The Official iPhone 5 Thread

good luck finding traction 9 months out of the year up there in the frozen tundra

Originally Posted by NOVAbimmer

good luck finding traction 9 months out of the year up there in the frozen tundra

That's what an AWD E46 with snow tires is for.

Originally Posted by SamDoe1

Yeah...yeah... I've vowed not to drop any more money into my car for mods and just keep up on the maintenance. It's time to save up for something more fast/fun and turn the E46 into winter beater status. I'm after something along the lines of your Mustang except with a bigger engine and a supercharger mounted on top of it.

5.0 over the Shelby. No question. The 5.0 is the better base motor.

Originally Posted by zhp43867

5.0 over the Shelby. No question. The 5.0 is the better base motor.

Not looking to mod. Just something that does it all out of the factory and with a warranty.

Anyway, this thread has gotten off topic and I'm not buying a new car for a few more years anyway.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Originally Posted by zhp43867

5.0 over the Shelby. No question. The 5.0 is the better base motor.

Eh, I'd take the 5.8 liter V8 out of the GT500 any day

Originally Posted by NOVAbimmer

Eh, I'd take the 5.8 liter V8 out of the GT500 any day

Traitor!

I heard the 5S is coming out in Q1 2013. Is it true? I will be fuucking livid if it is. I would've waited.

Originally Posted by zhp43867

Traitor!

Go play with your measly little three liters.

Originally Posted by Junaid

I heard the 5S is coming out in Q1 2013. Is it true? I will be fuucking livid if it is. I would've waited.

How are we to know? It's only a rumor.

It's not likely but it is possible.

Originally Posted by zhp43867

How are we to know? It's only a rumor.

It's not likely but it is possible.

By definition, if it didn't come out of 1 Infinity Loop, it's a rumor.

Originally Posted by Master Po

By definition, if it didn't come out of 1 Infinity Loop, it's a rumor.

Wow! Did you get a degree for that?

Originally Posted by Junaid

I heard the 5S is coming out in Q1 2013. Is it true? I will be fuucking livid if it is. I would've waited.

I would usually call BS, but Apple did surprise us with the iPad 4 early--and there have been manufacturing issues with the iphone 5. Since there is no way Apple is going to admit changes to the anodizing process/fixing the chipping/scuffing issues, they may just release the 5S early (which is going to be the 5 with a few minor changes and the scuffing improved). Possible changes I can see: LTE/Voice simultaneously, improved scuff resistance, and possibly faster chips if that is in the roadmap.

But that's all just speculation on my part. Who really knows.

^ LMAO 5S , you guys are toooooooo jokes

Originally Posted by someguy_99

^ LMAO 5S , you guys are toooooooo jokes

Did you graduate high school?

Originally Posted by alphawhiskey

I would usually call BS, but Apple did surprise us with the iPad 4 early--and there have been manufacturing issues with the iphone 5. Since there is no way Apple is going to admit changes to the anodizing process/fixing the chipping/scuffing issues, they may just release the 5S early (which is going to be the 5 with a few minor changes and the scuffing improved). Possible changes I can see: LTE/Voice simultaneously, improved scuff resistance, and possibly faster chips if that is in the roadmap.

But that's all just speculation on my part. Who really knows.

Ya I could care less about that. What I read online they are releasing it early to compete with the new Nexus and S4

Originally Posted by someguy_99

^ LMAO 5S , you guys are toooooooo jokes

What's so funny?

i HIGHLY doubt that they will release the 5s in Q1. if you follow apple over the past 10 or so years you'll notice that they really don't give a crap about competitions release dates. they tend to release things in pattern, everytime. given a few exceptions.
if they release the 5s i will be really really surprised.

Originally Posted by peytonracer4

i HIGHLY doubt that they will release the 5s in Q1. if you follow apple over the past 10 or so years you'll notice that they really don't give a crap about competitions release dates. they tend to release things in pattern, everytime. given a few exceptions.
if they release the 5s i will be really really surprised.

They do now. It may or may not be Q1, but i doubt they wait until September for another iphone, or ipad mini either for that matter. It's too much time to give the competition free reign, especially now that A) Windows phone 8 has come in to play, and B) the line between the polish of iOS and Android has blurred to the point of basically disappearing.

I'd guess June or so. Things have changed. In 08-09, competition was scrambling just to be decent. Not the case any more.


Anyways, being that it will probably be a 5S rather than a 6 means that it will be only a minor upgrade, not an earth shattering departure from the 5. Like Alpha said, simultaneous voice/data on Verizon, quad core, better coating. Maybe NFC? Just some spec bumps.

Originally Posted by jeffro3000

the line between the polish of iOS and Android has blurred to the point of basically disappearing.

I don't see a problem with them making more versions of devices, as long as the prices start to drop. Naturally, the prices on used apple products will drop as well. I don't know if this is the best thing for Apple business wise, but it's great for us. Isn't this something that Android fanbois complain about anyway?

Originally Posted by Junaid

Ya I could care less about that. What I read online they are releasing it early to compete with the new Nexus and S4

The 5 has no catching up to do next to the Nexus 4. Different strokes- but I very much doubt the Nexus 4 or any other specific phone that matter would be the reason it's released early.

Originally Posted by jeffro3000

They do now. It may or may not be Q1, but i doubt they wait until September for another iphone, or ipad mini either for that matter. It's too much time to give the competition free reign, especially now that A) Windows phone 8 has come in to play, and B) the line between the polish of iOS and Android has blurred to the point of basically disappearing.

I don't think they'd release it and cut into the 5's product cycle unless it was a big deal. And Android is not up to the polish of iOS, but it has caught up in enough other ways as to make Apple nervous.

The iPad Mini is already and will continue to crap on Android tablets from a sales perspective.

If they release a new iPhone early, it'll be something big that we didn't see coming. Offensive not defensive.

Originally Posted by zhp43867

The 5 has no catching up to do next to the Nexus 4. Different strokes- but I very much doubt the Nexus 4 or any other specific phone that matter would be the reason it's released early.



I don't think they'd release it and cut into the 5's product cycle unless it was a big deal. And Android is not up to the polish of iOS, but it has caught up in enough other ways as to make Apple nervous.

The iPad Mini is already and will continue to crap on Android tablets from a sales perspective.

If they release a new iPhone early, it'll be something big that we didn't see coming. Offensive not defensive.

I agree with you 100%. I owned both iPhones and Android devices and they are in no way similar. The Android OS is basically a computer where as iPhone is a simple device which lets you surf, take pictures, talk and message.

They need to upgrade the iOS to something more advanced where it lets you download songs and other things off the internet and have a download folder. I think microsoft office will help the iOS in being more advance.

If the iPhone 5s isn't released early next year I do think there will be a major software upgrade that will surprise majority of iphone users.