iPhone 6

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Mr Trophy

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6,808 posts

202 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Well, there seems to be loads of stuff floating around the internet at the moment with the new iPhone 6.

Who's due an upgrading then?

I am sure the iP5 came out in November, so that's when I am due one.

Sorry for the link - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-253...

MysteryLemon

4,968 posts

190 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Same old thing again then, just a bit thinner?

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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I've got a 4S which was due an upgrade last September. Didn't bother. Might get a 6 if A: It looks to have genuinely moved things forward, and B: It's not so thin that I worry about it snapping in half the first time I sit down with it my my trouser pocket.

Siscar

6,315 posts

128 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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This is some people who have nothing to do with designing an iPhone coming out with what they think it might be. It has no more credibility than if any of us did it.

Really, nothing to see, move on.

JRewing

17,540 posts

178 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Siscar said:
This is some people who have nothing to do with designing an iPhone coming out with what they think it might be. It has no more credibility than if any of us did it.

Really, nothing to see, move on.
The Auto Express approach to new car news.....

McWigglebum4th

32,414 posts

203 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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I hope we get an iPhone air or mini as the current one is a bit of a bloater

audi321

5,156 posts

212 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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They can't make the thing any thinner surely, it just wouldn't be robust enough for everyday use? Then there's the 3.5mm jack in a 3mm phone!

Also, if they get rid of the home button, where's the fingerprint sensor going?

I don't see it personally, I reckon a small cosmetic upgrade along with NFC and the other predicted upgrades (i.e. better camera, etc) maybe a larger screen would be nice. Release September/October 2014

Edited by audi321 on Tuesday 7th January 22:14

B17NNS

18,506 posts

246 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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I have a 4S and am due an upgrade in spring. Seen a few 5's and not that bothered that I'm missing out so will wait for the six.

Frik

13,542 posts

242 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Mr Trophy said:
I am sure the iP5 came out in November, so that's when I am due one.
September in fact. I'll imagine I'll want a new one by then. Pretty happy with this 5 though.

oobster

7,065 posts

210 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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I am the same, got a 4S and was out of contract in april last year. My Mrs has a 5 and I wasn't that impressed with it so when my contract ran out I thought I would wait for the 5S.

When the 5S was announced I again wasn't impressed and then the Mrs got a 5S as a works phone by her employer - this only confirmed that it wasn't worth the hassle & expense of going for one.

I will wait to see what the 6 brings, but surely the 6 is 8 or 9 months away at least?

viggyp

1,917 posts

134 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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I upgraded to a 5 in October 2012 despite my contract having expired in June of the same year. Due an upgrade this October meaning or should I say hoping the 6 will be available.

poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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oobster said:
I am the same, got a 4S and was out of contract in april last year. My Mrs has a 5 and I wasn't that impressed with it so when my contract ran out I thought I would wait for the 5S.

When the 5S was announced I again wasn't impressed and then the Mrs got a 5S as a works phone by her employer - this only confirmed that it wasn't worth the hassle & expense of going for one.

I will wait to see what the 6 brings, but surely the 6 is 8 or 9 months away at least?
Similar to me, have been due my upgrade from my 4S since September, 5 didn't impress me and the 5S was out at the time of my upgrade. Had a look at a few via work and just decided not to bother. In fact I'm so not bothered by the upgrade I keep thinking about going SIM only and waiting until it dies. At that point I might consider my options and get something completely different, it's just that I'm well tied into the Apple way with most things I own being Apple.

If I'm honest I only really use my phone for texts, emails, and one or two games so an iPhone is more than I need.

Perd Hapley

1,750 posts

172 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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My favourite ridiculous iPhone mockup is the one with not one but two projectors built in, that can run OS X.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1YtSeS7VXs

The video's beautifully done, I assume that's what's really being demonstrated here rather than a phone with a 30 second battery life!


Efbe

9,251 posts

165 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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Though the pictures all look ridiculous... I really really hope they are along the right lines. would go a long way to tempt me back to apple phones.


my one big bug bear still being: spend how much on an OS that is essentially an App List?!? I want my home screen to tell me what's going on. not a number beside an icon to indicate there may or may not be spam for me to check. show me what I want to see. give me the images, news, weather, e-mails, anything without me having to check each one individually. I had icons back in the mid 90s.

Xaero

4,060 posts

214 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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My contract is up next January so the iPhone 6 would be a natural choice, but I'm not sure if I'll bother this time, may go Android for a change.

Some of the concepts are ridiculous anyway. A 3.5mm audio jack isn't going to fit so well in a 3mm thin body, it looks remarkably 'snappable' too.

jimothy

5,151 posts

236 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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Efbe said:
Though the pictures all look ridiculous... I really really hope they are along the right lines. would go a long way to tempt me back to apple phones.


my one big bug bear still being: spend how much on an OS that is essentially an App List?!? I want my home screen to tell me what's going on. not a number beside an icon to indicate there may or may not be spam for me to check. show me what I want to see. give me the images, news, weather, e-mails, anything without me having to check each one individually. I had icons back in the mid 90s.
Thats what notification centre is for - ok, it means a swipe down but it's accessible without even having to unlock the phone

Efbe

9,251 posts

165 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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jimothy said:
Efbe said:
Though the pictures all look ridiculous... I really really hope they are along the right lines. would go a long way to tempt me back to apple phones.


my one big bug bear still being: spend how much on an OS that is essentially an App List?!? I want my home screen to tell me what's going on. not a number beside an icon to indicate there may or may not be spam for me to check. show me what I want to see. give me the images, news, weather, e-mails, anything without me having to check each one individually. I had icons back in the mid 90s.
Thats what notification centre is for - ok, it means a swipe down but it's accessible without even having to unlock the phone
not even slightly.

I want news, weather, e-mails, texts, calls, pictures, details on games, exactly where I want it how I want it.



but this is all software. in terms of hardware those 6 concepts, which could just be testers for the market?!? look lovely. sod the delicate thing, I don't care edge t edge screen, thin as a credit card. it goes against the grain of the other manufacturers and would bring back apples dominance

durbster

10,223 posts

221 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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Efbe said:
I want news, weather, e-mails, texts, calls, pictures, details on games, exactly where I want it how I want it.
Er, so you want an Android or Windows phone then, not an iPhone. confused

Mr Trophy

Original Poster:

6,808 posts

202 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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I just want a better battery! Can't even get a day out of mine. Granted I am using it for calls and emails, still pretty pish.

Frik

13,542 posts

242 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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durbster said:
Efbe said:
I want news, weather, e-mails, texts, calls, pictures, details on games, exactly where I want it how I want it.
Er, so you want an Android or Windows phone then, not an iPhone. confused
This. That's their MO and very good they are at it. The more complicated iOS gets, the further it gets from the original, simple design.