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iPhone5

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Gehrig, Sep 12, 2012.

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  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I just got the 4s. Siri and I have bonded. What's this new one do that my current one can't? I've gone in so deep on iStuff it is ridiculous.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 12, 2012
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  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Anecdotally ... my wife has a Droid, I have an iPhone, both through Verizon. We were in the car one time, me driving, and needed to find an address. She punched it in ... waiting ... waiting ... waiting ... so long that we were actually getting close to where we knew we were going to have to turn off. Finally at a red light, I quickly punched in the address, and I had the full map and directions before the light turned green.

    She was still waiting for the directions when we got to the place. That's when she decided her next phone would be an iPhone.
     
    LongTimeListener, Sep 12, 2012
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  3. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    There's supposed to be a SURPRISE!!!!! killer feature on this one, but I haven't seen any leaks about what it is.

    But it's also going to be bigger, which is going to increase market share among older people who might otherwise have one already but think the type is so small.
     
    LongTimeListener, Sep 12, 2012
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  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I have no complaints about my Droid. The iPhone is definitely better, but when we looked at both phones last year, we couldn't justify paying so much more a month and $200 for the iPhone...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Sep 12, 2012
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  5. Gehrig

    Gehrig Active Member

    Here's some information about the iPhone5.

    http://www.cnet.com/iphone-5/
     
    Gehrig, Sep 12, 2012
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  6. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    For a household of three to five people, that is just above or just below the poverty level.
     
    Buck, Sep 12, 2012
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  7. Amy

    Amy Well-Known Member

    Ask Siri.

    The new connector configuration is the part that makes me think twice about getting the new phone:

    Now a controversial topic: iPhone has used the same 30-pin connector that has been on the iPhone since 2003. Of course, there are now lots of other ways to connect -- Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi syncing. And now Apple is evolving the connector to something called Lightning, playing off the name of Apple's other emerging connector, Thunderbolt. The new connector is 80% smaller and Apple is working with Bose, JBL and others. But what of all the accessories you have that use the older connector, like those in your car. Apple is coming out with an adapter that would let you hook up those other devices. But this is a potential inconvenience, and it's not yet known if Apple will throw in the adapter for free or charge for it. Either way, it's just something else you have to worry about taking with youâ??and not losing.
     
    Amy, Sep 12, 2012
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  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I did. She told me she found 10 restaurants whose reviews mentioned tomato soup. Seven are fairly close to me.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 12, 2012
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  9. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Every time I'm with somebody who tries to use Siri it doesn't work correctly.
    Every time.
     
    Buck, Sep 12, 2012
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  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Is she sexting you yet?
     
    Armchair_QB, Sep 12, 2012
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  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    One of our interns this summer was from UNC. She swore if you said "Tar," Siri would come back with "Heels."

    Not to me. I said, "Tar" about 10 times and Siri came back with "I found 10 places that sell cars. Eight are reasonably close to you."

    So I guess I need to quit mumbling. I also tried to find a restaurant in the "Ballston" section of Arlington and kept getting eateries in Boston.

    Siri has worked a good bit of the time but she's a lot like me -- far from perfect.

    I did curse in there once and she said, "I'm blushing."
     
    Moderator1, Sep 12, 2012
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  12. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    We tried to get my friend's iPhone to give him suggestions during our fantasy football draft, but Siri didn't know what we were talking about.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Sep 12, 2012
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