Unprecedented Demand for new iPhone

[Jellotime91]

The Demand for The iPhone 5 Is Absolutely Unprecedented | Cult of Mac

This is funny to me. Especially with so many people constantly telling me "Apple will need to do something really amazing this year to compete against Android manufacturers"...

Nobody even knows what the next iPhone is yet, and 31% of people want to buy it, with 66% of current iPhone customers ready to buy again.

 

[ghostface147]

Yeah I am one of those on the fence. I don't consider going from an A4 to an A5 a drastic upgrade as I feel the i4 runs just fine. I'm fine with the current camera. I'm fine with the current design and as you can probably guess, just overall happy with the i4.

What would it take for me to lean towards upgrading? Who knows, but a bigger screen would be tempting. I am waiting for the LTE version.....maybe iPhone 6.

 

[AgentHeracles]

Yeah I am one of those on the fence. I don't consider going from an A4 to an A5 a drastic upgrade as I feel the i4 runs just fine. I'm fine with the current camera. I'm fine with the current design and as you can probably guess, just overall happy with the i4.

What would it take for me to lean towards upgrading? Who knows, but a bigger screen would be tempting. I am waiting for the LTE version.....maybe iPhone 6.

Are you with Verizon or AT&T?

DJ

 

[ghostface147]

AT&T. I refuse to go to a provider who can't offer simultaneous voice/data. Verizon still is going to be using CDMA for a long time for voice and that will be the fallback if LTE coverage is nonexistent. That and plus I am satisfied with AT&T's coverage in Houston. I average download speeds of around 3-4 mbps and upload around 1. That's plenty fine for me. Plus I am grandfathered into unlimited data.

 

[Jellotime91]

I donno, I always find that while playing certain games I get lag while the device is searching for signal on the subway, while music is playing, often times when I receive a notification (under iOS 5), etc... So to me, the performance could certainly be improved.

Also, take a picture of a white wall inside your house. Observe the green tinge towards the center of the photo. I'm definitely not satisfied with the camera on the iPhone 4, for this reason alone.

Finally, if Apple is not going to put notification icons in the status bar, they need something to tell you you have some items waiting in the notification center. I've been against it in the past, but I feel like with iOS 5, a notification LED is really needed.

 

[ghostface147]

But I feel like with iOS 5, a notification LED is really needed.

Slap yourself...lol. An LED light is garbage. Just a waste of space in an already cramped interior. I will drop the platform if they do add one, or just never upgrade from the 4.

 

[Jellotime91]

Slap yourself...lol. An LED light is garbage. Just a waste of space in an already cramped interior. I will drop the platform if they do add one, or just never upgrade from the 4.

You would drop the platform because they added a notification light, meanwhile every other platform out there uses them?

I don't like them either but it's beginning to annoy me that you never know whether or not you have a notification, and Apple seems to have made it quite clear that they will not be adding icons to the status bar.

 

[ghostface147]

You would drop the platform because they added a notification light, meanwhile every other platform out there uses them?

I don't like them either but it's beginning to annoy me that you never know whether or not you have a notification, and Apple seems to have made it quite clear that they will not be adding icons to the status bar.

Yep, I sure would. We have a nice android phone we just got for our on call phone and it doesn't have a light. It's the nexus S. There are hacks to make something work, but nothing embedded.

 

[Jellotime91]

Yep, I sure would. We have a nice android phone we just got for our on call phone and it doesn't have a light. It's the nexus S. There are hacks to make something work, but nothing embedded.

Well, let me be the first to tell you that you won't be upgrading your device for a very long time, because after Apple adds a notfication light, every phone will have one.

 

[Premium1]

AT&T. I refuse to go to a provider who can't offer simultaneous voice/data. Verizon still is going to be using CDMA for a long time for voice and that will be the fallback if LTE coverage is nonexistent. That and plus I am satisfied with AT&T's coverage in Houston. I average download speeds of around 3-4 mbps and upload around 1. That's plenty fine for me. Plus I am grandfathered into unlimited data.

The thunderbolt can do voice and data at the same time over 3g.

 

[ghostface147]

The thunderbolt can do voice and data at the same time over 3g.

That is true, but Verizon has said they cannot promise the experience. According to their training material:

"There is a functionality in the Thunderbolt that allows simultaneous voice and data while on the VZW 3G network, however, we cannot promise the experience will be one that is consistent with our brand. As a result, do not reference this functionality as a benefit during your conversations with customers."

In other words, yeah it may work, but we don't guarantee it, but it should work in most instances.

 

[Jellotime91]

Thunderbolt also has a notification light...

You need to consider all the things your customer wants when offering them a solution, Mr. Android Salesman.

 

[ghostface147]

Mr. Android Salesman.

Me????? Hahahaha. No.

 

[BLiNK]

i think Jello was referring to redraider, our one-stop android info guide

 

[Premium1]

Thunderbolt also has a notification light...

You need to consider all the things your customer wants when offering them a solution, Mr. Android Salesman.

What does a notification light have to do with anything I said? I was referring to the fact that the thunderbolt can do simultaneous voice/data not trying to sell anything I wouldn't recommend the thunderbolt to anyone? Oh that's right I didn't you just like putting words in people's mouths.

 

[Eileen89]

You need to consider all the things your customer wants when offering them a solution

I agree, Jello. Well said.

 

[BLiNK]

Oh that's right I didn't you just like putting words in people's mouths.

says the person who's quick to call someone a fanboy/girl if they try to defend anything Apple

get the phuck over yourself

 

[Premium1]

says the person who's quick to call someone a fanboy/girl if they try to defend anything Apple

get the phuck over yourself

so me never mentioning anything in this thread about an led light and all i said was the tb can do voice and data over 3g. I was making a factual statement sorry that is not allowed over here.

 

[Jellotime91]

Uh, but it does have to do with what he said previously. If you had actually read the thread at all before posting a reply you might have known that.

Anyway I was really just razzing you... Get over it.

 

[Premium1]

Uh, but it does have to do with what he said previously. If you had actually read the thread at all before posting a reply you might have known that.

Anyway I was really just razzing you... Get over it.

Ha sorry I dont let some kid behind a keyboard razzle me.