The iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch circlejerk thread

[LeftyHoges]

Which iphone/s are these, some appalling stats

To have LTE it has to be the iPhone 5.

[Ferrins]

What started as me pulling James' chain has resulted in me going from no phone for the last 4 years to buying an iphone 3(Moe Norman),iphone 4(Funz) and a ipad 3g(LeftyHooges).

[kev]

Ferrins, I have this plot of land on the moon...

[Ferrins]

And you keep hitting at it with your drives.

[kev]

I'll pay that one

[markTHEblake]

Thanks for the updates Leftyhoges, would never have known otherwise....

I see value in the Mini, I think the iPad is too big might as well get a netbook.
but then again, if you have an iphone why get any ipad

[Mububban]

But it's not under $300, is it?

Silly me for seeing the USD$329 price and thinking that'd be AUD$320. Of course they've jacked the price to bring it here. At least this is a physical item that needs shipping as opposed to iTunes charging more for digital content.

Chart comparing US and Oz pricing:

[markTHEblake]

Apple is selling them in Australia almost the same price asin the USA. Did you forget that there is a 10% tax included here?

[golfbound]

how fast is everyones internet i think mine is pretty slow here im still on normal ADSL as i can't get ADSL2 here

[markTHEblake]

Faster than mine by about 1/3

[virge666]

how fast is everyones internet i think mine is pretty slow here im still on normal ADSL as i can't get ADSL2 here

Thatis absolutley fine !

They grade is D plus when compared to overseas... out web sux compared to overseas.

Your a bit slow on the upload - but apart form that ... tis fine

[Mububban]

how fast is everyones internet i think mine is pretty slow here im still on normal ADSL as i can't get ADSL2 here

I'm lucky to get 3.5mbps

[MegaWatty]

Thatis absolutley fine !

They grade is D plus when compared to overseas... out web sux compared to overseas.

Your a bit slow on the upload - but apart form that ... tis fine

And then we go and spend crap loads on a network that will be obsolete once it's completely rolled out. So clever, we are.

[Mububban]

The NBN? How is FTTH going to be obsolete? What should it be instead?

[kev]

iPad mini isn't bad at all.

[Jarro]

iPad mini isn't bad at all.

Really ??

We want to buy the kids one each for Chrissy.

[kev]

Really ??

We want to buy the kids one each for Chrissy.

I got the 16G wifi. The screen is a tad better than the iPad2, and I haven't noticed any lag when doing anything. Even Infinty Blade plays smoothly.

Nice and light to hold. Will get the kids to test drive it next time they are with me.

[MegaWatty]

The NBN? How is FTTH going to be obsolete? What should it be instead?

Brand new LTE networks are already running at close to 100mbs. When the NBN is rolled out in 5 years where will wireless be?

[MegaWatty]

Really ??We want to buy the kids one each for Chrissy.

Both of my kids have one sitting under my desk for Christmas.

[markTHEblake]

Brand new LTE networks are already running at close to 100mbs. When the NBN is rolled out in 5 years where will wireless be?

New technologies are always fast until everyone gets on it. The eventual issues with LTE will be the same as any other wireless or local network, the backhauls will be the bottleneck.

[Chris32]

I've had a i5 for 3 days now, my i4 spat the dummy on Sunday and after taking the back off the battery clip/logic board connection had failed on the solder, it just dropped straight off. Probably will fix it when I can find someone to do it or a cheap logic board.

So far happy with the 5, battery life seems OK, I charge it up before I leave work and I have about half left by the time I get into work the next day. I listen to audiobooks/music via bluetooth for 2 hours (hour each way to work)

Data usage seems inline with my previous phone, except when playing with the 3D maps over the LTE, I used around 100mb in a little over 20mins.

Happy so far

[mudrat]

I had a massive spike in use the other day, only thing I pinpoint it to was use of the maps. I know not not to use that!

[LeftyHoges]

Hmm... Seems I used about 90MB navigating my way through the city on Saturday using 4G. That was a little bit of web browsing but mainly maps, I presume.

Interesting. You wouldn't want to use your phone to navigate your way through the city every day...

[Chris32]

For navigation, I've been using the Whereis app

Its just a basic map, but it will give you directions via Audio, even while playing music. Doesn't seem to use much data, I use it all the time.

[LeftyHoges]

For navigation, I've been using the Whereis app

Its just a basic map, but it will give you directions via Audio, even while playing music. Doesn't seem to use much data, I use it all the time.

Ended up reverting to this too. Especially seeing as Apple Maps don't do turn-by-turn directions yet.