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WebFire

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Sep 18, 2012 9:03am

wes_mantooth;1273981 wrote:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/8-things-the-iphone-5-still-can-t-do.html

Really the only thing in that list that would bother me is the built-in battery. Such a stupid thing to do.

justincredible

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Sep 18, 2012 9:21am

WebFire;1273956 wrote:

I lol'd.

justincredible

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Sep 18, 2012 9:28am

WebFire;1273995 wrote:Really the only thing in that list that would bother me is the built-in battery. Such a stupid thing to do.

I kinda agree with this. Question, how much thickness would having a replaceable battery add? I'm guessing it would add a bit since they would have to add some sort of casing so other internals aren't exposed. I never had issues with the battery on my 3G so I'm not too worried about it, though.

Swype is overrated. It was cool at first but it almost never gets it right on the first try at this point.

NFC would be nice but probably not something I'd use much. Who knows, maybe I'd use it a ton if I had it. Not a make or break thing for me.

SD card would be nice, but again, would probably add bulk to the phone. I won't eat through the 16GB anyway. I don't put a ton of music or movies on my phone.

sherm03

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Sep 18, 2012 9:34am

justincredible;1274015 wrote:I kinda agree with this. Question, how much thickness would having a replaceable battery add? I'm guessing it would add a bit since they would have to add some sort of casing so other internals aren't exposed. I never had issues with the battery on my 3G so I'm not too worried about it, though.

Swype is overrated. It was cool at first but it almost never gets it right on the first try at this point.

NFC would be nice but probably not something I'd use much. Who knows, maybe I'd use it a ton if I had it. Not a make or break thing for me.

SD card would be nice, but again, would probably add bulk to the phone. I won't eat through the 16GB anyway. I don't put a ton of music or movies on my phone.

SD Card doesn't add any bulk. The Droid RAZR is the thinnest smartphone at 7.1mm and it has an SD card slot.

But the removable battery does add a lot of thickness. That's why most OEM's are going to non-removable batteries. Samsung and Motorola have already done it, and HTC will have a phone with a non-removable battery very soon.

I really like the HDMI capabilities on phones now. I never thought I would use it, but now I have access to Netflix streaming in my bedroom by just hooking my phone to my TV and accessing the Netflix app. That's also really nice to have when I go traveling. Every hotel I go in, I hook up my phone and watch Netflix.

ernest_t_bass

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Sep 18, 2012 9:40am

sherm03;1274025 wrote:SD Card doesn't add any bulk. The Droid RAZR is the thinnest smartphone at 7.1mm and it has an SD card slot.

But the removable battery does add a lot of thickness. That's why most OEM's are going to non-removable batteries. Samsung and Motorola have already done it, and HTC will have a phone with a non-removable battery very soon.

I really like the HDMI capabilities on phones now. I never thought I would use it, but now I have access to Netflix streaming in my bedroom by just hooking my phone to my TV and accessing the Netflix app. That's also really nice to have when I go traveling. Every hotel I go in, I hook up my phone and watch Netflix.

Just take your Apple TV, duh.

wes_mantooth

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Sep 18, 2012 9:46am

The sd card is the only thing that I would want. Not worried about the other

Raw Dawgin' it

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Sep 19, 2012 2:33pm

wes_mantooth;1274040 wrote:The sd card is the only thing that I would want. Not worried about the other

Even that isn't a big deal since you can store things on the cloud.

like_that

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Sep 19, 2012 2:40pm

When is the ios6 supposed to come out?

TedSheckler

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Sep 19, 2012 2:41pm

It's been out for almost 2 hours.

Settings>General>Software Update

End of Line

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Sep 19, 2012 3:04pm

like_that;1275201 wrote:When is the ios6 supposed to come out?

Been out since 1pm. I suggest hooking your iPhone up to Itunes so the process doesn't take as long.

imex99

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Sep 19, 2012 3:06pm

Took forever to upgrade my wife's 4s OTA.

like_that

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Sep 19, 2012 3:09pm

TedSheckler;1275203 wrote:It's been out for almost 2 hours.

Settings>General>Software Update

End of Line;1275223 wrote:Been out since 1pm. I suggest hooking your iPhone up to Itunes so the process doesn't take as long.

Thanks for the heads up. I am at work and can't download it without a wifi connection. How long did it take thru iTunes?

Commander of Awesome

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Sep 19, 2012 3:28pm

like_that;1275232 wrote:Thanks for the heads up. I am at work and can't download it without a wifi connection. How long did it take thru iTunes?/ETB

FIFY

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Sep 19, 2012 3:33pm

like_that;1275232 wrote:Thanks for the heads up. I am at work and can't download it without a wifi connection. How long did it take thru iTunes?

About 15 minutes or so.

ernest_t_bass

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Sep 19, 2012 3:39pm

Commander of Awesome;1275244 wrote:FIFY

Yeah no

like_that

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Sep 19, 2012 3:56pm

ernest_t_bass;1275256 wrote:Yeah no

Yeah I thought it was a reach too.

fish82

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Sep 19, 2012 4:15pm

Updated both my iP4 and iPad to 6 in about 25 minutes. It's looking pretty nice so far.

sleeper

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Sep 19, 2012 5:13pm

I updated my iPad, my iPod Touch, my iPod Nano, my iPhone 5, my iTunes, and my iMac.

Hope this helps.

ernest_t_bass

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Sep 19, 2012 9:53pm

Meh

bases_loaded

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Sep 19, 2012 10:45pm

So when I deactivate my Thunderbolt, will it still work as an android tablet with wifi? I ask because I lost my Roku remote and have an app on my Thunderbolt that runs the roku through wifi...when the 5 my service will end on the bolt, will it still be useful as a roku remote? I was going to sell it on ebay, but they are going for like 50 bucks

hoops23

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Sep 19, 2012 11:12pm

bases_loaded;1275547 wrote:So when I deactivate my Thunderbolt, will it still work as an android tablet with wifi? I ask because I lost my Roku remote and have an app on my Thunderbolt that runs the roku through wifi...when the 5 my service will end on the bolt, will it still be useful as a roku remote? I was going to sell it on ebay, but they are going for like 50 bucks

The device itself will still be fully functional, you just won't be able to use the phone functions.

fish82

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Sep 20, 2012 6:44am

sleeper;1275303 wrote:I updated my iPad, my iPod Touch, my iPod Nano, my iPhone 5, my iTunes, and my iMac.

Hope this helps.

You should buy an Apple product. Maybe you'd be more fun.

Raw Dawgin' it

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Sep 20, 2012 7:56am

Verizon has pushed new orders back to October 5th now.

What're peoples statuses on here who pre ordered?

bases_loaded

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Sep 20, 2012 8:31am

How do you check?

Raw Dawgin' it

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Sep 20, 2012 8:37am

bases_loaded;1275684 wrote:How do you check?

When i pre-ordered i got an email and in the email there was a link that said check order status.

Let me know if this works for you. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/orderstatus/OrderStatusForm