iPhone5 Is Worst Of The Top Smartphones: Consumer Reports

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http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/01/iphone5...r-reports/

[Speedy]

Couldn't agree more. I loved my 4, not my 5. Really hate the poor WiFi on the 5.

[mattkime]

oh damn, i thought i liked it but now i don't.

[deckeda]

CR does this once a year. Bad mouths it prior to publishing as a way of building steam. Then when published backtracks a little, defends themselves a little and so on.

[sekker]

Speedy wrote:
Couldn't agree more. I loved my 4, not my 5. Really hate the poor WiFi on the 5.

Tell us it isn't so! You might have to change your monicker then...

[Robert M]

Space,

Yet, if you look at their reviews of smartphones published on their website, the IPhone 5 is in the top five spots multiple times.

Robert

[davester]

If you actually check the CR ratings, the iPhone beats out or ties all of the other phones in most categories except for "messaging" and "battery life". It's way ahead on camera and video quality. It only loses the battery life rating to the gigantic Droid Razr Maxx HD, obviously because you can pack a giant battery into a brick. It's pretty obvious that they are only rating the hardware "features" and are paying no attention to the OS, to the ability to put the phone in your pocket, or the user friendliness of the design. You can keep your monster phones as far as I'm concerned. I do not want to try to jam a tablet into my shirt pocket.

This is typical of consumer reports. They are good at measuring things that are easy to measure. Unfortunately, the easy things to measure are often not the parameters that distinguish a good from a bad product.

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davester, I agree. I do not have a subscription to CR, so I cannot check all those ratings. I remember they did something similar with 4 and later praised 4S. I would put much trust in what they say. I would rather read reviews on Amazon for what I want to buy. But the title seemed designed to catch attention. maybe even a little provocative IMHO.

[NewtonMP2100]

liver....WORST.....

[macphanatic]

What does CR say about the difficulty in upgrading most Android phones? The user is dependant on the mfg modifying each Android release for each device. Then the carrier takes this and modifies it again. I've got a company issued 1 yr old Android device that I can't update because Samsung hasn't issued an update for it. Its stuck at 2.x.