MSE News: Apple launches new iPhones – and reveals prices

Earthworm

ZhugeEX wrote: »

You might want to take that back.

Haha I meant Mini. It's too late. Edited.

matttye

ZhugeEX wrote: »

So the iPhone 5s has a finger print scanner to verify who you are and unlock your phone?

Will the iPhone 6 require a blood sample before you can unlock or log in to your phone?

Also The M7 Chip uses GPS to keep track of the activities you're doing*

*Designed by the NSA

You can more than likely disable all of those options, and just use the new sensor as a regular old capacitive home button.

Also, apps can already use all of those sensors to keep track of the activities you're doing; Apple has just made it easier. It's apparently more battery efficient as well.

ZhugeEX

matttye wrote: »

You can more than likely disable all of those options, and just use the new sensor as a regular old capacitive home button.

Also, apps can already use all of those sensors to keep track of the activities you're doing; Apple has just made it easier. It's apparently more battery efficient as well.

Calm down mate! I'm only joking

Number29

Narc wrote: »

Overpriced apple products are not moneysaving. A pointless article to draw traffic from trending keywords.

Don't forget that the spirit of Moneysavingexpert is to get good value, which isn't necessarily the cheapest thing. I'd argue the iPhone is the best value smartphone on the market.

balletshoes

Daz2009 wrote: »

I think they're going after the younger market with these brightly coloured 'cheap' versions....is the 'c' for cheap
You can just see 10yr olds pestering their parents for one for xmas cos 'they're only 99 quid mum'
Once Apple get them hooked they're hooked for life so get them young and it will make them more money

yep, i can absolutely see this (12-year old daughter in the house here, I'm sure she'll be pestering daddy to buy her one for christmas).

sillygoose

Number29 wrote: »

Don't forget that the spirit of Moneysavingexpert is to get good value, which isn't necessarily the cheapest thing. I'd argue the iPhone is the best value smartphone on the market.

There isn't anything an iphone can do that a £70 Android phone can't do too. Paying £400+ extra to do it a bit slicker isn't anywhere near MSE value.

Number29

sillygoose wrote: »

There isn't anything an iphone can do that a £70 Android phone can't do too. Paying £400+ extra to do it a bit slicker isn't anywhere near MSE value.

But the £70 phone is Android rather than iOS, and that's the crux of the issue. If the £70 phone were running iOS I'd agree with you.

And for £70 you'd be better off with something like the Nokia Lumia 520 anyway.

NFH

Number29 wrote: »

I'd argue the iPhone is the best value smartphone on the market.

It's still a premium brand and there's no true budget model. I liked a tweet that the Telegraph quoted yesterday:

So, Apple is now selling a BMW 5 and 7 series. But no 3 series, no Mercedes A class.

MillicentBystander

Number29 wrote: »

Don't forget that the spirit of Moneysavingexpert is to get good value, which isn't necessarily the cheapest thing. I'd argue the iPhone is the best value smartphone on the market.

What an absolutely ludicrous claim on a money saving site. If you really are that indoctrinated I feel sorry for you and your wallet/purse.

sillygoose

Number29 wrote: »

But the £70 phone is Android rather than iOS, and that's the crux of the issue. If the £70 phone were running iOS I'd agree with you.

And for £70 you'd be better off with something like the Nokia Lumia 520 anyway.

IOS or Android.. it generates a screen, you tap things and they happen, you slide things, pinch and zoom and so on, a bit different here and there but both do the same thing and neither has abilities the other doesn't.

The Nexus 4 at £159 makes an iphone 5 beyond comprehension.