The screen is very slightly better than the S3 and One X in terms of DPI (312 vs 326) but its also 0.7" smaller.
I expect the lightness in weight is impressive technically but is 18g lighter than a One X impressive considering the smaller form factor? Similarly, 1.0mm thinner than the S3?
It is nice to see Apple still making quality items but I was hoping that they would improve on the current generation of phones, and pending excellent battery life or exceptional performance (Id be surprised if the A6 outperforms the S4 snapdragon) there's nothing new to see here.
Maybe we have spoilt in the past with revolutionary improvements but in my mind that was what helped justify the price tags. When its the same tech as current 'free on contract' phones it doesn't drive market innovation or justify its sky high prices.
What revolutionary improvements?
The first iPhone failed to have even ancient 3G tech in it.
The next only brought it up to 3G standards when phones were already up on 3.5G tech
The 3rd brought a subtle upgrade in processor and most of the upgrades were software based which the jailbreak community had already ported to earlier models. Bring capabilities to the iPhone that every other phone already had back years ago "holy sh*t I can record video!"
The 4th brought Siri... Another software upgrade that only worked with network connectivity. My O2 XDA had voice command on windows mobile 5... Years later apple still haven't got it working properly.
The 5th brings us the A6 processor to offer similar performance to phones that were released 6 months ago, and a slightly larger (but still smaller than the competition) screen.
Yeah... Revolutionary. The real Che Guevara of the phone world. Well I suppose fanboi hipsters everywhere are indeed emblazoned with the apple logo, at least that's one thing it shares with the Che.
