My Take on the iPhone 5

Saturday night I got together with some friends to play some poker. It was my first time playing in real life, so I was a bit surprised at the end when I had the second most chips and walked away with $15! Being that I was the only civilian there, a lot of the conversation had to do with Army things. Another one of the popular discussion topics was the new iPhone. I was the only one at the table who had one so I let everyone know my opinions, which I'll share with you.

Friday afternoon I walked into the Verizon store with Jacquie, who was looking to get a new phone because hers is just about done. Because she is still on her parents' plan, it was a no-go for her. I however, was a bit luckier in the upgrade department. My iPhone 4 (with custom spider glass screen) has been due for an upgrade for several months now. I was holding out for a new version of the iPhone, so this was finally my chance!

Once I started playing around with my new iPhone 5, I realized that there really wasn't very much special about it. I had updated my iPhone 4 the night before to the iOS 6 so the two phones were pretty much the same. My new 5 has Siri and is a bit lighter but other than that, not overly impressed.

I'll start off with the things that I didn't like so that I can finish this post on a positive note. Like I mentioned before, the differences between the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4/4s are not that huge after the iOS 6 update. The longer screen make it a little awkward to hold.  It also doesn't comfortably fit in my back pocket like the iPhone 4 did. The new phone comes with a different connector, so slot on the bottom of the phone is different. This may pose an issue for all of you speaker system owners. The map on the new iOS 6 is questionable. When using it to get to an event last week, it kept starting my off from the wrong location. It also didn't come with a YouTube app, but it's easily downloadable. I had to switch from unlimited internet to a 2GB plan.

Although I didn't love the size of the new screen, I do appreciate that there are now 5 rows for apps instead of 4. Although it isn't super noticeable, the new iPhone 5 is lighter and thinner. It isn't a huge difference but you can tell. Kinda.  The screen is also much more vibrant and crisp. I find the camera to be much faster than my previous camera. A great camera feature is that you can take panoramic pictures. The earbuds for this iPhone are more comfortable and supposed to be better.

Panoramic view of my kitchen

I honestly don't know very much about the megapixel, gigabyte, blah blah blah, so you can consider this the dumbed down version. The battery life has been great so far. The con to that though is that it takes a while to charge. I don't have any major complaints though. I am a huge Apple fan and am never disappointing by them.