At this point, I don't really care much what the specs of the CPU/GPU are, as long as the OS won't lag on-screen.
Besides TouchID, about the only spec I'm really interested in is the amount of RAM, and we won't even hear about that on Sept. 9.
NFC? Meh.
Motion Co-processor? Meh. (Yes, I have it in my 5s.)
400+ ppi pixel density? Nice, but not critical.
iWatch integration? Meh.
Sapphire? Meh.
Thinner? Meh. What's this obsession with thinness anyway?
Better camera with optical stabilization? OK, I'd appreciate that, but my 5s' camera is OK.
802.11ac? OK, I'd appreciate that, but 802.11n is OK.
Faster LTE? Meh.
I think the sweet spot for me for screen size would be around 4.2-4.3", but we won't get that.
On iOS i really miss the Swype typing.
Do we know of any keyboard improvements due for iOS 8?
On iOS i really miss the Swype typing.
Do we know of any keyboard improvements due for iOS 8?
The predictive typing ala Windows Phone...but otherwise, no. The keyboard is as craptastic as it has ever been. The biggest improvement will be the size of the screen spacing letters out, I hope. As it stands, the keyboard on iOS8/iP5 is making me want to dump my iphone. As well as how craptastic iOS8's preview builds have been (two reboots required, daily. Gah!)
What, you guys are totally unaware of third party keyboards in iOS 8?
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14...o-installing-a-third-party-keyboard-on-iphone
On iOS i really miss the Swype typing.
Do we know of any keyboard improvements due for iOS 8?
I've barely paid attention. This *&%ing preview has been a vacation from my phone. I try to avoid using it anymore. I get preview builds are unstable - I'm a dev and all that. But I haven't seen a preview build from a serious software company that was THIS BAD since Vista Beta 1. Very often, the new KB crashes my phone or is just unresponsive anyway.
I'm trying to figure out if WP8.1 is what I want going forward....because Apple has lost me on the phone front.
iOS 7 beta was pretty unusable.
The sizes are definitely right. Want a 4" phone? Here's the 5S (5SC?).It's sad that we are discussing the release of a new apple product and all we are expecting are samsung-spec-bump stuff.
I expect apple will deliver nothing less than the best all around smartphone on the market.
I am thinking the screen sizes are wrong, or there is a 3rd size (4.3-4.5") that exists
This.What, you guys are totally unaware of third party keyboards in iOS 8?
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14...o-installing-a-third-party-keyboard-on-iphone
The sizes are definitely right. Want a 4" phone? Here's the 5S (5SC?).
This.
What are you talking about? I'm saying that the rumored sizes are absolutely correct. They will continue offering a 4" phone for those who want it (5S or the next "C" phone). That is the only "third size" option you are going to get unless they make a mini that goes back to 3.5"I have the 5s lol
You sound like some android spec lover unhappy his Qualcomm silicon and AMOLED screens are being totally outclassed by a 4" dual core LCD device.
You are the kind of people who apple stopped following and that is what made them great. They didn't listen to the geeks because geeks don't like to spend on stuff they get free elsewhere and geeks aren't cool. Nothing wrong with being a geek and loving specs but really you are not the mold on which apple should base it's ideal phone.
What are you talking about? I'm saying that the rumored sizes are absolutely correct. They will continue offering a 4" phone for those who want it (5S or the next "C" phone).
I have a Galaxy Note 3 and will be upgrading to the 5.5" iPhone. WTF is wrong with you?!
Early on, yes. By September I remember having zero issues with it. I'm fully up to date on iOS8 and it is still nowhere near usable - not even as a dev platform.
Dude do you not remember what you post in your own threads? Read post #106 that is you. You like smart watches. Enough said.
Dude do you not remember what you post in your own threads? Read post #106 that is you. You like smart watches. Enough said.
I liked my Sony Ericsson MBW-150 and I absolutely HATE the direction so-called "smart watches" have taken since. What does that have to do with your ridiculous over-reaction to me confirming the screen sizes of the next iPhone, FFS?!
You failed to say anything and that's somehow "enough?"
I've barely paid attention. This *&%ing preview has been a vacation from my phone. I try to avoid using it anymore. I get preview builds are unstable - I'm a dev and all that. But I haven't seen a preview build from a serious software company that was THIS BAD since Vista Beta 1. Very often, the new KB crashes my phone or is just unresponsive anyway.
I'm trying to figure out if WP8.1 is what I want going forward....because Apple has lost me on the phone front.
*shrug* I've been using iOS 8 since day one and it's been pretty good. B1&2 had some issues. B3 was pretty good. B4 ended up breaking a few more things but B5 seems to have fixed the majority of them and is pretty solid. I'm not unhappy with it.
I remember iOS 7 being a tad worse in the stability category.