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That Pocketnow guy is funny. He even admits near the end that the iPhone 5 isn't keeping up with Android, isn't innovative, Apple is all about sales now, and at the beginning says that he hated the iPhone 4s because it was basically an iPhone 4 with some fixes, and then got on to say that he loves the iPhone 5 because it is based off of the 4s.... What?

Anyway, he is going to love his iPhone 5 despite all of the shortcoming that he mentioned. OK. Good for him.

Nick, this is quite true... Tim Cook is also making changes to the apple stores, with a much higher focus on sales rather than customer service.. When Job's was around, there was never a priority places on sales.. The theory was, if a customer has a pleasant time in the store, they will likely buy something and then become a repeat customer.

I am glad i am not emotionally attacked to my aapl shares... Just have to do something before the capital gains tax laws change, or the stock no longer continues to grow in value.....

The range of reaction in the media is interesting. This is the first post Jobs release and I suspect his absence removes a little of the magic of an Apple product launch.

Ya well, I just got a new corporate issued........
Blackberry.
Sigh.....

Actually it does what it needs to do very well. It's just that now that my BB is no longer so ancient that web or social tools are too painful to use, I can not justify buying myself my own 'fun' phone.

My corporate doesn't issue anything. So far, I've bought my own chair, keyboard, mouse, fan, space heater, speakers, books, pens, pencils.

They're idea on chairs is, if it hasn't completely broken down, where it's impossible to sit in it, then we're not going to find you a less broken one yet.

I want an I-phone 5, but I've got exactly 1 year left on my 3G plan with AT&T, with a Pantech phone. Ugh.

I suppose I'd have to shell out big bucks for one, if I want one now, then switch to Sprint in a year from now, if I want to go with that carrier then.

You can't switch an AT&T iPhone 5 to Sprint, they use different wavelengths in LTE. You can move AT&T to T-Mobile (unofficially), but not to Verizon or Sprint.

Ken, T-mobile is making a pretty big push in an attempt to pick up "off contract" iphone owners to switch to T-mobile..

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/10/t-mo...hone-customers/


Fred, Jobs was working on this phone before he died.. I was kind of wondering if Tim Cook would make mentions of Job's contribution to this product.. I think this is one of the last things Job's had a direct hand in prior to his passing...

Yeah, but even if you did make the costly switch now, Apple marketing will kick in hard next year and tell you how old and crumy your iPhone 5 is and how if you are hip and cool, you MUST upgrade. I'd wait. I mean, even if you have enough disposable income to keep up with the Apple cycle, there are clearly other things to spend your money on that would be fun than a phone with a slightly better screen, or camera, etc.

Oh come on. I would like to see some statistics on how many morons actually upgrade their phones yearly.