[finbaar]

The OP is male so they should get the GS3. The iPhone 5 is a ladies phone.

[swordman]

I'd say it's more a phone for parents

[AxeVictim]

The iphone 5 should have been released last year as the 4S would have been a good alternative last year.

[AxeVictim]

Oh dear looks like Apples QC have let them down.....

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...445522&page=30

[darkjedimaster]

Originally Posted by AxeVictim

Oh dear looks like Apples QC have let them down.....

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...445522&page=30

Those images are shocking, it looks as though they have been put together by a blind kid in a sweat shop.....Oh hang on a minute.

[alanwarwic]

"Silver worn edges will give your phone character."
"Now, if over time, just the chamfered edge goes completely silver, it could actually look pretty cool. Just sayin..."

Someone also seems to have sked for a swap, but after opening 8 boxes and finding scruffs on all 8 the shop was not allowed to open any more. I wonder if he chose one of the 9?

Yipee for free bumpers and I wouldn't pay that much heed to Scruff Gate yet.

And when all is said and done its only a phone.

[daclick]

Originally Posted by swordman

you are not especially when.you consider the huge difference in price I would say around half the cost. The s2 still has at least a year or so.left at the top.*

Sword man you.must be using a galaxy s3 because I put random. In my posts on here

[swordman]

Originally Posted by daclick

Sword man you.must be using a galaxy s3 because I put random. In my posts on here

note actually trying different keyboard never can find one I really like always one annoying element. Either that or its my fat sausage fingers I may need to find a typing wand.

Have to start a thread on keyboards

[daclick]

Have u tried the ics keyboard on the play store from johntami that's the one I use

[whoever,hey]

Originally Posted by finbaar

The OP is male so they should get the GS3. The iPhone 5 is a ladies phone.

Did you hear that off TWit podcast?

[whoever,hey]

Originally Posted by AxeVictim

The iphone 5 should have been released last year as the 4S would have been a good alternative last year.

Alternative means something is different.

[AxeVictim]

Originally Posted by whoever,hey

Alternative means something is different.

Its a quarter inch bigger what more do you want

[late8]

Originally Posted by Gormond

Pencil did mean the S2.

does go to show what a joke the iPhone 5 is when it cn still be compared on paper to the Galaxy SII - still a great phone.


Dont forget iOS - I HATE with passion what they have done to things like Maps.

[Schadenfreud]

Originally Posted by daclick

Have u tried the ics keyboard on the play store from johntami that's the one I use

Swiftkey 3 is probably the best keyboard I've used, and before that I loved using swype, but they've made swype a pita to put back on now so I don't use it.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by late8

does go to show what a joke the iPhone 5 is when it cn still be compared on paper to the Galaxy SII - still a great phone.


Dont forget iOS - I HATE with passion what they have done to things like Maps.

Can it? The A6 destroys the SoC that was used in the S2 and matches that used in the S3 going by initial benchmarks.

The maps thing is a strange one, Apple were always gonna eventually make there own. You don't need to use it like most people and the stocks app, there are plenty of other mapping app with Google Maps coming soon.

[Matt D]

Yeah, I don't get 5 / S II the spec comparison.

The 4S and S II had the same CPU (dual-core ARM Cortex-A9), but IIRC the GPU in the 4S was superior to the S II's (although the S II had more RAM).

For the 5...

As you say, benchmarks for the Apple A6 SoC in the 5 suggest it is actually very very good, even though it is "still just dual-core" as some people put it. There is more to it than simply the number of cores - the CPU in the Apple A6 uses newer and faster architecture plus has been custom-designed by Apple, tailored for the iPhone, instead of just using an effectively "off the shelf" ARM Cortex-A9.



Maps though... The problem with other solutions is that none of them are integrated. Sure, you'll be able to get 3rd party map apps, and hopefully eventually a proper Google Maps app... But the default will always be the Apple maps. Whenever you use another map that ties in to the mapping services, it will always use the Apple maps.

[A similar thing, but which annoys me far more, is the continued inability to choose a default browser. I hate Safari, and use Chrome (& before Chrome used iCab). Great, but... Still stuck with Safari whenever I click on a link in anything, etc.]

[whoever,hey]

Yeah the problem with any alternatives on iOS is that Apple dont let you choose the default. Its the same with browsers on iOS.

[swordman]

Originally Posted by swordman

note actually trying different keyboard never can find one I really like always one annoying element. Either that or its my fat sausage fingers I may need to find a typing wand.

Have to start a thread on keyboards

Trying ultra keyboard and quite like it but can find a way to make it English UK fully which is annoying still have the dollar sign as default.

May try jellybean keybord now, have about six keyboards installed not sure why it is suddenly such an issue for me think I'm developing OCD.

[Mark in Essex]

Originally Posted by swordman

note actually trying different keyboard never can find one I really like always one annoying element. Either that or its my fat sausage fingers I may need to find a typing wand.

Have to start a thread on keyboards

Have you tried SwiftKey yet (I love it after trying Swype, Slide IT etc)?

[Mark in Essex]

Originally Posted by swordman

note actually trying different keyboard never can find one I really like always one annoying element. Either that or its my fat sausage fingers I may need to find a typing wand.

Have to start a thread on keyboards

Have you tried SwiftKey yet (I love it after trying Swype, Slide IT etc (which were still great keyboards) )?

[swordman]

Originally Posted by Mark in Essex

Have you tried SwiftKey yet (I love it after trying Swype, Slide IT etc)?

Yeah was using that up until recently but found the prediction a little of which is hard as Im a crap texter.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by whoever,hey

Yeah the problem with any alternatives on iOS is that Apple dont let you choose the default. Its the same with browsers on iOS.

Why would you have a default maps app?

When I want to use a particular maps app be it on a phone or PC I just click it.

[Matt D]

Because if you use another app that uses mapping or links to maps, it will use the system default, i.e. Apple Maps.

e.g. If you use Siri to find something on a map it will use Apple Maps.

e.g. If you click on an address in an email it will use Apple Maps.

etc.


Same issue with the browser. You can use Chrome or iCab or Atomic all you want, but anytime you click on a link in an email or anything else it will open it in Safari only.



That's why it would be nice to be able to choose a default.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by Matt D

Because if you use another app that uses mapping or links to maps, it will use the system default, i.e. Apple Maps.

e.g. If you use Siri to find something on a map it will use Apple Maps.

e.g. If you click on an address in an email it will use Apple Maps.

etc.


Same issue with the browser. You can use Chrome or iCab or Atomic all you want, but anytime you click on a link in an email or anything else it will open it in Safari only.



That's why it would be nice to be able to choose a default.

Yeah I understand with the browser but I must admit in years of using an iPhone I have never clicked an external address but fair enough I see your point.

[whoever,hey]

Originally Posted by Gormond

Why would you have a default maps app?

When I want to use a particular maps app be it on a phone or PC I just click it.

I click addresses or postcodes on websites. Also clicking addresses in your contacts are places you want to see in your default map or nav app.