Apple Awakens From Cryogenic Sleep, Finally Catches Up With The Rest Of The Mobile Industry

(11:32 am PDT, Sep 12th 2012)

Apple Awakens From Cryogenic Sleep, Finally Catches Up With The Rest Of The Mobile Industry

Man, oh man. At least now we know why Apple has been on such a legal crusade. They’ve got nothin’. I just finished watching the iPhone 5 unveiling and boy was it a bore fest. It’s as if Apple awoke from a cryogenic sleep and is finally embracing the year 2012. Almost nothing was innovating and the majority of new iPhone 5 features have been implemented in other mobile phones for years. Seriously Apple, is that it?

Let’s take a look at the list of features Apple is finally catching up on and then try not to pity the Apple users who are just now getting them and who probably won’t see any others for at least a year or two.

  • A 4-inch display (Apple finally got some big boy hands)
  • A fifth-row of icons (Amazing!)
  • LTE (Welcome to 2012)
  • Shared Photo Streams (Hey Sammy, have anything to say about this?)
  • “But perhaps the most amazing new feature in the iPhone 5 is called panorama.” (SMH)
  • Take photos while shooting video (*cough* Android 4.0 *cough*)
  • Turn-by-turn Navigation (No way, they finally did it!)

Those were just a few of the “new” features iPhone 5 users will have the pleasure of finally enjoying. There’s plenty of other kanged features such as automatically sending an SMS back when you can’t take a call, that we can talk about in another article.

I almost (I said almost) feel bad for Apple. Then I’m reminded that there are literally millions of people out there willing to throw their money at them simply because.

Welcome to 2012 Apple, see ya next year.

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  • David Podnar

    At least I can upgrade my iphone 4s next week and all new iphones will be sold with ios6. Talk to us about 2012 when Android phones are sold without 2.2 or 2.3 and older and can be upgrade within a week of a new os release.

    • VKD

      A week, I’ve android for a year and have never seen an upgrade. It’s like buying a car whose engine cannot be replaced. Although in real life you can upgrade the engine of car but upgrading an android.. Forget it. I’m getting an iPhone

    • http://twitter.com/cheese cheese

      you do realize that there are MANY, MANY iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 users that will not be getting all the features in iOS6 right? Apple ecosystem has fragmentation issues as well. Afaik, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 will NOT be getting turn by turn navigation.

      • nutbunnies

        The key isn’t the features, it’s the APIs. So an iPhone 3GS user can use an app that requires iOS 6. I remember with my Incredible how long I had to wait a number of Froyo only apps.

      • darkcrayon

        You do realize that some of something good is better than none of something good right? And in the case of fragmentation issues, you realize that a tiny amount of something bad isn’t as bad as a huge amount of something bad right?

      • http://www.facebook.com/iamyours2012 Hafez R. Dimaporo

        I use 3 iPhones :) . All of them will be upgraded. ;) no questions asked, just in time.

  • http://twitter.com/The_Sepehr Sepehr

    Throughout the event I kinda had this hope that Ashton Kutcher will come out at some point and say you’ve been all punk’d this is not the real iPhone 5.

    • SupaMac

      Would he be in his Steve Jobs getup?

  • http://twitter.com/windstorm Mad Max

    Crappy, divisive post from someone who just wants to stir the pot. What a douche

    • shannon_f

      I completely agree. Cough android cough didn’t come up with the concept of taking pictures while shooting video. My aunt had a video camera ten years ago that could do that. And just because you had the features in Android already doesn’t mean you had the best phone. Seeing as how, if i remember correctly, the iPhone 4S has sold more units than any single android phone, I don’t get how you think Android is leaps and bounds ahead of iOS. Oh yea, you had LTE first. And a phone that would last 4 hours. So why don’t you take your idiotic reasoning and leave it off cult of mac posts, ok Vincent? Douche indeed.

      • http://twitter.com/cheese cheese

        um, just because a product has sold more doesn’t make it necessarily better. hey guess what, Lady Gaga, Bieber, and other pop artists sell more records than other artists! They must be better!

        failed logic bud.

        • shannon_f

          You have a damn good point there. But you also should take into account the people that spent the money to get those artists there. Preteens and young girls. Now look at iPhone users. From babies to the elderly and everywhere in between. I’d say the people have spoken. All the latest and greatest features aren’t gonna make the best product unless you design it right. Apple designs things right.

          • http://twitter.com/cheese cheese

            Apple spends billions on marketing. There is a reason why it has such reach with mainstream consumers. It’s one of the reasons why Apple sued Samsung, because they were riding off the coattails of Apple’s marketing, which is a valid point.

            What you said about iPhone can be said about Android users too. 1.3 million activations a day, from all walks of life.

            Apple is worried about the continued avalanche of Android phones coming out. They are worried their phone will get lost among a sea of other handset manufacturers.

            The only real advantage of the iPhone is it’s superior app selection. That’s about it. There already exists Android phones that give impressive battery life + LTE on a 4.0 – 4.7 inch screen. (Droid Razr HD Maxx for instance).

