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"...under delivers on the hardware specification" What was under delivered on? Are people really this upset about NFC?

by mbell 14y ago

jdechko 14y ago
Agreed. People keep comparing the device to the Nokia 920, but nobody has had some good hands-on time with either device. NFC might be a nice feature to have, but there's very little infrastructure in place to support it. Wireless charging is cool, but I'm not sure it's much more than a gimmick at this point? What's a use case for wireless charging where it's more practical than plugging in? On paper the 920 has the "better" camera than the iPhone 5, but the sample photos from the 920 were faked. Even if the iPhone 5 isn't quite as good, it's still going to be a top 5 camera. Fortunately, we live in a time where smartphones are developing at a very rapid pace. And we as consumers have some really great options. You might have to make some compromises, but not many.
bane 14y ago
I agree, the hardware specs are fine. Nothing to get excited about, but that's rarely been the thrust of iPhone's appeal anyway (outside of perhaps the retina display). I think the phoned in industrial design is the problem. "Let's make it a bit taller and take the glass off the back" is simply not the improvement in industrial design from one generation to the next that might be expected: bezel-less - http://static.droidblog.net/dgstorm/df/bezel-free-folded-samsung-smartphone-mockup.png http://static.droidblog.net/dgstorm/df/bezel-free-folded-sam... flexible screens - http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-concept-smartphone-fluid-by-philips.jpg http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-concept... pixel-qi style display 1ms touchscreen response full color touch sensitive display projector - http://gadgetsin.com/uploads/2012/03/ufo_smartphone_concept_design_1.jpg http://gadgetsin.com/uploads/2012/03/ufo_smartphone_concept_... any one of these things (done in the typically well designed Apple way) would have been worth a full number update on the phone. Here's an entire gallery of ideas https://www.google.com/search?q=smart+phone+design+concepts&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=T2VTUN-3Asbi0QHnwoCAAw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1120&bih=642 https://www.google.com/search?q=smart+phone+design+concepts&... but what was launched just feels like refinement and not imagination
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
  Yep. The iPhone 5 looks like an iPhone 4S, but longer. It should have been the iPhone 4SS, not the iPhone 5. It's not a big enough change.
- huxley 14y ago
  On the topic of 1ms touchscreen response, I'd be interested in seeing how the pixel integrated touch electrodes affect response time.

"...under delivers on the hardware specification" What was under delivered on? Are people really this upset about NFC?

by mbell 14y ago

"...under delivers on the hardware specification" What was under delivered on? Are people really this upset about NFC?

Agreed. People keep comparing the device to the Nokia 920, but nobody has had some good hands-on time with either device. NFC might be a nice feature to have, but there's very little infrastructure in place to support it. Wireless charging is cool, but I'm not sure it's much more than a gimmick at this point? What's a use case for wireless charging where it's more practical than plugging in? On paper the 920 has the "better" camera than the iPhone 5, but the sample photos from the 920 were faked. Even if the iPhone 5 isn't quite as good, it's still going to be a top 5 camera. Fortunately, we live in a time where smartphones are developing at a very rapid pace. And we as consumers have some really great options. You might have to make some compromises, but not many.

bane 14y ago

I agree, the hardware specs are fine. Nothing to get excited about, but that's rarely been the thrust of iPhone's appeal anyway (outside of perhaps the retina display). I think the phoned in industrial design is the problem. "Let's make it a bit taller and take the glass off the back" is simply not the improvement in industrial design from one generation to the next that might be expected: bezel-less - http://static.droidblog.net/dgstorm/df/bezel-free-folded-samsung-smartphone-mockup.png http://static.droidblog.net/dgstorm/df/bezel-free-folded-sam... flexible screens - http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-concept-smartphone-fluid-by-philips.jpg http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1-concept... pixel-qi style display 1ms touchscreen response full color touch sensitive display projector - http://gadgetsin.com/uploads/2012/03/ufo_smartphone_concept_design_1.jpg http://gadgetsin.com/uploads/2012/03/ufo_smartphone_concept_... any one of these things (done in the typically well designed Apple way) would have been worth a full number update on the phone. Here's an entire gallery of ideas https://www.google.com/search?q=smart+phone+design+concepts&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=T2VTUN-3Asbi0QHnwoCAAw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1120&bih=642 https://www.google.com/search?q=smart+phone+design+concepts&... but what was launched just feels like refinement and not imagination

TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
Yep. The iPhone 5 looks like an iPhone 4S, but longer. It should have been the iPhone 4SS, not the iPhone 5. It's not a big enough change.
huxley 14y ago
On the topic of 1ms touchscreen response, I'd be interested in seeing how the pixel integrated touch electrodes affect response time.