Iphone 5 announced

[Rajiv]

Very nice detailed review http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/09/23/iphone-5-review/

[Crookbond]

iPhone 5 owners report scuffs and scratches out of the box

The source of the scuffs (pictured below) is anyone’s guess, but as All Things D points out, the iPhone 5’s case is made out of anodized (i.e., coated) aluminum, which, while being lighter than the stainless steel used in the iPhone 4 and 4S, is also softer and appears to be more susceptible to scratching.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/24/3381462/iphone-5-scuff-damage-aluminum

[StriKe]

Apple Aggressively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Staff To Build Out iOS Maps

Apple is going after people with experience working on Google Maps to develop its own product, according to a source with connections on both teams. Using recruiters, Apple is pursuing a strategy of luring away Google Maps employees who helped develop the search giant’s product on contract, and many of those individuals seem eager to accept due in part to the opportunity Apple represents to build new product, instead of just doing “tedious updates” on a largely complete platform.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/23/source-apple-aggressively-recruiting-ex-google-maps-staff-to-build-out-ios-maps/

[StriKe]

iPhone 5 owners report WiFi issues, faults with Apple's new phone

A 23-page thread in Apple's forum discusses an issue with WiFi on the iPhone 5. One Apple forum poster claims that an AppleCare representative has told them that Apple is aware of the issue, but has not yet come up with a fix. According to that post: “I asked if it was hardware or software related and she said the WPA2 issue seems to be software based and the non-connecting issue may be hardware based, but that they are still trying to identify the cause.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/news/?newsid=3400074&pagtype=allchandate

[Crookbond]

iPhone 5 First Weekend Sales Top Five Million http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/09/24iPhone-5-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-Five-Million.html

Apple® today announced it has sold over five million of its new iPhone® 5, just three days after its launch on September 21, and more than 100 million iOS devices have been updated with iOS 6, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. iPhone 5 is available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK, and will be available in 22 more countries on September 28 and more than 100 countries by the end of the year. Demand for iPhone 5 exceeded the initial supply and while the majority of pre-orders have been shipped to customers, many are scheduled to be shipped in October. “Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and we are working hard to get an iPhone 5 into the hands of every customer who wants one as quickly as possible,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “While we have sold out of our initial supply, stores continue to receive iPhone 5 shipments regularly and customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date. We appreciate everyone’s patience and are working hard to build enough iPhone 5s for everyone.”

[rkt.india]

IPhone misses forecast, Apple shares dip

Apple's figure includes sales from wireless carriers, retail outlets, Apple stores and online orders that customers have received, said Brian Marshall, an analyst at ISI Group. It excludes early orders from Apple's online store that haven't been delivered, he said. "Units in transit could be in the millions currently," said Marshall, who had anticipated sales of 6 million to 8 million phones.

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/IPhone-misses-forecast-Apple-shares-dip-3890938.php Yaha bhi Astrologers. :giggle:

[Desi Cartman]

#1. There is an issue with maps but I have used it for the last few days and find the routing and traffic to e way better than google. #2. Yes there is an issue with connecting or I should say disconnecting :P but that has to be an OS issue as I also lose WIFI connection at work.

[Crookbond]

For some reason' date=' Apple is still not approving the new Google maps for iPhone. May be they will first fix their own maps and then allow Google. They don't want to look bad in front of Google maps.[/quote'] Rumor verified http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE88O07U20120925?irpc=932

[Rajiv]

:giggle::giggle: eRKIWfE6Fws#!

[Yoda-esque]

upgraded to iOS6 on my iPad...seems the same..except for Siri. downloaded the Asphalt game..99c ..awesome game

[anotherhawkeye]

^ the new alarm + world clock is awesome.

[Laaloo]

upgraded to iOS6 on my iPad...seems the same..except for Siri. downloaded the Asphalt game..99c ..awesome game

I have that game for my blackberry playbook. Sick graphics B->

[diga]

For those interested in Chip Engineering, here is the teardown report from iSuppli for iPhone 5 ...The BOM + manufacturing cost (not including the R&D costs) is about 208$ which gives Apple an whooping margin of about 70% iSuppli Teardown

[rkt.india]

Whole shipment of iPhone 5s stolen from French airport

Just before the Japanese launch of the iPhone 5, three stores were robbed of a total of 191 units. Then about a week ago, an employee of a London O2 store made off with an entire shipment of 250 iPhone 5s, which are worth about Ž£100,000. Now thereÃÔ a report that on Tuesday there was yet another major iPhone 5 theft, which occurred in France. The number of units stolen wasnÃÕ confirmd, but the whole thing played out like a heist movie. The iPhone 5 shipment was being loaded on a plane at Marignane airport when three armed robbers blocked the vehicle used to load the plane with two BMWs. The gunmen then forced the driver to follow the two cars and a Renault Master that lead the way. About 10km down the road, the robbers stopped and loaded the shipment (which also included a number of Apple laptops) in the van. After they were done, they set the airportÃÔ truck on fire and drove off. The police investigating is ongoing. Note: the image above is not an actual photo of the incident, just a photo of something being loaded on a plane with a quickly photoshopped Apple logo.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/whole-shipment-of-iphone-5s-stolen-from-french-airport/ :hysterical:

