Apple Event: iPhone 5 Annoucement Sept 12 2012

**Omniyoji** · 2012-09-13 20:46

Forgot to mention in the OP for people wanting to go "Cheap-O-Deluxe-O" route... new iPhone uses Nano Sims

**dejet** · 2012-09-13 21:12

Im a android person so take what I say as you will. There is reports both HTC and Samsung are planing to sue apple over the Iphone5(and lte ipad3) Its said they both have held off till the release of the iphone5 to try and block as many products at once that they can.

Will this fall into a block of apple products? I think not, still they do own the rights and LTE is a new system for chips as such it will be very hard for apple to prove it falls under standard essential. There is a shot that depending on the judge that deals with the trial a preliminary injunction may fall into place.

let me make it clear, I do not want to see apple go anywhere. I hate their products but in the end they have made the industry far better then any other tech company has done. Without apple there is no android. I just wish the lawsuits would stop ~_~; Googles VP said it best really. The phone industry always worked off each other, no on really bothered to patent crap and if they did it was rare to sue someone for using it.

Apple came out of left field and just went patent crazy even if it was already created. This is truly the only reason apple sits where it does today;

also wth ill throw this in there for fun too
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...-galaxy-s.html

Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak said he hopes the new iPhone 5 will take better photos than the ones he captures with his Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) Galaxy S III.
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The new Apple Inc. iPhone 5 is displayed for a photograph during an event in San Francisco, California, U.S. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
“I am always excited about every iPhone product because there are always good advances,” Wozniak said in an interview in Shanghai today. “A better quality on the pictures will mean a lot, because when I show people pictures on my iPhone 4 and my Galaxy S III, they always say the Galaxy S III, or even the Motorola Razr, pictures look better.”
Apple, the world’s most-valuable company, yesterday unveiled a new iPhone that runs on faster wireless networks, boasts a bigger screen and has a chip that handles tasks more quickly than past versions. It is the company’s first iPhone introduction since the October death of Steve Jobs, who co- founded the company with Wozniak in 1976 in a California garage.
The Cupertino, California-based company unveiled a taller, lighter and speedier iPhone that’s poised to become the fastest selling technology gadget in history -- even as competition accelerates in the $219.1 billion smartphone market. Nokia Oyj (NOK1V), Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Motorola Mobility unit and Suwon, South Korea- based Samsung Electronics all introduced new models this month.
‘Important Steps’
Apple may sell as many as 58 million units of the iPhone 5 by the end of the year, according the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. That could generate as much as $36.2 billion in sales for Apple, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
“I think they took some very important steps,” Wozniak, 62, said. “I’d like to get a product, use it myself before I judge it and compare to others. I’d like to have it myself and tell what’s good and bad about it.”
Apple yesterday also announced it was upgrading the software that runs on the iPhone to include new mapping and turn-by-turn navigation features, as well as tools that make it easier to share photos and other content with Facebook Inc. (FB), the largest social-networking service. The company also demonstrated a new feature for taking panoramic photos taking feature.
Since the iPhone’s introduction in 2007, competition for Apple has increased.
‘Hate’ Patent Dispute
Samsung, which uses Google’s Android mobile operating system and offers several different models, has emerged as Apple’s biggest competitor in smartphones. Samsung, also one of Apple’s biggest suppliers of components, accounted for 19.1 percent of global smartphone shipments last year, compared with Apple’s 18.8 percent, according to Bloomberg Industries data.
Samsung said this month it has sold 20 million Galaxy S IIIs.
The two companies also are battling in court, with Apple being awarded more than $1 billion last month by a California jury that said Samsung copied the iPhone’s design. Samsung said it will appeal.
“I hate it,” Wozniak said when asked about the patent fights between Apple and Samsung. “I don’t think the decision of California will hold. And I don’t agree with it -- very small things I don’t really call that innovative.
“I wish everybody would just agree to exchange all the patents and everybody can build the best forms they want to use everybody’s technologies.”

**Vandole** · 2012-09-13 21:28

Can i pre-order this at midnight through at&t?

edit: guess i shouldnt if i wnna keep my unlimited plan

**octopus** · 2012-09-14 02:04

Apple store is up, and got my preorder in! Now back to bed

**Vandole** · 2012-09-14 02:08

apple store was down for me.

**Ohemgee** · 2012-09-14 02:09

Still down for me

**octopus** · 2012-09-14 02:11

Originally Posted by Vandole

Can i pre-order this at midnight through at&t?

edit: guess i shouldnt if i wnna keep my unlimited plan

Ordered via store.apple.com. It let me keep the unlimited plan.

**Vandole** · 2012-09-14 02:18

when i click check eligibility it tells me store under maintenance ;_;

**bori** · 2012-09-14 02:23

Pre-ordered!

**Mythe_Seraph** · 2012-09-14 02:24

I heard somewhere that the 5 has some sort of flexibility to it, so if you were to sit on it, it gives or something in order to not crack the screen? Seemed kind of far-fetched to me but does that have any validity? Have not read anything similar to that on the apple store, so I'm just assuming it's a rumor right now.

**Ohemgee** · 2012-09-14 02:25

Pre-ordered via the ios apple store app

ITS FASTER AND INSTANT

**Jaxzer** · 2012-09-14 02:33

Pre ordered. Best Buy's site says they'll buy my "good" condition iphone 4 for $200 so I'll be trading it in once my 5 comes in. Glad I kept it in pristine condition.

**Jaxzer** · 2012-09-14 02:34

And yea, Apple.com was hassle-free this time around.

**jmc** · 2012-09-14 02:35

Originally Posted by Jaxzer

Pre ordered. Best Buy's site says they'll buy my "good" condition iphone 4 for $200 so I'll be trading it in once my 5 comes in. Glad I kept it in pristine condition.

Fuck the best buy "good condition", by good they mean brand new in box. One minor nick, and they cut it down to poor condition.

**Katlan** · 2012-09-14 02:36

wtf... says I'm not eligible for an upgrade until january.. and i havent upgraded since iphone 4. and now AT&T is closed until the morning QQ

**Vandole** · 2012-09-14 02:48

att store is down :[

**Pro** · 2012-09-14 02:51

Chiming in, apple store let me keep my unlimited data plan w/ATT.

**Vandole** · 2012-09-14 03:14

Just got mine finished too. Yey infinit daytuh stay on my fon

**bori** · 2012-09-14 07:14

Am I going to have the option of picking it up in the store, or is it permanently going to get mailed to my house?

**octopus** · 2012-09-14 07:16

I don't remember seeing an option to pick up from store.

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