iPhone 5s officially unveiled

The back button at the top is already a pain in the ass to reach when you're using the phone with one hand.
 
dabbler said:
Fingerprint reader is nifty.
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Agreed. Sounds very convenient and I'm sure Apple made sure its fast.

Now you can actually put in a full alphanumeric passcode of 20 chars as backup, then use the fingerprint button for quick access. And our criminals will hopefully figure out that it becomes useless to steal the phones.
 
ebendl said:
Agreed. Sounds very convenient and I'm sure Apple made sure its fast.

Now you can actually put in a full alphanumeric passcode of 20 chars as backup, then use the fingerprint button for quick access. And our criminals will hopefully figure out that it becomes useless to steal the phones.
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Had my 32gb iPhone 5 stolen out of my shirt pocket at soccer city during the Mandela Sports day event 3 weeks back. Devastated as it was jailbroken and heavily customized so if the fingerprint sensor puts an end to such behavior it would be well worth it.
 
Nduimiso said:
Apple's decision to put the back button at the top of the screen essentially destroyed any chance of a large screen phone, no one would be able to reach.
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The back button? In safari it's at the bottom.
 
Hmm, wasn't too surprising. Maybe because of all leaks...

What exactly is the benefit of a 64bit OS on a phone? Windows/Intel/AMD have been flogging that poor horse for years, unless there's a grander plan in the works...
 
I'm quite happy with new iPhone, enjoyed all the jibes at Samsung, some real beauties "it's not just rampant technology for technology sake", looks pretty cool, even like the gold! But I'll still stick with black...
 
Before everyone gets straight into a hype around the great features (which is in fact just more of the same...as usual...3 years in a row from Apple), consider the following:

1. Expect to get an iPhone 5S 16 GB on high end packages only for at least 9 months after launch...because there will be a price increase on the hardware (considering its Apple, it could be a hefty 15 - 20% over the existing iPhone 5)
2. Expect at least one maintenance release before all the bugs are fixed properly (including carrier specific settings and the like...been there with an iPhone).
3. Get nothing more than a restrictive platform due to iTunes...which has been the case since iPhone 3G

Apple is missing the boat in 3 key areas:
1. Ease of use - away with iTunes...the approach has become stale over the years of iPhone
2. Enhancements are marginal rather than incremental year-on-year, so you pay more for the same year on year...what would happen if BMW kept enhancing the Shadowline 3-series from way back in the '80's competing with modern day C-class models from M-B?
3. No pluggable memory (Micro SD) upgrades, making 3 variants in on board memory of a device nothing else than a waste for the end user...leaves you with no choice other than to use iCloud to store info (at high data rates) or to backup and remove apps / info from the phone via iTunes (there we go again...iTunes)

All these reasons make me a happy Android user... way less narrow mindedness by handset manufacturers who runs the Android OS on their handsets....
 
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