buggy version of a product, wait for version b. early adoption is like paying to beta test.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 19 September 2013, 17:41:31
I PREFER WINDOWS 3.1 THE BEST, BUT 98'S PRETTY GOOD TOO. I'LL SETTLE FOR WINDOWS 7 THOUGH WHEN COMPARED TO SOMETHING AS DISGUSTING AS IOS.

What about Windows for Workgroups 3.11?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 19 September 2013, 19:32:48
Apple is kind of a joke now. They didn't even give what people wanted, a bigger screen. Still no NFC. A finger print reader - whoopty doo.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 19 September 2013, 19:35:14
Apple is kind of a joke now. They didn't even give what people wanted, a bigger screen. Still no NFC. A finger print reader - whoopty doo.

You mean like a phablet?  Looks silly, holding a huge screen up to your ear to make a phone call.

NFC?  There are rumours that the fingerprint reader could be used instead to authorise purchases.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 19 September 2013, 19:40:08
Only from Apple verified sources, like iTunes for now, and whichever other sources Apple wants to give permission to. The phone doesn't have Near Field Communication technology, which I would say is a pretty big let down.

And I don't mean phablet size. I admit that looks a bit weird, like holding a brick to your head. But 4 inches is just too small now for a lot of people. I'd have expected at least something like 4.5 inches or something.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 19 September 2013, 19:57:01
Apple is kind of a joke now. They didn't even give what people wanted, a bigger screen. Still no NFC. A finger print reader - whoopty doo.

SINCE WHEN WAS APPLE NOT A JOKE? I REMEMBER THE WAY THEY WERE BACK IN THE 1990'S. TALK ABOUT A SHOESTRING OUTFIT...AND THE SAD THING IS THAT THEIR COMPUTERS AND PRODUCTS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 19 September 2013, 20:02:14
Apple is kind of a joke now. They didn't even give what people wanted, a bigger screen. Still no NFC. A finger print reader - whoopty doo.

SINCE WHEN WAS APPLE NOT A JOKE? I REMEMBER THE WAY THEY WERE BACK IN THE 1990'S. TALK ABOUT A SHOESTRING OUTFIT...AND THE SAD THING IS THAT THEIR COMPUTERS AND PRODUCTS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN.

Ballmer!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 19 September 2013, 20:05:27
Apple is kind of a joke now. They didn't even give what people wanted, a bigger screen. Still no NFC. A finger print reader - whoopty doo.

SINCE WHEN WAS APPLE NOT A JOKE? I REMEMBER THE WAY THEY WERE BACK IN THE 1990'S. TALK ABOUT A SHOESTRING OUTFIT...AND THE SAD THING IS THAT THEIR COMPUTERS AND PRODUCTS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN.

Ballmer!

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH APPLE?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 19 September 2013, 20:59:28
Apple is kind of a joke now. They didn't even give what people wanted, a bigger screen. Still no NFC. A finger print reader - whoopty doo.

SINCE WHEN WAS APPLE NOT A JOKE? I REMEMBER THE WAY THEY WERE BACK IN THE 1990'S. TALK ABOUT A SHOESTRING OUTFIT...AND THE SAD THING IS THAT THEIR COMPUTERS AND PRODUCTS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN.

Ballmer!

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH APPLE?

Sorry, just swearing.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Fri, 20 September 2013, 04:24:51
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

You are the last person I would've expected to be in agreement with Apple's general business philosophy. My entire world view is shaken.  :'(

"Apple's general business philosophy" by that you mean making money?

Making money is the outcome, greed through Stockholm Syndrome-esque obedience and incremental improvement is the philosophy.

lmao what?

There strategy is to make the best looking and designed hardware possible with there own software that locks and rewards you for pairing with other Apple devices. "Stockholm Syndrome-esque obedience" proper mental one you are eh? and yeah incremental improvements is how Intel work, so should we all switch to AMD to avoid helping THE MAN?

You don't have to like Apple products, they are not for everyone, but really... you must be some proper tinfoil hat fool to lol
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 20 September 2013, 10:57:15
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

You are the last person I would've expected to be in agreement with Apple's general business philosophy. My entire world view is shaken.  :'(

"Apple's general business philosophy" by that you mean making money?

Making money is the outcome, greed through Stockholm Syndrome-esque obedience and incremental improvement is the philosophy.

lmao what?

