Would you buy the iPhone 5 again?

I've been an Android guy since the Motorola Droid 1 days and most recently have used the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. In short, I've been happy with this phone other than the fact it doesn't do its most important feature well such as HOLDING A SIGNAL. Seriously, it is a freaking joke. It was a problem when I bought this phone and I kept thinking that VZW would roll out an update to fix it. Nope. A dozen tech calls might fix it. Nope. Even VZW seems to have given up on the phone. Now when I call to complain, they just remind me I have an upgrade coming. Most people fault VZW, I fault Google for allowing their flagship Nexus device to launch with such poor construction.
So onto my question. My wife has the iPhone 4S, which for the most part has been great. At a minimum it holds a steady 3G signal where I can't get anything. At this time, I still want 4G and I like the bigger size of the iPhone 5, not to mention the global capabilities.
Would you buy the IPhone 5 again? A quick Google search shows there was some reception issues with it as well on VZW, but many of those were older. Has it been resolved? I can't drop a ton of money and deal with this stupidity again. Otherwise I might hold on for the Moto X. I'm through with Samsung, forever.

WOW, I just had my Verizon insurout ance replacement iphone 4s stolen in Cambridge, MA and located it with the App Find my Phone, and need a phone desperately as it is my work phone. The replacement 4S stopped holding a charge for more than an hour and many other problems, like when you go to Contacts, and try to choose a person to call or text, the names start automatically scrolling and it was like diving in a pool of water that was 12' wide from a skyscraper....it took like 15 attempts to finally get your finger on the right contact and was absolutely frustrating. So I was headed out to suck up the retail price for a new iphone 5 because my contract isn't up yet w/ Verizon and I also won't be using them again.
So, I have 2 questions as I am at my wit's end and taking vacation day to deal with this crap today as I fly 60 % of the time. An as an FYI, Boston and Cambridge campus is a hot spot for stolen Smartphones, so you might wanna tape that baby to your chest and use the speaker phone:-)
1. Is the iphone 5 a piece of crap too and does anyone have Samsung Galaxy or any other models they don't have issues with?
2. I am NOT tech savvy and was going to try to buy a used one on Craigslist or Ebay but all the recommendations are that you ask all these questions and go pick it up in person??? I am a female and that is not going to happen.....HELPPP Any other options before I jump off that skyscraper into that pool???
Sorry for long post, but dealing with this mess is soooo frustrating and I feel like I am hanging by a noose by Verizon.

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i was told that you have to pay monthly after buying the iphone 5

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I mean it's much cheaper and the appearance is almost the same as the original one.
"It’s also very thin too, only 9.3mm at thickness. It gets a 3.5 inches 960×640 WVGA touchscreen, dual core processor and a 5.0M Pixels camera with flash. It’s based on a MTK platform, and gets Wi-Fi connectivity for you to access the Internet. "

sunstarchen wrote:
I mean it's much cheaper and the appearance is almost the same as the original one.
"It’s also very thin too, only 9.3mm at thickness. It gets a 3.5 inches 960×640 WVGA touchscreen, dual core processor and a 5.0M Pixels camera with flash. It’s based on a MTK platform, and gets Wi-Fi connectivity for you to access the Internet. "
The physical unit is likely cloned, however the software is going to be completely different.
WHY would you want that abysmal antenna design and not get the iOS software?
In short - no. That said, I haven't and likely never will buy a real iPhone either.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

Would you recommend the iPhone 5 or 5c?

well i'm trying to decide whether to buy the 5 or the 5c. Since they're the same price, but 5c has more features but its also plastic so it would break easily. Any recomendations?

The "break easily" easily part is not a differentiator. The 5 has an aluminum metal case and the glass-fiber filled plastic case of the 5c has a near identical strength. And, anyway, you'll break the glass long before you get a chance to even dent the case.
Now if it were between the 5 and the 5s, that would be a giant leap....

Survey - For all 875p and 865pe : Would you buy MSI MotherBoards Again???

I dont know if this should be done here in MSI's forum but im really pissed off with these boards and until they fix those MANY BUGS i can only speak badly about them.
All i know is that i have another P4 with the Gigabyte's 8INXP Motherboard (7205 chipset) and it's stable as hell...running for almost a year now, it's much older and yet AGP 8x WORK'S WELL!!
I spent alot of money on this new system and i'm already feeling sorry for it...i was going for an ASUS P4C800 deluxe and that's what i should have done...more money but much more reliable.Should have read the forum before buying my 875p-Neo.
Well give your opinion...
My opinion is...i had never experienced computer chaos until now!!!
So with this image of MSI i will not buy another Motherboard from them.
Leba

