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14/09/2012 15:58 | By Andy Hobsbawm, Contributor, MSN Tech & Gadgets
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iPhone 5 is finally here – but is it revolutionary?
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Evrythng.com founder and former FT columnist Andy Hobsbawm, self-confessed consumer tech geek and the guy responsible for starting the world's first international web agency, digs deeper into this week's biggest tech and gadget hit and misses.
Apple finally revealed the new iPhone 5 this week, with the usual frenzy of tech and mainstream media hype and excitement that accompanies the arrival of almost any new product from Cupertino. As expected from the barrage of online rumour beforehand, the new iPhone 5 is slimmer, features a bigger screen and a noticeably faster processor and 4G LTE mobile web functionality. But is it really, as Apple's minions would have us believe, 'revolutionary'?
Andy says: "So much about iPhone 5 was leaked this time, the bartender in the Dog and Duck could have told you what's in it. And it does feel more evolution than revolution. But Apple don't need to reinvent the wheel or add gimmicky features like Nokia's charging cushions - it has got a formula that works and for now its competition can only imitate."
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19/09/2012 10:09
*Shock* Microsoft News says the Wii U will struggle.
*Fact* Wii U sells out of pre-orders all over the world in 5 days.
Wonder what will be said about the new Xbox?
*Fact* Wii U sells out of pre-orders all over the world in 5 days.
Wonder what will be said about the new Xbox?
18/09/2012 20:06
Disagree with your statement about the Wii u and in general gaming console. Most of the smart phone play video game which are 20 years old. For me no smartphone can never replicate the experience of a video game. And personally I will really struggle to play a game such as Assassins creed on a smartphone.
If you were right companies like Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft would have shift toward this market already.
Also how could you explain a game like COD MW 3 make more profits than Avatar?
In my point of view, the PC like gaming console have still a lot of very good days ahead.
If you were right companies like Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft would have shift toward this market already.
Also how could you explain a game like COD MW 3 make more profits than Avatar?
In my point of view, the PC like gaming console have still a lot of very good days ahead.
16/09/2012 12:34
orange and T-mobile want to get the 3G service right first before going to 4G one day its on the next its gone i just want one that works right.
15/09/2012 21:11
Can any one explain why the iphone5 (64GB) is £175 more expensive in the UK than the US price
(£ = $1.55)? And if one were to buy the phone in the US would it work in UK/Europe or have crafty Apple engineered it to stop cross-border sales . Is this yet another case of 'Rip off Britain'.
14/09/2012 18:44
bigger screen? imitate? bigger price dont you mean and y not just name it iphone 4s plus?
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