There strategy is to make the best looking and designed hardware possible with there own software that locks and rewards you for pairing with other Apple devices. "Stockholm Syndrome-esque obedience" proper mental one you are eh? and yeah incremental improvements is how Intel work, so should we all switch to AMD to avoid helping THE MAN?

You don't have to like Apple products, they are not for everyone, but really... you must be some proper tinfoil hat fool to lol

APPLE'S COMPUTERS AND PRODUCTS ARE NOT THE BEST LOOKING AND DESIGNED HARDWARE. FIRST OFF, THEY LOOK STUPID. SO THAT RULES OUT THE "BEST LOOKING" PART. AND SECONDLY, THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO SERVICE AND ARE PRONE TO BROKEN PARTS (IPHONE SCREENS ANYONE?). AND IF THEY WERE SO WELL DESIGNED, WHY DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO PUT THEIR APPLE IPHONE IN A $40 PROTECTIVE CASE IN ORDER FOR IT TO NOT END UP GETTING DESTROYED IN EVERYDAY USE? I'D SAY THAT, AND THE FACT THAT THEY USE GENERIC COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED BY UNDERPAID AND POORLY TREATED WORKERS IN CHINESE SWEATSHOPS RULES OUT THE "WELL DESIGNED'' PART.

TODAY'S APPLE PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE FOR ANYBODY. THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 20 September 2013, 20:51:55
Apple is kind of a joke now. They didn't even give what people wanted, a bigger screen.
If the screen got bigger, then customers would expect there to be more things on the screen ... but Apple had not designed iOS interfaces to be scalable. Android is better at that.

You mean like a phablet?  Looks silly, holding a huge screen up to your ear to make a phone call.
You should use handsfree either way. Cell phone radiation kills brain cells - that has been proven time and time again. (If it kills more of you brain cells than alcohol does is another matter...) Even a Bluetooth headset is 1000 times better.

WHY DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO PUT THEIR APPLE IPHONE IN A $40 PROTECTIVE CASE IN ORDER FOR IT TO NOT END UP GETTING DESTROYED IN EVERYDAY USE?
They think that "thin" sells... By the way, I kind of like the way that there are many options to choose from when it comes to protective casing. There are cases with covers, with built-in keyboards, with more battery...

Actually, I think that the whole back of the phone should be replaceable, and give you access to the battery/battery contacts when you take it off, so that you could use a thicker back with a bigger battery if you wanted. What the current battery-extenders for iPhone do is to charge the battery on the phone with another battery ... which is really a kludge.

THE FACT THAT THEY USE GENERIC COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED BY UNDERPAID AND POORLY TREATED WORKERS IN CHINESE SWEATSHOPS RULES OUT THE "WELL DESIGNED'' PART.
Most major hardware brands use underpaid and poorly treated workers in Chinese sweatshop. Apple is far from Foxconn's only customer.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: keymaster on Fri, 20 September 2013, 20:58:28
Friends don't coerce their friends to buy iPhones.

More gimmicks. Innovation is fleeting. Apple stock is plummeting.

R.I.P. in pieces
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Lanx on Fri, 20 September 2013, 20:59:20
io7 feels silly, i'm looking at 2 ipads right now ios 5 and ios7, i'm like wtf, there's no point.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Defying on Fri, 20 September 2013, 21:48:41
~4 month old iPhone 5 user, not sad at all that the 5s is out. Yes, I want it, but my 5 is doing what I want it to do perfectly fine.

I'm not exactly the biggest Android fan, I had a Galaxy Nexus for about a year and after that year was over, I seriously wanted to smash my Nexus because it just made me so mad (battery life, poor quality apps, etc). Although the HTC One and S4 has made me want to try Android again.. I didn't really want to start a contract on a phone that I wasn't even sure that I would like. Plus, I have an iPad and a Mac, so getting an iPhone just made everything much smoother (trying to get iCloud to work with my Nexus was just bad).

