Here at last.
Of course, I won’t buy it, and I just realized there are multiple reasons.
- although I am dazzled as the next guy by the 3D maps, they are a living room show-off toy; when I really need directions I need them fast, clear and reliable. Google wins hands down, the decision of booting them off is suicidal, very “old IBM” or “old Microsoft”-like;
- the battery life of the iPhone 5 sucks just like every other smartphone’s (BTW, THAT would be the only thing to make me reconsider, ever!) but with an iPhone I cannot carry a spare;
- I do not want to be completely assimilated in the RDF beamed by Apple. I need to be as conversant with Android as I am with iOS/OS X
- my pre-owned Samsung Galaxy SII = EUR 199; iPhone 5 = EUR 729 (all the way up to 949 !!)
Point #4 is also my answer to all the people carping about how outrageously expensive the iPhone 5 is: you DON’T HAVE to buy it, did you know that?
I totally agree, but until #Mapplegate the iPhone won hands down for useability. I got around the price through buying my fanboy friend’s ‘old’ iPhone the week the new one comes out, but without my Kensington battery case the thirsty iPhone is impractical.