Haven't heard of anyone having problems with them. iirc they don't cover lost/stolen devices though.

5/17/2012 9:30:38 AM

I'm mostly worried about the wife dropping it and cracking the screen

5/17/2012 9:31:46 AM

so looks like 4" screen pretty much confirmed.

I hope this thing comes out soon. Looking forward to getting some 4G speeds.

5/17/2012 10:42:44 AM

If only we had even a vague idea of when the next iphone will be released...

5/17/2012 2:57:04 PM

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"so looks like 4" screen pretty much confirmed."

Because one source rumored it and then every tech blog on the planet reposted it?

Haptic feedback on the iPad 3 was "pretty much confirmed" there for a while until it wasn't. And lots of people are still waiting on that 7 inch iPad. Remember those tear drop shaped cases that were supposed to fit the iPhone 5 perfectly? Why do so many people (that don't generate ad revenue on a per-click basis) put so much stock in rumors? And then insist on perpetuating the "rumor-as-fact" epidemic by saying things like this?

5/17/2012 4:32:06 PM

Can the apple store replace my screen in store while I'm there? Or do they send it off or just swap it out? Debating whether to order a screen online or not.

5/17/2012 4:44:56 PM

They don't do any repairs in the store. They will swap out the entire device.

5/17/2012 4:53:01 PM

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"^ Has anyone used SquareTrade? That seems like the exact thing I was looking for."

they have a 9.8/10 on resellersratings with 1380 reviews
4.5/5 on epinions with 1016 reviews
5/5 on amazon specifically for the iphone plan with 298 reviews

Basically the only downside that I've ever seen with them is with multiple repairs. They warranty your product for the full value and then deduct from that value for each repair. For instance if you have to get a new mobo on a $800 laptop and that mobo repair is valued at $450, you only have $350 left for another repair or (if it can't be fixed for that) a refund instead of the full $800. The fine print for that is

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"VALUE OF YOUR COVERAGE The total value of your Care Plan is in most cases equal to the purchase price of your item. For every valid claim filed against your item for which we provide repair services, the total value of your coverage is reduced by the cost of the repair services rendered. In the event a valid claim is filed with us and repair costs are estimated to exceed the current value of your Care Plan - the balance of your Care Plan value will be offered instead."

5/17/2012 5:00:47 PM

I think a 4" screen is much more likely than a haptic screen for the new iPad ever was.


WSJ (notorious for being an Apple PR 'leak' source) has a story about how Steve worked closely on the design of the new iPhone. To me, this pretty much confirms the boost in screen size. Apple getting out in front of inevitable complaining by the fanboys who think '3.5 is perfect' because Jobs said so once.

I think 4" is a good size. Not so large you can't handle it with one hand, but it gives a nice boost in viewing area.

[Edited on May 18, 2012 at 7:37 AM. Reason : d]

5/18/2012 7:36:18 AM

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"I think a 4" screen is much more likely than a haptic screen for the new iPad ever was."

As do I. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to see a 4 inch screen, but I still think it's retarded to consider anything a done deal before we hear anything directly from Apple.

5/18/2012 7:39:11 PM

I'd really prefer it stay 3.5 inches myself.

5/19/2012 3:17:38 PM

if they can expand the screen without making the phone any longer i would be ok with that.

5/19/2012 6:18:26 PM

http://lifehacker.com/5913285/ios-511-untethered-jailbreak-now-available

Woohoo!

5/25/2012 9:12:53 AM

My daughter managed to scratched up my iPhone 4 pretty bad by pushing it across the kitchen floor. It works fine outside of all the scratches. I am up on my contract already but I wanted to wait for the new Iphone coming out. I am disappointed that the "Gorilla Glass" or whatever it is, scratched up as bad as it did, that easily.

6/7/2012 2:04:16 PM

Yeah my screen cracked after a year and a half. It was in a case and everything.

6/7/2012 3:31:39 PM

^^You can buff out the scratches with any number of different polishing compounds and a dremel with a polishing/buffing wheel.

6/7/2012 3:59:19 PM

For clarification purposes...

- Iphone5 will probably be released sometimes in the fall.
- it might have a bigger screen
- It will be 4g[lte] on Verizon??

I believe I'm switching over to Verizon as well as over to the iphone...so the last one is more important to me.

6/7/2012 3:59:33 PM

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" Iphone5 will probably be released sometimes in the fall."

[no]

6/7/2012 7:18:35 PM

Then when? Sooner or later?

[Edited on June 7, 2012 at 7:43 PM. Reason : .]

