Apple iOS 5 review: First look

10 June 2011
It's June again, time for Apple to make headlines. The WWDC is over and the iOS 5 and the iCloud are now official. It won't be before the fall though that the iOS 5 will officially launch. However, Apple has given us a taste of the iOS 5 by releasing a developer preview soon...

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  • 16 Jun 2011

How bout the battery? Is still kock out every day or not?

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    • Anonymous
    • U2R
    • 16 Jun 2011

    :) It took Apple what? 10 years to overthrow Nokia by changing the mobile phone world?

    It took Samsung what? 4 years [iphone, iphone3g, 3gs, 4] for the galaxy to outsell and outperform the outdated iphone 4.

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      • mk
      • U2R
      • 16 Jun 2011

      me, 15 Jun 2011do you really think that a singullar company that is curren... morePeople are slowing becoming tired of the iPhone's same old same old. With Android, users have a choice and several options for phones and styles [branding for example].

      The two Desire phones you asked the difference between? You could ask the same question as to the differences between 3GS and 4 and then 4 white? Apple and there ONE phone.

      In case you haven't been paying attention, Samsung have sold over 17(?)million Galaxy's? And 4 (million) Galaxy 2's already?

      Yeah, go iPhone go!

      Android is the future

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        • u2santi
        • mP2
        • 16 Jun 2011

        The information on the iTunes Match service is clearly incorrect. iTunes Match scans the whole iTunes music library to find matches of our locally stored songs on the Music Store. Those matched songs will not be uploaded but the ones that are not match WILL. There's no need for the user to use iTunes for syncing the whole music library, unlike your comments on the service.

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          • M3s
          • 15 Jun 2011

          Anonymous, 15 Jun 2011I wait the day Apple fall from glace (again)....and the App... moredo you really think that a singullar company that is currently quite confortably competing against htc/samsung/SE/LG/alcatel is actually in trouble?

          at least the iPhone stands out from the crowd

          can you say that about any of the android devices? hmmm what the diff between HTC desire and desire S? i would say 2.3 gingerbread but as the old desire is getting it now then they are basically the same phone.

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            • Gem86
            • nid
            • 15 Jun 2011

            Anonymous, 12 Jun 2011Most guys here need to take a chill pill. Stop getting your... moreLol. Kudos for you ^^

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              • AnonD-1825
              • p77
              • 15 Jun 2011

              Anonymous, 15 Jun 2011I wait the day Apple fall from glace (again)....and the App... moreIf that day comes someday i'm going to pick WP7 phone instead android.

              WP7 is much more interesting and fresh than android. For me android is cheap iOS copy. WP7 is something new and different.

              Actually i wanted to buy WP7 phone for a long time, but there isn't any wp7 phone on the market what i want, waiting better phones.

              I think many iPhone fans would take WP7 over android?

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                • starman
                • M3s
                • 15 Jun 2011

                hahahahahahahahahahahaha all you fan boys make me laugh, Apple, Android, BBerry Nokia a-like..

                its not whats about the BEST or MOST UPTO DATE phone.. its about whats best for the person who buys it... Is apple the best, for me yes, you everyone else, maybe not.

                So just bloody deal with it, if your not happy with your phone ie HTC Desire S/HD/F/T/H/I/U/3GS or what ever model you got, stop trolling gsmarena overly justifing other devices with your dribble.

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                  • QGM
                  • 15 Jun 2011

                  Anonymous, 15 Jun 2011I wait the day Apple fall from glace (again)....and the App... morelol, your gonna really have to wait a very long time, your better off waiting for something else for example: Ants to take over the world. Youll have better chances

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                    • NEO
                    • M3s
                    • 15 Jun 2011

                    Anonymous, 15 Jun 2011Just for information's sake, Nokia phones that were out bef... morei wasnt sure but did they actually start to sync when on charge and then also auto remove watched video files and add the next set of unwatched files.

                    as an example:

                    im currently watching V season 2, when ive watched the episodes on my phone the next sync removes them and the next set in the series on to my iphone. not only that it also updates it to watched and then when i sync my ipad (which thinks that the episodes still need to be watched) itunes updates all files so that my ipad is also up to date with the correct episodes.

                    all that just by plugging it into my pc and soon from just plugging it in to charge

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                      • SOSmonster
                      • Ia9
                      • 15 Jun 2011

                      AnonD-7471, 14 Jun 2011everyone is always jealous with apple, but if u look @ the ... moreThat's conjecture, not fact, and your lack of sources or relevant data to support your claim make that glaringly obvious. The functionality of Android is far superior to iOS, hence the presence of so many Androidesque features included in this so-called "update".

