5s

Obvious statement of the day: Some people obsess over Apple products.<p>&quot;Though Apple’s technical specs claim both the iPhone 5 and 5s weigh exactly the same, the 5s feels lighter. It’s very, very subtle, but I can tell in a multiple blind tests (I don’t have a scale).&quot;<p>Apple says they weight the same, yet the 5s feels lighter.<p>This is why Blackberry is going out of business. Nobody compares the size of the home button to the size of the icons to the size of the holes in the included case.

&quot;The exclamation point regulatory icon on the back of the phone appears to be about 2-5% larger on the 5s. I assume this change is to make the circle a mathematically perfect fraction of the other circles used throughout Apple’s new design language.&quot;<p>No. Stop.

Love the hilariously precise attention to detail. Reminds me of the in-depth review of the secret Disney restroom, <a href="http://www.secretrestroom.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.secretrestroom.com&#x2F;</a> ( writeup at <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/05/04/tribute-to-disneylands-sec.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;boingboing.net&#x2F;2012&#x2F;05&#x2F;04&#x2F;tribute-to-disneylands-sec....</a> ), which I choose to believe is totally serious.<p>If you enjoy this kind of stuff, I have one obscure recommendation: check out this review of the Singapore Airlines economy travel experience from an authentic trufan, <a href="http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/30239/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.airliners.net&#x2F;aviation-forums&#x2F;trip_reports&#x2F;read.m...</a> .

reading that, I got to point 5 before I was struck by how unimportant all of this is.<p>given the problems we face in privacy from our own governments and the almost infinite need for real innovation, why are we fixated as a community on sizes of circles.<p>it really made me sad. is it a form of escapism?

&lt;rant&gt; I&#x27;m hoping the Nexus 5 (slated to be released in mid-October) is good, because I&#x27;ve completely had it with Apple&#x27;s crappy iPhones.<p>* The App store ecosystem is toxic compared to Play.<p>* I&#x27;m absolutely sick of waiting for Apple to put in features that should have been included 3 years ago.<p>* The iPhone 5s&#x2F;5c improvements are pretty minor and unimaginative. Dcurtis&#x27;s list of minor changes further confirms that the new iPhone is _boring_.<p>* Each iPhone refresh since the 4 has been less and less impressive. &lt;&#x2F;rant&gt;<p>I&#x27;m certainly looking forward to moving on- Cheers!

While reading this, was anyone else reminded of this scene?<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY</a>

The Touch ID is really neat, and he misses on of the key interactions. At the unlock screen, you can just touch the home button (without pressing) and it will automatically unlock. No more slide to unlock.<p>This is great.<p>I suspect I&#x27;ll start removing my phone from my pocket with my thumb on the home button. As I grasp the phone, I&#x27;ll hit the home button but immediately release it. Touch ID will read my thumbprint and unlock the phone just as it&#x27;s coming up in front of my face.<p>That&#x27;s a half-second and a gesture I&#x27;ll save, every time I reach for my phone.

this &#x27;article&#x27; border a fetish.<p>and i though some coworkers were bad case of fanboys...

But the screen is larger than three point five inches. :(

This post reads a little too much:<p>&#x27;Hi, I&#x27;m Dustin Curtis, I have an iPhone 5s, and I spent the whole day playing with it, and you probably didn&#x27;t.&#x27;<p>Cool story, Dustin.

Oh, we&#x27;re down to 2-character titles now?

I thought this was going to be about the digit 5 in typography. Yet another article about someone anxious to talk about his new purchase.

[autism intensifies]