iPhone 5 release today- Epic fail or The hottest Phone ever?
I have been waiting for the new iPhone so I was anxious to read reviews about the new Apple smart phone. Lance Owens has the first review I have read about the new iPhone and based upon his review, I think I will be waiting a while before I buy it or if I buy it. What do you think?
First a little background on me, I have owned every generation of the iPhone since the beginning, and highly anticipated this new release, like a 5 year old on Christmas Eve, I have been uncontrollable, unable to sleep, couldn't wait for today - and as I sit here rather disappointed, felt I should reach out for some support (iPhone junkie in withdrawal)
Let me talk a little about what I liked and didnt like
1: Longer length, but same width? Here is where I hit the " Epic Failure " button . Why would you make the screen an inch taller and not wider, it throws the entire 'proportion" off and the extra space is useless?
2: In defense they claim you now get 24 icons on your screen - really? 24 icons? First let me tell you I have 25 icons on my home-screen for years, so to go backwards, doesn't make sense to me.
Note: Many of the items I refer to in here are standard on a Jail-broken iPhone - Jailbreaking your phone has been taken to the courts, and they ruled years ago, that you own your phone, your not renting, leasing, borrowing, it - YOU OWN IT - and jailbreaking has been ruled legal and it is estimated that approximately 30 million iPhone/pads - worldwide - are jail-broken. So if you haven't jailbroken your phone yet? What are you waiting for?
3: Facetime, any time? Old news, jailbroken phones have had the feature since the conception of FACETIME - so again I hit the "fail" button, or at least - whatever - button.
4: Faster process speeds? Really? you promised me that when I upgraded from my 4 to my 4s. Let me tell you something, my 4, in real world test, outperformed my 4s more often, than not - in side by side testing, and I will testify to that in a court of law - I actually would have sold my 4s, except the camera features were hands down, far better on the 4s. This will be a wait and see also, it certainly can use it, but you didn't deliver last year? just saying.....
5: Battery life? I am going to refer to #4 above, same claims when going to my 4s over my 4 - epic fail then, will take a wait and see on this one.
6: New connector/plug - you almost had me hear, I like the concept, then I realized, what do I do with $149.99 TomTom GPS antenna that it cradles in? Or my $459.00 Sony stereo that bought because of the cool iPhone dock built in - or what about the car stereo that actually has a tray that slides out, cradles my iPhone, and goes back into the dash and becomes a player (ok this last one is on my wish list for my boat) or the 14 charging devices I have accumulated? Maybe I have to 'pony" up for this one, it is still up for debate.
7: Maps - WINNER - about time, unfortunatly I purchased the TomTom GPS antenna for my iphone, it is actually far better than the new map feature, but was very pricey - compared to - FREE, so this gets my full, 2 thumbs up.
8: Thinner/lighter: Whatever, it didn't seem heavy or fat? I will leave this one as still - open - as far as my vote goes.
9: Styling: Mixed here also - Love the aluminum housing - awesome machine work, looks like a winner - downside - I am going to coin a new term here - HOTDOG - the phone is too longgggg for its width - making it look like a hotdog ! So if it were more proportionate it would be a 2 thumbs up! For now - NO.
At the end of the day - just Jailbreak your current iPhone and see if they deliver on their promise, becasue there is nothing jumping out a scremaing - PRE-ORDER ME - when you slow down and take a real look. FYI - Jailbreaking also offers hundreds, seriously, hundreds of upgrades/personalization on the current iphones, making them more user freindly than this new one
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Lance Owens (RS)
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