Apple iPhone 5 to go on sale on October 15th, Orange confirms

13 September, 2011
The Orange France CEO expects the iPhone 5 to land on his network in the middle of next month.

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  • 13 Sep 2011

Ashura, 13 Sep 2011I do not watch adds so i would not know.and just because th... moreSo what's the point having this conversation?

If people buy phones because of the marketing and are happy with their phones why it's sad and what's the problem?

Do you really think android phones or any big brand can sell their products without advertising, that's why they pay big money for advertising companys to make their products to look best what they can.

I just don't understand your point.

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    • 13 Sep 2011

    Ashura, 13 Sep 2011I do not watch adds so i would not know.and just because th... moreI dont blame apple for marketing their products better than anyone else..it just means they have a better marketing team than other companies..every company markets their products otherwise how are they gonna reach out to the customers..u cant blame apple for being better at marketing or making better products..its only good for us consumers

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      • 13 Sep 2011

      AnonD-1825, 13 Sep 2011Of course marketing is big thing, can you blame them? if Ap... moreI do not watch adds so i would not know.and just because they are happy with the phones(again i am not saying they are not) it does not mean that at first they did not buy the brand not the phone(Keywords here being AT FIRST)

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        • 13 Sep 2011

        Ashura, 13 Sep 2011Hey i never said that the ones who bought the phones were i... moreI was talking about customer satisfaction not sales..even if they were suckered by their marketng or got them as gifts..they are satisfied with it more than any other device owners..according to the chart

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          • 13 Sep 2011

          Apple is very late to the party. Iphone 5 will be dual core, however the first dual core phones were announced back in December 2010. A year later Dec 2011 the first Quad-Core smartphones might debut. If so iphone 5 would be obsolete in 2 months.

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            • 13 Sep 2011

            Ashura, 13 Sep 2011Sadly it´s true.Most of the consumers buy a phone not... moreOf course marketing is big thing, can you blame them? if Apple is only who know how to MARKET their devices.

            I never have understood for example android phone ads, of course they are good for android tech users because they only list specs so all the tech people drools watching them.

            IF you watch iPhone or iPad commercial you see very BIG difference, those commercials don't sell specs, they sell what you can do with those specs, its very big difference. Apple ads are emotional, people close, warm etc. When you see apple ad there's catch what you are going to remember. Android phone ads are very hard to remember, because there's isn't anything what goes to your head.

            There's much much more potential customers who are just normal users and not tech people.

            Still i think bigger reason for iPhone big success is more and more happy customers, like i said words spread. More happy users means more customers. They are not buying brand they are bying phone which someone recommended. Just like you want to buy samsung TV because you friend has it and say it's very good TV (by the way it is).

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              • 13 Sep 2011

              AnonD-16809, 13 Sep 2011Well not everyone is a geek but j.d powers chart speaks for... moreHey i never said that the ones who bought the phones were insatisfied with them i mearly stated that most of them were suckered in by marketing or were gifts.Never did i say they were unhappy with them

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                • 13 Sep 2011

                [deleted post]Well not everyone is a geek but j.d powers chart speaks for all satisfied customers for the last 6 years...im sure most of them arent geeks but they are satisfied with whatever they do with their iphone..u cant argue with numbers

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                  • 13 Sep 2011

                  Ashura, 13 Sep 2011What you need to remember is that not everyone is a geek th... moreI never saw an iphone ipod or a mac ad untill i bought them..i only read articles on major tech sites and they recomended that they are the best for me...u see not everyone falls for apples marketing but u really fell for googles,microsofts and samsungs anti apple mrketing strategy...

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                    • 13 Sep 2011

                    AnonD-16809, 13 Sep 2011Im very surprised by most of the comments on this post..few... moreWhat you need to remember is that not everyone is a geek that comes to sites like this and do those surveys.Most consumers have no clue about specs or internet service or stuff like that.Hell they don´t even use the camera.They are either suckered in by advertising or the phones are gifts from family members

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                      • 13 Sep 2011

                      Now to the topic..this is a very big threat to app.es competitors because they couldn keep up with iphones sales when it was only on at&t now iphone 5 will be on at&t verizon sprint orange if all these operators sell the iphone at once they are going to eat up te smartphone market in 1 day...

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                        • 13 Sep 2011

                        Im very surprised by most of the comments on this post..few months back gsmarena and some other tech sites wrote about a survey which showed that most iphone buyers are well aware of what they can do with the iphone..i dont know how these guys like ashura and all come up with these ideas about people buying it for the logo and what not...it only shows how insecure and unhappy these android users are with their device...

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                          AnonD-1825, 13 Sep 2011i Don't see any point of buying logo, i don't know why all ... moreSadly it´s true.Most of the consumers buy a phone not based on it´s specs or theyr needs but based on brand logo and advertising.Marketing goes a long way in sales

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                            • 13 Sep 2011

                            [deleted post]i Don't see any point of buying logo, i don't know why all the iHaters always say that.

                            When i bought my iPhone it was my first Apple device ever, before that all my phone was nokia phones including one sonyericsson. i Still don't have any else apple device (maybe buying iPad someday don't know or win 8 tablet). My camera is canon, my computer is intel, my computer screen is samsung etc. i Like all of those. Why it's any difference having apple device, i just don't get it. Why Apple users always need to explain to haters why they bought it?

                            "Apple Again Tops J.D. Power Rankings of Smartphone Consumer Satisfaction"

                            "D. Power today announced (via BGR) the latest results of its semi-annual reports on consumer satisfaction among U.S. smartphone and traditional mobile phone manufacturers. Apple once again topped the list in the smartphone category, marking its sixth consecutive victory in the survey."

                            Do you guys really think Apple would won customer satisfaction by far sixth times a row with crappy or shitty phone. If you think that you are lying to yourself or beeing denial.

                            Try one someday and you know why we are most satisfacted customers ;) Don't compare phones only with speclists! it's only half of the story.

                            Also because of the satisfied iPhone and iPad users Mac sales has increased too when pc market struggles. Good user experience spread to other devices too :)

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                              • 13 Sep 2011

                              DVqg, How many different hate nicks you are goin to use? you know everyone see that all of those came from same user :) talking to yourself is big FAIL!

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                                AnonD-8044, 13 Sep 2011Says you who is talking to yourself,,you have the same I.P.... moreIt still rings true, iPhone5 is still a rumour

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                                  Idiot, 13 Sep 2011Well at least I can use my S2 instead of trawling the inter... moreSays you who is talking to yourself,,you have the same I.P. address, get the medicine out.

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                                    I am excited if no-one else is ..

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                                      Idiot, 13 Sep 2011Well at least I can use my S2 instead of trawling the inter... moreWell said, iPhone users are so gullible.

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                                        • 13 Sep 2011

                                        AnonD-8044, 13 Sep 2011Galaxy s 2 no match for IPhone 5,, http://9to5mac.com/20... moreWell at least I can use my S2 instead of trawling the internet hoping a rumour might be true.