Stories by Gary Ng

Samsung is set to publish a new advertisement that puts the Galaxy S III vs the iPhone 5, reports Business Insider: The ad also sports the tagline "It doesn't take a genius" which is a shot at Apple Store retail employees. Samsung's play is to win the 'spec war' against Apple with consumers. They conveniently...

Rainer Brockerhoff explains: People keep asking why Apple didn’t opt for the micro-USB connector. The answer is simple: that connector isn’t smart enough. It has only 5 pins: +5V, Ground, 2 digital data pins, and a sense pin, so most of the dock connector functions wouldn’t work – only charging and syncing would. Also, the pins...

It looks like this time around, Apple has new plans for the way it is distributing the iPhone 5. We earlier learned factory unlocked iPhones will no longer be available for purchase on launch day at Apple retail stores. Now, the Globe and Mail is reporting Apple is tightening how authorized resellers distribute the new iPhone:...

Apple has released their detailed iPhone 5 blueprints for case manufacturers looking to build new accessories for the latest iPhone. You can check out the detailed .PDF here, which notes highly detailed dimensions. The drawings are part of Apple's developer resource page (which currently is open to the public) for case designers looking to make...

MobileSyrup reports they have gotten their hands on new 6GB voice and data plans from Canada's 'Big 3' carriers, just in time for the iPhone 5. Here are three plans from Rogers, Bell and Telus Rogers: $73 6GB Plan (Promo is in-market from September 14th – September 30th) - 200 minutes, My10 Canada-wide, unlimited SMS/MMS, 6PM evening and...

We predicted this was coming because it was available in the past--Future Shop and Best Buy are taking iPhone 5 pre-orders for all the official carriers. All you have to do is pay a $50 deposit and head down to the store on the September 21st launch day to pick up your iPhone 5. The...

iPhoneinCanada.ca has been hearing numerous reports about the availability of factory unlocked iPhone 5 units at Apple Stores on launch day over the past few days. According to multiple sources, Apple Canada has decided to no longer offer factory unlocked units for sale on launch day, Friday, September 21st. The reasoning for reversing this policy,...

As if the iPhone 5 pre-orders from Apple haven't gained enough attention in the past 15 hours or so, Apple has now chimed in with their thoughts to AllThingsD: “Pre-orders for iPhone 5 have been incredible,” Apple spokeswoman Nat Kerris told AllThingsD. “We’ve been completely blown away by the customer response.” Yesterday's midnight (PDT) rush for...

The iPhone 5 supports HD Voice, which essentially makes your voice calls sound clearer than before. Here's how it is described by Bell, as they introduced HD Voice in January on their network and Virgin Mobile too: On an HD Voice call, you can expect: Richer sound quality – words are clearer and easier to...

The iPhone continues to dominate in Canada, although it's still a tight race when it comes to iOS vs Android. According to June 2012 comScore stats revealed at Canadian Wireless Trade Show (via MobileSyrup), the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S take the top two spots as the top devices from Rogers, Bell and Telus--look at...

If you managed to place your iPhone 5 pre-order from Apple during the first wave, you order will have a shipping estimate that notes: “Delivers 9/21 - 9/25”. Orders placed outside the first hour quickly moved to a delayed 'ships in two weeks' window. Once again, following the estimated delivery map they also used for...

Fido kicked off their iPhone 5 pre-orders this morning, but their customers were in for a bit of a surprise. Only 16GB models were available, much to the disappointment of their customers (screenshot via @i0livier): According to this Fido forums thread, customer service agents explain their "reasoning" for the shortfall of model availability: "Apple is...