6/7/2012 7:43:22 PM

The fifth generation iPhone was released last October. It was called the iPhone 4S.

[Edited on June 7, 2012 at 7:51 PM. Reason : yes, I'm being a dick over semantics. But for some reason this one bothers me more than 'iTouch']

6/7/2012 7:47:26 PM

Ahh...yeah, that's a little dickish.

6/7/2012 8:13:14 PM

But for real, the next phone will be the 6th generation and the 4th revision of hardware (if the rumors hold up) I don't know why so many people insist on calling it the iPhone 5. There's nothing 5 about it.

6/7/2012 8:16:25 PM

Well only that it'll probably be called the "iPhone 5".

6/7/2012 8:20:24 PM

wanna bet?

[Edited on June 7, 2012 at 8:27 PM. Reason : Seriously, I'll put $100 on it.]

6/7/2012 8:26:44 PM

You think it'll be just the "new iPhone". Like the iPad?

6/7/2012 8:30:37 PM

I've just been going by what the articles are calling it.

All I give a shit about is when it will be released (at least, hopefully, in the Fall) and whether or not it will be 4G.

[Edited on June 7, 2012 at 8:30 PM. Reason : ON VERIZON]

6/7/2012 8:30:38 PM

^^New iPhone, iPhone, iPhone 4G, iPhone 6, iPhone LTE, iPhone XL whatever. Any of those make 1,000,000 times more sense than iPhone 5. There is seriously no reason to call it that at all.

^No reputable site will call it that, and if they call it that, they're not a reputable site. And you know as much as anyone else that isn't an Apple employee, so I don't know what you think you'll get by asking questions here. Apple will release it when they want to release it, they will announce it when they want to announce it and that's that.

6/7/2012 8:32:55 PM

[Edited on June 7, 2012 at 9:59 PM. Reason : no pic bombing]

6/7/2012 9:09:30 PM

That's real mature.

You shouldn't get mad and lash out at me because you're a dumbass. You should probably be used it it by now.

6/7/2012 9:22:39 PM

Easy there buddy...loosen up the straps on your ipad 3 purse/fannypack.

I always admit to being a tech noob when posting in this section. You're the one getting your panties in a wad by people saying "IPHONE 5!!11!!1!!1"

6/7/2012 9:24:37 PM

You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11

I was keeping it civil until you decided to start calling names and spamming dumb images. As far as I knew we were just having a conversation about the new iPhone here. But whatever. Feel free to go fuck your mother. Tell her I said hi.

6/7/2012 9:28:29 PM

Ha...oh El Nacho, just being the nice Tech Talk guy:

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"The fifth generation iPhone was released last October. It was called the iPhone 4S."

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"yes, I'm being a dick"

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"so I don't know what you think you'll get by asking questions here."

What I'm looking for is sarcastic, dicktastic answers...thanks for providing me with those...civil man.

6/7/2012 9:31:41 PM

I was being civil. Seriously, what the hell did you think you were going to get when you asked those questions? Do you honestly think that anyone reading and posting on this site has answers? The only thing that we know is the same stupid rumors posted on the same stupid sites that you've already read. Last year everybody thought the iPhone 5 was going to come out in June and they ended up releasing a phone in October and calling it the iPhone 4S. Apple fucking does what they want to do when they want to do it. So asking your dumb questions here isn't going to get you any real answers. So when I didn't call you out for being a dumbass with my first reply, that was me being civil. When I didn't call you out for calling it an Iphone instead of an iPhone, that was me being civil. When I pointed out that I was being a dick to preempt you from getting pissy, that was me being civil. When I told you to go fuck your mother, that was me stooping down to your level.

Assclown.

6/7/2012 9:36:03 PM

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"You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11"

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"You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11"

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"You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11"

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"You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11"

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"You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11"

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"You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11"

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"You're really overestimating my RAGE!!!11"

6/7/2012 9:38:27 PM

Three days ago I got my 4S wet when it plopped into the sink (running water). I dried it off as best I could. A few hours later, it wouldn't play sound when watching videos or listening to music. The headphones worked well, as did the ringer.

Tried a few different things to no avail.

Went to the Apple Store near me and the assistant ran some diagnostics and couldn't find any internal moisture sensors tripped.

So they gave me a brand new one.

6/7/2012 9:42:06 PM

I will continue calling it the iphone 5 until apple decides they are going to officially name it.

Also El Nacho, you're crazy. Did you totally forget the iphone 3g and iphone 3gs? The iphone 4s is the 6th generation hardware and if we went by your logic the iphone 4 would have been called the iphone 5.

