
The iPhone 5 was the
most anticipated Apple handset launch since the iPhone 4. The 4S offered only
an incremental, albeit antenna-fixing, upgrade, and the fifth-gen iPhone
arrives just as many 4 users’ 24-month contract comes up for renewal.
However, in that time
we’ve seen a seismic shift, with competing smartphones offering quality and
desirability to match and even surpass the iPhone.
But wait a goddamn
minute. Statistics don’t lie (usually) and, just as we were putting pen to
paper, Apple announced that pre-orders for the iPhone 5 hit two million in 24
hours, spanking its previous record of one million in a day for the iPhone 4
and...