The Official iPhone 5 Thread

[xanis]

Woot, just saw that iOS 6 is available. Anyone know what the download times are like right now? I'm guessing it's slow-going at the moment.

 

[Kaido]

Maybe not on Verizon? I'm getting software is up to date when I look for it.

Hmm, showing up for me on Verizon. 4S?

 

[Fingolfin269]

Hmm, showing up for me on Verizon. 4S?

Yep 4S. I'll just wait until I get home tonight and check it then. No big deal.

 

[Ns1]

Anything good coming out of ios6?

 

[Pheran]

Anything good coming out of ios6?

If you have a 4S you will get the new panorama mode for the camera and the new mapping stuff (with turn by turn directions) and enhancements for Siri (sports, movies, reservations, social networking). The new do not disturb feature looks possibly useful as well. Ars has a good review.

 

[Ns1]

If you have a 4S you will get the new panorama mode for the camera and the new mapping stuff (with turn by turn directions) and enhancements for Siri (sports, movies, reservations, social networking). The new do not disturb feature looks possibly useful as well. Ars has a good review.

thanks

 

[Pheran]

Oh, you also get FaceTime over cellular, *if* your carrier is not retarded.

 

[Ns1]

Maps looks pretty good...except for this:

What's not in the new Maps is public transit directions. Google's API wasn't perfect, but transit directions were supported in many cities. As a city dweller who drives little, 9.9 out of every 10 times I use Maps is for public transit (transfer here, get off there)—not just in my own city, but whenever I'm traveling. I have virtually no reason to use Maps otherwise in my daily life, which is why its sudden absence in iOS 6 is deeply disappointing.

 

[jonesthewine]

...just saw on ATT website that my white 32GB iP5 has shipped...and OS6 is installing on my iP4 (soon to be a SIM-less iPod Touch for my daughter).

 

[krumme]

Awesome.. all those Samsung galaxy s3 can suck it.. hahaha

the only s3 i got was the free chap stick they were giving out as promotion.

You are laughing of yourself. Go to the cpu forum and get the story.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2270886&page=2

Then take a look at this and know why you laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4

 

[Printer Bandit]

turn by turn directions in iOS 6 on my iPhone 4 doesn't work

 

[Kev]

does the DND feature allow you to blacklist specific numbers?

 

[jpetermann]

2 things I have noticed so far after iOS6 install:
1. Safari seems faster. Just overall web browsing.
2. Text tone is quieter and I cannot seem to increase volume.

 

[Eug]

1. Safari seems faster. Just overall web browsing.

According to some web posts out there, on the iPhone 4S, SunSpider is roughly about 25% faster.

 

[Pheran]

turn by turn directions in iOS 6 on my iPhone 4 doesn't work

The 4 will only display them on screen, for speech you have to have the 4S or 5.

 

[Sephire]

The browser is now much, much faster.

 

[Eug]

Safari does feel faster, but I'll have to use it more to be sure.

SunSpider is definitely faster though.

3604.5 --> 2980.8 which is a 21% boost on my iPhone 4.

www.senorgif.com remains painfully slow though.

 

[Eug]

Now they're asking for 3 security questions in iTunes, but the questions are stupid and you can't change to different ones. Oh well.

Downloading YouTube now.

 

[ViRGE]

So when do we get our shipment notices? I want to know where my iPhone is so that I can constantly fret about when it's going to get here.

 

[ManBearPig]

So when do we get our shipment notices? I want to know where my iPhone is so that I can constantly fret about when it's going to get here.

O holy super moderator ViRGE, in order to appease thee I will share some info with you that hast been knownst for some timeth: go here and then on the left side of the screen click 'track by reference' and then type in your phone number with no dashes. There you go.

 

[ViRGE]

O holy super moderator ViRGE, in order to appease thee I will share some info with you that hast been knownst for some timeth: go here and then on the left side of the screen click 'track by reference' and then type in your phone number with no dashes. There you go.

Excellent. Now to figure out what I can order from Amazon that will trigger a morning delivery, so that UPS stops by my house early.

 

[Aikouka]

That only works for AT&T by the way. Verizon is shipping by FedEx and isn't using reference numbers like that.

 

[Kadarin]

I got the email today saying my AT&T blk 64GB iPhone 5 is 2-3 weeks out. I ordered late

 

[Sephire]

64 gb are sold out.

 

[ManBearPig]

Got my Apple shipping email. This is just to let you know, so you know if anything is wrong. I refuse to let this place become weird like macrumor lol.