          • shannon_f

            They do spend a lot on marketing but look at them 12-15 years ago. They were on the verge of collapse. Now they are the most successful company in the world. You don’t do what they did unless you’re doing something right. And I’m not saying that Androids are bad phones. I’ve actually liked a few of the things different about them. I just had a problem with this post by the writer. Making fun of a company for now having features that other smartphones had before is just idiotic and shows that he knows nothing about how Apple works. Apple almost always comes in a little later to the game and refines the products/experience so well that people will choose them over competitors who had “more advanced” features earlier.

          • http://twitter.com/cheese cheese

            From Apple’s perspective, they really have no need to spec up constantly to appease the techies. They sell ridiculous amounts of phones, and they know their followers will loyally buy these phones like clockwork. Maximize profits, keep parts costs down. Also, Apple’s demographic does not care one iota for specs. The iP5 will sell like crazy, probably another record. Doesn’t mean their OS is ‘better’ functionally though, which is my main problem with Apple’s phone. That being said, I like a portfolio of mobile devices. I use iOS for tablet computing, and Android for mobile. It’s the best combination imo.

          • http://www.facebook.com/iamyours2012 Hafez R. Dimaporo

            @shannon_f:disqus You are all right. Just don’t waste your time arguing with these people… they’re haters. And haters gonna hate. You know, when they really want something but they couldn’t get it, they’re gonna start hating it. ;)

  • Red2.0

    Bore Fest ? That would be the cult of mac site for the last few months.. The same old tired crap published all over the web can be seen right here, on the most amazing iPhone yet….

  • whodakat

    Don’t forget it’s not a plastic piece of shit! Lol. I’m glad android is around, seriously. It gives the Bill Gates nerd crowd (ie people that cream their jeans over the latest xx134xx quad core GPU whatever – and never think to ask themselves, “is it actually faster?”) somewhere to go. For those of us that value style and taste and software that works seamlessly in our lives, we can stick with our iPhones.

    • fanpple

      New iPhones are made from metal and glass so Andrew phones are plastic pieces of shit

      • http://www.facebook.com/iamyours2012 Hafez R. Dimaporo

        Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • darkcrayon

      Funny thing about your comment is iOS devices have been pretty dominating in terms of their GPU specs since the A5 came out. Specs don’t equal an experience of course, but Apple seems to be intent on putting quite a bit of graphics muscle on their mobiles.

  • http://twitter.com/fraydog Ryan Fraley

    What Android phones have a Cortex A15 based processor in them? I’ll wait.

    Hint: the S4 is a proprietary implementation of ARM that isn’t as fast as the actual A15 implementation.

  • liviu oprescu

    And yet it’s going to sell better than the top Androids and WP8 devices combined. Why do you think that is? Android won the on-paper wars about 3 years ago, and has yet to realize Apple is competing and winning on a different front: the intangibles, the experience.

  • Anthony Burks

    Apple probably isn’t motivated to release another earth-shaking product (iPod, iPhone, iPad, Macbook Air) until they know other companies will stop Aping the shit out of Apple’s hard work and expensive R&D. Everybody forgets what smart phones looked like before the iPhone. And no Apple shouldn’t have to compete against companies that copy them.

  • fanpple

    Android he does not have passbook which is more likely to catch on it then NFC

  • http://twitter.com/gnomehole The Gnome

    Haha… thats what they said about the 4S.. and the 4… before they broke sales records. The problem is, most Fandroids don’t understand that the world isn’t looking for tech specs. Tech specs are old school… welcome to 2004, Cult of Fandroid….

    • http://www.facebook.com/iamyours2012 Hafez R. Dimaporo

      So right! We, real people, whom they call iSheeps, need something we can use everyday! Well, I don’t get attracted with features with no usability. I mean, I don’t know why I am even reacting… well, let them use either iPhone or others.

  • http://twitter.com/gnomehole The Gnome

    At least Apple released an LTE device that doesn’t need to be plugged in at noon in order to get through the day.

    I realize usability is lost on most of the cult of Fandroid… but to some, it matters.

    The iPhone 5 just beat out the 4S for top spot… I’d maybe put the GS III behind the 4S… the rest suck ballz.

    • http://www.facebook.com/James.Alan.Bailey Jim Bailey

      I have the droid bionic- the black sheep of the Droid family, and even I have had a dual core processor, 4g and a battery that lasts all day for a full year, plus turn by turn navigation for 3 years on older android devices. Iphone is not a bad phone, but they are totally playing catch-up at this point. as far as tablets go, I still would take an Ipad for ease of use, and will buy the ipad mini if it is announced and is anywhere near a $250 price point,but with the nexus tablet and jelly bean, even their tablet advantage is going away fast. Apple just doesn’t have any superior features anymore, and as far as usability goes, my older, non-apple phone has consistently beaten my brother in law’s iphone when we are both using them for the same tasks.

