@ Morten:

Folks who are complaining about the iPhone’s new connector, it’s not just about the smaller form-factor (though when the old connector was taking up a significant fraction of the phone’s volume, that’s certainly a consideration) or the orientation. It’s about electricity. Specifically, that tablets need about 10 watts to charge and micro USB is only rated to deliver 9. Apple’s Lightning connector is rated for 12.

Sometimes there really are reasons for these things, you know.

While there is a a lot of nice bits to the iphone range, im not really intersted in joining their mono-culture, add in their recent sue happy of patently bullshit claims, and I refuse to buy anything from Apple.

Shame wouldn’t mind some of their products (Air mainly).

Your timing for this article is spot on, as I just purchased an unlocked iPhone 4S after about 2.5 years using the Samsung Galaxy (the original ones, yes). In the beginning, I was very excited about it–I was involved with Android dev; I had friends who were compiling nightlies, etc. I think my excitement died sometime after the 1-year anniversary. Samsung never released an update. Apps on the market stopped supporting such an obsolete platform, so I rooted my phone and switched to custom ROMs. That worked for a while, but it felt like a clutch rather than a solution. There were serious memory issues; apps were constantly crashing; I could never lock on a GPS signal; calendars and contacts are never correctly synced between my computer, Google, and my phone, etc. etc.

I think what I loved about Android was the theoretical possibilities. What I got instead was an outdated and semi-broken phone in a very fragmented ecosystem.

I absolutely hate the fact that Apple is controlling the apps market and trying to run a closed system. In the recent future, I will probably jailbreak my phone. But for better or for worse, they DO know how to design a seamless user experience. My Mac, the cloud server, and my phone are always in sync.

I don’t lack the technical knowledge to configure my electronic devices, but I have to be honest, I do prefer having something that *just works* over something that requires constant troubleshooting. After all, a phone is supposed to make my life more convenient and less complicated, right?

@ Victoria:
You can always just create a shortcut for m.youtube.com and that’ll work.

@ Zack:

yep, I’ve installed the youtube app on iPad and it looked horrible – all blurry and all. And the videos shown are the size of iPhone too, so when you scale them up, it’s PixelLand. I hope, they hurry up and make a normal app, but the prognosis is it will take a couple of months.

@ Victoria:
Ok, I am not running iOS6 on my iPad yet (don’t wanna lose my Jailbreak), so I can’t comment on that. Are you saying there isn’t an iPad YouTube app, just the iphone one that’s scaled down?

No switch to iP5 for me either. Very happy with my 4S. The only complaint I have is that it feels a bit heavy in my hand, the centre of mass is something I needed to get used to compared to my 3GS. That phone was still in mint condotion after 2+ years of use. I’ll always take special care of my phones. I intend to use my 4S for at least 2 years and if there are significant new develpments by that time, I might get something to replace it. If Apple continues to bring us a high quality iPhone I’ll stick with them for sure.

I always hear people bitching about new iPhones not being anything new and like you said Luke, I don’t know what they’re expecting exactly. This phone does anything I need it to.

@ Zack:
for iPhone, yes, but not for iPad yet. I’m using Jasmine now but it’s not the same.

@ Victoria:
New YouTube app from App Store is about a million times better. You click on YouTube things and they still open appropriately.

I still have iPhone 4 and I’m not upgrading unless smth bad happens. I have just upgraded to the ‘new’ iPad and that’s enough for me :)

I liked the metal body of iP5 and the new connector (finally the sides do not matter, why did it take them so long?) but that’s not enough to make me switch.

The new maps are a disgrace, but I rarely use them anyway, I was more disappointed about native Youtube app.