iPhone 5 Detail Today

muon · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:50

Well some are to features to catch up other phones. Tabbed browsing and syncing, full screen browsing, priority mailbox (filters). Automatic SMS reply on call rejects.

kona786 · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:51

I very much doubt it's A15 in this - will be first shown on Apple in the next ipad.

This has probably more core's and/or a clock bump. 32nm

mrk · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:51

"You need the new 2x faster GPU for those features, sorry"

DAnDan · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:54

mrk said:
"You need the new 2x faster GPU for those features, sorry"

I'd like to question that phrasing they've used. 2x faster to me suggests that it's 3 times as fast as the original. So if the old one did something in 1.2 seconds, this would have to do it in 0.4. If it does it on 0.8 that's 1x faster.

Either they've made some serious improvements, or that's some cheeky wording. (And me picking holes in it

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muon · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:57

Good point by Tim on engadget, NFC hasn't been mentioned.

mrk · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:57

They're referring to the chip speed or possibly memory bandwidth etc combined. Not the fact that everything flies around the screen 2x faster

muon · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:58

To be honest Lumia 920 is as good if not better.

Now just need to wait and see what the next Nexus devices bring to the table.

DAnDan · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:59

mrk said:
They're referring to the chip speed or possibly memory bandwidth etc combined. Not the fact that everything flies around the screen 2x faster

Yeah I got what they meant, I just dislike the dubious wording that always seems to come with this sort of presentation.

rippling · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:00

no wirless charging etc either Nokia 920 looks a lot better with more features etc

muon · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:02

Apparently it is A15 according to anandtech. So maybe they got some extra information.

edit:

big risk to take if presumably they are also switching to 28nm, i suppose it could be 32nm if they get Samsung to make it.

Robbo · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:05

muon said:
Apparently it is A15 according to anandtech. So maybe they got some extra information.

Good news if so.

While it's a 'meh' launch, as we knew what to expect... it still does look a great device overall and the iOS improvements seem logical for the most part.

Whether I get one will rest on whether the battery is a lot better than the S3, I suspect it won't be better by much.

kona786 · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:07

Even if it is an A15 core, it's still MEH as ios has always been fast and smooth. Software needs to be refreshed to make a A15 shine.

Cosimo · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:09

Nothing very exciting on this front today. Next important date will be 5th of November with Google's launch of new products.

weringo · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:10

DAnDan said:
I'd like to question that phrasing they've used. 2x faster to me suggests that it's 3 times as fast as the original. So if the old one did something in 1.2 seconds, this would have to do it in 0.4. If it does it on 0.8 that's 1x faster.

Wat

muon · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:11

weringo said:
Wat

Saying something is twice as fast is different to saying something is 2x faster or 200% faster. It only actually means 1x faster or 100% faster.

DAnDan · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:12

weringo said:
Wat

Care to expand upon your three letters?

weringo · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:13

How often do you hear the phrase "1 time faster".....?

DAnDan · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:13

weringo said:
How often do you hear the phrase "1 time faster".....?

None, you'd just say it's twice as fast.

muon · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:14

weringo said:
How often do you hear the phrase "1 time faster".....?

That's because people say twice as fast.

Anyway...

Will be interesting to see how apps adjust to aspect ratio change. In Android apps automatically adjust to other resolutions without a complete redesign, although it is suboptimal to a redesign.

weringo · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:17

That's funny because Googling the phrase "two times faster" returns 1,410,000 million results.

Ironically the first one is Apple