New iPhone 5. Will you be upgrading?
Posted by: Tony2011 on 12 September 2012
I still use an iPhone 3GS. I never thought Apple had done enough to persuade me to upgrade with the Iphone 4/4S. Now, the 5th generation has grabbed my attention and I'll definitely be placing an order.
Anyone else tempted to upgrade?
Posted on: 21 September 2012 by Tony Lockhart
Now THAT'S a SIM card:
Posted on: 21 September 2012 by Richard Sellicks
Used scissors and some fine sand paper on my existing sim! Fitted to iPhone 5, works perfectly.
Posted on: 21 September 2012 by BigH47
I guess they will need a smaller form for the contact pad for IP6 then?
Posted on: 23 September 2012 by JamieWednesday
OK, best network then?
I have Virgin phone at the mo and Virgin are OK, don't do iphone tho'.
Posted on: 23 September 2012 by Mike Hughes
O2 by a country mile.
1) UK coverage better than most other providers plus decent BT Openzone wi-fi most urban areas.
2) Better range of tariffs than other providers.
3) Willing to negotiate to wrestle you away from others and willing to do the same to keep you.
4) Something resembling customer service on those occasions when I have run into trouble.
5) O2 travel tariffs are straightforward.
6) Beyond my understanding why anyone would sign with 3 after you Google them. I left T-Mobile when iPhone first came out because after 8 years of increasing use on PAYG their attitude when I wanted to talk contract and iPhone was basically "screw you". Their coverage was also getting worse.
7) I have negotiated my tariff down from £36 plus VAT to £26 and got the phone cost down to £170.
Posted on: 23 September 2012 by Tony Lockhart
I was with O2 until June, and if it wasn't for the almost zero signal at work I'd have stayed with them. I told them as much when I killed the account, as their customer service really was special.
Tony
Posted on: 23 September 2012 by JamieWednesday
Posted on: 23 September 2012 by Tony Lockhart
T-Mobile/EE. However, that's only because I can receive full 3G where I work. The back of beyond in Suffolk has its plus points, but modern comms isn't one of them!
Tony
Posted on: 24 September 2012 by Occean
I have one and its alright - not a huge leap over my ip4 tbh as ios6 runs a treat on the 4. But it is overall nicer - very slick speed wise. I found the ip4 miles ahead of a ip3.
Looks like it will be prone to scratches
I went with EE - seems good, unlimted data is a massive bonus and £36 a month for 2000 mins unlimited texts and data. Sold my old phone (2years+) and paid zilch for a 64gb ip5. Seemed like a no brainer. I scratched from O2 as I had been finding them shoddy recently - and one thing I have noticed is the EE 3g is nearly twice as fast (Speedtest app - same locations, tested side by side)
Unlimited data is the biggest upgrade - 320kb spotify downloads on the fly - always felt nervous of that on O2
Posted on: 24 September 2012 by Mike Hughes
I'm intrigued by 3G being faster. Surely it's just that you now have a new phone with a greater capacity; bigger memory and a faster processor! Can't see how you can ascribe it to the provider.
Posted on: 24 September 2012 by Occean
One is tmobile the other is O2 which should account for the difference, but tmobile always seems faster, I'll post screen shots tomorrow
Posted on: 25 September 2012 by Phil Harris
Originally Posted by Mike Hughes:
I'm intrigued by 3G being faster. Surely it's just that you now have a new phone with a greater capacity; bigger memory and a faster processor! Can't see how you can ascribe it to the provider.
It all depends on how saturated the operators network is, how close the nearest mast is, how good a signal you're getting and how much "spare" capacity they have per user.
Cheers
Phil
Posted on: 06 October 2012 by JamieWednesday
Succumed.
Posted on: 06 October 2012 by Tony Lockhart
Welcome to the fray, Jamie. It's a good piece of kit, and just gets on with the job. Mine's cracking on a bit now, at 16 days old, but I'm sticking with it!
Tony
Posted on: 06 October 2012 by Mike Hughes
Sigh. My wife has now held one. The battle to have only one new iPhone in the house is now officially over.
Posted on: 07 October 2012 by Dustysox
Hi,
I have an iphone 4, after having had a Blackberry for many a year. One of the things I miss about my Blackberry is being able to "Globally" delete emails that have accumulated over a giving period.
Now, tell me you can do this on the new shiny Apple, rather than picking each one...one by one....yawn!
Posted on: 07 October 2012 by Mike Hughes
Very much depends on who your email provider is. If you mother to read up and set the thing up properly then yes you can, quite easily. Even where you can't do it within the native app several email providers have their own apps that do exactly that and much more.
By all means list some of the other things you can't do on an iPhone. Chances are you can.
Posted on: 08 October 2012 by Dustysox
Whats my mother got to do with this!!!
I wasn't attacking the iphone, just pointing out one of the few features that I enjoyed with the Blackberry.
That's the point though, isn't it...can't be done with the native app.
Posted on: 08 October 2012 by Mike Hughes
Mother was a mis-print. Damn iPhone. I need a new one
Sorry but it can be done with the native app with a bit of tweaking. Google it.
Posted on: 09 October 2012 by Emil F
Note the high SAR of the iphone. I recommend the Pop phone retro handset as a partial solution.
Posted on: 09 October 2012 by Mike Hughes
As has been pointed out elsewhere
- the fuss over maps has already gone very quiet as it improves daily.
- some people are reporting a different type of glare with the camera.
- the radiation rating is slightly higher.
- some boredom with the operating system.
When these are the biggest issues I think you can surmise there's not that much wrong with the iPhone 5. As ever it's a personal choice.
Posted on: 28 October 2012 by northpole
I have ordered a 5, currently using a 4 where the contract expires at the beginning of November (now 2 years old). Orange wouldn't play ball until I obtained PAK code, followed next day by a call from someone who I must have forgotten was my best friend (NOT!). Still, I'll be getting a 32gb handset for £30 (instead of some prohibitive amount first quoted) and will have the opportunity to access the new 4g service, which I think will not be available on other networks (other than the 'twin' T mobile).
I could live without any of the above however, given the deal finally offered on the handset, I reckoned it was sensible to get a new phone as a risk mitigation measure in case the 4 croaked it 1 month outside contract!!
Peter
Posted on: 28 October 2012 by JamieWednesday
Have to say, I'm a convert...
Posted on: 28 October 2012 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by Mike Hughes:
O2 by a country mile. 1) UK coverage better than most other providers plus decent BT Openzone wi-fi most urban areas. 2) Better range of tariffs than other providers. 3) Willing to negotiate to wrestle you away from others and willing to do the same to keep you. 4) Something resembling customer service on those occasions when I have run into trouble. 5) O2 travel tariffs are straightforward. 6) Beyond my understanding why anyone would sign with 3 after you Google them. I left T-Mobile when iPhone first came out because after 8 years of increasing use on PAYG their attitude when I wanted to talk contract and iPhone was basically "screw you". Their coverage was also getting worse. 7) I have negotiated my tariff down from £36 plus VAT to £26 and got the phone cost down to £170.
Got to say I've been with 02 since the days when they were BT Cellnet and have always found them to be excellent.
They even gave me a free iPhone 4S back in August so I am quite happy with them 
Posted on: 30 October 2012 by Mike Hughes
Loving mine. Faster, larger and lighter. Spent 30 minutes with a Samsung on the bus. Even larger; needed two hands and felt cheap. Also seemed to make less use of the extra screen estate.