Only thing that truly interests me about the 5s, is the new camera tweaks.  :p
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Kellybear on Fri, 20 September 2013, 22:53:30
Defying! I like your signature ;] Specifically the first~

I'm hoping to get an iPhone 5S soon since I had a 4S. After having used both android and iOS, I have to say I enjoy both but I prefer iOS for the simplicity, games, and the fact that the phone can still FIT IN MY HAND ;_;

Android is much nicer when it comes to theming though, which is something I complain about allllll the time when I'm theming on my iPhone. Since it's so opensource there's much to do but that usually results in me trying to flash a rom and then soft bricking the phone. -_- I'm not very good when it comes to those kinds of things..
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sat, 21 September 2013, 00:52:27
io7 feels silly, i'm looking at 2 ipads right now ios 5 and ios7, i'm like wtf, there's no point.

iOS7 is better than all other iOS's in terms of functionality. That said it's still lagging behind a lot of the UI improvements people had made with jailbroken devices
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 21 September 2013, 01:52:48
I will wait until the 6. These incremental updates = meh.

i dunno man, i think upgrading on the tock is a lot better in apple's case than on the tick. the first ones always have some problems that mostly get worked out for the update... but you don't get early adopter points for that.

You are the last person I would've expected to be in agreement with Apple's general business philosophy. My entire world view is shaken.  :'(

"Apple's general business philosophy" by that you mean making money?

Making money is the outcome, greed through Stockholm Syndrome-esque obedience and incremental improvement is the philosophy.

lmao what?

There strategy is to make the best looking and designed hardware possible with there own software that locks and rewards you for pairing with other Apple devices. "Stockholm Syndrome-esque obedience" proper mental one you are eh? and yeah incremental improvements is how Intel work, so should we all switch to AMD to avoid helping THE MAN?

You don't have to like Apple products, they are not for everyone, but really... you must be some proper tinfoil hat fool to lol

APPLE'S COMPUTERS AND PRODUCTS ARE NOT THE BEST LOOKING AND DESIGNED HARDWARE. FIRST OFF, THEY LOOK STUPID. SO THAT RULES OUT THE "BEST LOOKING" PART. AND SECONDLY, THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO SERVICE AND ARE PRONE TO BROKEN PARTS (IPHONE SCREENS ANYONE?). AND IF THEY WERE SO WELL DESIGNED, WHY DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO PUT THEIR APPLE IPHONE IN A $40 PROTECTIVE CASE IN ORDER FOR IT TO NOT END UP GETTING DESTROYED IN EVERYDAY USE? I'D SAY THAT, AND THE FACT THAT THEY USE GENERIC COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED BY UNDERPAID AND POORLY TREATED WORKERS IN CHINESE SWEATSHOPS RULES OUT THE "WELL DESIGNED'' PART.

TODAY'S APPLE PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE FOR ANYBODY. THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION.

ORLY?

Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: daerid on Sat, 21 September 2013, 02:50:52
NFC is dead in the water. There's several reports floating around of Google abandoning it, as well as other major players. It's not going to be in the next version of Google wallet. We already have great wireless communication: wifi and Bluetooth LE
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Lanx on Sat, 21 September 2013, 02:59:48
doesn't seem so with samsung/visa
http://investincotedazur.com/en/newsletter/nfc-major-samsung-visa-partnership-announced-at-the-mwc-2013&artid=act11035

i can't wait till this happens, my credit card already has pay pass (just tap the top of the swiper), it's time America caught up with the world!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 21 September 2013, 04:09:33
doesn't seem so with samsung/visa
http://investincotedazur.com/en/newsletter/nfc-major-samsung-visa-partnership-announced-at-the-mwc-2013&artid=act11035

i can't wait till this happens, my credit card already has pay pass (just tap the top of the swiper), it's time America caught up with the world!

We're about 20 years behind anything else down here, so meh.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: demik on Sat, 21 September 2013, 11:44:06
Iphone is for *****es.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: loadstar81 on Sat, 21 September 2013, 12:07:50
Want some more $$$ for keyboards? Get cracking!

http://istouchidhackedyet.com/
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sat, 21 September 2013, 12:16:03
Iphone is for *****es.

REAL TALK



sent from an iphone using an app
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: demik on Sat, 21 September 2013, 12:30:50
Iphone is for *****es.

REAL TALK



sent from an iphone using an app

Realest **** I ever wrote. Android is for players and pimps!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sat, 21 September 2013, 12:39:04
Iphone is for *****es.

REAL TALK



sent from an iphone using an app

Realest **** I ever wrote. Android is for players and pimps!

Real players use BlackBerry.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: demik on Sat, 21 September 2013, 12:40:56
Ballers use BB
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 21 September 2013, 13:33:43
I almost got hired by BB not long ago... but then I would also have been laid off already...

