[LINK] iPhone 5 … Problematic

[Nick Ross]

The only single thing that might make the iPhone an allround winner is
decent 4G battery life IMHO. And the 4G S3 might have that.
On Sep 15, 2012 11:53 AM, "Frank O'Connor" <francisoconnor3 at bigpond.com>
wrote:

> Sorry I was watching the Crows-Freo game last night ...
>
> And the information below came right after Apple shut down pre-orders at
> apple.com.au.
>
> I prowled Telstra, Optus and TPG user forums, Whirlpool telco forums, and
> the like. I was transferred around three different areas of Telstra trying
> to get a straight answer ... the best indicator I got was "Yes we have
> stocks of the Nano-SIMs, but I believe they need to be processed before
> they can be used in Telstra iPhones" and nobody was prepared to guarantee
> that the puppies would be widely available in Telstra Shops and like
> outlets within days, or even weeks, of the 21st September. (The idea of
> having to travel 100 klicks to a central Melbourne location to pick up a
> NanoSIM wasn't/isn't particularly appealing.)
>
> >From the looks of other forums (SlashDot, Crowdsupport Telstra, various
> Whirlpool Telco forums etc) the other telcos also haven't exactly been
> forthcoming with the necessary assurances.
>
> So the iPhone 5 receded from my calculations ... for this, and the other
> reasons I previously mentioned.
>
> Not to worry, I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 instead. I looked at the Galaxy
> Note ... but that seemed a tad to big for my purposes. The LG Optimus 4X
> and the HTC One X looked like great competitors at around the same price (a
> tad more than $500 for the 32Gb version), and the Optimus had a Micro-SD
> slot to supplement phone memory ... but I like the S3 form factor, quick 4
> core CPU, micro-USB charging and the big screen for its relatively compact
> size.
>
> I still reckon hubris has set in at Apple, and that they're not a value
> proposition compared to their more open standard driven, less proprietary,
> competitors. I'll miss the App Shop for the phone, but will be able to run
> Google Maps and YouTube on the new puppy ... and it will accept my
> Micro-SIM from the old iPhone ... so there should be minimal aggravation
> for me in the switch.
> ---
> On 14/09/2012, at 10:31 PM, Ivan Trundle <ivan at itrundle.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >> So, what you're saying is that since there are no Nano-SIMs available
> for the iPhone 5
> >
> > Here's what I was told when I rang Telstra this morning: Link is less
> reliable for this kind of information...
> >
> > Nano-SIMS will be available as a replacement to any current SIM free of
> charge at Telstra centres, from 21 September. It is not restricted to any
> phones bought on plans.
> >
> > I've not bothered calling any other telco, but apparently they have
> 'large stocks around the country'. Other telcos allegedly have them, too.
> There are also adaptors to convert back up to micro-SIM or full-size SIM
> cards, though the guy I spoke to couldn't say if they would be issued with
> the nano-SIM.
> >
> > As a further note (not from the Telstra person I spoke to), the European
> Telecommunications Standards Institute has given the green light to the
> card, and Nokia have now agreed to use the nano-SIM under licence.
> >
> > With only a slight amount of Googling, I see that Vodafone (in the UK)
> has 500,000 nano-SIMS ready and waiting for launch day.
> >
> > iT
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