Comments on: NYT’s Pogue reviews Apple’s iPhone 5: If you’re getting one, wow, are you in for a treat

By: Consumer Reports Addition

Consumer Reports Addition — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:06:46 +0000

we have large volume of mail complaining that we think the iPhone looks like a ‘doggy treat’ with some saying that Android phones occasionally looked like ‘something the dog barfed up’. Although that might be true our defence of our 2.5 star vs the 10 star Androids is… a dog, even a demented Great Dane, CANNOT repeat cannot swallow 5 inch or bigger phones!

we have proof!
Our intrepid TESTER has personally measured the throat sizes of varius large canines, in thorough C.R fashion by putting his hand in. Once he comes back from the hospital he will write a FULL report….

By: tbone

tbone — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:58:24 +0000

Panaches?

By: drndark

drndark — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:38:05 +0000

Reblogged this on drndark.

By: mathom

mathom — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:13:46 +0000

Agree. Every phone I had before iPhone had a different connector. I’m still finding old wall warts laying around with odd connectors. A year from now we won’t even remember wat the fuss was all about.

By: Nerd Beautiful

Nerd Beautiful — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:35:48 +0000

Pogue is still really ticked about the connector change… I don’t get his massive disdain. “You could easily spend $150 dollars updating all your connectors for a $200 phone. That’s not just a jab in the arm it’s a poke in the eye.”

Just keep the old connectors with the old phone/ipod, etc., and use the new connector with the new. Seriously, this is going to blow over fast. Things change. Deal.

By: iFan

iFan — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:12:47 +0000

Ahh yes, a practice I like to call “Apple cascading” …

I cascade the last gen iPhone to my daughter while I use the current iPhone.

The best Apple cascade I have going right now is my iMacs – I get new iMac, I move my old iMac to my daughter, move my daughter’s to my Mom, move my Mom’s to my sister-in-law’s sister, move sister-in-law’s sister’s to my Media Center, finally drop the Media Center off the end of the Apple cascade and sell it on eBay. I am currently accepting applications for the new final spot in the cascade and charging a one time, lifetime entrance fee of $500.

By: auren

auren — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:46:39 +0000

Bingo!

By: Ansel

Ansel — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:06:48 +0000

Diid we mention, it’s cheezy looking as well …..

By: aka Christian

aka Christian — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:00:49 +0000

Thanks. A little drunk after a Matthew Sweet concert and drinks after, but this is hilarious nonetheless. Cheers.

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:37:12 +0000

Google.

To paraphrase Elizabeth Barrett Browning, How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.

Still counting

By: Consumer Reports: Don't Recommend

Consumer Reports: Don't Recommend — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:11:57 +0000

Consumer Reports:
“just like the antennagate iPhone 4 we have deep reservations about Apple’s new iPhone. We found that it STILL has antenna issues, testing it submerged in a concrete tank under 20 feet of water in the Alaska outback it occasionally lost reception.

also the new more streamline design is an absolute danger. It looks so much like a tempting doggy treat that if you have a large hungry dog it might swallow the phone. Astonishingly apple’s warranty does NOT (repeat not) cover such a predictable eventuality.

as usual we do not recommend the iPhone. 2.5 stars out of 10. There are 35 Samsung phones on our 10 star recommend list, 14 HTC , 2 Palm and the Microsoft Kin. we advise our loyal readers to consider them instead…”

By: Bizlaw

Bizlaw — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:07:39 +0000

Most people who bought a 4S can upgrade to a 5 without paying any early termination penalty, just enter a new 2 year contract. At least that’s what AT&T is offering.

By: emess1950

emess1950 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:59:51 +0000

Read the whole review. Only the good parts are quoted here.

By: Tom Bamford

Tom Bamford — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:47:55 +0000

Roll on Friday.

We have two of them on the way.

By: Tobias Tate

Tobias Tate — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:34:11 +0000

Panache…that’s one of those hot sandwiches they press in a waffle iron, right?

Getting kinda hungry meself!

By: Manbearpig

Manbearpig — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:31:59 +0000

Indeed:

“It’s the very model of a modern major connector.”

Who doesn’t like a little Gilbert & Sullivan in their tech reviews?

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:16:30 +0000

He writes with panache.

Makes me hungry.

By: dbcoyle

dbcoyle — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:35:16 +0000

On a side note, anyone think it’s a bit hilarious that Motorola Droid, and Samsung Galaxies are advertised on macdailynews.com? I mean, they pay for this space, right? And the more you click on these ads, the more $ MCDN makes, right? So, click away everyone. Oh, and Pogue is right as usual. Miss that man.

By: Sucker

Sucker — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:38:13 +0000

Sit out? Pfft, that’s why I have family. So I can always have the newest iPhone while never going out of contract.

By: Jubei

Jubei — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:16:38 +0000

David is finally liking it again. Oh yeah goodbye Google. You SUCK and we all know why!