New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

but then vahid would have to buy a new case

I'm mostly worried that Apple will now stop giving a shit if anything runs well on a single-core CPU.

And you know, buy a Kindle Fire instead! ;)

which is stupid, there is a principle at work in not buying a new case

cases serve absolutely no purpose at all

indeed, so why constantly change them.

Does the 4s vs 5 matter technically? Not a bit. Does it matter in terms of status signifier? Hugely, and you'd expect Apple to be aware of that.

See, this is the bullshit of physical design versus technical capability. Apple manufactures the same form factor for laptops for years, until a significant technological change is afoot or they think it warrants a redesign, and very few complain when their new laptop is the same as the old one.

To me, it doesn't matter a bit whether the 4s looks like the 4, only that it is technologically up-to-date. I mean, in an ideal world, the best fucking Apple phone design ever would happen and we'd spend the rest of our lives taking it in to have the internals swapped out with better once, or to have them repaired when they went bad. That is the timeless design you're speaking of.

To me, the fact that cars change their designs not to accomodate new technology or to be safer or more aerodynamic, etc. is due to a consumer obsession with novelty. I mean, no one wants a 1998 Ford Taurus forever (and the Taurus was the poster child of keeping the same design for a loooong time), but if I could get the design of a Citroen or whatever with the newest engine and tech....

The flip side is it that people who actually know shit about iPhones will recognize the superiority of a 4s in some way, and differentiate them from the plebeians who think you just have an iPhone 4. It's the technology version of people who recognize that some high-end shoe is not the same as a department store knockoff.

BTW has anyone confirmed if the 4s uses the same cases as the 4? That'd be nice.

^^ the only person on ILX who understands me

Do you ever feel mildly annoyed that you're wearing really sweet jeans that will last forever and you can wear their selvedge selves every day and dude on the sidewalk can't tell the diff and then you run into some girl who knows and you have a convo on aesthetics? See these things count.

Also, fuck Apple for this skeumorphic design shit on the Calendar app imo

Also the iOS 5 Music app (no more iPod app!) on the iPad seems to have a little wooden rail on either side that isn't AS BAD but still grates

Apple is offering up to $200 in trade in for your iPhone 4. I bought the iPhone 4 on release, can upgrade for $18 + cost of phone minus the trade in/recycle buy back from Apple. Seems like i'm going to be getting the new model for about $50-100 bucks. Not a bad deal, imo.

My 3gs looks like it went through a small battle so it's probably not worth much these days. I may try to sell it!

my 3GS has a cracked plastic back :[

hurl it at a brick wall

i played with the silent switch one too many times on my 3GS, now it just vibrates all the time for no reason

steve jobs just died

http://twitter.com/AP/statuses/121730495347294208

:(

Fuck cancer.

Also, fuck Apple for this skeumorphic design shit on the Calendar app imo

Probably ironic to say at this juncture (rip) but the Find My Friends app thingo has the same faux-leatherette rubbish theme going, ugh. Just amazing that they think it's a good look, especially after the Games Centre backlash.

does anyone have any thoughts on verizon vs. sprint vs. att?

base-level plan looks like $90 for verizon (thats... a lot), $80 for sprint (unlimited data), right now im on att at around $70/mo (200 mb/mo), but it sucks

Those prices are fucking insane.

Have you ever measured your data for a month (in the settings) to see how much you use? If you don't use video or whatever 200MB might be plenty.

yeah i keep my data under 200 MB on ATT pretty easily

otoh it sucks

iPhone might be Apple's biggest markup yet. When you compare the price of an unlocked handset to a not-that-different iPod Touch, or an iPad, it doesn't work out well. 64gb 4s is not far off a MacBook Air!

I used 2.7 Gb last month somehow

iphone contracts in britain seem so much cheaper than elsewhere. they are obv nuts in the u.s. i thought that was just down to the relative lack of competition, but it's pretty much the same in germany.

awaiting o2s tariffs with bated breath

I have the early Verizon plan w/ unlimited data, 450 minutes, 250 txts and I spend about 97/mo. I don't think I've ever used close to a gig.

if all was equal id switch with verizon but thats an extra $480 over two years so that i can get better service.

sprint would be an extra $240 for better service, but who knows how well their 3g network will be able to handle all the iphones

i suppose the argument to switch to verizon now is that they have the best 4G service and i want to be locked in at these rates when the LTE iphone drops

Just under halfway through the month and I've used.... Good lord! 1.43MB!

how often do people here go over 200MB? i can apparently get that + free weekend calls for €15/month

whoa the two major networks here are selling the 4S unlocked, so you get the contract discount but you can still put in another sim when overseas (which was the reason i was planning to buy from apple)

My usage last year seems to have often gone over 500MB/month, this year it's down to 50 on average. Probably 'cause I used to use Spotify at work over 3G, now I use the work wifi.

Guess I'm working from home next Friday to wait for my phone delivery.

a $200 credit on the 4 makes the upgrade much more sensible (there is no way I am not getting the largest GB possible when I do eventually upgrade)

So many gee bees

so nobody has really strong feelings about verizon sprint or att im guessing

I only know AT&T, which is mostly reliable in Boston

I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO MAKE THIS DECISION FOR ME

I've been on the same network since 1997 (Cellular One -> Cingular -> AT&T) so my answer is "stick with AT&T because they're really all the same"

I switched to Verizon shortly after they got the iphone 4 and have been happy. I think there was once I wish I could surf and talk at the same time but I can deal with once every six months or so. I had AT&T before that but not the iphone; the number of dropped calls and dead spots every time I went to NYC is what made me switch, because it looked for a while that I'd end up moving there. Now that I'm in Dallas (the home of AT&T) I realize I could have stayed with them, but I've had no problems with Verizon since arriving here so I don't need to switch back.

I don't like Verizon, for no particular reason, and Sprint is kind of a toss-up for me and I'm already on AT&T... so I stuck there for now.

yeah see i am in NYC and i am not a huge fan of the dropped calls thing

I'd go to whichever network has more of your friends/family on it

^^Good call on that. My whole family is on Verizon which is definitely a plus.

My whole family is on Verizon, so that's crucial, and I'm in NY and Verizon reception is totally fine.

yeah but it costs $1m a month

i think i might just move to vermont and go off the grid instead of making a decision

A couple bucks more and I've never had a dropped call.