[Closed] iPhone5- Wtf. Not impressed

it has become a fashion item which i think is a bit sad.

No, it hasn't.

My current HTC One-S is a glass and metal build, has a sensible sized screen and weighs about the same as the new iPhone, it also has chip architecture more advanced than the new iPhone (more efficient 28nm process as opposed to 32nm in the iPhone), is currently on 38% battery remaining after 29hrs - it gives me genuine 2 day use....and was released 6 months ago

That sounds a bit try-hard if we're honest, doesn't it?

Not impressed? Don't buy one then. I'm not impressed with maddona, britains got talent, pizza hut or john smiths beer so I don't consume their products, watch the program or patronise their restaurants, it's not a hard decision to make as a consumer but I guess for some people everything has to be made into some kind of ordeal or life-crisis.

Not impressed? Don't buy one then. I'm not impressed with maddona, britains got talent, pizza hut or john smiths beer so I don't consume their products, watch the program or patronise their restaurants, it's not a hard decision to make as a consumer but I guess for some people everything has to be made into some kind of ordeal or life-crisis.

BUT PEOPLE MUST KNOW ABOUT THE PRODUCTS I DO NOT LIKE!

binners - Member
Hora in not finding a specific product to live up to his expectations shocka

Yeah i thought that!

Hora if you want to be pleasantly surprised then get one of the cheap to mid range HTCs....the Wildfire-S, the new Desires (Desire-S, Desire-C and Desire-x) and all will give you the essential smart phone functions of email, media, sat-nav, WiFi, etc with screens less than 4 inches and better battery life than the quad-core mega screened flagships out there....they are the smart choice for people who want to take the thing off charge in the morning and forget about it....no top up charge needed, no need to toggle functions off to preserve battery life.

DeadlyDarcy....just demonstrating what is out there if people take their Apple blinkers off.

just demonstrating what is out there if people take their Apple blinkers off.

No you're not. You're insulting a whole raft of people, all of whom have varied reasons for why they might choose to use an iPhone. I would have thought there were enough Android v iOS threads at this stage where posters may have grown out of simply insulting people for their choice of phone. It seems, from this thread, not, sadly.

deviant said: *blah bah blah blah*

You are the Fandroid CountZero and I claim my five pounds 😀

You make the common mistake that people who like iOS are somehow blinkered, unaware that other devices offer other benefits, or fashion sheep.

I'm none of those.

I'm tech savvy. Have a tech job. I understand very well the benefits and limitations of iOS and Android. And I'm [i]really[/i] not interested in being cool or fashionable.

Your argument seems to be [i]"people only buy iPhones because they are cool. They are idiots. And iPhones aren't cool, they are mainstream. Androids are cool. They should buy those"[/i] 😕

I could answer your points one by one but I can't be bothered with yet another Android vs iOS spaffest - suffice to say I think you're wrong on most of them. 😀

they are the smart choice for people who want to take the thing off charge in the morning and forget about it....no top up charge needed, no need to toggle functions off to preserve battery life.

Took my iPhone (4) off charge this morning. Used it to track my commute on Endomondo; took a couple of calls, played a couple of games and listened to some music; it's at 68% and I will shortly use it to track my commute home. No top up charge or toggling functions required, despite its age.

Not impressed? Don't buy one then. I'm not impressed with maddona, britains got talent, pizza hut or john smiths beer so I don't consume their products, watch the program or patronise their restaurants, it's not a hard decision to make as a consumer but I guess for some people everything has to be made into some kind of ordeal or life-crisis.

I'm confused. I had one of two products in mind to chose from.

When did I ever consider Madonna or Britains got Talent. Get a better analogy (or stop being a STW negative stalker).

If you post up a topic on a forum its for discussion otherwise using your rationale unless a topic is asking for advice all are attention seeking?

Binners, I went to Ken's in Chorlton- ta. 13quid, to sort the wheel. They started offering me DH wheel as a replacement as they said the wheel was abit 'used' 😆

uh oh deviants in trouble hes - slagged off the latest iphone on middleclasstrackworld !!!!!!!

slagged off the latest iphone

I couldn't give a rat's arse whether he's slagged off the phone. It's slagging off the users that gets a bit tiresome.

uh oh deviants in trouble hes - slagged off the latest iphone on middleclasstrackworld !!!!!!!

Not really, Komrade Kimbers. It's more, as usual, someone has said that the only reason people are buying an iPhone is because it matches their earrings. This is not always the case, and it's only fair people can say this.

I couldn't give a rat's arse whether he's slagged off the phone. It's slagging off the users that gets a bit tiresome.

