Will the next iPhone be an iteration (5s) or evolution (6)?

Yup

It does not matter whether it will be called 5s or 6, it will be an iteration either way.

The changes between the 4 and 5 weren’t all that awesome, if you ask me. I still have the 4 and I’m not dying to drop $400 to upgrade it anytime soon. Aside from it being a little lighter/longer and featuring Suri, what’s the selling point? I can live without those things.

This reminds me of that iPhone5 spoof commercial. “iPhone 5 – the sixth iPhone.” :)

@livelaughlove21 I tend to agree with you. Does your response mean you’re predicting the same mediocre change from 5 to 6? I actually have the 5 but I have a feeling it will last me a few years at least.

@mtwojan Yeah, that’s what I’m expecting. I can’t really see what they could improve on at this point, but maybe they’ll surprise us.

I love Apple. Have since 1988. That being said, I have the iPhone 3Gs. It does what I need it to do, and it was free with contract. When my contract comes due, I’ll upgrade to whatever the free one is then.

And @ragingloli is correct, they are all (mostly) iterations.

To answer the question: 5s

The reason iOS feels so antiquated is precisely because of Apple’s philosophy. It wants to keep things simple and familiar. Someone who owned the first iPhone or iPod Touch can pick up an iPhone 5 and it will feel very familiar. I think Apple is in a tough place because it has been selling consistency for so long, that it’s going to be very tough to sell innovation to an audience has depended on consistency. Think back to a time that the iPhone or iOS was “revolutionary”. You’re going to go pretty far back (if not all the way to the beginning).

@tom_g I don’t think it’s antiquated at all. Ever since I got my iPhone last year, I can’t use my husband’s Droid because it’s aggravating – not difficult, just aggravating to use. I tell him it’s like using the very first smartphone, it sucks. I love the iPhone; I think it’s keeping up with other phones quite nicely.

@livelaughlove21: “I think it’s keeping up with other phones quite nicely.”

I understand that people have the preferences, but the fact is that iOS is functionally inferior (by far) to Android (4.0+). This isn’t debatable at this point.

But like I said, Apple has been successful at making sure that fragmentation doesn’t happen. They control the hardware and they make minor adjustments to functionality so they don’t scare people off. They are very good at this. It’s just iterative. When a “new” feature arrives, it’s usually minor – and it’s usually something that another OS has been doing (better) for quite some time.

I have an iPad 2, have owned an iPhone 4. I currently use a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, and my wife has an old Droid X2. Also, if I had to use someone’s “Droid”, I’d throw it across the room as fast as an iPhone from that time.

@tom_g Ha, we’ll its not an old Droid, it’s a Droid Incredible 4G or something like that. He loves it, but I like mine better.

My sister has the X2. I don’t like that one either.

Just out of curiosity, what makes the iOS inferior, in layman’s terms?

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