I think your mate got mugged: the 4S has been free on ~35 quid tarrifs for ages now.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
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I think your mate got mugged: the 4S has been free on ~35 quid tarrifs for ages now.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I got my 4S for free on £36 a month with Vodafone in May.
While some of the "usual suspects" are (of course) taking issue with Apple and the new iPhone, I admit that I'm not exactly wowed by the new features either. But these are typically the very same people who predicted the failure of the iPad and claimed that Apple's stock was overvalued at $250, $325, $400 and so on. :rolleyes: The larger screen is good. The faster processor is good. The lack of NFC doesn't really matter to most, because wide, practical uses for NFC are still quite limited - though in the future, I think/hope that utility will grow (being able to "swipe" a virtual credit card on a smartphone is the wave of the future, IMO). And from what I've read, iOS6 is going to be quite nice. But so far, I've read nothing which tempts me to dive into the smartphone market just yet. I will continue to use my now ancient "dumbphone" for at least another year - unless it finally dies. For me, there's just not enough there to compel me rush out and buy this phone. And though I think that this version will sell very well, I think the door is further opened for Samsung and others to take some share. No longer is it necessary to buy an iPhone to get above average quality, high specs and a broad array of apps. Maybe even Microsoft will get above Symbian in marketshare if they can convince more people to finally give WP8 a try - they might want to get that done before Nokia suffers deeper financial issues though... or maybe they can work more closely with Samsung, since Android/Google has caused them some heartburn.
As for how the iPhone 5 is doing so far, according to a report on Bloomberg, it sold out in the first hour online. And it's apparently already set a sales record. Additionally, the new iPod Touch and the iPod Nano have received positive receptions. This led to AAPL reaching record highs today, knocking on $700/share. This, I care about more than he specs of the newest phone. Whether I will buy one or not, it seems there is enough there that more than enough other consumers are buying them at a record pace.
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“The initial batch is sold out,” said Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach Inc., in an interview. He raised his sales estimate for the quarter ending in September to 26 million units, from 23 million. “We think that could turn out to be conservative.”
Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
While previous iPhone models sold out quickly online, “I don’t think it happened quite this fast,” said Tavis McCourt, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates, in an interview. “The speed here is unusual.”
Mobile-service carriers AT&T Inc. (T), Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and Verizon Wireless have the iPhone available to pre-order with delivery by Sept. 21, according to the companies’ websites.
As many as 58 million units of the iPhone 5 may sell 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'm very happy with my 4S.
I will wait (as I always do) for the next iPhone to come. I went from the iphone 3 to the 4S, thus skipping the iphone 4. I will do the same with the iPhone 5
I've had this one for 1 year and I will continue to enjoy this during the next year to come.
I did buy myself a gift though, I purchased a new hard case for my phone that yes, makes it a bit heavier which I don't mind and I like the feel of it -and the best thing is that it has an emergency battery charger that has already helped me out in various occasions. It's called the morphie juice pack plus and I am a happy purchaser.
mophie juice pack air® - iPhone 4/4S rechargeable backup battery case
I don't drive a car so I can't charge my phone while I travel and this is a great solution. I have gotten accustomed to charge my phone every evening since I joined the fancy cell phone users club but even with a full battery I find myself using many applications during the day and they suck the battery life. I hate it when I'm out and about and my battery level is low (wrong thread?) :p Anyway, it's not happening again.
:s mokin:
^^this :up: :bandit:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
I hedged my bets and got Apple, Samsung and Google. All three doing nicely :s mokin:
Not sure you understand. O2 and Vodafone may well be deploying 4G. However it WILL NOT WORK with the iPhone 5. Wrong frequencies.
race. I have this problem too. Particularly using GPS out on my bike. So I have a Mophie Powerstation. Although its broken now :( .
However switching off wifi 3G bluetooth helps. iOS really needs a power profiles option.
I don't care about 4G either. I'd much rather have a slow (maybe 512k) connection everywhere than fast in places and then nothing in the majority of places.
What's the point arguing over 50Mbit. When the majority of places can't exceed 0.01Mbit.
This is about normal for out of 3G coverage:
Dave Brockman (BigBadDaveB) on Via.Me
I moved away from O2 as in the south east their signal was good but data provision was a joke. I'm on orange now and very rarely have any problems.