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Bet You Can Guess What Apple Announced Today — Get All the Details

Sep. 12, 2012 2:10pm Liz Klimas

Even if you think Apple announcement events are over-hyped, if you’re reading this post, you’re clearly among the many interested in knowing the specifics of what Apple has unveiled at its San Francisco event Wednesday. Given all the anticipation from expecting the next-gen iPhone to be announced last October, this reveal (yes, finally an official reveal) of the iPhone 5 may seem a bit anti-climactic. Still, you can expect Apple fans will be clamoring for the new device, which will be available in the next couple weeks.

The new iPhone, like many expected, will support faster speeds and has a taller screen.

Apple Announces Faster, Taller iPhone 5 Meeting Many Rumored Features

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller announces the new iPhone 5. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

iPhone 5 will support AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, all of which service 4G LTE. It will also feature a new processing chip to make speeds for apps, music streaming and other functions faster.

The new iPhone is 18 percent thinner (0.3 inch thick) and 20 percent lighter (4.3 ounces in weight) than the previous iPhone 4S. Its larger screen measures 4 inches diagonally. The body is all aluminum and glass.

“iPhone 5 is the most beautiful consumer device that we’ve ever created,” Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, said according to a statement. “We’ve packed an amazing amount of innovation and advanced technology into a thin and light, jewel-like device with a stunning 4-inch Retina display, blazing fast A6 chip, ultrafast wireless, even longer battery life; and we think customers are going to love it.”

The new iPhone 5 is displayed during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

As rumored, Apple has also changed the connection port for the device, calling it LIghtning. There will be an adaptor for this so you can still use it with older iPhone accessories but the company is working with hardware developers for new accessories as well.

Apple Inc. also plans to update its phone software and will ditch Google Inc.’s mapping service for its own. The two have become rivals as Google promotes phones running its Android operating system.

(Image: Apple)

Watch Schiller’s announcement of the iPhone 5:

Google, Amazon and Nokia recently held product release events of their own, strategically before Apple. Nokia Corp. and Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility division announced five new smartphones between them, while Amazon.com Inc. updated its Kindle Fire tablet computer and announced new stand-alone e-reader models.

So, what are you going to do with your old iPhone now? If you hold on to one of the 244 million iPhones sold since the first one launched in 2007, chances are it’s collecting dust in your desk drawer. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Associated Press’ Barbara Ortutay is providing you with many ways to recycle, repurpose or other wise get rid of your old iPhone (or any phone for that matter) to make room for the new one, if you’re thinking of joining what’s sure to be a lengthy wait list.

Here are a few options compiled by Ortutay that we’ve shortened (be sure to check out more of her suggestions here).

Gift it: Every parent, aunt and uncle knows that no toy in the history of toys has ever been as appealing to a kid as an iPhone. They are shiny, they have games and grown-ups use them for important things. More importantly, they are either off-limits or doled out in limited quantities as a reward for, say, sitting still for a minute. Load up your old iPhone with games and give it to a deserving child in your life. Alternately, if a Luddite adult has been thinking of taking the plunge into the world of smartphones, your old iPhone may help him or her get over the hump.
Donate it: A nonprofit group called Cell Phones for Soldiers will take your “gently used” phone and sell it to recycling company ReCellular. It will then use the proceeds to buy calling cards for soldiers. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence works with another recycling group in a similar manner. About 60 percent of the phones it collects are refurbished and resold. The money goes toward supporting the coalition. The remaining 40 percent of the phones are recycled, according to the group’s website. It pays for shipping if you are mailing three or more phones.
Sell it: Join the eBay hordes and sell your phone for a few hundred bucks if you can. There will likely be a flood of the gadgets soon after people start getting their new phones, so it might make sense to wait a little. A company called Gazelle, meanwhile, will make an offer for your old phone based on its condition, your phone carrier and other information. A 32 gigabyte iPhone 4S on Verizon Wireless, for example, was recently going for $237 if it’s in good condition and $90 if it’s broken.
Use it: The iPhone, Ortutay writes, can be used as a mini-iPad, an alarm clock, to stream music, or as a camera.
Save it: Nearly one-third of cellphone owners have had their gadgets lost or stolen, according to a recent survey from Pew Internet & Pew Internet & American Life Project.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

This is a developing story. More information from the Apple event will be added as it becomes available.

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Comments (57)

Edohiguma
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:48am
Oh that LTE thing will be interesting. I see a war coming. Samsung vs Apple. Samsung will prevail. Apple has nothing since Jobs died.

