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[Jono]

I'm considering the Samsung S3 at the moment because I think the iPhone 5 is going to be overhyped and it's too expensive. That's coming from someone with the iPhone 4... but are you fussed by the announcement coming later?

[cxx666]

I'm never fussed by a new phone coming out, especially iPhones. I'm still rocking a Nokia 6700s thats 2 years old, does everything I want it to but I fear that the next time it gets drowned it won't come back to life. Gonna be in trouble when that day comes, I've had a look around out of curiosity but there is nothing that fits what I want these days.

[Nik B.]

Yeah pretty much. It's a good overhaul from what's already known, and that's just scraping the surface. Theirs lots more to the next iPhone then what's out there at the moment...

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

Never been overly fussed over anything Apple, I feel like for lower prices I can get something that does the same stuff at same quality, for the prices Apple charge, I want to be absolutely BLOWN AWAY, watching the keynote just to inform myself but I'm seeing nothing overly astoundingly new, not even in the iPod stuff...

[Jono]

I'm not convinced it's that much more exciting than say the competitor in the form of the Samsung S3. Sure there's some nifty features - but they seem reliant on 4G.

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

4G which others are gonna have soon anyways at better prices.

[Nik B.]

I'm getting one. Simple as that. And I normally lag behind by a generation or 2 so that's saying something!

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

It saddens me that one of the comments I'm seeing most is (actually about the iPod nanos) "Oooh pretty colours" because this of course makes them worth the extortionate prices for both device and the new raft of accessories you'll need due to the new connections making existing docks obselete etc.

[Nik B.]

So? HDMI made SCART obsolete. USB made literally hundreds of proprietary connectors obsolete. You can't just not improve things for the benefit of convenience.

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

HDMI and USB aren't minor changes to existing form factor but are completely different steps in progress, this is Apple milking again from a connector with less pins that is 'magically' faster somehow.

[Nik B.]

actually it was to take out obsolete circuitry and improve internal space to allow for an improved battery in the iPhone 5. For the other product lines it's so they're only using one type of connector. With the old size it would of been impossible to get that battery in there whilst maintaining size and weight.

[R94N]

I'm more interested in the new Nokia Lumia phones they announced recently.

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/14/apple-iphone-5-free-lightning-adapter/

Cheeky of them to call the ONE included lightning-30Pin adapter 'free' considering the overinflated price of the phone... plus it's not all good news as there are still outputs lacking which need MOAR ACCESSORIES.

[Nik B.]

http://i.imgur.com/U3Jjw.jpg

Had to post this as it made me giggle xD

[Jono]

http://i.imgur.com/U3Jjw.jpg

Had to post this as it made me giggle xD

10 years? The iPhone is only 5 years old!

[GoOnPigs]

10 years? The iPhone is only 5 years old!

yeah but the same adapter is used on iPods - which have been around for more than 10 years

[Nik B.]

Yeah, the original 30-pin existed from about 2003 onwards, and before that, all iPods used FireWire 800 xD

[Viv]

I am not fussed, no. When there is an iPhone6, 7, 8, 9.... 1000... I will NOT be fussed.

[Nik B.]

Yeah but Viv you don't count because you're perpetually stuck in the late 70s...

[TheEpicPlum]

I've been waiting over a year for this. I've had crappy PAYG phones all my life and my iPod touch is three years old now, as well as cracked and broken. Now it's almost out, the cheapest deal I can find is £33 a month for 24 months, along with an extra £100 payment for the phone. *sigh*

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

Yeah but Viv you don't count because you're perpetually stuck in the late 70s...

even while she talks about being/wanting things to be 'noo and innovative'. Yeah... anyways, moving swiftly on.

BTW, I found this which proves that some people will quite literally buy (in both senses of the word, purchase or believe) the same crap over and over thinking it's somehow better.

http://youtu.be/rdIWKytq_q4

WARNING: not quite SFW and also featuring Hulk Hogan...

[R94N]

I think they really missed the boat in terms of the lightning connector. The name means many people may just assume it's faster even though it is still using USB 2.0 when many new PCs and even Apple's own Macs are moving towards USB 3.0/Thunderbolt ports. I suppose it was more to try and make the phone thinner, but I'd rather have the new(er) USB 3.0 connection, especially since the current iPhone is not exactly cumbersome...

[Viv]

The 2,000,000 people who have bought the new phone are apparently the old users of the motorola brick phone.

[Jono]

Just got myself the Samsung S3, which seems like an excellent upgrade from the iphone 4. It's nice to feel restricted with what I use which is how I felt on an iphone.

[Viv]

Radio 2 were just saying this morning that buying all these gadgets is pointless, because, as there is an iPhone 5, there will soon be more technology, and more + more, and you will never keep up anyway.