So if I order tonight between 2200-0400, I can reserve it online to pick up at the store the next day.
I think I just may do that.
I ordered the iPhone 5 on September 14th through AT&T like the rest of the world, was originally given a ship date of 9/21, but due to an error with their Credit Card processing system, (they emailed me the following Wednesday to reconfirm the card number, and surprise surprise the card went through without a hitch) my order was bumped to "whenever we get around to it." Probably 3-4 weeks, the order status screen simply says "processing."
So I tried ordering off the Apple site last night; It asked me if I was looking to upgrade the phone on my AT&T plan, I clicked yes, it then said I was ineligible for an upgrade probably due to the fact that I've placed an order through AT&T already, it then closed out the transaction. I'm probably going to call AT&T and see if I can cancel out my order so I can go for the in-store pick up, I was worried before that I would "lose my spot" in the line waiting for a phone, but I'd really like to have a functioning phone when I go traveling after my wedding next week (current phone lasts for a grand total of 30 minutes when not being plugged in.)
As someone who had an iPhone 4 and was out of contract since June, I can attest to the vast improvement that the iPhone 5 provides.
The phone itself feels thin, light, and sleek. The screen is gorgeous as always (though seemingly more vivid than my friend's 4S), and the added height allows you to view more content without compromising your grip on the phone. The processor itself is greatly improved, so everything runs as smooth as silk.
Since the 5 isn't actually wider than the other iPhones, any non-updated apps will run letterboxed. That means that if you have a black iPhone, the black bars on the top/bottom of the screen blends into the front of your screen. Also, any notifications that you get while in the app will appear on the top box, so it won't block any part of your screen.
Well the model I want is unavailable for any store pick up near me, other than in Portland, Oregon. Yeah. I'm not making that road trip. It would be a fun adventure, but I can't get the time off in such short notice. :P
So, my store put aside an iPod Touch for me and one of my coworkers to demo a car radio which is only set up to work with an iPod/iPhone at the store. Thus, I have had to reinstall iTunes, and I don't know how all of you don't go crazy with the program asking you for your password to do just about anything aside from download a podcast or sync content.
One of the most amazing things I read about the A6 processor in the iPhone 5 is that many of the circuits were laid out by hand instead of using automated software like the vast majority of processor designs. As someone who was studying chip design for a while back in college, this is really, really impressive. Even back in the mid-to-late 90's, when I was in college, most processor design was done using automated computer tools and design description languages like VHDL. The only company still doing design by hand back then was Digital (later bought by Compaq, who was later merged with HP) for their Alpha CPUs. The result: their Alpha CPUs kicked the crap out of every other CPU out there when it came to raw performance. It's pretty well established in chip design that automated tools do a very good job overall with optimizing chip designs, but you still can't beat what you get when you get some brilliant engineers doing optimized layouts by hand if you want to really kick ass.
So, my store put aside an iPod Touch for me and one of my coworkers to demo a car radio which is only set up to work with an iPod/iPhone at the store. Thus, I have had to reinstall iTunes, and I don't know how all of you don't go crazy with the program asking you for your password to do just about anything aside from download a podcast or sync content.
iOS 6 has it now you only enter your password when doing account type things or getting new apps. Installing updates no longer required passwords. I like this update. Other than that, I have have no problem inputting my password everytime.
As for trying to buy the phone online and have it store pick up, I was awoken by the cats at 3:30 and tried to order online again to see if other stores had it. No such luck. Well actually, the site kept timing out everytime I tried to add the phone to My Cart.
I'll try again tonight. I really should have made the Portland,OR purchase. It would have made for a fun road trip.
As someone who had an iPhone 4 and was out of contract since June, I can attest to the vast improvement that the iPhone 5 provides.
The phone itself feels thin, light, and sleek. The screen is gorgeous as always (though seemingly more vivid than my friend's 4S), and the added height allows you to view more content without compromising your grip on the phone. The processor itself is greatly improved, so everything runs as smooth as silk.
Since the 5 isn't actually wider than the other iPhones, any non-updated apps will run letterboxed. That means that if you have a black iPhone, the black bars on the top/bottom of the screen blends into the front of your screen. Also, any notifications that you get while in the app will appear on the top box, so it won't block any part of your screen.
