iPhone Hysteria

[Coligny]

... that iPhone® 5s, the most forward-thinking smartphone in the world, and iPhone 5c, the most colorful iPhone yet, will be available on the DOCOMO network beginning on Friday, September 20

No word yet on wether or not they can make proper phone calls or have wifi reception further than 1m from the base station... Not good...

(Fuck you IPhone 4s... Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you...)

[BigInJapan]

Let the 5S/5C parodies begin...

[Coligny]

Let the 5S/5C parodies begin...

Is it really a parody when just facts are stated ?
I mean, including the tictac remark aboot Shaq, all was quite spot on...

[American Oyaji]

Companies may add stuff ahead of Apple, but with the exception of the Apple Maps, typically, it runs smooth as butter and there are no complaints.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Companies may add stuff ahead of Apple, but with the exception of the Apple Maps, typically, it runs smooth as butter and there are no complaints.

iTunes fucked up my computer.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Companies may add stuff ahead of Apple, but with the exception of the Apple Maps, typically, it runs smooth as butter and there are no complaints.

iTunes fucked up my computer.

You're definitely not the first person I know who's said that.

[Coligny]

Companies may add stuff ahead of Apple, but with the exception of the Apple Maps, typically, it runs smooth as butter and there are no complaints.

For MacOSX and the Macintosh computers, definitely yes.

The IPod yes

The Ipad yes

The IPhone meanwhile have way too much hardware quircks. It's not a product where you get the best handset. It's just that buying an Iphone get you the least worst handset... That is totally inadmissible.

Now, maybe the 5/5s are better. But the 4/4s no matter the number sold are not what you can call flawless and without complaints...

[American Oyaji]

I had the 3gs. no complaints. I've got the 5. I've no complaints.
What are these quirks of which you speak?

[BigInJapan]

KDDI/AU will give you cash to trade-in your old iPhone (only back as far as the iPhone 4S).
iPhone 5 64GB is worth 28,000 yen, down to the iPhone 4S 16GB worth 15,000 yen
Article on Mainichi

[Coligny]

I had the 3gs. no complaints. I've got the 5. I've no complaints.
What are these quirks of which you speak?

4s softbank phone reception is a total lunacy
4s AU the wifi barely work when less than 2m from an access point.

[yanpa]

Tokyo Apple Store staff rescue iPhone-queueing fanbois from typhoon

Japan is being lashed by a deadly typhoon that has forced a half-million people from their homes in advance of its torrential rains, but there are a handful of lucky fanbois who are riding it out in the Apple Store in Tokyo's tony Ginza district.

Not to make light of the deadly seriousness that is Typhoon Man-yi, but in addition to wreaking havoc on central and northeast Honshu – Japan's main island – on Monday morning, it also presented a challenge to that country's most dedicated iPhone fanbois, who had begun lining up outside the Ginza store last Wednesday, hoping to be the first to get their hands on Apple's latest shiny-shiny when it goes on sale this Friday.

Man-yi put a crimp in their plans, drenching Tokyo's Ginza sidewalks, but Apple employees took pity upon them.

As the Japanese gamers' website Kotaku reports, at 7:30am yesterday, before Man-yi unleashed its full powers and before the store had opened, staffers let the half-dozen or so diehards who were still in line into the store – along with their dripping gear – then provided them with bottled water and allowed them to crash in the store's demo theater.

...more...

[Mike Oxlong]

iPhone 5 Touchscreen Is Faster Than Top Android Smartphones

[Samurai_Jerk]

[Coligny]

No "nnnnyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeessssssss" ??? what a waste of a good meme...

[Russell]

What's next?!?

Some hackers gaining access to it by a fake nipple?

(Angelina Jolie joke coming to mind...)

[Coligny]

Dear Apple...

15 software updates per day, a new Os non downgradeable that look like wobbly shit on a stick, a phone that need a 10 minutes shutdown reboot every other day to free memory. Software that are designed not for the user but to shit in the cereals of Google.

CAN WE STOP HAVING FUN NOW ?

pretty please ?

(thanks for bringing the user experience of Windows 95 to mobile phone users)

[IparryU]

Dear Apple...

15 software updates per day, a new Os non downgradeable that look like wobbly shit on a stick, a phone that need a 10 minutes shutdown reboot every other day to free memory. Software that are designed not for the user but to shit in the cereals of Google.

