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iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million

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Re: iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million

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Post by drharris »

lwhi wrote: post #18
ubernostrum wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, because what we really need at this point is yet another "LOL APPLE MAPS RITE?" "I NO RITE" "SRSLY GUISE HAVE U HERD ABOUT APPLE MAPS" thread.

In my opinion, it seems quite ridiculous to gloss over such a major failing, with so much optimistic hyperbole. Why isn't there a press release apologising to the people who've updated 'more than 100 million devices' to iOS 6? EDIT: It is a major failing.. To understand why, I suggest you search Google, and see just how vocal that '1%' (!) is. Remember, a lot of people don't live in the USA - and many of those who do…

If it were truly a major failing, you'd see a press release. I haven't seen a single problem with it over the southeastern US. I'd expect the only people who know it's broken are those who have an issue nearby their house, or geeks who read articles about people who do. The 99%? Oblivious and happy.

Re: iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million

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Post by w1ntermute »

seiji wrote: post #17
OhArgh wrote: post #12

"the world’s most advanced mobile operating system" I feel this needs to be quantified. How is it more "advanced" than the latest version of Android?

Perfect scrolling, your applications can't spy on you, iTunes integration, and you don't constantly need to play whack-an-app to preserve battery life.

1. Perfect scrolling? Not in my experience with the iPad 3 (woops, "The new iPad").

2. Have you seen the list of requested permissions when you install an Android app? Not that there haven't been privacy issues with iOS.

3. No iTunes integration sounds like an advantage to me.

4. I get the feeling most Apple fanbois have never actually used an Android device, because I have never had to close apps to save battery life. No one has encouraged the use of task managers on Android in years.

And I don't see how an OS where you can't choose your browser or get built-in reliable maps or public transit info can be called "advanced"

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Post by OhArgh »

flyinRyan wrote: post #26
OhArgh wrote: post #12

"the world’s most advanced mobile operating system" I feel this needs to be quantified. How is it more "advanced" than the latest version of Android?

It's advertising on their site. Of course it doesn't need to be "qualified" just because some evangelistic wished every site talked up their favorite products instead.

I just thought it was an interesting claim. And I think it does need to be qualified at least to some extent. http://www.bbb.org/us/bbb-code-of-advertising/#Do

Re: iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million

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Post by mtgx »

seiji wrote: post #17
OhArgh wrote: post #12

"the world’s most advanced mobile operating system" I feel this needs to be quantified. How is it more "advanced" than the latest version of Android?

Perfect scrolling, your applications can't spy on you, iTunes integration, and you don't constantly need to play whack-an-app to preserve battery life.

Apple has had some pretty huge privacy scandals over the past 2 years.

Re: iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million

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Post by drharris »

I love my iPhone 5, and think it's the most solid piece of electronics I've ever owned. Almost hate to put the thing in a case. As good as it is, there's a point everyone is overlooking when talking about the 5... the earpods. I've tried over 20 sets of earbuds to fit my weird ears, and all of them cause pain after half an hour or more of wear. I've been able to listen 4 hours straight on these earpods with no ill effects, and they sound amazing. For me, this was a definite value-add, and if the phone wasn't already enough to justify it, the included earpods sell it for sure.

Re: iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million

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Post by yread »

kumarm wrote: post #11

This is not a success by the expectations and hype created. Analysts projected 10Million sales and worst case scenario of 6Million sales before launch: http://articles.cnn.com/2012-09-19/tech/tech_mobile_iphone-5...

The market tends to agree with you AAPL is down ~1.2% as of 13:41 utc
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