As you can tell, I'm really enjoying this thing.
Agreeing with everything said here. I have noticed that the battery indicator seems to drain more quickly compared to the 4, but still nowhere near empty for my normal daily use.
iOS 6 has it now you only enter your password when doing account type things or getting new apps. Installing updates no longer required passwords. I like this update. Other than that, I have have no problem inputting my password everytime.
As for trying to buy the phone online and have it store pick up, I was awoken by the cats at 3:30 and tried to order online again to see if other stores had it. No such luck. Well actually, the site kept timing out everytime I tried to add the phone to My Cart.
I'll try again tonight. I really should have made the Portland,OR purchase. It would have made for a fun road trip.
Stupid ROcrastination.
I know this is crazy, but imagine having a phone that treated you like an adult and trusted that if you're logged into your phone and you want to do something, like buy an app, you don't need to enter your password every time, which is a minor pain in the neck to enter if you're doing it right. I don't understand why Apple treats its customers like children, or like they give their phones to strangers who go on app buying sprees on someone else's phone. On Android, I log into my Google account and the phone just goes, it's fantastic.
I know this crazy, but imagine you're an Apple customer support specialist dealing with people who had their account information compromised or a person with children who play on their iPad or iPhone.
I would imagine Apple put these security checks in there because of dealing with a large number of complaints and reports because people had this happen to them and weren't smart enough to have decent passwords or link their credit cards on their iTunes accounts.
I have no problem with this sort of security feature. If anything it helps me remember my password and not be lazy about my online security.
If it's such a minor pain in the neck, don't use their products.
Played with a store model iPhone 5. It's so fast and the UI is so responsive it's almost too slippery. It also gives me a conspiracy theory.
I distinctly remember the original iPhone 3G feeling so fast and responsive out of the box. Then I distinctly remember it feeling really slow when I compared it to the brand new iPhone 4 out of the box. Now the game goes for iPhone 4/3G. The same also goes for Microsoft Windows versions and such.
Is this just relative feels? Are all these things actually getting faster all the time, and the old one just feels slow because we are comparing it? If I compare new iPhone 4/5 out of the box, will the 4 still feel slow?
Or do these companies do something that makes their software feel slower over time. It's a closed source OS. They could put in a line of code that adds a millisecond delay on all UI interactions per year since the release date of the OS.
If it's not a conspiracy, then shouldn't computers be so ridiculously fast and responsive by now that there is never any slowness?
Ro: I do realize that Apple stuff has became the de facto thing to give to kids and such, but I'm sure there are lots of kids who play with Android stuff too, or go on computers that have Google accounts logged in, and yet I've never heard a story about an accidentally ordered Nexus Tablet or game or whatever. Steam, a literal marketplace of games, does not ask for password confirmation every time I buy something on there, and yet, the system survives without stories of massive lawsuits breaking out. I don't use an iPhone because I find their ecosystem so annoying. I only have this iPod Touch because otherwise I have a whole bunch of speakers I can only demonstrate at work with very poor radio reception. I don't see why you need to go through an extra step to buy Angry Birds that I don't have to because some parents can't convince their children to not buy things without permission. If they really feel the need to implement such a thing, it should ask you if you want that feature to be enabled, sort of like a V Chip on a TV.
Nah, at least for iOS, they do get slower over time. There are comparison videos on YouTube. Likewise with Windows, while I haven't seen proof, I've definitely noticed it; but I don't think that's deliberate on MS's side, rather I think Windows just sucks =P
Or do these companies do something that makes their software feel slower over time.
I'm guessing that, as the OS/apps get constantly updated and improved, the amount of processing power they require will keep rising, which will cause the slowdown over time. Each new phone release will be capable of running the current OS/apps at faster speeds, but will have increasing difficulty with each software update.
Or do these companies do something that makes their software feel slower over time. It's a closed source OS. They could put in a line of code that adds a millisecond delay on all UI interactions per year since the release date of the OS.
You need to troll the shit out of some news outlet with this. Pretend your ex-apple iOS kernel dude and let it rip!
I just dug an older iPod touch out of a drawer (2nd gen?) And safari was slow as molasses on it, nothing but checkerboard patterns!
