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yeah .. and LG havent launched their WP8 device right?
Added on September 13, 2012, 12:58 pmhaha Forbes has the sharpest words for iPhone 5 lol
the article even put L920 with i5 pics
Jobs is lucky he is not here to see this!!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/...comes-up-short/Apple Plays Catch-Up With 'iPhone 5' But Still Comes Up ShortQUOTE
The general consensus after today’s iPhone 5 event can be best summed up by the word “meh.” If you prefer non-internet slang, perhaps “lackluster” will suffice.
Or, as Wired puts it, the iPhone 5 is “completely amazing and totally boring.”
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While analysts are projecting stronger sales – largely due to Apple’s recent patent win over Samsung – the new iPhone looks almost quaint compared to some of its rivals, both in terms of features and design.
New features like 4G LTE have been present in non-iOS devices for some time now, and the new iPhone camera and camera features, including panoramic photos, are late to the game.
Meanwhile, with upcoming phones like the Nokia Lumia 920 on the horizon, the smartphone wars appear to be taking a new shape.
Apple may have won an important lawsuit and given Android a run for its money in the courts, but in terms of innovation, the iPhone 5 appears to be more safe bet than anything.
The mobile market is changing and innovating faster than almost any other tech sector. With increasingly larger screens such as the 4.5″ Lumia 920, or the 4.8″ Samsung Galaxy S3, the new 4″ iPhone 5 screen hardly pushes any envelopes.
Hybrid “phoneblets” like the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 boast 5.5″ screens and come with a neat S pen stylus.
Nor has Apple boosted its smartphone’s resolution, pitting the new iPhone against a higher resolution, higher DPI screen in the new Lumia.
In terms of design, while the iPhone 5 is longer, slimmer, and much lighter than its predecessors, it’s simply nowhere near as exciting or colorful as the Lumia line. Perhaps the safe bet here is the right one for Apple – if it’s not broken, don’t fix it – but however classy looking the iPhone 5 may be, it won’t turn heads like it once did.
Apple may not have ceded ground to the competition, and the iPhone 5 will almost certainly sell extremely well, but the fact is this time around Apple is playing catch-up to firms like Nokia and Samsung.
This may be a sign that Apple’s greatest strength is ultimately also its greatest weakness.
While iOS remains a terrific mobile operating system, and Apple’s singular control over its hardware give it uniformity and important quality assurance, the crowded and at times over-fractured Android market has caught up fast in terms of both software and hardware innovation.
With a third player in Windows Phone 8 just rearing its head, the competition has begun to heat up for Apple, especially with neat innovations coming from Nokia like wireless charging pillows.
Meanwhile, the “console quality” graphics in the iPhone 5 will neither revolutionize touchscreen gaming or stay ahead of the competition. The rapid speed of mobile graphics improvements will ensure that the next round of high-end phones easily outsrips the iPhone 5.
Whether it’s possible for Apple to out-innovate and out-compete the rest of the pack remains an open question, and to be fair to Apple, they’ve proven time and again that they can overcome long odds by essentially creating markets out of near-to-thin air.
But if today’s Apple Event is any indication, Apple will need to do more than just play catch-up if it wants to remain king of the smartphone hill.
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