Want some more $$$ for keyboards? Get cracking!

http://istouchidhackedyet.com/
But.. then I would have to buy an iPhone. Modern Apple products are banned from entering my home. (Vintage Apple keyboards are welcome, and I've even got a StyleWriter printer for building keyboard out of)
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Lanx on Sun, 22 September 2013, 00:27:30
ios7 lags 1second extra on the turn on screen, it's hella slow.


i tested it on a iphone4 ios5 (control iphone)
itouch ios4
ipad 2 ios7
iphone 4s ios7
iphone 5 ios7

and you can't downgrade no more!

oh and battery life is worse (i don't have the free time to research why)
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 22 September 2013, 05:06:56
Gotta hand it to Apple on their amazing app technology though, I think I might get an iPhone now. Anyone with an iPhone wanna test this cool new feature out and post results?

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*this is a disclaimer in tiny font
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 22 September 2013, 05:29:19
I tested it with mine in salt water! Worked a treat!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 22 September 2013, 05:31:50
Is that for real, or just an ironic mockup, given the overly sensitive moisture indicators in previous generations of iPhones?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 22 September 2013, 05:51:13
Is that for real, or just an ironic mockup, given the overly sensitive moisture indicators in previous generations of iPhones?

I've gotten my iphone really wet (if you know what I mean) and it's been fine...

Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Altis on Sun, 22 September 2013, 09:03:29
Is that for real, or just an ironic mockup, given the overly sensitive moisture indicators in previous generations of iPhones?

A mockup.  Makes no sense  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Tym on Sun, 22 September 2013, 09:10:01
Not real it was a /R/ boys joke.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Defying on Sun, 22 September 2013, 11:23:32
huehuehue

I wonder if anyone has actually believed that yet...
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 22 September 2013, 14:44:52
... and the fingerprint reader is cracked:

From http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid
Quote
The method follows the steps outlined in this how-to (http://dasalte.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren?language=en) with materials that can be found in almost every household: First, the fingerprint of the enrolled user is photographed with 2400 DPI resolution. The resulting image is then cleaned up, inverted and laser printed with 1200 DPI onto transparent sheet with a thick toner setting. Finally, latex milk or white wood-glue is smeared into the pattern created by the toner onto the transparent sheet. After it cures, the thin latex sheet is lifted from the sheet, breathed on to make it a tiny bit moist and then placed onto the sensor to unlock the phone. This process has been used with minor refinements and variations against the vast majority of fingerprint sensors on the market.

A little bit easier than I had thought, actually. I did not think that toner on OH-film would have created a pattern that is deep enough.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 22 September 2013, 14:52:36
... and the fingerprint reader is cracked:

From http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid
Quote
The method follows the steps outlined in this how-to (http://dasalte.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren?language=en) with materials that can be found in almost every household: First, the fingerprint of the enrolled user is photographed with 2400 DPI resolution. The resulting image is then cleaned up, inverted and laser printed with 1200 DPI onto transparent sheet with a thick toner setting. Finally, latex milk or white wood-glue is smeared into the pattern created by the toner onto the transparent sheet. After it cures, the thin latex sheet is lifted from the sheet, breathed on to make it a tiny bit moist and then placed onto the sensor to unlock the phone. This process has been used with minor refinements and variations against the vast majority of fingerprint sensors on the market.

A little bit easier than I had thought, actually. I did not think that toner on OH-film would have created a pattern that is deep enough.

I mean, figuring out a mates password or four digit pass code would be easier and no one went ape **** about that...
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: yester64 on Sun, 22 September 2013, 15:07:46
So Apple can do ipods with colorized alu but not phones.

they made it gold, the only real colour.

Gold is a pimp color. Personally i would prefer either white or black. Looks just more stylish. :) But if you have a gold necklace and gold teeth well maybe then.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Defying on Sun, 22 September 2013, 16:01:10
brb, buying gold 5s and wearing it as a gold chain
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 22 September 2013, 18:48:24
... and the fingerprint reader is cracked:

From http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid
Quote
The method follows the steps outlined in this how-to (http://dasalte.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren?language=en) with materials that can be found in almost every household: First, the fingerprint of the enrolled user is photographed with 2400 DPI resolution. The resulting image is then cleaned up, inverted and laser printed with 1200 DPI onto transparent sheet with a thick toner setting. Finally, latex milk or white wood-glue is smeared into the pattern created by the toner onto the transparent sheet. After it cures, the thin latex sheet is lifted from the sheet, breathed on to make it a tiny bit moist and then placed onto the sensor to unlock the phone. This process has been used with minor refinements and variations against the vast majority of fingerprint sensors on the market.

