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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    iBaaaahhhhhhhhh! lol
    Seriously...look at the reviews bigsnake, the unbiased ones are all saying it's another evolutionary step. Some people are due a change, others will go for an iPhone 5 that's how it is...but on this board the majority seem to be saying no they don't fancy a new iPhone
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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    Nope.I'm not an apple sheep.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    Award for the worlds worst post...

    Quote Originally Posted by bigsnake123 View Post
    What was the massive leap from SG2 to SG3, processor, screen, camera etc, hardly revolutionary.
    So thats nearly every vital element of a smartphone, except you forgot android 4.0... which is a pretty big step.

    Quote Originally Posted by bigsnake123 View Post
    Nokia 900 to 920, processor, screen etc. Its not like they need to re-invent the wheel, its a smartphone. Apple invented smartphones.
    What!? Apple didnt invent the smartphone. I have been using smartphones since the Motorola MPX200 in 2003!

    Quote Originally Posted by bigsnake123 View Post
    Most people so far have said, "screw apple I'm getting a Sg3 or Sg4 when it comes out" etc etc, who are the sheep now?
    Im confused, are you saying people should stay loyal to apple even though their product is mostly pants?
    Are you saying by changing their mind and going for somethhing else, that makes them sheep?
    Personally if what you say is true and masses are swarming to alternatives then i would say it proves the previous statements about most iPhone fans being sheep are just plain false/
    Quote Originally Posted by bigsnake123 View Post
    Its a certainty that there is a serious cause for concern with the big companies and there litigious nature, but surely that's for the US government and Patent office to resolve.
    Unfortunately yes, it is for them to resolve, however whats the harm in you making your position clear using your wallet?
    Quote Originally Posted by bigsnake123 View Post
    As for comments on the connector, remember, SCART, SCSI, IDE, E-IDE, you cant expect the same connecteor for ever. I note the Samsung Galaxy tab has a similar 30pin docking port.....
    Video and computer interconnects are standard across brands and are changed/developed hand in hand with protocol and technology advancements. Most phone companies now use the Micro-USB connector because to do otherwise would instantly score you minus marks in reviews.
    Apple has its own connector across all its devices and there is a vast array of devices which use it, how can you not see why people are annoyed?
    At the same time, they did need to change it sooner or later as it was an oversized and awkward connector. Why they didnt go to the micro USB il never know.
    The samsung tab connector is stupid though.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    Well put, no chance of a reasoned rebuttal.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    It boils down to personal preference, they are all awesome smartphones, they do a massive amount of things really well. If people want to apply their pre-conditioned bias that's their choice. But I will state, again, buying an iPhone does NOT make you an "iSheep" it doesn't make you any less tech savvy and if people can't seem to see that without looking down on everyone then I feel sorry for them. Power to the consumer, buy what you want not what someone else tells you to buy. My next phone is probably the 920 but it might be the S4 if I can be arsed to wait

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    iPhone 5`s returned as damaged out of the box!

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...st_read_module

    Many excited Apple customers stood in line for hours Friday to get their hands on the shiny new iPhone 5, only to discover nicks and scratches on the smartphones straight out of the box.


    Dissatisfied buyers took to message boards dedicated to Apple products, complaining about slight yet pesky scuffs and scrapes near the antenna markers on the side of the device or close to the screen
    photo`s on the link - but OUCH

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    Re: iPhone 5`s returned as damaged out of the box!

    Quote Originally Posted by HalloweenJack View Post
    photo`s on the link - but OUCH
    But apple's product design is the bestest, everyone who buys one says so. Its not as if glass + glass was bat crap insaine, and whilst HTC/Nokia are going further in to the polycarbonate route which is stronger, hides scratches etc, anodized alluminum, which I thought was shoddy on my Glofiish back in 2007 is the technology of choice!
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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    iFixit says this is the first iPhone that's designed to be easily fixed with things like screen though - so a step forward from Apple
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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    Quote Originally Posted by 3dcandy View Post
    iFixit says this is the first iPhone that's designed to be easily fixed with things like screen though - so a step forward from Apple
    Yeah i saw that, it is a good move from apple but, as Animus said, they use the wrong materials in the first place.
    The poly on my one x still appears to be scratch free a good 6 months into its life and i have no case/cover, its just free in my pocket the whole time. Not only that but i have dropped, thrown, fell onto and all sorts of stupid things with it, its seriously robust!
    Few scratched on the 'gorilla glass' but you only see them in certain light if you look really hard.

    iPhones are getting damaged by the machines that make them for christs sake. For £500+ you should expect a much higher standard of QC.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    apple free home here especially at that money

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    edvinasm took the words out my mouth. Not a chance. First off for Apple being an arse second for extorted cost.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    I see no reason to upgrade. My Iphone 4 does everything I need. If I do get a new phone I would be more likely to go to an android as the iphone is way to easy to break the back and front glass and have had to replace it twice now.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    Not unless the price is reduced.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    nope. GS2 here, I in fact don't know anyone on my uni course who plans to "upgrade" too phone 5. Its the GS3 on everyone's Christmas list.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    Nah. Both as a matter of principle and as a matter of common-bloody-sense.

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    Re: Features - QOTW: Will you be buying the iPhone 5?

    Overpriced hardware, why pay to be in with the icrowd when there are "other" smartphones?!

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