Well I have to tell everybody that I Personaly happen to think that MSI Makes The Most Stable Motherboards that I have Ever Used ....I have owned a total of 9 Different MSI Boards over the Years, and I still have 2 Boards in operation in my home right now.....If you see by my signature that My 2'ND System I have running now is the Brand New ABIT IC7-MAX 3, And the Only reason that I purchased the ABIT is because I wanted a System that was going to be a "Shoe In" for the Pentium Prescott as far as the ability to be able to provide enough stable V-Core Voltage, as the ABIT IC7-Max 3 has From the Begining of it's inception was ment to be a Prescott Board (as the IC7-G is really thier i875 Canterwood Board), ABIT says that the New IC7-MAX 3 was built for the Prescott with the Options to provide more Voltage going to the CPU, As it has 4 Phase Power (instead of the usual 3 Phase) it also has the new OTES technology which isolates the Mosfetts and the Output transistors and capasitors with huge Heatsinks and thier own Dedicated Enclosed Fan assembly that blows the hot air off of them and removes it to outside of the Case.....But other then the Fact that this Board is Built for Heavy Overclocking in Mind as I can reach 290 MHZ FSB at a 1:1 Memory Ratio, This board also Cost a Fortune compared to to my MSI Boards ...When this ABIT first Came out it was almost as exspensive as BOTH of my MSI Boards put together !! I am not kidding, This Board was Well over $300 US in Late September, And on top of this All of these model ABIT Boards Needed to go back to the Factory because of a DDR and VTT Voltage Problem ...So Would I by another ABIT product..Absolutely NOT would I buy anothe MSI product, well put it this way , I have the New I865PE-PFISR Extreme Edition On order, And on top of it all I think that MSI Does have the BEST Tech. Support (all you have to do is Call!!) and where are you going to find a Product FORUM that has A better Administration and Moderation Team....Not to mention all of the Great Members that go the Extra Mile in order to Help One Another....You wont Find Better, Just Browse the other Websites..ie ASUS, VIA, AOpen, ABIT, Gigabyte,....All that you see in those sites is a bunch of Ranting and No HELP.........MSI ROCKS............Sean REILLY875

Can you buy the iPhone 4s that is free without a payment plan?

Hello. I recently found out that you can buy a free iPhone at the Online Apple Store. It's the iPhone 4s. It's pretty cool! Now, I already have internet at home, I don't make calls, so I wonder if I can get the iPhone with ought having a payment plan! I might as well take the chance of buying it. Ok thanks!

No. It's not. The phone is paid for by a carrier in exchange for signing a 2 year service agreement. It's "subsidised". NOT free.

Can you buy the iphone with the at&t contract than cancel the contract?

Does anyone know or has anyone tried getting the iphone with AT&T and then canceling the contract? What is ATT charging for iphone if I do this and then cancel my contract? Seems like this is the only way to buy the phone outright without going through e-bay.

AT&T does sell the iPhone without a contract however it is still carrier locked.
3G 8GB - $499
3GS 16GB - $599
3GS 32GB - $699
Also if they have a 3G 16GB still in stock then its $549.
This is all according to AT&T's iPhone FAQ:
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/internet/iphone-faq.jsp

When I close my iPhone and I want to open it to use it again, the opening process takes more than an hour, I regretted to buy the iPhone because of this problem that you do not suffer at all with Nokia,how I can solve this problem?

When I close my iPhone and I want to open it to use it again, the opening process takes more than an hour, I regretted to buy the iPhone because of this problem that you do not suffer at all with Nokia,how I can solve this problem?

mostafa182 wrote:
... how I can solve this problem?
The Basic Troubleshooting Steps are:
Restart... Reset... Restore from Backup... Restore as New...
Restart / Reset
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Backing up, Updating and Restoring
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
If you try all these steps and you still have issues... Then a Visit to an Apple Store or AASP (Authorized Apple Service Provider) is the Next Step...
Be sure to make an appointment first...

I bought a book on itunes, and can't open it. tried to send it to my iphone so i could read it there and it won't let me carry it over. I have updated Ibook on my iphone. What do I do? I do not want to buy the book again.

I bought a book on itunes, and can't open it. tried to send it to my iphone so i could read it there and it won't let me carry it over. I have updated Ibook on my iphone. What do I do? I do not want to buy the book again.

You won't be able to open it on your computer, ibooks can currently only be read in the iBooks app on an iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. How were you trying to get it to your phone, syncing it by selecting it on the iPhone's Books tab when connected to your computer's iTunes, or by dragging-and-dropping it from the Books part of your iTunes library over and onto the iPhone 'device' ? Another option is to try re-downloading it directly in the iBooks app on your iPhone via the Purchased tab in the ibookstore in it (re-downloading).

Hello good afternoon! I wonder how can I buy the iphone 5s, but I wanted the A1457 model. Thank Dec anymore. Thank you Regards: Patrick Estevan

Good Afternoon!
I would like to know how to buy the iphone 5s A1457 model
Thank you!
Regards:
Patrick Estevan

Here ya go.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BNIB-16GB-APPLE-IPHONE-5S-GOLD-FACTORY-UNLOCKED-LTE-4G-3 G-2G-GSM-A1457-NEW-/300999528745?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item4614f85129

On the Apple webiste, I read that you must run OS 10.6.8 in order to sync the iPhone 5 with the computer. However, in the tech specs on the "Buy the iPhone now" email I received at my .me email address, it list the OS sytem needed as 10.5.8. Which is it

On the Apple website, I read that you must run OS 10.6.8 in order to sync the iPhone 5 with the computer. However, in the tech specs on the "Buy the iPhone now" email I received at my .me email address, it listed the OS sytem needed as 10.5.8. Which is it?

