WordAssassin
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I thought so as well but they were touting it as a new feature for the 5C and then I got all pissed off because fuck you Apple you make a cheaper version of my iPhone and then you go and add improvements to it too? *cries*
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I thought so as well but they were touting it as a new feature for the 5C and then I got all pissed off because fuck you Apple you make a cheaper version of my iPhone and then you go and add improvements to it too? *cries*
So, enjoyed the whole thing. 5C looks good, but the price of unlocked one is ridiculous. For 200$ it's awesome.
And for 5S, nothing new, we were aware of everything. Changing my 4S for 5S in near future.
Damn i can not leave without another laugh about 5C price. 100$ less than 5S, really?
And for 5S, nothing new, we were aware of everything. Changing my 4S for 5S in near future.
Damn i can not leave without another laugh about 5C price. 100$ less than 5S, really?
not_so_special
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an for 90 per cent of the people of the world
5 has FaceTime HD. What they are touting with the 5C is a NEW FaceTime HD camera.. They specifically mentioned better low-light performance.
yellow submarine
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I normally dont mind the hyperbolic ad copy on Apples pages but this bit on their iphone 5C page just feels a little too over the top. feeling a little grossed out
Sounds like an IGN review of the 5C inside a GTAV parody ad actually
BigDaddyFatSack
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Apple's been the laughingstock of the mobile industry ever since Jobs passed away. Seems like it hasn't changed today. Thumbprint reader = gimmick. iPhone 5C costs $100 less than iPhone 6S off contract (550 vs 650). Horrible looking covers. Apple's playing catch up, which is good, but they need to do better next year. No wonder this wasn't live-streamed.
WordAssassin
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It's an iPhone 5.
SolidSnakeUS
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Honestly, I hated Jobs, but man did he know how to run the company and force actual innovation in his own company. This seems lazy.
Opus Angelorum
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That comment was just about valid two years ago, try harder.
Fuck lol
Aquamarine
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You won't---according to Apple.
Color isn't just color...it's also sentient and reveals your inner psyche.
How could you ever get bored with something so MAGICAL like colors?
Yellow is my favourite!
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Yep.
The menu bar ruins everything they do nowadays. They need to get the iOS7 team on that shit.
I normally don’t mind the hyperbolic ad copy on Apple’s pages but this bit on their iphone 5C page just feels a little too over the top. feeling a little grossed out
Oh fuck. These "color EXPRESSES something about YOU. It is IMPORTANT" stuff is literally sickening.
EDIT: Oh, and bonus points for the 5S casings making your 5S look like a 5C. That's what I would want.
ok, so here's a personal rant of mine. For YEARS Android users have almost always said "oh, you still have to enter a code in to unlock your phone?" I mean maybe it's just me noticing.. maybe it's only people I've come across.. But If I had $1000 for every time I've heard that in like 3 years I could honestly buy a new house.. And not just a Detroit house. It's as if swiping some pattern on a screen is mind blowing compared to the "quaintness" of typing in a 4-digit pin.
Yet now a fingerprint sensor comes along that is basically unheard of in the consumer space.. 3D with contours. works on any angle. Encrypted and stored on the CPU itself. Used within the OS/API to provide password-free operation of many apps used almost daily..
and it's a gimmick? yet drawing out a pattern on a screen is next-gen the way most android users sell it?
as much as people love to claim "apple fanboys will buy anything with the apple logo" there is just as much sentiment to the "apple anti-fanboy" who, upon apple releasing a phone that could cure cancer, would respond with "eh, that's fine if you have cancer I guess, but why wouldn't they also put a 6" screen on it? Apple always looking for answers to questions no one asked."
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My iPad is ready.
NinjaCatfish
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I would suggest NFC is more of a gimmick than the fingerprint security.
Yellow and black pleases me.
Like a bumble bee.
My first cellphone was a yellow and black Philips savvy!
Junior Mint
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Kinda funny that the Kit Kat parody video was LESS over the top than Apple's own... lol.
Should be able to install without a dev account right. I did this for the last one.
Marty Chinn
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It's quicker and faster to draw than to type in. That's why software keyboards like swype can be way faster than hitting each key one by one.
I actually agree with you under the condition that it's not limited to unlocking and your iTunes account. If they open it up to apps, then I don't think it's a gimmick at all.
Junior Mint
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Are official links accessible by non-devs?
SolidSnakeUS
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What about that new NFC enabled zoom lens that Sony announced a bit ago?
Laughing all the way to the bank.
Kind of shocked at the Canadian prices and price of the 5c in general.
Figured it would be 499 max off contract and the 5s would be the same price as the 5 at launch but would start at 32 GB. If they are expecting to significantly grow marketshare in emerging markets then they need to aggressively expand into the lower end of the price spectrum. 599 (or comparable in the given currency) is not going to do that. If I was an Apple investor I'd be watching the China event tomorrow very carefully.
Very happy I decided to jump on the rMBP train earlier this year instead of waiting for Haswell. I figured things would be delayed but this is getting crazy.
Figured it would be 499 max off contract and the 5s would be the same price as the 5 at launch but would start at 32 GB. If they are expecting to significantly grow marketshare in emerging markets then they need to aggressively expand into the lower end of the price spectrum. 599 (or comparable in the given currency) is not going to do that. If I was an Apple investor I'd be watching the China event tomorrow very carefully.
Very happy I decided to jump on the rMBP train earlier this year instead of waiting for Haswell. I figured things would be delayed but this is getting crazy.
Face it Tiger..
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Ready for this. Someone make a thread when they got the details on where an how to install!
well clearly it's in the API.. so yeah, it's just a question on if they let us determine if the phone was unlocked with fingerprint or not. That and they need to allow stuff (which they might already) to be excluded from icloud backup.
i.e. the only way I see it working is if a bank can see you unlocked your iphone with your fingerprint, give you an option to save your password locally and use that password-less option whenever you use your fingerprint. But yeah I'm guessing they will only do that if your saved password is then not stored off out on icloud.com
I need a link for dat sprint 4s.
badcrumble
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Will the GM be available OTA for beta users?
where is always illegit.. until apple releases it to the public, only devs are allowed to download it.
How is the same as it's always been for GMs. Get the ips file, hold down Alt (or Option) while clicking on Restore iPhone in iTunes, then select the downloaded file.
twinturbo2
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No 128GB 5S? I has a sad.
When is the next iPad coming out?
When is the next iPad coming out?
NinjaCatfish
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Not to say NFC doesn't have it's uses, but I'd expect fingerprint security for phone unlocking and passwords will be far more widely used than anything NFC thus far.
Also I am going to bed before the GM hits, otherwise I just will probably not sleep at all today <_>
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