mdench Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 So apple have released the latest version of the iphone... wooo! Apple unveils its cut-price handset: 'More fun, more colourful' iPhone 5C is made of plastic and will cost $99 | Mail Online The iPhone 5C is a plastic alternative to last year's iPhone 5 It comes in five colours including pink, green, white, blue and yellow It will be shipped running Apple's latest iOS 7 software The iPhone 5S comes in three colours including gold, silver and slate Apple claim the device is twice as fast as the current handset The fingerprint scanner is built into the 'home' button of the iPhone 5S Called Touch ID, the scanner lets you buy apps at the touch of a button It can handle multiple fingerprints securely Read more: Apple unveils its cut-price handset: 'More fun, more colourful' iPhone 5C is made of plastic and will cost $99 | Mail Online Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Anybody have any views on the new version? Have been using android for ages but after using an ipad almost daily for work im being more and more tempted to complete the set with the iphone when contract renewal date comes around
Arthur Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 I like how iOS 7 looks, but after using a Nexus 4, the iPhone's screen just seems far too narrow for some reason. http://i.imgur.com/ktYXfVb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/MrAHrxr.jpg
mdench Posted September 10, 2013 Author Posted September 10, 2013 well that is my issue an iphone compared to my galaxy note is tiny :/
synaesthesia Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 I can hear the noise of a few million dribbling imbeciles. I'm not sure what the onomatopoeia is for that, but it's in the air.
mrbios Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) I can hear the noise of a few million dribbling imbeciles. I'm not sure what the onomatopoeia is for that, but it's in the air. That's the first time in my entire life I've ever seen that word used in an actual sentence! .... and yes that excited me far more than a piddley iphone release EDIT: one thing i am interested in though is the release of IOS7...been holding off setting up our trolley of iPads because of its impending release. Edited September 10, 2013 by mrbios
synaesthesia Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Hope IOS7 has improved from it's bloody awful beta look. Will slap it on an iPad when I get a chance. The whole thing so far has gotten a very "Meh" response; nothing really new, they're pushing the 64bit thing a little too far (it's not new, it's not the first etc, contrary to what many fanbois believe) if it's even necessary, but I can't really judge that. It's more of the same, it'll sell like hotcakes despite it's "WHUT?" price. And people will happily spend beyond their means to have the "latest and greatest." And yeah, it's a lovely word isn't it? Not used nearly often enough! It rolls off the tongue in speech
Arthur Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 it's not new, it's not the first etc, contrary to what many fanbois believe Are there any other 64-bit SoC's that are already in smartphones?
synaesthesia Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 No idea. ARM were touting theirs in 2011 and had workable devices mid 2012. Dunno (and don't care) if any made it into devices. Wouldn't surprise me if various knockoff jobs from China have been for years. There has been 64bit arch processors I remember from circa 2007/8 but buggered if I can find any info on them. Nokia were sniffing around them around the time of the n95 I think.
flyinghaggis Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) IOS 7 looks like it will have some useful improvements but I'm still struggling to find a reason to upgrade my iphone 4S (unless Apple nerf the performance of it with the new OS upgrade!) I think Apple is aiming way too high price-wise with the 5c. Especially when Google are poised to bring out their new Nexus 5 for nearly half the price! IMO they really need something closer to the £300 mark to tempt people away from the mid-range Android smartphones. £470 is silly money for last years iPhone in a garish plastic case! It would be crazy not to just stump up another £80 and buy the 5S instead Edited September 10, 2013 by flyinghaggis
mac_shinobi Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 IOS 7 looks like it will have some useful improvements but I'm still struggling to find a reason to upgrade my iphone 4S (unless Apple nerf the performance of it with the new OS upgrade!) I think Apple is aiming way too high price-wise with the 5c at £450-ish. Especially when Google are poised to bring out their new Nexus 5 for nearly half the price! IMO they really need something closer to the £300 mark to tempt people away from the mid-range Android smartphones. Im just waiting for ios 7 which I believe is being released on the 18th. A week tommorow. Ive already got an iphone 5 so cant change or upgrade till Oct 2014
Arthur Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 No idea. Not that it makes much of a difference, but it would appear that Apple are correct with their claim this time. http://i.imgur.com/KAKs97o.png
mac_shinobi Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 @Arthur - airdrop shows as not working with the 3rd gen ipad but the 3rd gen only had a slightly slower cpu and a lightening connector so why not with the 3rd gen ipad ?
Arthur Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 why not with the 3rd gen iPad? Perhaps it's due to the WiFi hardware not supporting both ad-hoc and managed networks simultaneously (like it was with the OS X version of AirDrop). Either that, or Apple want you to buy another iPad.
ZeroHour Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 but I'm still struggling to find a reason to upgrade my iphone 4S (unless Apple nerf the performance of it with the new OS upgrade!) Now wouldnt that be a business plan
mac_shinobi Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Perhaps it's due to the WiFi hardware not supporting both ad-hoc and managed networks simultaneously (like it was with the OS X version of AirDrop). Either that, or Apple want you to buy another iPad. As per this link https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5100286?start=0&tstart=0 Airdrop is on the ipad mini Confused
mac_shinobi Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Now wouldnt that be a business plan Would that mean you would have to pay more or re buy apps to get the 64 bit versions or just continue running the 32 bit versions ??
Arthur Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Airdrop is on the iPad mini The iPad mini was released ~7 months after the iPad 3 and contains the same WiFi chip as the iPhone 5 (a Murata 339S0171). Would that mean you would have to pay more or re buy apps to get the 64 bit versions or just continue running the 32 bit versions ?? Unlikely since that would really confuse people. iOS 7 can still run 32-bit apps. Edited September 10, 2013 by Arthur
mac_shinobi Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 The iPad mini was released ~7 months after the iPad 3 and contains the same WiFi chip as the iPhone 5 (a Murata 339S0171). So just a move by apple to drop the 30 pin devices or is there something else that is needed for air drop to work?
Arthur Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 So just a move by Apple to drop the 30 pin devices or is there something else that is needed for Airdrop to work? Both.
featured_spectre Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 In regards to 64bit processing on phones, Samsung Galaxy 2, Note, Galaxy 3, Note 2 and Galaxy 4 can all run 64bit OS (google developer forums have people building them with varying degrees of success). So its been done on the droid for a while, but Nokia were darting around it for a long time, even when they were doing the NGage it was on the cards then, at a basic form, but couldn't justify it, so kept developing and did for a while. In regards to re-buying apps, they are asking devs of larger (and more popular apps) to create 64bit native apps to force people to upgrade - there is the business plan! As for price, its mental what they're asking, but already O2 in Luton have sold out on pre-orders of both 5C and 5S...ridiculous!
sidewinder Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 lol @ the price of the 5C - what is the point of it at that price? There is barely any difference between it and the 5S...this thing was supposed to come with a £3-400 price tag. Will be buying a secondhand 5 for sub £300 as soon as everyone rushes to sell theirs to get a 5S
sparkeh Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) So: No NFC No improved camera No bigger storage 5C is more expensive than 4S and has plastic back Fingerprint reader that 3rd parties are barred from using How innovative... It'll still be a hit though... *le sigh* Edited September 10, 2013 by sparkeh
Arthur Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 The 5S doesn't have enough gold! http://i.imgur.com/hb7fuxX.jpg
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