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shotzie
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:27am
My teen convinced me to give Apple products a try about 6 years ago. Have never looked back. Our home is now full of all that is Apple. I don’t buy Apple because of their politics, I buy Apple because they make great products that work and have incredible customer service. This new phone arrives just in time for me. I still am using my original 3GS, 4 years old and just beginning to show signs of wearing down. Ok, well, in full honesty, the slowing down part may be mostly in my head since after 4 years I’m really just wanting a new phone. My 5 year old Macbook still hums along perfectly. When I first got my iPhone I had a problem with it holding a charge about 4 months in – one phone call – to a person who spoke English, with zero wait time – got me a brand new phone FedEx’d to me overnight. You just can’t beat that kind of customer service. Apple employs a LOT of American’s too. They show Capitalism and American ingenuity are alive and well. Who among you would not like to be on their payroll and have their benefit package? So me and all my “cool Apple gadgets” will just keep happily humming along. And yeah, I’m a Tea Party Conservative. I look to how a company has treated me and Apple has always treated me very well, their products are well made and they LAST and their customer service is worth it. I’ll defend them just as loudly as I did Chick-fil-A, also another great company with excellent customer service. Oh & DIMMUBORGIR, they already give free credit card sc

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- TROONORTH
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:19am
  Apple drone.
  
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St1cky
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 12:28am
My thoughts are that Apple’s new design is suuweeet! Looks like they still know that they don’t have to build an oversized two-handed piece of plastic crap like the new androids to stay competitive. l really like the subtle design changes and black machined chassis that is now the new iPhone. Apple knows how to build a quality product, period.

In five years I’ve owned three iPhones and two androids and my loyalty will continue to be with Apple until Samsung or Htc can produce something better, and not just a momentary boost in hardware specs. There’s just too many things more important to a business user than a faster CPU and bigger screen.

/my 2 cents

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BeingThere
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:38pm
I’m sick of Apple and their overpriced crap!! I heard with the new IOS you’ll receive messages from the president which you can’t turn off. I don’t want to hear from that commie POS!!! If that’s true then I’ll never buy another Apple product!!! I’m not buying the iPhone 5 anyway!!

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- Truth Meter
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 11:06pm
  Im a TEA party Patriot, I swiched from PC based laptops and phones to Apple Products i still have all the original Mac Books and Ipods. they are working just as good as they were when new. NO VIRUS’s, i buy them because they make a superior product that last, not their politics. FYI I believe Microsoft Bill Gates is also a liberal. Just Saying.
  
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- VoteBushIn12
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 12:12am
  Bill Gates IS a liberal.
  
  Apple makes great products. I don’t use them (PC at home, Linux at work), but I have and they’re phenomenal.
  
  And your comment about messages from the President is utter hogwash. Please provide me with where you read this absurd claim. If you just “heard” it, then I kindly request that you just “shut up”.
  
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- BeingThere
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 12:49pm
  Here you go moron, now you STFU!!
  
  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/05/president-obama-could-send-text-message-warnings-in-new-plan-system.html
  
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- VoteBushIn12
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:29pm
  @BEINGTHERE
  
  Good read, thank you for that.
  
  However, as with most things the government does, there needs to be private sector buy-in
  
  “The FCC requires all wireless carriers that do not participate in CMAS to notify customers. Consumers should check with their wireless carriers to determine the extent to which they are offering CMAS.”
  
  Go find a carrier that doesn’t offer it. That’s the point of a Free Market right? You don’t like one guy is selling, you can buy somewhere else.
  
  http://www.fcc.gov/guides/commercial-mobile-alert-system-cmas
  Enjoy.
  
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AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 9:18pm
The Samsung Galaxy S3 still beats iP5. Ok, it’s 0.1 gram heavier but who’s counting… ;)

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TROONORTH
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:23pm
The only thing that the I-5 provides is further proof that Apple has peaked. This product has no technological innovation and is just a repackaging of old tech. Only true blue I-drones will want one but Apple will sell millions of them so that the drones can feel ‘cool’ and ‘creative’. Android has better phones from numerous manufacturers and don’t sell Black Berry short, BB10 is just around the corner and promises to be worth the wait. Apple, despite the best marketing in the world cannot remain on top of the heap for ever and the I-5 is a clear indicator that the decline has started.
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lylejk
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 5:20pm
They may not even be legally able to sell them since they sued Samsung. What comes around goes around. Those that live by the sue will die by the sue. :)

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/samsung-expected-to-sue-apple-over-iphone-5-tomorrow-20120911/

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Tickdog
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 5:10pm
uh.. whoopty doo…. there better be a lot more to it than that!

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- fcbs46
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 5:20pm
  It’s a Job’s ghost shoulder fake.
  
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TexasWatchDog
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:46pm
Didn’t hear anything about Adobe Flash capability. This is the biggest drawback of iPhones and iPads. You can get around it with browser aps like Puffin, but it would be great if Apple would finally work with Adobe on this.