[Crookbond]

Apple-Google Maps Talks Crashed Over Voice-Guided Directions

But multiple sources familiar with Apple’s thinking say the company felt it had no choice but to replace Google Maps with its own, because of a disagreement over a key feature: Voice-guided turn-by-turn driving directions. Spoken turn-by-turn navigation has been a free service offered through Google’s Android mobile OS for a few years now. But it was never part of the deal that brought Google’s Maps to iOS. And sources say Apple very much wanted it to be. Requiring iPhone users to look directly at handsets for directions and manually move through each step — while Android users enjoyed native voice-guided instructions — put Apple at a clear disadvantage in the mobile space. And having chosen Google as its original mapping partner, the iPhone maker was now in a position where an archrival was calling the shots on functionality important to the iOS maps feature set.

http://allthingsd.com/20120926/apple-google-maps-talks-crashed-over-voice-guided-directions/?

[Rajiv]

I have that game for my blackberry playbook. Sick graphics B->

Its for .25 cents - Google 25 Billion Downloads Play store Special https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_celebrate_25_billion

[Crookbond]

THE APPLE MAPS NON-CONTROVERSY

Given the lack of certainty over Google's intentions, it's certainly interesting to see such a confirmation stem from the New York Times. At the same time, however, this continued puppetry and journalistic repetition has shifted from a harmless nuisance into a bothersome and pointless spectacle. Beyond the true issue at hand, whether Apple's mapping solution is good enough or not, the sheer volume of impotent, unentertaining, and link-bait riddled coverage has become hard to bear. Perhaps Apple Maps is somewhat lacking at this time, particularly with regard to the highly-touted Flyover functionality. But, in my experience, stripping away such cosmetic niceties and using Apple Maps purely for topographical information, Apple Maps is not the stunted entity it has been made out to be. Outside of the Apple versus Google circus, I prefer to focus on the fact that Apple is attempting to innovate in an area of the industry that has been more-or-less monopolized by Google. Although Apple's solution may not quite match up to Google's at this point, I take great solace in the mere fact that it is, in fact, seeking to build a superior product. The vast majority of armchair commentators seem to have altogether forgotten that Google's Maps for iOS was often extraordinarily sub-par. Lacking any significant infrastructural updates like turn-by-turn directions for the entirety of their five year residency in iOS, Google's solution was utterly and irrefutably stagnant. Having dealt with Google Maps on Android a very great deal, it's clear that the company had plenty more to offer the iOS user. For whatever reason, such benefits were never shared with Apple's devices. If I were an Apple executive and I watched as a company I had an agreement with provided a superior product elsewhere, but a lackluster product solely to me, I'd certainly begin to make alternate plans as well. Political reasons aside, however, the matter simply boils down to the fact that Apple has sought to create an experience befitting of its discerning consumer base. Google had failed to offer meaningful improvements to the end-user and, in turn, Apple undertook the extraordinary task of building a complete topographical, three-dimensionally rendered, and vector-driven mapping solution for its users. Many have been quick to identify such a maneuver as the outcome of Apple's tireless desire to exert granular control over the entirety of the iOS experience. Perhaps that's an accurate observation, but given the fact that such an extensive exertion of control has characterized the iOS experience for the entirety of its lifetime, I tend to reside on the side of optimism. The exertion of control is the differentiating factor between Apple and its competitors, and it may well be the primary reason for the affability and enjoyment rendered by the software experience it provides. Although Jelly Bean offers a (mostly) smooth, robust, and utterly capable experience, the lack of control over the platform has led to consumer confusion, stuttering animations, and a laughable lack of up-to-date hardware devices across the Android ecosystem. For Apple, control allows for the creation and sustenance of a beautiful consumer-facing experience — something which you can hardly fault it for. Simply put, Apple specializes in the creation of experientially better products than its competitors. Although Apple Maps may not quite be complete and finished, it is, however, free, attractive, ambitious, and purpose-built for the well-designed Apple hardware we're all so passionate about. So, rather than descend into a nattering echo-chamber of self-serving negativity, perhaps we might look at the bigger picture. Competition is an irrefutably good thing for the marketplace, and Apple's desire to produce something measurably better is undeserving of our petty belittlement. I, for one, am excited for Apple to create an experientially superior product to that of its competitors — a process which is systemic to the very identity of the Cupertino giant. The product isn't quite there yet, but, looking back, what Apple product has ever been perfect in its first iteration?

http://one37.net/26/9/2012/the-apple-maps-non-controversy

[ganeshran]

^ Fluff piece. Whatever may be the reasons behind Apple's dumping google maps, it should have waited till its own product was mature enough to compete with Google, maybe as a standalone app in iOS 6.

[Crookbond]

^ No product is mature enough at first launch - fact.

[ganeshran]

The problem isnt that Apple maps isnt mature enough. It is that Apple threw away a much better product to force users to use their own. If they had released Apple maps as an app and accommodated both Google maps and their own solution till it was good enough, users wouldn't have complained.