LIVE iPhone 5 unveil watch now

[mtrunner]

Pre-order on Sept 14th and available on 21st.

[Rashid.bk]

Originally Posted by dbphotos

Ok, that's all of my coverage. You guys have fun!

dude! thx so much for updates. you're the man.

[Cru Jones]

I'm not very tech savvy....what's LTE? Is it a "big deal"?

Great updates, dbphotos, btw.

[Sweramic]

Originally Posted by TSW

Can't wait to order it,
My iPhone has a non working camera and a very rare spider web glass front.

[77T]

Pre-order Friday, ships the next Friday...

[conrail]

Originally Posted by Cru Jones

I'm not very tech savvy....what's LTE? Is it a "big deal"?

Great updates, dbphotos, btw.

Super fast interwebs.

[Al1988]

What I want to know is if you can get it in white straight away

I've always wanted a white one but as I bought the 3G and 4 at launch i've always been stuck with the black one! Not exactly a hardship, I know but still....

[77T]

Ear Pods!

[tattooedfagin]

and no mini iPad

[NYC6]

Is there going to be an increase in the monthly charges for the 5 phone or does the plan rate remain the same?

[Boardman]

Thx for updates!

Any news yet on the iMac?

[Kingair]

Thanks for the link !

So let's get rid of our 4S and order the 5 !

I have to wait untill september 28 . . . ;-(

HAGW

[Al1988]

Anyone know when the pre-order date is for the UK?

[316lad]

Originally Posted by Al1988

Anyone know when the pre-order date is for the UK?

Friday - 14th.

[Al1988]

Originally Posted by 316lad

Friday - 14th.

Sweet!

Now the only question is do I stick with vodafone and wait over a year for 4G or swap to EE whom I have no experience of!

[masterserg]

very nice!

[esm]

21st September, here I come - only the 16GB though

[masterserg]

Originally Posted by masterserg

very nice!

but hardly groundbreaking or unexpected.

[GermanyMatt]

I know I blasted the other thread, but that 4 inch screen is an epic fail.

[esm]

Originally Posted by GermanyMatt

I know I blasted the other thread, but that 4 inch screen is an epic fail.

Why is that?

[GermanyMatt]

Because its too small, still, which has been my main complaint about my iPhone 4 after owning it for a few months. Apple should have at least gone to 4.5in and made the phone a bit wider. I really don't give a crap if it's still easy for a ten year old girl to hold and operate with one hand.

[dbphotos]

So the cycle was cell phones were the size of a brick and the race was no to make them smaller, now the race is on to make them thin but bigger... how about talking on an iPad?

[Megalobyte]

Originally Posted by dbphotos

So the cycle was cell phones were the size of a brick and the race was no to make them smaller, now the race is on to make them thin but bigger... how about talking on an iPad?

Your point? :)

[crew]

Originally Posted by Cru Jones

I'm not very tech savvy....what's LTE? Is it a "big deal"?

Great updates, dbphotos, btw.

LTE is, essentially, 4G Internet coverage. They say it's 10 times faster than 3G.
I have an iPad with LTE and it is much, much faster than my old 3G model.
To me it's a big deal, however on a phone it may not be of the same magnitude as on an iPad.

[seand442]

Originally Posted by GermanyMatt

Because its too small, still, which has been my main complaint about my iPhone 4 after owning it for a few months. Apple should have at least gone to 4.5in and made the phone a bit wider. I really don't give a crap if it's still easy for a ten year old girl to hold and operate with one hand.

Maybe it's just me, I don't see the fascination with big screens. It is designed to be portable and fit in your pocket. I've seen these phablets and I just don't get it. I have an iPad if I need screen real estate. JMHO.

[77T]

Originally Posted by crew

LTE is, essentially, 4G Internet coverage. They say it's 10 times faster than 3G.
I have an iPad with LTE and it is much, much faster than my old 3G model.
To me it's a big deal, however on a phone it may not be of the same magnitude as on an iPad.

The value of LTE on iPhone 5 is hard to say just yet - I do see Cloud Apps that could use native LAN speeds to let the phone be a virtual terminal.

The current generation of carrier implementations of 4G-LTE is a pre-cursor of full LTE. What are the best down/up speeds you've seen thus far? On an iPhone 4s in Tampa, FL we saw 3Mbps/500Kbps.

What AT&T and VZ are doing is the pre-4G technology - it's really "3GPP LTE" and it is fast enough that the iPad and iPhone will show 4G on the screen icon. This is often branded "4G-LTE" by the carriers, but it does not fully comply with the IMT-Advanced requirements.

The true LTE ITU standard has a downlink bit rate of up to 100 Mbit/s and uplink of 50 Mbit/s. What is holding us back in the US are the carriers failure to get 40Gbps fiber backbone equipment widely deployed - the fiber is there but the gear isn't everywhere.

The recession stopped deployment and the funding studies I saw showed we would be paying an average data plan price of $80-$120/month for true LTE or the carriers lose money.

I'm for the iPhone 5 but the carriers will dictate the value proposition we get out of LTE.

[GradyPhilpott]

Incredible!

I heard that Apple has recently patented the human skull.

[MoBe]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Incredible!

I heard that Apple has recently patented the human skull.

Samsung copied it already!

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by MoBe

Samsung copied it already!

Unpossible!

We're all doomed to pay royalties to Apple in perpetuum.

[GermanyMatt]

Originally Posted by seand442

Maybe it's just me, I don't see the fascination with big screens. It is designed to be portable and fit in your pocket. I've seen these phablets and I just don't get it. I have an iPad if I need screen real estate. JMHO.

If done right, a 4.5 inch screen would do very little to the overall size of the iphone. I think the Samsung GS3 screen is a bit too large, but somewhere between 4.3-4.5 would be just about right - still portable and easy to use, but large enough that web browsing and apps are still enjoyable. My guess is Apple kept the screen smaller due to the cost of producing the display and keep battery life respectable.

I have an iPad (3 of them in fact), but it's not very portable for being on-the-go.