A little bit easier than I had thought, actually. I did not think that toner on OH-film would have created a pattern that is deep enough.
Thats still way to much work for someone to gain access to pictures of my keyboards and last night dinner. I'm not worried about this at all. 
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: sth on Sun, 22 September 2013, 19:00:38
brb, buying gold 5s and wearing it as a gold chain

phone all in my chain
phone all in my rang
phone all in my watch
donbeleemejuwatch
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 22 September 2013, 19:25:55
Thats still way to much work for someone to gain access to pictures of my keyboards and last night dinner. I'm not worried about this at all.
How about your email account?

To photograph a print, you could use carbon powder, sticky tape and a film-negative scanner. The work on the computer could be automated, so that all someone would have to do would be to put the tape in the scanner and push a key to get printed film for casting. Then the person would just have smear some liquid latex onto the film and wait a few minutes for it to dry.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 22 September 2013, 19:38:46
No one will want any information off of my phone for any reason. I have nothing worth accessing. I don't think people are going to go CSI on my prints. Also I have never in my life ever lost a phone. Ever.

EDIT: and as others have said it's still more secure than a 4 digit password.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 22 September 2013, 19:41:35
Probably not so much to get information off a device, as to either use it to make calls, or wipe it and on-sell it.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 22 September 2013, 19:43:06
Probably not so much to get information off a device, as to either use it to make calls, or wipe it and on-sell it.
I doubt you would get your phone back either way from someone with those intentions.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Altis on Sun, 22 September 2013, 21:54:03
Wouldn't it be ironic if they got your fingerprint by taking a high resolution macro photo of the finger print home button itself.

It's interesting stuff, but it's not something I particularly want.  Kind of like touch screen desktops, cloud services, etc...
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 22 September 2013, 22:38:04
I just want to stop my brother and friends from putting up ridiculous backgrounds on my phone and changing the language to Japanese. As far as 4 digit codes or swipe patterns go I have personally got past those patterns just by watching my brother access his S3 from time to time. I think people are looking too deeply into this scanner as if there phone contains nude pictures of Mila Kunis or nuclear launch codes.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: tormentor on Tue, 08 October 2013, 11:19:54
Lol. That's what I think of iSheep.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: vyshane on Tue, 08 October 2013, 20:33:56
The 5s is a solid phone. As usual though, if you already have the immediate predecessor (the iPhone 5), there's no need to rush and upgrade. Unless you want Touch ID. I think that it's going to be one of those things that once you've used it you wouldn't want to go back to the old way of doing things. The 5s is a great upgrade if you're on a 4s though.

The 5c is an exercise in badge engineering. It's basically an iPhone 5, changed for two important reasons:

1) Different exterior design gets rid of the "buying last year's model" stigma.
2) It's most probably cheaper to make than the current iPhone 5.

Unfortunately, although the 5c is the cheaper iPhone model, it's actually a very expensive phone compared to what's out there. I wouldn't really recommend getting the 5c. If you're going to be spending that kind of money on a phone you might as well get the 5s.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Tue, 08 October 2013, 21:22:33
I was planning on buying a 5S later this month but I think after reading this I will wait.

http://www.itproportal.com/2013/10/07/a-closer-look-at-the-iphone-5s-and-apples-faulty-sensors/#14
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 09 October 2013, 00:28:37
Apple might leave the fault in, and alter the OS to compensate.

Or provide exchanges.

Of the more than 9 million sold so far, the number of problem handsets is probably extremely low.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Wed, 09 October 2013, 00:42:20
It sounds like it could be a lot of handsets and they're not all malfunctioning by the same amount either. I know they will fix/exchange it but I'm not sure I want to buy one knowing there's a good change I will face some problems that could just be a big hassle to get fixed. I'm already on a waiting list for one....
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: dustinhxc on Tue, 29 October 2013, 18:34:28
I say if you have a 4s or lower or an android or windows then yes get the 5s if you have a 5 then wait for 6 :) The 64 bit OS is sweet but still 1GB RAM so no go for me to upgrade. Ive upgraded every model too!  :eek: :p :thumb:
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: sordna on Tue, 29 October 2013, 20:38:42
Out of topic, but when you have an AT&T iPhone unlocked, does the Personal Hotspot menu option appear, or do you still get the stupid message telling you to call 611 or visit the att website ?  What happens if you put another carrier's sim, do you still get the message to call at&t to enable the personal hotspot?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: demik on Sat, 02 November 2013, 22:17:49
I just want to stop my brother and friends from putting up ridiculous backgrounds on my phone and changing the language to Japanese. As far as 4 digit codes or swipe patterns go I have personally got past those patterns just by watching my brother access his S3 from time to time. I think people are looking too deeply into this scanner as if there phone contains nude pictures of Mila Kunis or nuclear launch codes.