Alot of porn seems to feature iphone's (so I'm told).

It's slagging off the users that gets a bit tiresome.

This!

My phone has faults. I don't 😀

Alot of porn seems to feature iphone's (so I'm told).

You must have rather different specialist tastes to me hora.
It's not even like the vibrate function on the iPhone is very strong... 😯

However, I do suspect iPhones are a big reason why certain "video-based sites" no longer require flash 😀

Hora - Ken F's talked me into a more ...ahem... 'substantial' rim for a gentleman of my proportions, after I totally pringled a brand new XC717 😀

Alot of porn seems to feature iphone's (so I'm told).

😆

Come off it you lot, he insulted people that buy iPhones to show other people how cool they are.

He didn't insult everyone who buys iPhones.

I'm confused. I had one of two products in mind to chose from.

When did I ever consider Madonna or Britains got Talent. Get a better analogy (or stop being a STW negative stalker).

If you post up a topic on a forum its for discussion otherwise using your rationale unless a topic is asking for advice all are attention seeking?

Read your OP. I mentions nothing about looking for a new phone and the choices out there or advice re phone choice, such as ' I looked at the new Jesus phone and not impressed, anyone tried the xyz?'
Who suggested YOU were using those analogies? They were my examples of consumer choice.
Who mentioned attention seeking? It wasn't me? Are you an attention seeker? Maybe a qualified health professional can help?

Jamie - Member
Not really, Komrade Kimbers. It's more, as usual, someone has said that the only reason people are buying an iPhone is because it matches their earrings. This is not always the case, and it's only fair people can say this.

really? he seems to have written several well thought out paragraphs weighing the pros and cons of android vs iphone overall in favour of android
and 1 line stated that people are swayed by image

and all of a sudden fanboys are feeling persecuted!

it is after all just a phone

Read your OP

Yes it says any[b][u]one[/u][/b] not anything else. I wasn't asking for suggestions on phones just opinions from people who've experience the iPhone5.

I also went on to state my choice had been down to the Iphone5 or S3. Nothing else.

I don't go on your topics posting negativity do I? You have a choice, I imagine you'd avoid my topics if it irks you so.

Internet forums are not worth getting "irked" about.
I didn't read the middle 2 pages, did I miss anything?
My post would still be useful to those who have trouble making purchasing decisions, maybe not helpful to those who lack scruples but I certainly wouldn't call it 'negative'

FWIW buy a 2nd hand 4 and get a sim only deal, you will save £££'s but lack a bit of credibility when you order your dim sum.

it is after all just a phone

[b]WHAT?!!!![/b]

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and all of a sudden fanboys are feeling persecuted!

Poor effort. Joining in too. Re-read the posts.

Haven't you all got Jobs to go to? 😉

I like these threads 😉

£500 for a phone? Why, I could but a Dura Ace Di2 rear mech for that! Bargain.

Dura Ace Di2

Don't you start...! 😉

£500 for a phone?

Haven't you all got Jobs to go to?

We did. Then he died 😥

Edit: Just noticed capitalisation. Very well played, Sir.

Haven't you all got Jobs to go to?

No, we lost our Jobs 🙁

Now we've just got some Cook.

Why, I could but a Dura Ace Di2 rear mech for that! Bargain.

Can you get Flash on that?

Funny play on radio 4 about the I-hole

Can you get Flash on that?

I'd very happily be on Di2, Graham! 😉

and run with the idea of what an OS can do, multiple home screens, live/real time widgets, scrolling notifications

^ This

Deeply unappealing.

When people decribe Android phone I just get an impresion of Google techies pebble dashing a house with features and then a Samsung/HTC painting it garishly and sticking a load of plastic facias over the top.

iPhones being more analogous to lovely minimal design crafted by an architect, doing all of the same stuff but in a less flashy way, all neatly hidden from the observer but just there when you need it. Working flawlessly.

You pays your money, you takes your choice.

scuzz - Member
Come off it you lot, he insulted people that buy iPhones to show other people how cool they are.

He didn't insult everyone who buys iPhones.

Exactly, and i also said the iPhone is a good phone, the form factor of the 4, 4S and 5 cannot be rivaled in my opinion.
What becomes tedious is the outdated criticism of early Android versions and the ramming down our throats that Apple products 'just work' when patently they come with just as many faults (especially when newly launched) as any other product.

The casual user is fine, they've made a choice to enjoy iOS and an iPhone....the hordes who queue for days and are then cheered into the shop and applauded as they leave are fully deserving of any mickey taking thrown their way.

