Originally Posted by munta:
“NFC
Fingerprint unlock
Wireless charging
3D Camera & Display
FM Radio”
NFC - For sure. This should have been included, if not for contactless payments, but for any number of additional uses (smartcard logons to workstations/photocopiers, etc). It's difficult to understand why Apple didn't include this - Passbook is the ideal container for it.
Fingerprint unlock - I was secretly hoping for this one, integrated with the home button though. I would guess that this would come with the next iPhone - Apple's rush to buy Authentec must have been for something.
Wireless charging - I can't really see the point of it rather than a second or so saved plugging a charger in or docking it. If you've got to place the phone on a pad to charge it, that pad is connected to a power source, you might as well just have the Lightning cable there instead.
3D display and camera - 3D is dying out again, Apple would have to put two cameras in the back of the unit, compromise on screen quality to enable glassesless 3D, and I reckon that 3D will subside again within the next couple of years.
FM Radio - I can see why people still want this, and the wireless chip apparently does support it, however, if the carriers brought back Unlimited data packages, you could stream your radio stations over 3G.
I was a bit underwhelmed by the keynote, however, this phone isn't aimed at me.
My personal view is that these phones are on a 2 year cycle, owing to the length of contracts.
This phone is 4 times faster, and has many more features than the iPhone 4, whose users are coming up to the end of their contracts. I'm an iPhone 4S user, my contract expires next year, so I'm expecting a bit of a jump from the 4S to the 5S/6.
It's not enough of an upgrade at the moment from the 4S, but is enough of an upgrade from the 4. Same as the 3GS was a good upgrade from the original, the 4 from 3, 4S from 3GS, etc etc.