iPhone 5 - what are we expecting?

Idiophreak

NFH wrote: »

Otherwise it's like saying that because you buy a fast car, you'll drive more miles.

Which isn't as ridiculous as you make it sound.

If I had a car that could travel at 200mph, you know what, I'd do a STACK more miles. A lot of things that aren't currently practical to travel to in a weekend, or even daily, would be easily achievable. I'd move much further from work, so I could get a cheaper house, for a start.

Just like, if I had 4G, I'd probably watch higher resolution videos, surf more and so on...

Hohum.

Idiophreak

Wayne3765 wrote: »

Interesting read on the BBC regarding the "new " iphone.


Full story here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19557497

And a response, from a completely unbiased source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19578015

grumbler

Is it irony? What source is 'completely unbiased'? BBC or Adam Banks?

diamonds

NFH wrote: »

Currently the MCC/MNC codes are 234-30 for T-Mobile and 234-33 for Orange. Orange SIM cards display 234-30 as "Orange T-Mobile" and 234-33 as "Orange". T-Mobile SIM cards display 234-30 as "T-Mobile" and 234-33 as "T-Mobile Orange". Will they be combining 234-30 and 234-33 into one network with the same MNC when they send SIM updates to rename both networks to "EE"? Otherwise the phone will still see two networks, but both called "EE".

Imagine so, same in AU when Telstra & 3AU owned a joint network, 3UK roamin was 3Telstra, but the above showed on phones via T or 3 sims. When 3 merged with Voda we 3AU users roamed on Vodafone 2G, 3AU then both came through when when Voda 3G opened up and Voda merger was complete with Telstra withdrawing from the shared 2100mhz 3GIS network for their own 850mhz country wide coverage all handsets are going to show Vodafone AU on a Voda or 3 sims as 3 the brand is killed off slowly.

Vodafone was showing on some handsets via 3 sims before, but now T/3 3GIS sites are splitting between Telstra & Vodafone and end August 3 customers moved to Vodafone 2100 & 850 networks as no point 3GIS paying for 2100 as Telstra abandoned it & Voda 2100 network had enough spectrum already allocated.

(Voda took the 3AU 850mhz spectrum never used by 3 through a another previous company digested into 3 for a small % of the new company and built out its new network as its 2100mhz and 2G networks were falling down)

Plan was 3GIS was to come up on 3AU sims as Vodafone 3G, that was until Telstra pulled 50% funding support for the old network & divided the 3GIS sites with Vodafone (Hutchison) AU a 50/50 venture of 3AU parent Hutchison Telecom AU & Vodafone AU. It all got rather messy when Telstra pulled 3GIS which was no doubt as Vodafone used 3's aquired & unused for years 850mhz to compete in major cities & regionals against Telstra NextG.

Telstra 850 roaming was available to 3AU and Telstra 2G roaming to Telstra for Vodafone before & after merger in 2009. God knows what happened to Optus/Vodafone site sharing/backhaul capacity prior to the merger of 3/Voda.
The whole merger was messy messy for new 3/voda company, tit for tat and the rest with the new Voda 50/50 company & Telstra (old Australia Telecom), alas the new Voda lost 3GIS as a Vodafone home network with everything abandoned at 3GIS so no network rename was needed nationwide. Second network 3AU shut down since 2006 when 2G CDMA network with roaming on Telstra CDMA nationwide briefly renamed as 3CDMA before moving customer to 3AU GSM.

Basically Telstra & Voda aswell as kicking each other done a EE first and shut out Optus (the sold AU telco division of Cable & Wireless to Singtel Singapore) the only other licenced mobile telco.

Voda AU also has 1800 spectrum for 4G.

If ever there was a case of a very very complicated messy merger AU gets GOLD !

custardy

The handset also uses a new, smaller, socket for its charger. This means owners will need to use an adapter to plug the device into existing speakers and other equipment. The adapter is listed as being £25 on Apple's site.

Bargaintastic!

diamonds

custardy wrote: »

Bargaintastic!

Indeed as its not a fault there willl be no freebie, even on outright purchases - Apple really are losing it !

thegoodman

diamonds wrote: »

Indeed as its not a fault there willl be no freebie, even on outright purchases - Apple really are losing it !

I cant see them loosing it any time soon.
You might be an Android Fanboy but for many others Apple might be the right product and the adaptor may not be a big thing.

Most hotels and car manufactures have an apple connector built in for charge and sound system. Not for Android due to too many connectors. Most places and cars will start to offer adaptors from old to new. A few big hotels have already confirmed that.

Within days the 3rd will also start to sell adaptors cheaper.

When Samsung and HTC changed the cables no adapters were offered so no point in trying to make it ound as what apple is doing is wrong and others will never do that. Many Samsung phones have used its own cable as well as micro USB.

vacheron

DUTR wrote: »

Your calcs are obviously incorrect somewhere, you have omitted the cost of the handset.

Sorry I assumed that readers would look at the difference to see how much was available to buy the handset (£624) and see why I thought buying outright was the better option.

... however, after seeing the disappointing features on the 5's launch last night it's not worth the cost so I'll definitely be keeping my "4".

Rusty!

thegoodman wrote: »

I cant see them loosing it any time soon.
You might be an Android Fanboy but for many others Apple might be the right product and the adaptor may not be a big thing.

Most hotels and car manufactures have an apple connector built in for charge and sound system. Not for Android due to too many connectors. Most places and cars will start to offer adaptors from old to new. A few big hotels have already confirmed that.

Within days the 3rd will also start to sell adaptors cheaper.

When Samsung and HTC changed the cables no adapters were offered so no point in trying to make it ound as what apple is doing is wrong and others will never do that. Many Samsung phones have used its own cable as well as micro USB.

You do talk crap. Micro USB has been the standard charging port for years now, no mainstream handset has a proprietary connector except Apple.

Idiophreak

diamonds wrote: »

Indeed as its not a fault there willl be no freebie, even on outright purchases - Apple really are losing it !

I don't see how this is them "losing it"...Apple have always pulled this kind of carp. Remember when everyone was outraged that you'd need to put an adapter on the iPad to get a USB port? It's just apple's way...Never give away what you can sell....