Outrageous!!
Who do these consumers think they are? Buying the product the prefer and not checking with the Register first for permission!
OK, so it's well known that buying an iPhone 5 is a foolish decision if you want a fully-featured smartphone with any useful new technology in it (the new Apple phone isn't one, and doesn't have any). Also Steve Jobs actually died as the last one came out, so his followers would in many ways be disrespecting his memory by …
This is a new low for The Register, to call it drivel, would be unkind to drivel.. Something around "dismal, pointless toss", maybe.
I don't care which small willy insecure gadget camp someone does or doesn't come from, this doesn't constitute journalism or even entertainment. Even Ms. Leach usually manages better than this, which is not a compliment.
Why have NFC when you have Passbook?
Why have bigger screen when you have ipad/or any other tablet?
Why have plastic when you can have aliminum?
seriously its about personal preference and since launch iphone has never been the highest spec or even most reliable, but the Rolls Royce vs Buggatti argument is a similar compariosn
Trouble is we all look for fault (Achilles heel syndrome) in the heroes and leaders in innovation
Yes they dont invent but they do make your £500 invest look and feel like £500 well spent