In Reply to all fellow Apple fans: It is great that someone found a work-around to the iTunes 11.4 no syncing problem. I think that is fine for the short term. And I am really glad that we customers have a forum to share information and experiences regarding Apple's products. However, as someone here said, we are all customers; and posting a problem here "IN HOPES THAT APPLE READS THESE POSTS" is NOT a way to resolve this issue or any issue.
PLEASE CONTACT APPLE: Apple Service Center: 1-800-275-2273 - Once you get a ticket number then and only then is this documented and then Apple can follow-through and alert the engineers who will fix this.
The "CWA2" work-around band-aid does several things in addition to reverting back to iTunes 11.3.1. :
1) It ensures that Apple continues to know nothing of the problem.
2) It ensures that the faulty code that is within 11.4 remains there and is perpetuated into future versions.
3) It ensures that YOU can never upgrade to future versions. (If the resident faulty code remains and perpetuates)
So once you have reverted back to 11.3.1, the problem APPEARS to have gone away (FOR YOU) but you have not solved the problem.
Again, respectfully,
1) Sending feedback to apple (using the "Report Bugs To Apple" menu item in Safari will get the information to someone, somewhere and add it to the pile of issues, complaints, suggestions, etc.
2) CALLING the Apple service/support Center at 1-800-275-2273 will put you in touch with a real APPLE person who will begin the process of documenting and forwarding this issue on to those who will fix it.
and
3) emailing Apple directly will make sure that they get the information.
lets get this fixed !!!!!!!!!

Would you buy TC again?

With the recent bump to 1TB and the need for a new wireless router I'm considering a TC but boy, the experiences seem to be all over the place. I know this is a forum for people trying to iron out problems but if you currently own a TC, would you buy one again? Would you recommend to other mac users?
I may not go the wireless Time Machine route given some of the problems I've heard and my experience with Time Machine on my work iMac. May use SuperDuper instead or equivalent.

Without a doubt I'd buy one again. I have one and my mother bought one. Not a problem between us (over a year +). As you correctly said this is a place where people come to help solve problems so you will see a higher rate of no responses.
I have a dual band Time Capsule and the network is much stronger than my old Linsys router. No backup problems but I did the first one via Ethernet.
When I bought a new iMac I was able to use the Time Machine backup to transfer all my files and preference from my old mac mini. Took about 40 minutes. How can you beat that?

Would love help some tech issues with buying the iphone/upgrading my plan because I had a TERRIBLE RUDE chat with Jenna

I don't know how to contact you by email, but I just want you to know I had a terrible live chat with someone named Jenna, just not at 5:26pm PT. There was no survey at the end to rate and give my feedback, so I am doing so here. I wanted to spare your dignity and not take it out on the company by posting publicly on your own page, so I am doing so in this message because I still respect your service overall. I feel that you just have to know Jenna was cold, lacked any interest in my issue, and even sarcastic at times which I found extremely unprofessional. I've never been treated by any rep at Verizon this way before. I just had concerns about buying the iphone 6 and she in no way eased those concerns or gave proper explaining, so perhaps she needs more training. Not a good way to sell your company or product, that's for sure. If I wasn't on here through a company contract, I would easily have switched to another service. if you have further questions, feel free to reach me/message me back.

Speaking of being rude and needing a "workshop that you can attend on empathy, positive energy and how to be more kind to human beings", your message certainly speaks for itself. Out of our collective posts, YOURS are the only ones which resort to insults and name calling. I take it you WILL NOT be leading that workshop.
As to your statement "i got the message the first time", my two posts are about 2 unrelated items in your OP. It is NOT me posting the same information twice. The first was about the availability of your receipt and the 2nd was about your claim you thought you were replying in private to Verizon and you should read a bit more closely next time if the email you got led you to believe that. Seeing your reply to me, I can certainly understand your need to do so. I'm sorry if you think me trying to keep your personal information private and not being spread needlessly across the web seems rude.
Hopefully you got your receipt with the information you needed.

If you buy a song off i-tunes can you download the song again (for free) if you had happened to delete song off computer?

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I have a isic card and i am a student and i want to see if you have any discount for app for apple and for the i phones and if i have the b.o.box in the us can i buy the iPhone from your site

i have a isic card and i am a student and i want to see if you have any discount for app for apple and for the i phones and if i have the b.o.box in the us can i buy the iPhone from your site

Apple does not offer educational discounts on the iPhone. I don't know what you mean by "app for Apple".
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