The iPhone 5s and 5c

leemaree

Looks like it's near ;
http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/08/17/iphone-5s-and-5c-release-date-will-be-in-sept/

Creamy Goodness

not a hope in there being an iPhone 6

banquo

Nope. The 5C is this year's good-time, extra-chewy announcement, which partly makes me despair for a potential lack of new features beyond spec increases in the 5S.

Don't get me wrong. I'm still going to want the 5S with my whole body. But iOS7 is where the real upgrade for regular iPhone users is this year.

And if they release the new Mac Pro with a 4K Thunderbolt 2 display in Sept or Oct, I will go bankrupt getting one.

Creamy Goodness

it's a tock year. meaning we only get one 5S only feature and a spec bump.

4K cinema displays would be ****ing sweet though.

Dman001

If the iPhone 4/4S are currently acting as a low cost option for those acting an iPhone, surely the iPhone 5C is a step back with its plastic casing. I'd much rather the glass casing of the iPhone 4 to be honest.

GorillaRising

^ I'd be more concerned with the performance of the 5C vs 4.

I'm using a 4 at the moment. Will probably get a 5s when it's out though.

pfurey101

Feck them anyway - like so many I'm at the end of the my 2 yr contract and I want a big screen (a long one just doesnt do it). But that maybe the iPhone 6 in April-ish! Probably.

Feck them!

TheBigGreen

I'm getting the 5s when it comes out! Looking forward to it.

godtabh

TheBigGreen wrote: »

I'm getting the 5s when it comes out! Looking forward to it.

Even if its a piece of ****?

TheBigGreen

godtabh wrote: »

Even if its a piece of ****?

Defo!

whiterebel

pfurey101 wrote: »

Feck them anyway - like so many I'm at the end of the my 2 yr contract and I want a big screen (a long one just doesnt do it). But that maybe the iPhone 6 in April-ish! Probably.

Feck them!

They wont do a big screen.

godtabh

whiterebel wrote: »

They wont do a big screen.

Why?

Bluefoam

So the big news is that Apple will be releasing the iPhone in a new colour.

Fuc*ing wow!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/08/19/apple-gold-iphone/2671715/

murpho999

Bluefoam wrote: »

So the big news is that Apple will be releasing the iPhone in a new colour.

Fuc*ing wow!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/08/19/apple-gold-iphone/2671715/

You sound very angry.

What were you expecting?

Bluefoam

Not angry at all, just astounded by the amount of hype they create over what amounts to poor levels of innovation. I am still amazed by the people on boards pining over this news as if it was something more interesting.

GorillaRising

It's not Apple creating the hype. It's people on forums, tech writers and idiots with their irrelevant concept designs of a new iPhone.

Apple have declined to comment in the article posted.

murpho999

Bluefoam wrote: »

Not angry at all, just astounded by the amount of hype they create over what amounts to poor levels of innovation. I am still amazed by the people on boards pining over this news as if it was something more interesting.

Well I don't see any of the hype and if there is any it comes from the media itself.

This gold thing is just a rumour.

I don't know what innovation people are actually looking for.

godtabh

Bluefoam wrote: »

Not angry at all, just astounded by the amount of hype they create over what amounts to poor levels of innovation. I am still amazed by the people on boards pining over this news as if it was something more interesting.

There is one thing pining over a new iphone but to be ready to handy over hundreds of euro before its even released is mind boggling

Bluefoam

GorillaRising wrote: »

It's not Apple creating the hype. It's people on forums, tech writers and idiots with their irrelevant concept designs of a new iPhone.

Apple have declined to comment in the article posted.

Apple have a very sophisticated marketing department that manipulates hype, winds up the tech industry and leaks information and images in order to fuel the people on forums, tech writers and idiots... it is planned and manipulated centrally & is one of their great achievements. So yes, Apple are creating the hype.

GorillaRising

Bluefoam wrote: »

Apple have a very sophisticated marketing department that manipulates hype, winds up the tech industry and leaks information and images in order to fuel the people on forums, tech writers and idiots... it is planned and manipulated centrally & is one of their great achievements. So yes, Apple are creating the hype.

Quite possible alright. I don't know for sure myself admittedly, but unless you can prove what you said, you can't be sure either.

the_monkey

banquo wrote: »

Nope. The 5C is this year's good-time, extra-chewy announcement, which partly makes me despair for a potential lack of new features beyond spec increases in the 5S.

Don't get me wrong. I'm still going to want the 5S with my whole body. But iOS7 is where the real upgrade for regular iPhone users is this year.

And if they release the new Mac Pro with a 4K Thunderbolt 2 display in Sept or Oct, I will go bankrupt getting one.