CAN WE STOP HAVING FUN NOW ?

pretty please ?

(thanks for bringing the user experience of Windows 95 to mobile phone users)

My lil brother works tech support at apple and he says the only solution to downgrade is to factory reset, but you are left with the os your phone was at originally.

Also, if you have an apple tv and want a new one, update it, let it break (soft brick), and they'll give you a new one.

some tablets are also soft bricking.

Sent from my SC-03E using Tapatalk 2

[Mike Oxlong]

Japanese Carrier DoCoMo Experiences Record Loss in Subscribers as iPhone 5s Shortages Continue

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo sustained a record loss of 66,800 subscribers for the month of September, with the drop attributed to a lack of stock of the new iPhone 5s, reports Reuters. Rival Japanese carriers Softbank and KDDI saw gains of 270,700 and 232,700 subscribers respectively, according to Bloomberg, with all three carriers offering the iPhone 5s free on contract through special promotions...

[yanpa]

Okaaay... after 5+ years of avoiding having a sumaho (I carry enough internet-enabled gizmoid stuff around as it is), I was presented with a "5S" at work which I didn't really want because it's for their benefit not mine, anyway it was almost ripped out of my hands by my coworkers who barely managed to restrain themselves from bukkakkeing over it in their excitement.

FFS, it's basically an iPod you can telephone and mobilly internet with (if you like squinting at a small screen).

Damn, I must be getting old.

[Russell]

I know of several people who canceled their smafo contracts because the monthly fee is so high.

I, for one, do not even consider it, because the display is too small.

The map applications are convenient, though...

[yanpa]

I know of several people who canceled their smafo contracts because the monthly fee is so high.

I remain fascinated by the range of people who have these things, especially children.

I, for one, do not even consider it, because the display is too small.

Yup, my main complaint.

The map applications are convenient, though...

Indeed...

Anyway, the thing seems to work pretty much as advertised, dunno why people are complaining so much.

[Coligny]

I know of several people who canceled their smafo contracts because the monthly fee is so high.

I remain fascinated by the range of people who have these things, especially children.

I, for one, do not even consider it, because the display is too small.

Yup, my main complaint.

The map applications are convenient, though...

Indeed...

Anyway, the thing seems to work pretty much as advertised, dunno why people are complaining so much.

sHit...

even after searching I can't find more or less to say...

Make me a place in the TV room for the next rerun of Mattlock after the nurse change my adult diapers...

[yanpa]

sHit...

even after searching I can't find more or less to say...

Make me a place in the TV room for the next rerun of Mattlock after the nurse change my adult diapers...

¿que?

[wagyl]

He's from Verdun.....

[Coligny]

sHit...

even after searching I can't find more or less to say...

Make me a place in the TV room for the next rerun of Mattlock after the nurse change my adult diapers...

¿que?

It's a "get off my lawn" / "retirement home" joke... Mattlock being a favorit TV show for this kind of audience, just ask Greji...

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(I know, It's Derrick... but it trigger the same kind of excitement...)

[Coligny]

New IPad... Air...

Should have been called "IPad It's getting hard to give a fuck"

Still no watch.
Still no new standard for automotive head units integration...

COME ON APPLE...

Do something, stop wanking on previous glory.

At least... try...

[IparryU]

New IPad... Air...

Should have been called "IPad It's getting hard to give a fuck"

Still no watch.
Still no new standard for automotive head units integration...

COME ON APPLE...

Do something, stop wanking on previous glory.

At least... try...

with all that cash AAPL is hoarding... dont know why they cant make something... new...

[yanpa]

Jesus Christ, we're now all walking around with mobile communicators which have screens so hi-res you can't see the pixels, which enable you to contact pretty much anyone anywhere on the planet, and also give you virtually free access to vast amounts of knowledge and information as well as huge swathes of free entertainment, and you're still all bitching?

[nikoneko]

They promised us flying cars. I want my flying car.

[wagyl]

with all that cash AAPL is hoarding... dont know why they cant make something... new...

The cash is having a Caribbean holiday. If it gets repatriated, the tax burden is
too much
the same as any other corporation
more than they would prefer to pay
more than it costs to hire lobbyists to campaign for an exemption on tax on repatriated funds.
I got it right eventually.