Right now I am looking at getting the Galaxy Nexus directly from Google but before I make the plunge is there a better phone I should I purchase that is worth the price difference? The Galaxy Note has my interest but I don't think it's $300 better than the Nexus.
Note that I do not buy phones that are locked, CDMA or under contract.
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So I tried ordering off the Apple site last night; It asked me if I was looking to upgrade the phone on my AT&T plan, I clicked yes, it then said I was ineligible for an upgrade probably due to the fact that I've placed an order through AT&T already, it then closed out the transaction. I'm probably going to call AT&T and see if I can cancel out my order so I can go for the in-store pick up, I was worried before that I would "lose my spot" in the line waiting for a phone, but I'd really like to have a functioning phone when I go traveling after my wedding next week (current phone lasts for a grand total of 30 minutes when not being plugged in.)
The phone itself feels thin, light, and sleek. The screen is gorgeous as always (though seemingly more vivid than my friend's 4S), and the added height allows you to view more content without compromising your grip on the phone. The processor itself is greatly improved, so everything runs as smooth as silk.
Since the 5 isn't actually wider than the other iPhones, any non-updated apps will run letterboxed. That means that if you have a black iPhone, the black bars on the top/bottom of the screen blends into the front of your screen. Also, any notifications that you get while in the app will appear on the top box, so it won't block any part of your screen.
As you can tell, I'm really enjoying this thing.
I could make a road trip on the weekend...
As for trying to buy the phone online and have it store pick up, I was awoken by the cats at 3:30 and tried to order online again to see if other stores had it. No such luck. Well actually, the site kept timing out everytime I tried to add the phone to My Cart.
I'll try again tonight. I really should have made the Portland,OR purchase. It would have made for a fun road trip.
Stupid ROcrastination.
I know this crazy, but imagine you're an Apple customer support specialist dealing with people who had their account information compromised or a person with children who play on their iPad or iPhone.
I would imagine Apple put these security checks in there because of dealing with a large number of complaints and reports because people had this happen to them and weren't smart enough to have decent passwords or link their credit cards on their iTunes accounts.
I have no problem with this sort of security feature. If anything it helps me remember my password and not be lazy about my online security.
If it's such a minor pain in the neck, don't use their products.
I distinctly remember the original iPhone 3G feeling so fast and responsive out of the box. Then I distinctly remember it feeling really slow when I compared it to the brand new iPhone 4 out of the box. Now the game goes for iPhone 4/3G. The same also goes for Microsoft Windows versions and such.
Is this just relative feels? Are all these things actually getting faster all the time, and the old one just feels slow because we are comparing it? If I compare new iPhone 4/5 out of the box, will the 4 still feel slow?
Or do these companies do something that makes their software feel slower over time. It's a closed source OS. They could put in a line of code that adds a millisecond delay on all UI interactions per year since the release date of the OS.
If it's not a conspiracy, then shouldn't computers be so ridiculously fast and responsive by now that there is never any slowness?
I do realize that Apple stuff has became the de facto thing to give to kids and such, but I'm sure there are lots of kids who play with Android stuff too, or go on computers that have Google accounts logged in, and yet I've never heard a story about an accidentally ordered Nexus Tablet or game or whatever. Steam, a literal marketplace of games, does not ask for password confirmation every time I buy something on there, and yet, the system survives without stories of massive lawsuits breaking out. I don't use an iPhone because I find their ecosystem so annoying. I only have this iPod Touch because otherwise I have a whole bunch of speakers I can only demonstrate at work with very poor radio reception. I don't see why you need to go through an extra step to buy Angry Birds that I don't have to because some parents can't convince their children to not buy things without permission. If they really feel the need to implement such a thing, it should ask you if you want that feature to be enabled, sort of like a V Chip on a TV.
Jeremy doesn't want to go with me because he wants to go hang out with his poopy friends. Oh well his loss.
I'm definitely going to be stopping by Voodoo Doughnuts and get a few.
Right now I am looking at getting the Galaxy Nexus directly from Google but before I make the plunge is there a better phone I should I purchase that is worth the price difference? The Galaxy Note has my interest but I don't think it's $300 better than the Nexus.
Note that I do not buy phones that are locked, CDMA or under contract.