Yes....becasue with the iphone 5, all you are getting is a camera that loads 10 seconds faster. You are not getting a larger screen, lighter and thinner design, premium build quality, LTE, much faster processor, improved graphics, increased ram efficiency, improved low light camera optics, improved charging port, etc. Good point.
Are there 3rd party apps that offer this? I ask because I don't use email much so I haven't run into that.
Your also getting, with the iPhone 5 (and if recent reports are to be believed) a phone about to be pulled from the market, while still leaving an older one. You want to buy into an orphan product, less than a year old? All the hardware improvements in the world mean diddly-squat if the manufacturer isn't interested in supporting it and the iOS and its built-in apps are lacking.
Who said the manufacturer isn't interested in supporting it? They are still offering IOS 7 to the iphone 4. Do you honestly think that simply because Apple pulls the 5 from shelves to promote sales of the lower cost model (which is purely rumor at this point) that they are going to leave the millions of purchasers in the dust and not support it with future OS updates? Never happen.
You want to talk about lack of support, that would be my HTC Rezound not getting ICS until 10 months after it was released, or my RAZR not getting it until longer than that. Yet both devices cost me nearly the same off contract price as the 16GB iphone. Go figure.
I have the luxury of having an iPhone 4S for work and a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for personal use. Since I got my Note 2 4 months ago, I haven't touched my iphone (because I was bored with the OS). Just today I have updated to ios 7 beta 6 and I think the refreshed interface is nice and smooth, but little too late in my opinion. This also makes me wonder how long Apple will stick with these looks, if it sticks with the same looks again for 4+ years, then I personally would not be interested in purchasing another iPhone again.
It is of my opinion if Apple wants to keep momentum, that more needs to be done in terms of functionality and design improvements. A couple of fancy animations and a graphical redesign just doesn't cut it in my opinion. The settings menus are still horrendous to navigate; I believe this is one of those things that should be improved instead of adding a moving wallpaper or a parallax effect (which is really pointless in my opinion, and you can't even turn it off! I know you can reduce the motion in accessibility, but that's still annoying).
Sorry for ranting guys, I've been an Apple fan for years (since the 3G) and still am. I do think however that the Galaxy Note 2 currently provides me with a superior experience.
I surely hope Apple is working on phones that;
1. are bigger (3.5 or 4 inch is just too small for me);
2. have less bezel, the iPhone 4S bezels are so big it actually bugs me.
and 3. have no giant home button!
I'm looking forward to what Apple has to announce in September
You know where the old spot light page resided? I wish Apple would put a blink feed alternative there, it would be amazing!I know a lot of work has gone into improving ios further. But the issue at hand here is the lack of innovation. A new design is nice and will make your device feel like new again for a while, but I believe more can be done to improve the experience. The pages full of apps for example, why can't something more innovative be done? An informative page would be far more useful in my eyes, then swipe to the right to access your apps.
I just think overall, it could be made less boring...
Like you say though, everyone has their own opinion
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You know where the old spot light page resided? I wish Apple would put a blink feed alternative there, it would be amazing!
The Z10 doesn't have a physical keyboard.