Originally posted by Hkpunternewb at 9/16/12 02:11 PM
That new connector plug is just apple's way of taking hard earned money from people. I don't see how "innovative" the iphone 5 if its only 4G LTE, a bigger screen, and a slightly better processor. By the way, the 4G tech should've been on the 4S. 4G tech will soon be replaced very soon..
1.) The previous connector plug had been around since 2003. That's 9 years. The new connector is smaller, thinner and thus takes up less space in the iPhone. This in turn allows more space inside the case for other components and also allows the iPhone itself to be smaller.
2.) 4G LTE isn't even available in most parts of the world. Many countries don't even have full fledged 3G yet. LTE also has so many bands that it would take multiple radio chipsets to support them all because there's currently no all-in-one solution. Qualcomm doesn't even have a 3G all-in-one solution chipset.
3.) Apple hasn't and won't advertise it, but the iPhone 5's A6 processor is quite innovative, for Apple that is. First of all, the processor isn't the ARM A15 that was expected. The Apple A6 is actually Apple's first original system on a chip design. Apple in the past, and all smartphone manufacturers, had licensed ARM's technology. Apple made modifications to the A9 for their iPhone 4S and iPad 2/3. Apple has gotten to the point where they're designing a system on a chip on their own. Secondly, Geekbench benchmarks have just come out and the iPhone 5's A6 processor @ 1GHz with 2 cores benchmarks higher than the Samsung Galaxy S III's Exynos 4412 processor @ 1.4GHz with 4 cores. The A6 processor is a fucking beast of power!
4.) Screen size is just form, not function. It doesn't add much to usability. |
