iPhone 5 anyone?

[Shuffler]

People stood in lines for a week to get this phone.

First issue is Maps. Very poor release.


Second issue is it has data usage issues.


Now a third issue...... purple pictures.


Glad I don't use apple products.

Any of you folks experienced these problems?

[Spikes]

Droid.

[SEraider]

I hate droid - I have one and it has software instability issues. 

I'll look into the I5.

But I hear the S3 is awesome.  Anybody have the S3?

[DaveJ]

I have the iPhone 4s. The 5 just didn't have enough new features for me to want to go out and get it. Will probably wait until the next model comes out.

However, since downloading iOS 6, I have an issue where I can't hear any audio of embedded videos online. Anyone have the same problem?

[gyrene81]

the s3 is a droid phone...might have software issues just like the rest of them.

[CptTrips]

Wait, there are still Droids that haven't been banned from sale? (yet)  

I've had an iPhone 4 for a year and have really enjoyed it.  I was planning to get the 5 but I think instead I'll get one of the Windows 8 phones.  Not because I have a problem with the iPhone, just so I can have a test device to start developing for that platform too.

I don't get personal about hardware.  I go where the money is at.  Right now, for indie mobile development, the money is IOS.  I'm hopping Windows 8 will prove lucrative too.  I'd do Android too, but its so fragmented, and the type of people who buy Android tend to be so....frugal, the cost/benefit to spend development time just isn't there.

I suspect Windows 8 will take a deep bite out of Android's tablet market share over the next year.  And I suspect they will take a suprising bite out of Android's phone market as well over the next year.  Most of the Android handset makers are already paying MS various royalties on every device. With the constant threat of lawsuits it will eventually become appearent that the "free" mobile OS isn't so free and it would be easier to just license Windows 8.  I'm sure MS will offer them a deal that is quite tempting.  License Windows 8 and we'll just through in all those other licensing costs in the price.

Most of them don't care about Android.  They just want a mobile OS and Apple will never license IOS so Android has been the only real alternative.  Windows 8 will drastically disrupt that balance.  It will provide them a mobile OS without the legal headaches/costs.  I think in 2 years Android will be about where Linux is today.  Its around, not not a dominant player.

Mmmm sorry for the rambling.  Too much coffee today.

Wab

[Krupinski]

I just got the Droid Razer M, it's amazing... $99 phone that puts the iPhone 5 to shame.

[ACE]

I have the Droid Razr and its awesome.

[Spikes]

the s3 is a droid phone...might have software issues just like the rest of them.

It is Android but not a droid.

[jimbo71]

My Droid's wallpaper I've had for the past several months...  



Seems like there's an article on CNN about the top 5 gripes people have with the I5 iphone.   The gripes that I recall were:

The aluminum case feels too light.  Almost toy-like.  My Droid2 has some weight to it, which I personally kinda like.  Plus I like having a QWERTY keyboard that slides out if I choose to.

Paint chipping withing a few days (or hours) after purchase.

Light leaking from the backlight through the power button and somewhere else on the case

The new power cable / port is now smaller and the I5 is no longer compatable with all other apple charge cables.  I thought that was a nice feature that you could use any iphone / ipad / ipod charge cable or audio dock....   You can buy an adapter for about $29  $39 if you want a cable with it.  The adapter doesn't support video or the "iPod out" function for transmitting some data from the devices.

Can't think of the 5th one.  Spikes' avatar.  Bouncy bouncy bouncy    

Oh yeah, people are seeing weird bubbles on part of their touch screen.  Also touch screen flickering.

The maps thing I'm sure will be ironed out as it's a sofware issue.  Until then owners will just have to deal with large chunks of the U.S. missing or in the wrong location.  Google has no plans on designing a map for apple.

Link to the article http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/tech/mobile/iphone-5-complaints/index.html

Also so a newer article that states that the I5 has a software bug that puts a huge drain on cellular data even when the phone is connected to a WI-FI network.  May only be limited to Verizon customers.  But it's lead to some people incurring huge overages in their data plans.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/01/technology/iphone-5-data-overage/index.html

 

[Motherland]

The fact that Apple decided to change the connector on the iPhone 5 but not to microUSB is extremely disgusting.

[Babalonian]

Droid.

<3 my HTC droid

[Reschke]

Droid and will never own another iPhone. If I could have gotten away with shooting it and filming it being torn to pieces with .308 I would have. However I needed the money from the sale of the phone and I got it. The dude offered me $300 last fall for my 8GB iPhone4 with a small scratch on the back. I jumped at it.

[Babalonian]

Only thing droid lacks that I haven't discovered a work around for yet is (the monopolistic) iTunes.

[MarineUS]

New Galaxy > Anything by Apple