Mila nudes > codes
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 03 November 2013, 01:56:19
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 03 November 2013, 01:27:31
I have been waiting forever for the 5S to be available in my town and I've been getting screwed over again and again. I really planned on getting this phone but it seems like by the time I can get it, it will already be 4 months old or so. So do I wait for 6 or just get it? My iPhone 4 is just incredibly slow and outdated. And no, I absolutely will not go droid or windows. Nothing against those who do use them I just don't want anything else.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: dustinhxc on Sun, 03 November 2013, 02:37:27
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7

I upgraded to the newest iOS 7 firmware and all of my backups got corrupted somehow. Had to load a 5 month old backup. Lost a ton of ****!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 03 November 2013, 02:49:54
I have been waiting forever for the 5S to be available in my town and I've been getting screwed over again and again. I really planned on getting this phone but it seems like by the time I can get it, it will already be 4 months old or so. So do I wait for 6 or just get it? My iPhone 4 is just incredibly slow and outdated. And no, I absolutely will not go droid or windows. Nothing against those who do use them I just don't want anything else.

If you have a 4, why didn't you get a 5?
I got a 4 about 3months after it came out and upgraded to a 5 when it came out, seems the best way to go about it, upgrading to the .5 hardware updates seems super lame IMO...
Given the price i dont see the point in buying a 5C, the S is a better phone and you can put it in a coloured case if that's what you want...

But if you can wait for the 6, or at least for iOS7 to not suck total **** then I'd wait, it's been nothing but a total bummer... having all my old standing well made apps ruined to fit the new look and having the OS randomly break and crash for seemingly no reason.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: pichu23 on Sun, 03 November 2013, 08:51:38
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 03 November 2013, 08:57:19
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/


I'm not talking about its performance, just that the OS has so many problems I never had on iOS 6, though when the App draw works, its pretty good.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: pichu23 on Sun, 03 November 2013, 09:17:33
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/


I'm not talking about its performance, just that the OS has so many problems I never had on iOS 6, though when the App draw works, its pretty good.

I see. It's not that snappy on the 4S. I've seen my friend's 5 and it feels so much snappier.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 03 November 2013, 09:30:59
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/


I'm not talking about its performance, just that the OS has so many problems I never had on iOS 6, though when the App draw works, its pretty good.

I see. It's not that snappy on the 4S. I've seen my friend's 5 and it feels so much snappier.

Yeah I can imagine, but even so... using the phone is now so much slower becasue I have to wait so long for the silly new animations...
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: pichu23 on Sun, 03 November 2013, 10:41:15
More
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/


I'm not talking about its performance, just that the OS has so many problems I never had on iOS 6, though when the App draw works, its pretty good.

I see. It's not that snappy on the 4S. I've seen my friend's 5 and it feels so much snappier.

Yeah I can imagine, but even so... using the phone is now so much slower becasue I have to wait so long for the silly new animations...

I understand what you mean. It's suppose to look nicer and most fluid I guess compared to the older OS.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sun, 03 November 2013, 11:56:25
Yea I didn't upgrade from 4 to 5 because my contract is just now coming to an end and they are just too expensive to buy straight up. I'll see what happens. I also have a feeling the 6 is going to be significantly different to compete with all the options out there from other companies.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 03 November 2013, 11:59:40
Yea I didn't upgrade from 4 to 5 because my contract is just now coming to an end and they are just too expensive to buy straight up. I'll see what happens. I also have a feeling the 6 is going to be significantly different to compete with all the options out there from other companies.

I wouldn't go betting on it being too different... sure it'll probably look different and be faster but if you look at the change between the 3GS and the 4.. and the 4 and the 5 the differences aren't so big and the only really meaningful change since the original iphone was the jump in screen size
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: dustinhxc on Sun, 03 November 2013, 13:00:13
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/


I'm not talking about its performance, just that the OS has so many problems I never had on iOS 6, though when the App draw works, its pretty good.