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- fcbs46
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:03pm
  Jobs made an oath never to use Adobe and until the ghost of Jobs fades it will never be.
  
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- forthepeople
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:47pm
  Jobs gave Adobe the change to update and grow with them , they choose not to and so did Steve Jobs . Flash is like ‘ the berry ‘ yesterdays toys !
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:33pm
Let me guess! I know….., they have found that if they stick an I-phone 5 up the azz of the corpse of Steve Jobs……he comes to life for a few seconds if the phone vibrates

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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:34pm
  Restoring love, right?
  
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v15
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:20pm
Re-post: Yes, people who want to focus only on the negative 100% of the time. The Blaze is doing a great job on reporting what is going on in the Middle East. From my point of view, a lot of people ONLY want to focus on stories to fuel their hate. I‘m outraged about what’s going on in this country and the Middle East but I’m not going to let it consume me. Surely someone understands what I’m trying to say.

watersRpeople
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:13pm

Oh wow “Apple Iphone5” I’ll just have to pray to God to have mercy so we can use all their cool gadgets.
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jackact
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:18pm

The middle east is on fire.
Who gives a crap about IPhone?
Idiots
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:33pm

Hey, the Fed is printing money. Europe is printing money. The middle east is on fire. Let’s buy some iCrap!

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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:32pm
  I see your opinion but I see there’s as well…
  We already had one president that said “go buy something”
  when there was a crisis.
  
  If Apple postponed due to the attacks, there at least be some respect and outrage towards the right people!
  
  instead its doot da doo… someone I don’t know died and a few insignificants died as well…
  OK, lets sell that iPhone baby! Bush said shop, Apple said, “not important.”
  
  Yeah, Apple is crap once again.
  Probably reflects why nothing is in my house made directly from them.
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:56pm
  Sounds like you’ve got a problem with Apple and not much else.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:07pm
  Let’s see…
  There’s taxes
  illegals
  black panthers
  dry rot
  ring around the collar
  fat chicks
  40% real meat at Taco Bell
  Organic is a government PATENTED word…
  
  the list goes on and on and on
  
  This is just a moment thing…
  (LOL)
  
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- v15
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:11pm
  Maybe I’m totally missing something but are you suggesting that Apple, by announcing the iPhone 5 while two US embassies are attacked, is callous and anti-American? Yes, I agree with you that George Bush should not have told people to go out and shop. But that was the federal government. Apple is in the private sector and in an extremely competitive market.
  
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- v15
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 4:55pm
  @jewish avenger,
  
  Here’s the crux of my argument: Apple did not make their announcement on 9/11; instead, they respected yesterday and pushed their announcement to today.
  
  lol @ fat chicks. Don’t even get me started, bro. I have some very strong opinions about my disdain with fat chicks that I’m going to keep to myself on this site.
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:33pm
  lol What I meant is you have an irrational hatred for some computer company for no real reason other than you “Dont like em”
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 6:59pm
  V15: Didnt know about the push date.
  
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Jezreel
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:01pm
Americans who are stupid have to buy the newest new technilogical invention. They just must have it. Fools.

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- DimmuBorgir
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:38pm
  We like to call them “hipsters”
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:55pm
  I like to call them “People keeping our economy alive”
  
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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:38pm
  Yeah, so stupid of people to go out and buy the new products company’s are making for us. Boy how dumb can you get. Who would ever buy a new product anyway? What a waste.
  
  /sarcasm
  
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charjan
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:01pm
Will those with the older models, be able to update to newest software? Of course not. What a waste of money unless the gov’t makes you a special deal you’ll be emptying your wallet and/or narrowing your available credit.

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- skinnybids.com
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:53pm
  you can upgrade … September 19th … prob the best bet for most people who have cryphones
  
  http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/ios-6-coming-to-iphone-4s-4-3gs-new-ipad-ipad-2-and-ipod-tou/
  
  However i phone 5 is a joke … features are so 2011
  
  So if you upgrade to the 5 you get
  
  another row of icons
  LTE
  bigger phone
  forced to buy all new dock accessories or a adapter for each device
  
  Android = = Open = Free = Innovation.
  iOS = Windows Phone = Restricted = Closed = Expensive = Corporate ********.
  
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v15
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:55pm
Wow, there is a lot hate on here. Everyone seems that we should put our economy on hold because two embassies were overrun? If you are focused only negative stories, then you’re just going to be filled with negativity and hate.

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- fcbs46
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:59pm
  Switch channels you are on the wrong one this is Apple. No hate here just facts.
  