Can I get one of those displays for a PC ?

murpho999

Bluefoam wrote: »

Apple have a very sophisticated marketing department that manipulates hype, winds up the tech industry and leaks information and images in order to fuel the people on forums, tech writers and idiots... it is planned and manipulated centrally & is one of their great achievements. So yes, Apple are creating the hype.

All sounds like conspiracy theory, tin foil hat stuff.

Pm1e

Any idea yet which networks will get hands on first?

whiterebel

Pm1e wrote: »

Any idea yet which networks will get hands on first?

Seeing as there isn't even an official announcement for a couple of weeks, how in Jesus' name would anyone know who's getting what?

endacl

murpho999 wrote: »

All sounds like conspiracy theory, tin foil hat stuff.

Will the hat be available in gold tinfoil?

Pm1e

whiterebel wrote: »

Seeing as there isn't even an official announcement for a couple of weeks, how in Jesus' name would anyone know who's getting what?

Easy tiger, rumours did the rounds prior to the launch of the 4s that Three were going to be stocking the device, and sure enough they did. The same way rumours did the rounds that o2 would get preference when the iPhone originally launched in Ireland and sure enough, they did, weeks before Vodafone or Meteor got them. So calm down, you don't think deals and discussions are being put in place as we speak? Of course they are, they hardly wait till the announcement has been made to start squabbling and end up at the back of the pile.

Alpha Dog 1

endacl wrote: »

Will the hat be available in gold tinfoil?

The iHat.... €700 please.

Innovation at its best!

guil

Pm1e wrote: »

Easy tiger, rumours did the rounds prior to the launch of the 4s that Three were going to be stocking the device, and sure enough they did. The same way rumours did the rounds that o2 would get preference when the iPhone originally launched in Ireland and sure enough, they did, weeks before Vodafone or Meteor got them. So calm down, you don't think deals and discussions are being put in place as we speak? Of course they are, they hardly wait till the announcement has been made to start squabbling and end up at the back of the pile.

O2 had the iphone at least a year or more before any other network.

Ivefoundgod

Pm1e wrote: »

Easy tiger, rumours did the rounds prior to the launch of the 4s that Three were going to be stocking the device, and sure enough they did. The same way rumours did the rounds that o2 would get preference when the iPhone originally launched in Ireland and sure enough, they did, weeks before Vodafone or Meteor got them. So calm down, you don't think deals and discussions are being put in place as we speak? Of course they are, they hardly wait till the announcement has been made to start squabbling and end up at the back of the pile.

Based on most high profile phone launches of the last year or two those exclusive deals are becoming almost non-existent. To the best of my knowledge, all the major carriers got the S4, HTC One, S3, Lumia 925 at the same time. Would expect the same to be true of the next iPhone, although they may want to distance themselves from the competition.

Pm1e

guil wrote: »

O2 had the iphone at least a year or more before any other network.

Yes, my points exactly. Therefore it is not nonsense to assume there may already be word on who has it outside of assumptions.

GorillaRising

Pm1e wrote: »

Yes, my points exactly. Therefore it is not nonsense to assume there may already be word on who has it outside of assumptions.

I think it's safe to assume all the networks who have the iPhone 4s/5 will have it.

Some may have it a couple of weeks before others, but that's it.

No network is stupid enough not to sell something as popular as a new iPhone will no doubt be.

Bluefoam

GorillaRising wrote: »

No network is stupid enough not to sell something as popular as a new iPhone will no doubt be.

Actually, on the contrary, I believe that the two biggest networks in the world have refused to sell the iPhone due to the demands placed on them by Apple, the high marketing costs, the subsidies and the closed ecosystem and restrictive contracts policy applied to these phones.

GorillaRising

Bluefoam wrote: »

Actually, on the contrary, I believe that the two biggest networks in the world have refused to sell the iPhone due to the demands placed on them by Apple, the high marketing costs, the subsidies and the closed ecosystem and restrictive contracts policy applied to these phones.

Sorry I thought it was obvious we were talking about Ireland and the networks who will no doubt sell it here seeing as how they already do.

And FYI

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/08/china-mobile-reportedly-keen-on-selling-iphone-on-their-network/

guil

Pm1e wrote: »

Yes, my points exactly. Therefore it is not nonsense to assume there may already be word on who has it outside of assumptions.

I was correcting you when you said O2 had the iPhone weeks before the others. They didn't, it was over a year.

All major networks here will have them launch day like they did with the 5.

emo72

any updates, any leaks? getting close now.