  • Mitch

    Lol, as mad as you fanboys want to get (this is hilarious, some of the comments), it’s true – I haven’t seen anything announced that Androids don’t already have. I’m going to use the “but if Android announced it, it would be a different story” cliche here, but looking at all the comments here, I know that would be the case; you’re simply defending your beloved Apple regardless, and if Android were to announce these “new” features well after the iPhone already had them, you’d slam them to hell and back (more than you already do).

    (Coming from someone who currently uses an iPhone 4S, and jumped ship from Android to get it :P )

  • http://twitter.com/Eurofag Eurofag!qUytODkcyE

    What is this trolling shit doing in my cult if Mac feed?
    Fuck you, guys

  • Tony

    Hey Vincent you don’t get it.

    its not who does it first its who does it better.. That is why I have a iphone and not a droid, because apple makes stuff that works and are easy to use. whats the point of having features that are going to be frustrated to implement. No the new features may not be brand new but i’m sure they’ll work better on a iphone than on a Droid…..

  • I’m a dRoid

    OMG Even the logo on this site copies other Mac affiliations. Just like Droid and Samsung copies Apple. Guess the dRoid doesn’t fall far from the Apple tree. LOL

  • http://www.facebook.com/kevharris2009 Kevin Harris

    What a bitter, whiney, article. If you don’t like what Apple is offering don’t bother reporting on it Vincent. I thought better of Cult of Android, now I am not so sure if you guys are going to allow whiney little articles like this. Perhaps something more constructive?

  • Spud

    Oh yes, and how about that nonexistent Google Ecosystem? Only second place would have a forum like this. Now go back into your parent’s basement.

  • http://mcdevzone.com/ mike3k

    I just vomited after I read this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Shamus-McCabe/503851252 Sean Shamus McCabe

    I find it amusing that so many droid users find the need to try and rap on the iPhone like they’re insecure about something. While iPhone users never go out of our way to bash android products, unless of course it’s to defend ourselves from the mindless banter of a droid user( like this article). Bottom line, android phones are rushed gimmicks that don’t tend to live up to what they promise where as the iPhone is a finely tuned tool that goes above and beyond its expectations.

    • Mitch

      “iPhone users never go out of our way to bash android products”…. Ok, some of you don’t, but here’s a little challenge: go read a bunch of articles on Cult of Mac that are written by John Brownlee or Buster Heine and mention Android, then come back and tell me you still stand by that statement.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Shamus-McCabe/503851252 Sean Shamus McCabe

        I’ll give you that one they’re “opinion” articles are pretty much bs

  • http://twitter.com/bryandobson bdobson

    Wow, this is what counts for “journalism” on this website? A smug little post designed to do little else but act as enticing link bait? It is fine not to like Apple products, but this is just pathetic. If this is the sort of reporting that one can expect here then I’ll be sure to get my news some place else.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ben.delaney.792 Ben Delaney

    I’m a fan of both platforms. Sorry to say, but that was a very poorly thought out post(and this is not to argue it. But my experience). I had an iPhone 3gs and 4. Decided to try something different because I’m rather a techno geek, always looking for something new. So I picked up a Galaxy SIII. And really like it. Not sure if I like it more than the 4. PROS and CONS comparing the two(SIII/iPhone4); large screen(way over saturated)/smaller screen yet much better IQ, nice camera software/much better photo quality, near the same signal strength, battery life sucks(but love the replaceable batt)/much better battery life, very good speaker on the SIII/ 4′s sucks, quality apps/QUALITY apps, crashes every few days/hardly ever crashed, nice build quality/great build quality. If you held both in your hands at the same time and told me the iphone wasn’t built of higher quality materials, I’d think your F’ing crazy. That being said; after messing around with the settings(camera and screen mostly)on the SIII I like it a LOT. But do see the reason why some if not most prefer ios. Ie; my mother loves here 4s but wanted my SIII for the screen size. After she played with it for half an hour. She handed it back and said “no thanks”. Yet, a side from the crashing, I like REALLY like it. So here I sit hoping for a Droid with the build/function quality of an Apple….

  • marco1959

    Stop. Just stop. We know you still have your feelings hurt from Apple dis’ing you a few years ago. But you clearly can’t be objective any more. Please just close down Cult of Mac and pitch the Apple hate to the audience that loves it, Cult of Android. Please.

  • Evan_Beezy

    People do realize that LTE radios were in short supply when the 4S came out and there was no way even if they made it around the engineering challenges of the older more power hungry LTE chips they still wouldve not been able to make enough to put in the iphone back then. I mean its the same model that sells tens of millions around the world. They couldnt meet the demand with the current supply anyways.

  • nolavabo

    Childishly provocative Cult of Android posts still leaking to the Cult of Mac RSS feed. You’ll get more hits in the short-term with comments, but lose far more in the long-term as readers unsubscribe.

  • http://twitter.com/MartyCoggs Martin Coggins

    2 million people disagreed with you last Friday.

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Vincent MessinaVincent Messina has been writing and evangelizing about Android for the past three years. When he's not playing the part of "Loki" to his 5 and 4-year-old, he can be found here, covering all things Android. He adamantly believes Android has the greatest community around and can be harassed at any of the following locations: Google+, Twitter.

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