Not once have i said Android is cool, far from it...its a bit techy which is inherently geeky and....well, its just a phone.

What i bite at again and again is the general belief that the iPhone is the only phone capable of being a smart phone....i get my phone out at work and somebody will invariably ask why i havent got an iPhone....if i give it to them to have a play with they seem genuinely shocked that it 'just works' and does the same things as their iPhone....this is obviously not the fault of the individual but rather the success of Apple's advertising and a measure of just how far ahead the original iPhone was that it can still trade on its reputation.

However my favourite in the lead up to the launch of the new iPhone was of course the result of this survey:

[i]Over a third (36 per cent) of consumers will buy an iPhone 5 because they feel Apple make the best smartphones, while nearly one in five (20 per cent) believe Apple’s latest phone will improve their social status.[/i]

Source: http://www.crowdedbrain.co.uk/mobile-pda/40-of-smartphone-users-plan-to-buy-the-new-iphone-5.html

The 1 in 5 who believe that owning the new iPhone 5 will improve their social standing need to be mocked mercilessly for they are pitiful creatures.

That is why i often come across as anti iPhone!

It's all going to be about Win 8 Mobile....srsly.

If it doesn't immediately sync everything with my Mac Pro and My Macbook, then it can **** right off, is my criteria for a phone

When people decribe Android phone I just get an impresion of Google techies pebble dashing a house with features and then a Samsung/HTC painting it garishly and sticking a load of plastic facias over the top.

iPhones being more analogous to lovely minimal design crafted by an architect, doing all of the same stuff but in a less flashy way, all neatly hidden from the observer but just there when you need it. Working flawlessly.

You pays your money, you takes your choice.

This is where I am, very good summary. I live in a nice victorian semi, but I've no inclanation to pebble dash it and paint it orange.

Not once have i said Android is cool, far from it..

You complained that the iPhone [i]"was once the leftfield choice of hipsters around the world is now abut as mainstream as white goods get..."
[/i]
Implying that Android is now the non-mainstream leftfield edgy cool choice.

(it's not. And neither was iPhone before it. They are all nice devices but mass-produced mobile phones from huge corporations are about as far from leftfield edgy and cool as you can get IMO)

The 1 in 5 who believe that owning the new iPhone 5 will improve their social standing need to be mocked mercilessly for they are pitiful creatures.

I completely agree - but I don't believe that statistic in the slightest.
It bears no absolutely no resemblance to any behaviour I see within in my peer group.

If one of my mates announced he'd camped outside an Apple store he'd be quite rightly slagged rotten about it for years.

Exactly

Oh right, I see. Nice that someone came up with that one for you. Perhaps you need to work on your communications skills then, because that was not how you were coming across.

The 1 in 5 who believe that owning the new iPhone 5 will improve their social standing need to be mocked mercilessly for they are pitiful creatures.

Really? Why would you feel the need to mock people "mercilessly" for their choices? Because they're not the reasons [i]you[/i] would buy a phone? Is it to reinforce your own reasons? Surely you must be quite secure in the strength of your buying decisions. Why not just let people make their choices and let them be?

Oh right, I see. Nice that someone came up with that one for you. Perhaps you need to work on your communications skills then, because that was not how you were coming across.

deadlydarcy, do you feel one's choice of phone can elevate one's social status?

Graham-S....you are implying for me, i didnt say that, you are drawing your own conclusions....its a phone OS, its not cool....not iOS nor Android.

Darcy....the vacuous belief that toting an iPhone will improve ones social status is fair reason for mockery....others may of course disagree, they would be wrong however.

What have we learned in this thread then?....all phones come with problems and some people prefer one OS to the other....glad we got that sorted.

(Jamie, Windows-8 for mobiles does indeed look good....if it can be coupled with Nokia's legendary reputation for build quality, reliability, battery life etc then it should succeed as an OS....seriously considering one when my contract ends in December)

What have we learned in this thread then?....

Erm...?

Graham-S....you are implying for me, i didnt say tha

Fair enough.

When someone says to me "don't buy that, it's not cool" I tend to think they are implying what they have [i]is[/i] "cool" - but you're right, that was my own implication, not yours. Apologies.

Nokia's legendary reputation for build quality, reliability, battery life etc

You never owned an N95 then.

[i]£500 for a phone? Why, I could but a Dura Ace Di2 rear mech for that! Bargain.[/i]

It's not all about 'I've bought this so I can't buy that' you know, some of us can do both.

Willy waving over spending power is what that ^^ is.