                      Feel free to come at me with your kindergarten English and prove me wrong.

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                        • M3s
                        • 15 Jun 2011

                        Questions., 14 Jun 2011Actually I think it's more like showing people that Apple i... morein the end of the day not all ppl want flash. me for instance i cant remember the last site i went to that said i couldnt view it due to flash.

                        the reason the iPh4 is claimed as the best is not because of its hardware but because it has the fewest software issues (yes android phone crash more than iphones so deal with it), it has the most fluid UI the is easy and instinctive to use.

                        alot of ppl also hate itunes but that is actually one of the best bits. i have 1tb of movies/tv shows and i would have to have to worry about having to think about what to sync next. once ive watched a show and sync it removes it and adds the next one (in my case i always have 3 of each), it also updates the file as watched so when i sync my iPad it also gets updated. now i could choose to just tick the items i want but for me its all about simplicity.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • P@T
                          • 15 Jun 2011

                          I wait the day Apple fall from glace (again)....and the Apple Fan Boys will weep as they buy an Android device.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • UiR
                            • 15 Jun 2011

                            NEO, 13 Jun 2011there always will be million of ppl who want certain OS's o... moreJust for information's sake, Nokia phones that were out before even the 3GS was released were able to wirelessly sync with PCs.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • UiR
                              • 15 Jun 2011

                              AnonD-7471, 15 Jun 2011like i said before any new phone or tablet comes out they c... moreI think you need to realize that your iphone is no longer a top performance phone and it is running on outdated technology. People will still believe it is 'the best phone' like yourself, but people who are able to open their eyes and look beyond "oh wow everyone cool has an iphone" are the ones who end up with much better phones.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • sXd
                                • 15 Jun 2011

                                Well, they just borrowed some Android Flavours to put on upcoming iOS 5. Notification Center!!surprisingly it’s highly inspired by the Android Notification Bar (by swiping down a menu from the top of the screen) which people enjoying since the very first Android Smartphone.
                                No we don’t hate you iPhone fanboys, a very warm welcome to our world. Let’s have a feeling of what you have been missing?

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                                  • n5P
                                  • 15 Jun 2011

                                  Questions., 14 Jun 2011Actually I think it's more like showing people that Apple i... morelike i said before any new phone or tablet comes out they can only compare it with apple, they are not suffering without flash support on the idevices plus when the iphone came out dualcore phones wasn't even out yet plus the iphone4 single core processor runs smooth as well. android is crap the games r crap and lag even though its runing a dualcore processor.

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                                    • 14 Jun 2011

                                    AnonD-7471, 14 Jun 2011everyone is always jealous with apple, but if u look @ the ... moreActually I think it's more like showing people that Apple is not the best. But still people buy it saying it is the best. Still people claim that iPhone 4 is the best eventho it is clearly not. People also claim that iPad 2 is the best( but far from it). Seriously iPad 2 has low mp cameras no flash support ect and still people claim it to be the best. iPhone 4 on the other hand is almost about midrange in these dualcore days and still people claim it is the best. Dumb logic.

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                                      • MA%
                                      • 14 Jun 2011

                                      Anonymous, 11 Jun 2011Ok, time to settle this....before android fanboys say anyth... moreUmmmmm no this page is for EVERYONE to comment on not just IOS fans.The problem is disrespecting everyone´s opinions

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                                        • blankman
                                        • sXD
                                        • 14 Jun 2011

                                        AnonD-5465, 13 Jun 2011i do got your point and its so obvious that Symbian is end... moreThat's why owning an N8 and iphone is the best of both worlds.