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Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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When I see Apple putting forward as a key feature the number of bits in their processor in a general public announcement... I'm really feeling the "new" product is not really new. In the past Apple was always laughing at the PC ads boasting processor speed and memory capacity.

They've discussed processor performance gains in all the iPhone press events I can remember.

Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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When I see Apple putting forward as a key feature the number of bits in their processor in a general public announcement... I'm really feeling the "new" product is not really new. In the past Apple was always laughing at the PC ads boasting processor speed and memory capacity.

I think the "Touch ID" fingerprint matching that was just revealed is way more interesting than their performance improvements. I wonder why they chose to order the announcements like that.

Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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Two biggest new things for developers:

* OpenGL ES 3.0 support (things like true HDR rendering, etc. will finally be possible)

* 64-bit support. For most app developers, this will just be a recompile. The tricky part is that any closed-source 3rd party SDKs/libraries/frameworks used will also have to be rebuilt first by their authors.

Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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About the ID fingerprints? Am I the only one so in constant fear and doubt that thinks this would be a great way of bulk collecting the fingerprints of ANYONE?

They say that applications don't have access to it and it is never uploaded online, but until the device is out there is no way to verify it.

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When I see Apple putting forward as a key feature the number of bits in their processor in a general public announcement... I'm really feeling the "new" product is not really new. In the past Apple was always laughing at the PC ads boasting processor speed and memory capacity.

The leaks contribute to take away some of the awe. Yet, A7, M7, iOS 7, new camera, new flash, Touch ID. It looks new to me.

My "is it new?" test works this way: how would I explain what's new to my father (who is 74 years old and knows not much about tech). A7, M7, iOS 7, better camera and flash: not much to say. Touch ID OK that's new, but that's not much.

Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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Instead of using the iPhone 5 as the free option, they are discontinuing it and using the 4S as the free one.

I would surmise that is likely due to the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5 having very similar specs. A free iPhone 5 would cannibalize the 5C sales. Why pay 100 dollars for a color case? Then again, a number of people paid the "black tax" for their macbook a number of years back.

Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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post #14

About the ID fingerprints? Am I the only one so in constant fear and doubt that thinks this would be a great way of bulk collecting the fingerprints of ANYONE?

They say that applications don't have access to it and it is never uploaded online, but until the device is out there is no way to verify it.

Open source the M7 and then we'll trust them. Where's the backdoor at?

Re: Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

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This is what I don't like about apple the 5s $199 version has 16GB and the 5c $199 version has 32GB. They should have at-lease giving us 24GB for 5s $199.

Apple being apple trying to keep margins high.

The new colors kind of suck but great for high school girls.

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