Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Apple event starts at 6pm tonight. One company who make the covers have already let the cat out the bag and confirmed the new size according to pc adviser. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/apple/3380698/first-iphone-5-case-announced/ That looks horrendous if true. I had a good play with the OneX at the weekend and it was far better than my iPhone, so this seals it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 horrendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 tbf that case looks gash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 tbf that case looks gash It must be me. Personally I can't fathom how one of those cases represents the greatest piece of phone technology available today, the one that blows all others out of the water and requires cult worship, queues around the block and a cost twice as high as other comparable phones. ...but the other case represents an horrendous phone that requires everyone to abandon the brand. I can't even tell which is which Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 It must be me. Personally I can't fathom how one of those cases represents the greatest piece of phone technology available today, the one that blows all others out of the water and requires cult worship, queues around the block and a cost twice as high as other comparable phones. ...but the other case represents an horrendous phone that requires everyone to abandon the brand. I can't even tell which is which I just think the case is ugly. im not even talking about the phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 It's not the case it's the dimensions. It's like they've just added some extra screen on the vertical dimension only. How will that be useful other than watching a widescreen film in landscape? It simply doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 that is all they've done (rumours) and that is also why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Never understood why the iPhone has such huge expanses at the top and the bottom without any screen. The home button/speaker could be much smaller or elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 It's not the case it's the dimensions. But the dimensions are probably going to be the same as the xone you do like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Never understood why the iPhone has such huge expanses at the top and the bottom without any screen. The home button/speaker could be much smaller or elsewhere. Agreed. It looks like its going to be a 16:9 aspect ratio which is shit imo; will not even benefit most apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 But the dimensions are probably going to be the same as the xone you do like? No, it's the length - width ratio that looks wrong to me. The iPhone 5 will be far too skinny if reports are true, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 No, it's the length - width ratio that looks wrong to me. The iPhone 5 will be far too skinny if reports are true, imo. Maybe with the coming 4G networks they think more people are going to watch tv, movies etc on the go and therefore 16/9 works better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I don't use my phone to watch TV much though, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I don't watch TV on my phone when I have wifi, so no reason to suppose I would with 4G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I don't use my phone to watch TV much though, do you? Not a great deal but thats mainly because its not really worth it with 3g. If normal mobile signal allowed it, possibly 4g, then I might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I watch a lot of stuff from youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Not a great deal but thats mainly because its not really worth it with 3g. If normal mobile signal allowed it, possibly 4g, then I might. You can download TV with the new iPlayer App and watch it wherever\whenever you want. But why would you want to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I watch a lot of stuff from youtube In widescreen format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Mind, a 3:2 screen is a bit gash. My HTC desire is 5:3 and I much prefer that, 16:9 would be only slightly longer...and matches movie/TV standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 in whatever format what I'm watching happens to be on. I'm not condemning or defending this idea of theirs btw you're oddlybent out of shape on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I don't watch TV on my phone when I have wifi, so no reason to suppose I would with 4G. Bit different if you are stuck in a taxi all day or night . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Well I'll be interested to see if they have produced any innovation for this, cos the iPhone has barely changed since its inception. Interested to read there that they spend less than 2% of revenues on R&D and it shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Bit different if you are stuck in a taxi all day or night . Even still, long haul flights, public transport etc, I don't watch my phone then either. There seems to me to be a conflict of interest between the home & mobile electronics providers...(and even internally for companies like Samsung) where on the one hand they need to convince us the ONLY way to watch is in 55" crystal clear super HD Bluray and THX surround sound....but on the other hand they want us to believe that we're so desperate to watch telly, we'll do it on a 4 inch screen with a single tinny mono speaker. That said I'm all for youtube videos being in the best quality they can be on the best possible screen.....and it has proved handy being able to watch the football on Sky when stuck at a christening of people I hardly know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Loved my HTC Desire HD, but think I'll go with the Samsung Galaxy S3 next. Gonna ditch Orange and go with GiffGaff as everyone I know seems to be doing.... Orange offered a £900+ package £36/month contract 24 month tie in £50 for the phone Unlimited minutes/Texts 1GB Web Monthly total over 2 years - £38.08/month Giff Gaff save more than a quarter of the price if you whack the phone on an interest free credit card..... £10 monthly top up £426 for the phone 250 minutes/month unlimited texts unlimited web Monthly total over 2 years - £27.75/month Any horror stories to put me off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17592 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Would personally avoid a 2 year contract like. Never heard of GiffGaff. Do you lose any benefits from being with standard O2? Edited September 12, 2012 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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