All iPhone 5 speculation/rumours/wants thread

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I agree with most but not all, the camera part most notably, the IP4 holds up very well in normal light but the video quality is degraded (blocky, loss of detail in shadows) in any low light when compared to the S2 at the same resolution.

That's fair enough, I said it holds up, which it does, not that it's better or even as good. On the whole though, all mobile phone pictures in low light look fairly crap (even the N8, though that is helped by the excellent flash).

Also the App Market being inferior, of course it would be a few generations behind because it is several years newer than iPhone's Market which has been fully mature for some time. In its current variant the Android Market looks and feels quite polished (although to get it you must install it manually for most phones) but only on higher end devices that can handle the extra polished graphics - that's a bit of a bummer but at least handsets now are sporting more powerful processors and higher res screens as standard.

Either way, it feels like there is a big, big gap to me. Whatever the reasons are, it's still there and I've been waiting for it to dramatically improve since I got my HTC Desire :p

As many have hinted on these forums, 2011 is the year for smartphones and come Q4 and beyond the real fight begins.

Indeed, it's nice to have a vast choice.

There's a reason why phones like the S2 are selling so well, if people were only interested in how a phone felt in the hand and how polished it was out of the box then those S2 sales would have gone to the iPhone surely!

I think one of the main reasons it sells so well is that the majority of people are buying it on £20-25~ per month contracts, the iPhone on contract is very expensive, that is always going to factor in to the equation.

I think people have or are coming round to the fact that there is definitely competition to an iPhone and it's what they call "that new HTC!" or the "Galaxy with the amazing screen and camera" :p

There definitely is competition, but on a phone-by-phone basis (not Android vs iOS), the iPhone 4 is wiping the floor with the competition, even now.

Iphone 4 is still more than good enough.

Iphone 5 is not needed at all if you have a Iphone4

I agree with this, im hoping that when the iPhone 5 is out they will drop the price of the iPhone 4.

So you're both not allowed a new phone then in other words? Tough luck! :p
 
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I LOVE the fact that my GF has brought me a Iphone 4 on her contact which lasts 3 years....I told her many times to wait till the Iphone 5 is out... lol.....sigh...:(
 
I LOVE the fact that my GF has brought me a Iphone 4 on her contact which lasts 3 years....I told her many times to wait till the Iphone 5 is out... lol.....sigh...:(

what a bitch, she BROUGHT you a £450 phone.... leave her NOW.... please post pics, and her contact details... ta
 
Anyone know if there's going to be a 5th gen iPod touch event this month too?

Someone I know needs a replacement mp3 player and 4th gens are dirt cheap now!
...but a decent camera upgrade and the A5 SoC would be very temping if it's available next month.
 
Anyone know if there's going to be a 5th gen iPod touch event this month too?

Someone I know needs a replacement mp3 player and 4th gens are dirt cheap now!
...but a decent camera upgrade and the A5 SoC would be very temping if it's available next month.

If they need a replacement mp3 player the 4th gen will suffice and it will be a hell of a lot cheaper!
 
i know we dont really know
but what sort of price do we think these are going to be ?
roughly,
iphone 4 is on the bay now, im due a mid contract upgrade 2 months ago from o2, just wanting a rough guess on what its likely to cost
 
The biggest problem with the Android marketplace is that its free for all.

Apple is at the other end of the spectrum with the walled garden and the very strict, no religiously enforced rules.

The perfect app store lies somewhere in-between to stop all the porn / spam / virus / pointless apps from cluttering up your appstore, whilst still allowing and encouraging free reign on creativity.

Like Windows Phone then?;)

Although I admit there arent as many apps on it at the moment (only around 30k).
 
The iPhone 4 is still comfortably the best overall phone for me. I own all the best Android phones and I do like them, but even though they are more powerful, they still don't top the iPhone.

