Apple’s iOS 7 was release just the other day, prior to the official release of both the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. The highly-anticipated launch of Apple’s newest and most ambitious iOS update to date has been met with a lot of criticism, but we don’t think anyone hates it more than 4-year-old Jack Colling from Kansas. (more…)
iOS 7 Causes 4-Year-Old Boy To Cry Uncontrollably original content from Ubergizmo. 
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That gold iPhone 5S
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That gold iPhone 5S
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Louis C.K.’s daughters won’t be getting cell phones anytime soon, because the famous dad/funnyman explains as only he can, phones take away his kids’ ability to just feel sadness.
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Louis C.K.’s daughters won’t be getting cell phones anytime soon, because the famous dad/funnyman explains as only he can, phones take away his kids’ ability to just feel sadness.
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Apple’s iPhone 5s and 5c are now on sale at retail and online stores around much of the world, and the general impression from consumers is one of high anticipation. In North America, lines are being reported at Apple retail locations everywhere, including what analyst and Apple watcher Gene Munster (via Mashable) calls Apple’s longest ever lineup for an iPhone device.
The line at Apple’s 5th Avenue NYC flagship store was 1,417 people long at 8 a.m. ET, according to Munster, which is 83 percent longer than the iPhone 5 line at the same time. Munster’s been keeping tallies on iPhone queue length since 2008 with the iPhone 3G, and that line was 549 people long. The next-longest after the iPhone 5s/5c was the iPhone 4, which attracted 1,300 to the flagship New York location.
Of course, Apple didn’t allow pre-orders for the iPhone 4, which is bound to drive more people to retail since they weren’t able to order early and just wait for the FedEx person to drop off their new devices. One good theory about why Apple didn’t offer pre-orders for iPhone 5s is because of supply constraints, owing to the technical challenge of building the new A7 64-bit system-on-a-chip, and the sophisticated new fingerprint scanner built into the 5s Home button.
Images and video have been coming in on social media channels from around the world showing long lines at various Apple retail locations, including the following shot from TUAW depicting an army of Apple employees preparing for the deluge:
Great glass elevator. /mr http://t.co/Y4uWRHtFHc—
(@TUAW) September 20, 2013
Canadian queues also appear to be much longer than last time around, indicating there’s a strong appetite for the iPhone 5s in that market, too:
We're over 250 deep now. #iPhone5s #EatonCenter instagram.com/p/eexvSHna21/—
Corey Herscu (@cellguru) September 20, 2013
Just under an hour and a half remains before the store doors open in San Francisco, but there’s plenty of anticipation there, too:
6:40 am line goes around the block at San Francisco Apple store. Gold iPhone is already sold out. Who woulda thought. http://t.co/1jDEjHo7ty—
moshen (@paranoidroid) September 20, 2013
All reports also seem to be echoing a common refrain of the new gold iPhone finish being the rarest and hardest to get your hands on, which is likely to do with a combination of that model being in relatively short supply to begin with, and it being attractive to buyers because it’s so different and unique from previous iPhone color options.
Apple hasn’t yet reported any numbers regarding its early iPhone pre-order amounts, but it’s almost guaranteed they’ll offer up some kind of figure of cumulative iPhone 5s/5c pre-orders after this initial launch weekend.
We’ve already seen a teardown of the elusive Gold iPhone 5S earlier today, although the release of a major handset wouldn’t be complete until we’ve seen it abused by performing a number of drop tests to see how they fair against those with extremely buttery fingers. Both the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C are officially releasing today, and what better way to mark the occasion than by dropping the hell out of them? (more…)
iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C Drop Tests Ends With Not-So Surprising Results original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Just over a week ago, Apple pulled the wraps off of not one but two new smartphone options for the iOS faithful. In this week’s edition of our slate magazine, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c head through the Engadget review gauntlet to test Cupertino’s latest against the competition. Eyes-On peeks at Chrome bags, Hands-On visits IDF 2013 and Rec Reading investigates Nintendo’s secret weapon. A rather colorful issue is ready for your e-reading device of choice via the repositories down below.
Distro Issue 108 PDF
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Clad in a plastic back, the iPhone 5C
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We already know that the iPhone 5C
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