iPhone 4S (was iPhone 5)

[PlanetFrnd]

I'm not current on this forum, so someone please merge if this is elsewhere, but I've been seeing iPhone 5 rumors for the last couple weeks (including this: http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/03/iphon...+TheBoyGeniusReport+(BGR+|+Boy+Genius+Report))

Anyone know anything else? I'm still rocking the 3Gs, but its starting to get a little buggy... would love to skip the 4 and go straight to 5 if there are good reasons to pay the cost for a new iPhone (helps that I'm long-done with my contract)... so a little help here?

 

[PlanetFrnd]

I'm not current on this forum, so someone please merge if this is elsewhere, but I've been seeing iPhone 5 rumors for the last couple weeks (including this: http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/03/iphone-5-and-simplified-iphone-4-both-due-out-this-fall-report-claims/#utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBoyGeniusReport+%28BGR+%7C+Boy+Genius+Report%29)

Anyone know anything else? I'm still rocking the 3Gs, but its starting to get a little buggy... would love to skip the 4 and go straight to 5 if there are good reasons to pay the cost for a new iPhone (helps that I'm long-done with my contract)... so a little help here?

couple boy genius links:

http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/02/apple-iphone-5-to-launch-in-october-in-canada/

http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/02/apples-iphone-5-may-be-bigger-update-than-expected/

 

[Dryden]

iPhone 5 will debut alongside iOS5 and iCloud. Should be a hardware upgrade from the 4 with higher res dual cameras, a multi core A5 chip, and perhaps a slightly bigger hi-res screen that can run true 1080p HD video.

The big change will actually be iOS5 itself, which the iPhone 5 will take full advantage of, including differential patches to the iOS which can be downloaded on the fly. Add in iCloud, and you will never have to tether your phone to your PC again to sync anything.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

iPhone 5 will debut alongside iOS5 and iCloud. Should be a hardware upgrade from the 4 with higher res dual cameras, a multi core A5 chip, and perhaps a slightly bigger hi-res screen that can run true 1080p HD video.

The big change will actually be iOS5 itself, which the iPhone 5 will take full advantage of, including differential patches to the iOS which can be downloaded on the fly. Add in iCloud, and you will never have to tether your phone to your PC again to sync anything.

Thanks, Dryden. I need to read-up on iOS5, I guess.

To anyone: I'm one of those old-schoolers who is wary of the Cloud. Is non-tethered sync-ing something to be happy about?

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Thanks, Dryden. I need to read-up on iOS5, I guess.

To anyone: I'm one of those old-schoolers who is wary of the Cloud. Is non-tethered sync-ing something to be happy about?

Yes yes yes

 

[Dryden]

Thanks, Dryden. I need to read-up on iOS5, I guess.

To anyone: I'm one of those old-schoolers who is wary of the Cloud. Is non-tethered sync-ing something to be happy about?

Awesome. If you're not using it already for your 3GS, download Dropbox.

Sign up off my link and I get more space free.

http://db.tt/JZi5cHw

Dropbox gives you 2GB of cloud storage w/ a basic free account. Install it on your phone, install it on any computer you use, and just drag and drop files to have them on-hand everywhere. It offers shared folders too among other Dropbox subscribers, so you can collaborate on documents.

Once you get into having multiple devices (laptops, desktop at home & work, a tablet, a smartphone) it becomes amazingly handy.

iCloud will be like that, on steroids provided you're married to the Apple family. The real big feature in iCloud though will be the ability to take all your music and convert it to the iTunes Plus 256kbps AAC format, regardless where you got the music you already have, and all iOS 5 devices can pull the stuff wirelessly without having to sync via USB with a host PC.

You'll also be able to sling messages off your 3G devices (this is why the dataplan rates changed). For example, if you have a wifi only iPad or an iPod Touch, you can IM over it using your phone as a relay, so you're always in touch.

Your Safari bookmarks will be in the Cloud, as will your Contacts, Calendar appointments, and Photos. Take a photo on your phone and instantly go to an iPad to retouch it. Very cool.

http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html

 

[MaxBuck]

iPhone 5 better be 4G compatible or Apple is missing the boat.

It would make sense for Verizon to get the first version of this puppy, since the AT&T "4G" variant is pretty feeble by comparison.

 

[jlb1705]

iPhone 5 better be 4G compatible or Apple is missing the boat.

It would make sense for Verizon to get the first version of this puppy, since the AT&T "4G" variant is pretty feeble by comparison.

Not likely, from what I've read. 4G networks are not mature yet, and neither are the chips that they'd have to put in the phones. Plus, I highly Apple wants anything other than a simultaneous launch with AT&T and Verizon.

 

[scott91575]

Not likely, from what I've read. 4G networks are not mature yet, and neither are the chips that they'd have to put in the phones. Plus, I highly Apple wants anything other than a simultaneous launch with AT&T and Verizon.

Plus, let's face it. With caps on download data, does speed really matter much? Speed is great for large files and streaming media at high bitrates. Yet with caps on data that include high costs for going over, very few people will be doing things that require speeds higher than 3G. Do you really need your download of Angry Birds to be a couple of seconds faster?

 

[MaxBuck]

Plus, let's face it. With caps on download data, does speed really matter much? Speed is great for large files and streaming media at high bitrates. Yet with caps on data that include high costs for going over, very few people will be doing things that require speeds higher than 3G. Do you really need your download of Angry Birds to be a couple of seconds faster?

If Angry Birds is what you're using your phone for, then 4G will mean little to you. But I don't play games on my phone, I use it for other things including tethering my laptop to it when I'm away from free wifi.

I've had 4G for a couple months now. Once you've had it, trust me, you'll never go back. Yes, speed does matter much.

 

[Dryden]

 

[PlanetFrnd]

I wish I knew what this meant...

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

I wish I knew what this meant...

which line :)

 

[PlanetFrnd]

which line :)

Yes.

 

[scott91575]

If Angry Birds is what you're using your phone for, then 4G will mean little to you. But I don't play games on my phone, I use it for other things including tethering my laptop to it when I'm away from free wifi.

I've had 4G for a couple months now. Once you've had it, trust me, you'll never go back. Yes, speed does matter much.

My point is speed is little use when plans are capped. I still have unlimited data, but that is only thanks to being grandfathered in. Neither Verizon or ATT has unlimited data on their new plans. Without unlimited data, it simply means 4G speed is virtually worthless for most users. Only the very rich would see a benefit. What is Verizon max, 10 GB? That is not even 1 high resolution movie while being tethered. For a phone, you don't even need 4G speeds to hit it's resolution max to stream a movie anyway. So we are talking tethering (which is even more money) plus 10GB plan ($80 a month) plus all the overages. What the heck are you going that requires 4G speed from a tether and under 10 GB a month?

Think about it. Your average per day is 333 MB. That is not that much data (seriously, that is about 30-45 minutes of compressed standard def video). Getting it 4 times faster doesn't make much of a difference for most people. If you really care about saving 1-2 minutes on a that one big file you download occasionally, but use your phone for nothing else, 4G is great. Yet most people are not using their phone that way, especially the iPhone. Streaming media is the key for high speeds on an iPhone, but with data caps that is killed.

4G speed with capped data is a very limited market, and certainly not the iPhone market.