TheBigGreen

All rumours so far.

ozmo

IPhone 5C Cases for sale already??

http://e.dx.com/collection/201308/iphone-5c/default.html?utm_source=dx&utm_medium=edm&utm_campaign=20130829iphone5caccessories

pfurey101

Most of the rumours wot I read say the 5S and cheapo 5C in September, but the odd report from some established news sites still say the big screened 6 is coming in September.

Most other rumours wot I read say the 6 is early 2014.

I want the bigger screen (not just longer as in the 5) and like millions of other my 4S 2 year contract is up next month, I dont want the 5S with the rumoured big screened 6 looming next year!

Apple know that the millions of apple minions will upgrade in Sep - even if it is "only" a 5S!

Sad Professor

ozmo wrote: »

IPhone 5C Cases for sale already??

http://e.dx.com/collection/201308/iphone-5c/default.html?utm_source=dx&utm_medium=edm&utm_campaign=20130829iphone5caccessories

It's just case manufacturers gambling on the design/dimensions listed on rumour sites so they can be the first to market. Happens every year. They have no inside information.

Sad Professor

pfurey101 wrote: »

Most of the rumours wot I read say the 5S and cheapo 5C in September, but the odd report from some established news sites still say the big screened 6 is coming in September.

Most other rumours wot I read say the 6 is early 2014.

I want the bigger screen (not just longer as in the 5) and like millions of other my 4S 2 year contract is up next month, I dont want the 5S with the rumoured big screened 6 looming next year!

The rumour sites say the same thing every year about the iPhone and the iPad. "Oh there's another upgrade coming in a few months." The only time it ever happened was with the iPad with lightning bolt connector and nobody predicted it.

Sonics2k

pfurey101 wrote: »

Most of the rumours wot I read say the 5S and cheapo 5C in September, but the odd report from some established news sites still say the big screened 6 is coming in September.

Most other rumours wot I read say the 6 is early 2014.

I want the bigger screen (not just longer as in the 5) and like millions of other my 4S 2 year contract is up next month, I dont want the 5S with the rumoured big screened 6 looming next year!

Apple know that the millions of apple minions will upgrade in Sep - even if it is "only" a 5S!

Not a chance will they make the iPhone 6 a massive device.

They may push it to a 4.3" someday, but not this year.

pfurey101

Sonics2k wrote: »

Not a chance will they make the iPhone 6 a massive device.

They may push it to a 4.3" someday, but not this year.

Why not even S4 size?

Creamy Goodness

because it will look stupid.

also they spent a lot of time saying that wide screens on smart phones don't make sense as the average human thumb can't reach the whole width of the screen, in fairness they're right.

Sonics2k

pfurey101 wrote: »

Why not even S4 size?

It's not Apples style.


Apple has always been about neatness, slick styling and minimalistic design.

Whilst I like the S4, an iPhone of that size would seem way out of place.

Kagawa

Hey, does anyone else want a bigger screen for the 5s? I still think that the screen is too small, it should be 4.7 inch IMO

whiterebel

Kagawa wrote: »

Hey, does anyone else want a bigger screen for the 5s? I still think that the screen is too small, it should be 4.7 inch IMO

No.

viper006

Kagawa wrote: »

Hey, does anyone else want a bigger screen for the 5s? I still think that the screen is too small, it should be 4.7 inch IMO

ya i would love to see a slightly bigger screen.Its a beautiful display but it does feel small at times

banquo

The S3 S4 are that size purely because Samsung couldn't get the horsepower they needed for a dreadfully inefficient OS into a device any smaller.

Alpha Dog 1

banquo wrote: »

The S3 S4 are that size purely because Samsung couldn't get the horsepower they needed for a dreadfully inefficient OS into a device any smaller.

No, there that size because people want them that size otherwise they would not be selling. There screens are fantastic. Watch a video on a 5" screen with 440 ppi then go back to the little 4" screen with 320 ppi and see which one you prefer while also keeping 200 euro in your pocket.

guil

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

No, there that size because people want them that size otherwise they would not be selling. There screens are fantastic. Watch a video on a 5" screen with 440 ppi then go back to the little 4" screen with 320 ppi and see which one you prefer while also keeping 200 euro in your pocket.

What new phone with a 5" screen is 200 cheaper than the iPhone 5?

Creamy Goodness

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

No, there that size because people want them that size otherwise they would not be selling. There screens are fantastic. Watch a video on a 5" screen with 440 ppi then go back to the little 4" screen with 320 ppi and see which one you prefer while also keeping 200 euro in your pocket.

I'd rather watch a movie through a 60" 1080p screen than a 5" 1080p screen but hey each to their own :pac:

"people want them that size otherwise they would not be selling" I'll give you that, same can be said for the smaller more 16:9 screen of the iPhone 5.