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Thursday, January 10, 2013

iPhone 5 Reviews: Is It Really One of the Worst Smartphones?

Consumer Reports says the iPhone 5 is not as great as its made out to be. Do you agree that Apple is slipping behind its rivals in the smartphone market?

A recent issue of Consumer Reports that ranked the top smartphones in the U.S. placed the iPhone 5 behind its rivals among many carriers and it didn't even crack the top three for Verizon.  The iPhone 5 is owned by tens of thousands of Maryland Heights and St. Louis-area residents, and is among the most popular phones at stores across the region. Business Insider picked up on the magazine's story and speculated that while the iPhone has been a "mind-boggling" success for the past five years, other smartphone makers are starting to catch up, pointing to the success of the Samsung Galaxy S3 among others.  The worry is that Apple will soon be eclipsed as the already hyper-competitive and ridiculous lucrative smartphone market continues to …

Dr J Collings

4:03 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

I replaced my Blackberry Bold 9900 Touch with an iphone 5 last September. I wish I had not. The iphone 5 is inferior and overpriced. Email is often not pushed quickly and I often have to pull it. Calls are often dropped which never happened with my Blackberry. I don't mind paying a premium for a quality product but with the iphone 5 you pay a premium but do not get a quality product. Also, …   more ›

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