6/8/2012 1:05:25 AM

There have been 5 "generations" of iPhones:

iPhone - June 2007
iPhone 3G - July 2008
iPhone 3Gs - June 2009
iPhone 4 - June 2010
iPhone 4s - October 2011

A lot of people confuse the "3G" phone with being the 3rd generation which is inaccurate. I hate to support El Nacho here, but this year's release will be the 6th generation of iPhone.

6/8/2012 11:07:53 AM

lol you're right, forgot there was no 2.

But they would still be retarded to call the next iphone the iphone 6. I mean Nacho says that no reputable news sources call it the iphone 5 but since he goes on to say that nobody outside apple knows anything about it that means any source that mentions the next iphone is automatically non-reputable by Nacho's standards.


Also strongly objecting to anyone who refers to it as an iphone 5 is annoying. I don't get prickly every time someone mentions speculation of the "xbox 720"

[Edited on June 8, 2012 at 12:28 PM. Reason : ]

6/8/2012 12:24:59 PM

Just based on the "new" iPad title, my guess is that they will refer to this one as the "new" iPhone as well. With the hopes that people will eventually accept that and they can just start calling it the "iPhone" and drop all other affixes off of it. However, about half of the apps I update on my iPad still call the "new" iPad the iPad 3. "Updated resolution to work better with the iPad3" is something I see all the time. If they stick with it over time, people will eventually buy into the "new" naming scheme I guess. I guess maybe we'll find out some information Monday at the earliest.

6/8/2012 12:39:44 PM

still tracking for october ?

6/8/2012 1:42:09 PM

Yeah the "New iPad" naming scheme only really works for one generation. After that they are going to have to start going by hardware generation numbers again.

Or they could use software/car style and call it the 2014 iPad.

6/8/2012 2:35:53 PM

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" I hate to support El Nacho here,"

I don't need your support, I have a nifty little thing called facts on my side.

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"But they would still be retarded to call the next iphone the iphone 6"

Not nearly as retarded as calling the 6th iPhone the iPhone 5.

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"I mean Nacho says that no reputable news sources call it the iphone 5 but since he goes on to say that nobody outside apple knows anything about it that means any source that mentions the next iphone is automatically non-reputable by Nacho's standards."

On what planet does this make even a tiny amount of sense? There's going to be a new iPhone, that's about the only given. Speculation and rumors are fun, if they're taken with the proper perspective. Starting off by calling the phone the iPhone 5, when it's not the 5th phone, nor does it immediately follow the iPhone 4 is idiotic, and I haven't seen a reputable site (yes, I consider there to be several) do that yet.

6/8/2012 3:42:52 PM

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"On what planet does this make even a tiny amount of sense? There's going to be a new iPhone, that's about the only given. Speculation and rumors are fun, if they're taken with the proper perspective. Starting off by calling the phone the iPhone 5, when it's not the 5th phone, nor does it immediately follow the iPhone 4 is idiotic, and I haven't seen a reputable site (yes, I consider there to be several) do that yet. "

The same planet where Rockstar named a game GTA 4 when it was actually the 6th or 7th GTA game.

The Iphone 4S was not a part of the numerical series, so it's clear that Apple doesn't consider it a true sequel but an update

[Edited on June 8, 2012 at 4:02 PM. Reason : ]

6/8/2012 4:01:35 PM

That still doesn't make any of that jibber jabber I quoted from you seem any more intelligent than if you had just banged your head on the keyboard and hit "Post Reply"

6/8/2012 4:08:18 PM

chill out nacho

6/8/2012 4:15:02 PM

6/8/2012 4:19:35 PM

I can't thinking a more pointless argument to get into on the whole Internet than what the new iPhone will be called.

6/8/2012 7:30:44 PM

You can't, eh? Well then your imagination must be about as good as your grammar. Off the top of my head I could think about hundreds of things that are less important that get argued about every day. I don't really even see it as an argument, but a spirited discussion. There's nothing to do right now but speculate about features and sizes and apps and, yes naming. If it's not something that interests you, so be it, but I've seen plenty of articles on the internet speculating about what it will be called, so obviously some people are interested.

6/8/2012 7:53:52 PM

i think the difference is some people are speculating and some people are arguing

[Edited on June 8, 2012 at 8:13 PM. Reason : and other people are beings dicks about it]

6/8/2012 8:12:48 PM

I was totally doing it in a way though, but I guess intent doesn't traverse well across the internet seeing as how everyone always thinks I'm so OMGANGRYRAGE!!! when in reality I practically never get angry. Certainly not over something this silly.

6/8/2012 8:22:57 PM