I see. It's not that snappy on the 4S. I've seen my friend's 5 and it feels so much snappier.

Yeah I can imagine, but even so... using the phone is now so much slower becasue I have to wait so long for the silly new animations...

Thats the only reason I want the 5s is for the 64 bit processor to make the animations run better. You can disable most of them in settings though, I did.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Sun, 03 November 2013, 14:49:35
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/


I'm not talking about its performance, just that the OS has so many problems I never had on iOS 6, though when the App draw works, its pretty good.

I see. It's not that snappy on the 4S. I've seen my friend's 5 and it feels so much snappier.

Yeah I can imagine, but even so... using the phone is now so much slower becasue I have to wait so long for the silly new animations...

Thats the only reason I want the 5s is for the 64 bit processor to make the animations run better. You can disable most of them in settings though, I did.

run better? And how do you disable the animations?
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: dustinhxc on Sun, 03 November 2013, 17:40:41
If anyone here is looking at the new iPhones and hasn't already got an iPhone as an iPhone 5 user (and previous iphone 4 user) I'd suggest waiting for io7 to be fixed. It's so buggy and ****ty atm it's a real bummer. So many aspects of it are broken, sluggish and just bad.

I'd wait for another year and get the iPhone 6 that will probablly be a significant change from the 5's and with any luck have some upgrades and fixes for iOS 7


I'm running ios 7.0.3 fine on my 4S tho :/


I'm not talking about its performance, just that the OS has so many problems I never had on iOS 6, though when the App draw works, its pretty good.

I see. It's not that snappy on the 4S. I've seen my friend's 5 and it feels so much snappier.

Yeah I can imagine, but even so... using the phone is now so much slower becasue I have to wait so long for the silly new animations...

Thats the only reason I want the 5s is for the 64 bit processor to make the animations run better. You can disable most of them in settings though, I did.

run better? And how do you disable the animations?

Faster processor means no / less lag.

Settings, general, accessibility, reduce motion On.
Also I turn background app refresh off .
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: baldgye on Mon, 04 November 2013, 04:03:03
Reduce motion, dsnt that just remove the bkground scrolling??

Also my iphone 5 has zero lag... It's just that every animation takes 4x as long as it did in the previous OS for no reason other than to look nice... And that's a push... It's actually insane if you lock your phone and then see how long it takes for you to open spotlight it takes so much longer on the new OS than precious versions simply because your waiting on animations.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Oobly on Mon, 04 November 2013, 04:26:16
Overhyped, overpriced and locked in. I prefer to be able to customise my phone experience and have GOOD sensors and AMOLED displays. Got a Note 2.

Although while Android claims to give you true freedom, it's not quite true. you're still locked in and analysed since you have to have a Google account to use it. But there's not much out there to compete.

I'm far more excited about Jolla!

Truly open OS and Android app compatibility. Best of both worlds :D
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: sordna on Mon, 04 November 2013, 08:49:57
Ubuntu Phone (http://www.ubuntu.com/phone) looks interesting too
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: dustinhxc on Mon, 04 November 2013, 13:57:43
Reduce motion, dsnt that just remove the bkground scrolling??

Also my iphone 5 has zero lag... It's just that every animation takes 4x as long as it did in the previous OS for no reason other than to look nice... And that's a push... It's actually insane if you lock your phone and then see how long it takes for you to open spotlight it takes so much longer on the new OS than precious versions simply because your waiting on animations.

Youre right it just reduces it, it doesnt disable everything. I see what your saying yes it does take longer!

Ubuntu Phone (http://www.ubuntu.com/phone) looks interesting too

OMG YES here is my money!
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: Oobly on Tue, 05 November 2013, 06:52:44
Ubuntu Phone (http://www.ubuntu.com/phone) looks interesting too

Yup, that's a nice one, too, although they didn't reach their kickstarter goal, but I don't think that will stop them.
Title: Re: Thoughts on iPhone 5S / 5C?
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 05 November 2013, 11:15:01
My thoughts would be not to upgrade if you have the normal 5, because a slightly more stabilized camera and a treat for the NSA, plus a 0.3 something times faster processor isn't worth another 700 - 1000 dollars.

If you have the 4/4S or didn't have one at all, totally go for one, though.