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- v15
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:14pm
  Yes, people who want to focus only on the Negative 100% of the time. The Blaze is doing a great job on reporting what is going on in the Middle East. From my point of view, a lot of people ONLY want to focus on stories to fuel their hate. I’m outraged about what’s going on in this country and the Middle East but I’m not going to let it consume me. Surely someone understands what I’m trying to say.
  
  watersRpeople
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:13pm
  
  Oh wow “Apple Iphone5” I’ll just have to pray to God to have mercy so we can use all their cool gadgets.
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  jackact
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:18pm
  
  The middle east is on fire.
  Who gives a crap about IPhone?
  Idiots
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  Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:33pm
  
  Hey, the Fed is printing money. Europe is printing money. The middle east is on fire. Let’s buy some iCrap!
  
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fcbs46
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:42pm
Yea Apple made it look more like an android.
Bigger screen smaller rounded shoulders Great.

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beabout
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:38pm
it is my common practice wait at least a year before purchase of new devices like this as I dislike being the manufacturers quality control test base. So, maybe next fall I’ll think about as the 4GS I have meets my needs.

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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:36pm
  Why would you buy something that you cant upgrade, cant modify or addon without ruining the warranty?
  
  There are or wil be better products, if Apple can stop trying to monoplolize and suing everyone that gets close to something successful.
  
  Since when did being different mean you have to buy what every other urban clone uses?
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:57pm
  Don’t listen to him, he’s got some weird stick in his **** about Apple.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 7:05pm
  0o
  
  sounds like some form of “foot in mouth” disease or something
  (Stick in ****, hatred for apples) LOL
  
  But the part that is ironic is that Apple iWhaetevers things were about being unique and different, now everyone has one.
  
  Samsung and others are now doing what Apple did to get its foot in the door
  Be different, walk a different path, buy… Samsung?
  
  any way, no big please dont take me too serious on this, thanks :)
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:37pm
I know what the announced, Steve Jobs was really a PC.

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- fcbs46
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:57pm
  Right on Right on The PC rules Jobs
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:33pm
Hey, the Fed is printing money. Europe is printing money. The middle east is on fire. Let’s buy some iCrap!

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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:44pm
  Right, no one buy anything until the Fed stops printing money. No food, no water, no phones, no nothing. I just want you to sit there and complain on the internet to everyone. Don’t do anything about it, just complain.
  
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Ultra_C_
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:30pm
When I sold my iPhone 4 because I had to upgrade to 4S, I used Gazelle. They were convenient, but in hindsight I should have sold on ebay, I would have been able to net at least $50 more per phone.

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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:46pm
  I sold my old iPod on Gazelle as well. Their offers are a little low, but I like their business. Plus you can donate the money to a charity if you want.
  
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DimmuBorgir
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:22pm
And FYI, soldiers or Marines would rather you send some baby wipes if you feel like supporting them. Maybe some food from your home town too, finding a bottle of Montgomery Inn rib sauce on one of the chow hall tables in Kuwait blew my mind. :P

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jackact
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:18pm
The middle east is on fire.
Who gives a crap about IPhone?
Idiots

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- jackact
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:58pm
  VI5,
  Good for you be a good citizen go buy stuff on you IPhone, the economy could use it.
  I choose, like millions of us, to not foolishly worship at the altar of Steve Jobs.
  
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TexasCommonSense
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:18pm
Hey, look y’all, it’s LTE. They have finally caught up with, well, everyone else. Welcome to the party, iPhone. Better late than never.

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DimmuBorgir
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:17pm
I know you just dropped $200 on our last product, but here’s the same thing with a slightly larger screen and new ports that your old equipment won’t fit. Buy now before iPhone 6 comes out next month, this time with a credit card scanner attached so you can just give us your money whenever you aren’t feeling “cool” enough.

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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 8:49pm
  It will probably be called 5s, and no, we don’t buy because it makes us feel “cool”. I like a quality phone and great customer service, Apple just happens to have both.
  
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No Name Yet
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:16pm
Yawn …….

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- 4xeverything
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:24pm
  Yeah, another phone the prez can’t use. (MUCH SARCASM)
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 12, 2012 at 3:40pm
  Oh thank goodness! I’ll go blow some money that no one can really spare and I’ll put the box with the last 5 (6?) generations of iCrap boxes that are useless or obsolete….
  
  Weeee I’ve forgotten already that Americans are dying on Middle East soil because of some Californian that made a 5 million dollar green screened B- movie about Moobama
  I mean mohamandeggs… mmm…. bacon….
  um… i mean….
  You know, the guy with the bomb on his head.
  whatever…
  
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watersRpeople
Posted on September 12, 2012 at 2:13pm
Oh wow “Apple Iphone5″ I’ll just have to pray to God to have mercy so we can use all their cool gadgets.

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