A6 seems like a decent chip though (do samsung make that? - genuine question)

 

camera well below nokia specs and other smartphones currently available

 

bored now looking at the launch event. Nothing to see here

 

ah, my apologies then. Though I've never had any issues with holding the SGS2, and the larger size has it's benefits when viewing web, maps etc. It's going to be a trade off between comfort and usability.

 

I was considering buying an iphone 5 but its not much of a leap from the iphone 4S, nothing ground breaking with this.

 

What lens do they use? Sapphire?

 

Hardly going to affect the consol market is it

 

The iPhone has already disrupted the gaming market, it's just better at doing it now. Much better.

 

No, it helped open a new market. Phones, Apple or Android are not going to replace consoles or PCs (unless you wish to have 15" handset..........)

Geezer

 

So have they said when ios6 is out for download?

 

20th Sept - the day before the 5 ships

 

Different size charger, why don't they use a univeral one like everyone else? Nokia always used to have a habit of doing that too, I've lost count of the number of adapters I had! Annoying.

 

Try Airplay. The iPhone/iPod/iPad is just a controller with a processor. iOS is the most popular gaming platform and it's even better on your TV.

 

No. Different Lead, the charger is USB.

 

Would now be a bad time to say I get 8 rows and 7 columns of icons on my Samsung?

 

It puts the 5 in iPhone 5. They should patent that 5th row.

 

Serious question (as thinking of buying the Mrs an iPhone and was waiting for the 5):

What will the new iPhone 5 running iOS 6 do that an iPhone 4S running iOS 6 won't?

(ignoring the obvious - so LTE support, dual band wifi and the screen size difference of 'show a TV show full screen in 16:9')

 

I thought it was the 19th? GM should, hopefully, be today / tomorrow morning
** edit **
Yup, confirmed 19th September - <http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/12/apple-announces-new-ios-6-features-and-release-date/>

Nothing overwhelming about the new iPhone. Seems the leaks were pretty much right on most points.

New Nano does look rather nice though.

 

Yes, sorry - 19th...

 

Run iOS 6 faster?
Seriously though, I think that's it. There was a matrix somewhere that showed what features would be available on which devices, but I cannot recall where that was!

 

Exactly - and do you think she'll care one iota?

 

Still no mention of a new Mac yet then?

 

I'll let you off just this once

 

An interesting youtube link I found from the comments on the BBC site in regards to the iphone 5
Unsure how much is true or whats there for entertainment, but enjoy
Richard

 

She'd look "uber cool" letting everyone know that she has a 5 everytime she uses it because the iPhone 5 is easily distinguishable (just!) from the iPhone 4/4S.....that is until everyone else gets one. Better get in there quick with the pre-pre orders!

 

I see the Apple adverts now, "The new iPhone5, it's **** compared to the competition but you will still queue for 3 days to get it on release day"

 

iPhone 4S (@ £449) vs iPhone 5 (@ £529)... what would you do?

 

Could be what is coming in the October event, if it happens. Usually it's a music themed event, so I'd have expected iPods and iTunes to be there, though they aren't shipping until mid october, which would match that timeframe.

My thought is they wanted to get the new iPod and iTunes announced today, perhaps due to the underwhelming iPhone 5 info, as most of it was leaked previously so didn't have the impact it could have.

This frees up the content of the October event to focus on new 13" Retina Macbook, new iMac, and possibly the iPad Mini.

 

I don't see any mention of NFC, did I miss it? Contactless payment and all that.

Otherwise, looks like a nice phone, but that is all really. Does IOS6 add new features?

Cheers

Ian

 

Same thing, none of my existing chargers will fit it so I'll need an adapter or a new one. Should have put a universal size port on it or kept it the same as the previous one IMO.