To take a slightly harsh(ish) view of Android, like many do of iOS -

  • Customisation is nice, but relatively useless to most people and doesn't 'save' a great deal of time, nor do many of the widgets look nice
    +1
  • Widgets, a big selling point, often don't update properly and can be a bit of a faff (you can say otherwise but I've got plenty of experience of them not doing)
    +1

  • It generally looks very ugly unless it has HTC Sense running, without that it feels severely under-polished
    motorola and LG also have sleek OS customisations
  • The app market IS considerably inferior on Android, the design of the apps are just a world apart too (in most cases)
    less restrictions on android market, although apple's is still much much better
  • The iPhone 4 is easily the most satisfying phone to hold and use. I don't think the Galaxy S II is badly made at all, it's light and functional and solid but it isn't satisfying at all. The iPhone 4 oozes quality. You don't NEED it in a case at all, I have it in a leather pouch, perfectly fine
    iPhone 4 isn't very comfortable IMO. too sharp along the edges. 3GS and previous were much better IMO. GS2 is also better IMO
  • Also, Android has all this hardware power, but near on bugger all to utilise it, you'd still think the iPhone was the more powerful phone if you were comparing fancy apps (like games for example)
    +1
  • There is STILL no service like iTunes, like it or not, Android offers nothing like it
    and the synching wih the computer is non existant
  • Overall, it's less stable and less reliable overall, and various parts of the OS feel 'cheap'

  • One of my favourite points about Android is the notification system, and Apple have stolen that now for iOS 5 :p
    lol

  • Battery life. The Galaxy S II isn't far off but the iPhone 4 still runs away with it.
    motorola defy apparently has the best battery
  • As an actual phone, I think the iPhone 4 performs better than the SGS2, Sensation, etc, but it isn't better than my Bold 9900 for calls and so forth, and nor should it be!

  • The camera STILL holds up to the Galaxy S II camera, it's not quite as good but there isn't much in it. Same goes for the video although the 1080p on the SGS2 is very, very good.

Let's take an example. When I get my phone out, I want to unlock it (with the very solid and satisfying iOS lock screen) and then do something with it. I see all of my options for things to do on the 'horrible' wall of icons and choose what I want to do. Having a widget that saves me pressing a button doesn't bother me at all.

It used to bother me, I used to really like widgets and I still do, but I certainly don't need them and the trade-off to get them isn't even close to being worth it.

I'd like a 4" screen and I hope we'll get that with the iPhone 5. The iPad 2 internals and 1GB RAM would provide a perfectly adequate and stable hardware setup for the next 1 year+. Also, I expect the camera to be quite a bit better too, with perhaps an improved sensor as well as 8MP.

I know mrk isn't going to agree, but that's just my honest view on things and I think I can speak from experience on the matter (as I've used all of the latest devices very extensively; I have most of them).

remember, if I am dissapointed with the Ip5 - you have to eat a hat, post a vid and has to contain Hovis. I can supply a hat :D
 
Still rocking my 3GS waiting for the iPhone 5. Please hurry up apple.

This.

Went to upgrade to an Iphone 4 on O2 website, just about to click proceed, then thought I mares well check the latest news for the Iphone 5. Lucky I did! October isn't too far away!
 
still on a 3G here too :(

It was starting to feel like it was getting a bit long in the tooth but for the most part I was OK with it until a month or so ago when I bought myself an iPad 2! The speed difference is ridiculous lol

Will be interesting to see what the iPhone 5 is like but at the end of the day I'll probably try and bag my self a cheap iPhone 4 as people upgrade.
 
I recently upgraded to an S2 and I kid you not it is right to be tempted. Brilliant phone! I switched from a touch and my word it is so much nicer in every possible respect. TBH I don't really agree with the pro-apple reasons given further up the thread but each to their own. The best reason to own an S2 is to not be tied down by apple, a company which likes to tie down their users, who are remarkably patient with missing or broken features! I am sure there will be a fair few of these with the iPhone 5 and I have no patience with Apple anymore! Do not want!

This is my view :)
 
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