Ah really?? Excellent, I'll see if I can exchange it! (Hopefully I can, I'm in the UK and bought it as an upgrade from Orange, but worth a shot...) thanks for the info!
They can check it for you in the back and compare it to other iPhone 5s there.
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Ah really?? Excellent, I'll see if I can exchange it! (Hopefully I can, I'm in the UK and bought it as an upgrade from Orange, but worth a shot...) thanks for the info!
I guess it'd be ok to share my thoughts on the 5. I went through a brief breakup during the 4S where I spent time with the Galaxy Nexus, HTC Rezound, and Galaxy S3. I have had the iphone 5 since the day of release. Of course these pros and cons relate to me only, not meant to signify anyone else's experience.
Hardware (Pros)
- I think the screen brightness and accuracy of whites is 2nd to none. This was one of the main reasons I could not stay with the S3. I found it too dim and the whites to be almost grey.
- The accuracy of colors on the screen, as well as sharpness, are also 2nd to none (reviews have it better than the HTC DNA screen). Again, another reason I left the S3. The sharpness was not comparable despite the 306ppi and the colors were almost cartoonish. Very flourescent. The Note II corrected on this going RGB vs Pentile and offering the 4 screen mode presets, but still no comparison to the iphone 5.
- The camera is the best of the phone cameras I tried in terms of picture quality. The S3 has more features, but at the end of the day it is the quality of the photo that matters to me. Video and still photo both excel on the iphone 5.
- The speaker on the iphone 5 is the loudest of the phones I used.
- Pocketability. Pretty self expalatory.
Hardware (Cons)
- For me, the size of the S3 screen is perfect. I am 6'7 so the additional size didn't compromise anything for me. I find the 5 to be a bit narrow and small. I spend more time on my phone then most I know, and I don't mess with tablets, so a larger screen would have been welcomed by me. But, this won't be the case for many generations to come.
- This is the shocker, and one I would never have expected. I found the android phones I used to get better data signal overall. I was able to hold on to 3G in areas the 5 (and 4S) would drop to 1x.
Software/OS (Pros)
- I find the selection of apps to be better on the iphone and IOS. The numbers really don't mean anything when any kid can throw together a junk app and get it approved. I find more quality, useable apps to either hit IOS first, or become exclusive to IOS.
- Simplicity can be valued. IOS is certainly simple, fast, efficient and designed to be a marriage with the iphone. I can value that.
- I experience zero lag, period. I cannot say the same with the android devices I have used though I have heard JB makes a big improvement on this.
- Backing up is simple. Not quite as simple on an unrooted android phone when you are talking about apps, texts, photos, settings, etc.
Software/OS (Cons) - This is where I start to lean android....
- I hate, HATE that I cannot move pics (actually move, not simply copy) between albums, or move pics from my camera roll to existing albums or new albums. Frustrates the hell out of me to be honest. I do a lot with pictures, downloads, screenshots, etc and in order to get any organization what-so-ever I have to connect to the computer and do it there. In my opinion Android's gallery features blow iphone's away.
- Customization would be nice. Sure a live wallpaper of pine trees and snow seems silly to some, but I liked having the option if I wanted it. I liked being able to put an app icon where I desired, a widget if I wanted to use one, switch a keyboard if I prefer a different one, have pop-up text reply straight out of the box, etc.
- I like that everything from facebook to SMS, etc is built in through everything on android. If I want to upload a video to facebook from the gallery, boom...done. If I want to text a link to a buddy from a website...done. With IOS I have to constantly seek workarounds.
- Sure, many on here will light you up if you mention flash cause "flash is dead". Listen, as long as websites I occasionally visit still require flash, then flash is not dead yet. It happens, and it is annoying.
Thats enough. I already wrote an essay that many probably skipped over or quit reading before finishing I love my iphone 5, but to be honest, I wanted the S3 to work. I craved the larger screen and welcomed many of the things android allows me to do that IOS simply does not. But, until they can put out a phone with a quality screen (amoled, to me, sucks and is too dim) I cannot make the switch. HTC was close with the DNA until they mindlessly decided 11GB or useable onstore memory is enough for the average user. I'm not the average user.
Thanks for letting me share!!
I am happy to see this post as I was going to ask a similar question. I have been an apple fan boy for ever and got my 5 at launch like most of you. 2 months later, I am going to sell it on ebay next week and pick up the galaxy note 2 on VZW. I am just bored. Maybe it was the hype or the fact that literally EVERYONE has one (dont understand the gs3 numbers outselling apple). I was in verizon today to play with the DNA and with all the people waiting and people purchasing, it was all iphones. It's mind blowing. I would not think anyone owns an android phone.
I plan on buying the note with my proceeds from the 5 and I am reserving the right to come back to apple down the road. Figured it was time for a change and enjoy the customization of jelly bean and enjoy the s pen.
I sold my iPhone 5 that I had bought on launch day. I'm not a fan boy for any phone manufacture. I bought a new GS3 and still have money left over. I totally like this phone. I wasn't a fan of android but android JB on the GS3 is good. For now I'm content with what I'm able to do with this phone that I wasn't able with the iPhone 5. I don't hate iPhone and plan to take a look at next iPhone. Besides I change phones every 10-12 months. By then ill have a GS4 or iPhone 6 lol. I'm not loyal to any company. I go for what at the moment has more to offer me. I'm even curious what BB10 has to offer in 2013.
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SJ, so glad to hear you have no regrets? I am literally wondering what happens if I dont like the note 2, haha. I have done enough researching, you tubing, playing with it at a t mobile store to know i am foaming at the mouth for it, but owning it is very different. I am like you and always change phones and will certainly look at the s4 and then the iphone 5s/6.
Was there a site/blog/forum you used to make the switch to the other side easier?
Still loving mine. Had my iPhone 4 for right at two years and loved it the whole time. I got kind of bored, yes, but it was reliable and if it ever did have a minor problem, I knew to come to this site and figure out how to fix it. At the end of the day, slight boredom is a small price to pay for epic reliability.
Plus, I get an Android phone as my work phone so I can always tweak it if I want.
I actually just switched my 5 for my wife's 4s. Maybe it's just me but I like the smaller screen. The 5 is a great phone and I had absolutely no issues with it, just prefer the smaller screen size. Tool me since launch day to figure out why I couldn't get comfortable with it
I've owned the ip5 for two weeks now. I like it just as much as I liked my 4S.
I'm just as fast with it as I was with the 4S, considering the slightly larger size.
At times, I do find myself having to dip the phone a little lower into my palm when
wanting to reach my thumb to the upper left corner. I have pretty big hands, too.
It's not as seamless as Apple makes it to be, but, it's not that much of a pain.
The thinness of the phone is remarkable as well as the weight. It feels really
weird now picking up a previous gen iPhone.
The LTE is great. I've had better than decent coverage around the Los Angeles
suburbs and Orange County with AT&T and the speeds are really, really good.
Something I underrated was the being able to stick the lighting connector into the
dock in any position. It's kind of cool not having to have it in a certain upright to
fit, and instead, fits both ways.