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IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by dmix »

kenjackson wrote: post #21

This is a pretty underwhelming release. At least for waiting 16 months since the last phone. I sincerely hope Apple isn't about to do a replay of the Mac. Great introduction with incredible technology. But a few years into it, begins to stagnate. HW wise this nothing like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was a far superior device over the Galaxy S phones. The Galaxy S II though is pretty close to this. In terms of the raw…

You lost me at Mango and iOS being in the same category - and then you want to "throw Android out and start from scratch"?... what?

Android is not quite iOS but its a very close second and better than what anyone else has been capable of creating.

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by jberryman »

kenjackson wrote: post #21

This is a pretty underwhelming release. At least for waiting 16 months since the last phone. I sincerely hope Apple isn't about to do a replay of the Mac. Great introduction with incredible technology. But a few years into it, begins to stagnate. HW wise this nothing like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was a far superior device over the Galaxy S phones. The Galaxy S II though is pretty close to this. In terms of the raw…

Sorry, what is mango?

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by RealGeek »

thematt wrote: post #13

Anybody else getting "Access Denied"? You don't have permission to access " http://www.apple.com/ on this server. Reference #18.770d50c0.1317755591.9fc5eb4

Yes, but I was able to access through Google cache. I clicked around other links on that page; the error disappeared.

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

#35

Post by chetan51 »

jberryman wrote: post #32
kenjackson wrote: post #21

This is a pretty underwhelming release. At least for waiting 16 months since the last phone. I sincerely hope Apple isn't about to do a replay of the Mac. Great introduction with incredible technology. But a few years into it, begins to stagnate. HW wise this nothing like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was a far superior device over the Galaxy S phones. The Galaxy S II though is pretty close to this. In terms of the raw…

Sorry, what is mango?

Windows Phone OS

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

#36

Post by kenjackson »

dmix wrote: post #31
kenjackson wrote: post #21

This is a pretty underwhelming release. At least for waiting 16 months since the last phone. I sincerely hope Apple isn't about to do a replay of the Mac. Great introduction with incredible technology. But a few years into it, begins to stagnate. HW wise this nothing like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was a far superior device over the Galaxy S phones. The Galaxy S II though is pretty close to this. In terms of the raw…

You lost me at Mango and iOS being in the same category - and then you want to "throw Android out and start from scratch"?... what? Android is not quite iOS but its a very close second and better than what anyone else has been capable of creating.

iOS and Mango are in the same class in fundamentals. Use a device with iOS, Mango, and Android. Honestly, try it. The iOS and Mango device respond very similarly to basic things like swipes, pinches, etc... Android is a lot more jittery, even on the SGII HW. The odd thing with Android is that it's not a LOT less jittery on the G1 (although it is).

Android is second best in apps. And #1 in terms of market dominance. But if you jump back and forth for a week between the iPhone for and Nexus S, you'll feel a huge difference.

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by Toddward »

jberryman wrote: post #32
kenjackson wrote: post #21

This is a pretty underwhelming release. At least for waiting 16 months since the last phone. I sincerely hope Apple isn't about to do a replay of the Mac. Great introduction with incredible technology. But a few years into it, begins to stagnate. HW wise this nothing like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was a far superior device over the Galaxy S phones. The Galaxy S II though is pretty close to this. In terms of the raw…

Sorry, what is mango?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7.5

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

#38

Post by tvon »

guywithabike wrote: post #34
moe wrote: post #4

Any word on when the real iphone5 will arrive? The 4S seems like a rather pitiful flagship by apple standards.

I really don't get it. Why's everyone underwhelmed? Is a new case the only thing people wanted?

I don't get it either, it's pretty much what the rumors predicted.

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

#39

Post by jcampbell1 »

deweller wrote: post #11

Any word on whether Nitro javascript acceleration will be allowed in local webkit-based apps?

The latest news was that iOS 5 only adds Nitro for homescreen web applications. At least tabbed browsing is now in Safari, so there is less reason to use 3rd party browsers, though that is little comfort to mobile app developers using webkit.

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by clistctrl »

kenjackson wrote: post #21

This is a pretty underwhelming release. At least for waiting 16 months since the last phone. I sincerely hope Apple isn't about to do a replay of the Mac. Great introduction with incredible technology. But a few years into it, begins to stagnate. HW wise this nothing like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was a far superior device over the Galaxy S phones. The Galaxy S II though is pretty close to this. In terms of the raw…

I would guess they're banking on LTE for the iPhone 5... so in that step up you'll see a much bigger upgrade, but as a technology LTE is probably a bit immature for Apple's standards.
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