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专栏 - 苹果2_0

苹果iPhone5真机实测反响热烈

Philip Elmer-DeWitt 2012年09月21日

苹果(Apple)公司内部流传着一个老笑话,那就是史蒂夫·乔布斯周围是一片“现实扭曲力场”:你离他太近的话,就会相信他所说的话。苹果的数百万用户中已经有不少成了该公司的“信徒”,而很多苹果投资者也赚得盆满钵满。不过,Elmer-DeWitt认为,在报道苹果公司时有点怀疑精神不是坏事。听他的应该没错。要知道,他自从1982年就开始报道苹果、观察史蒂夫·乔布斯经营该公司。
有幸提前体验了iPhone 5的业界人士给出的评价惊人地一致。大家普遍认为,新款更轻、更薄、更大、更快,细节更出色。它继承了前辈的荣光,维护了苹果在智能手机领域至高无上的地位。

    
图片来自joyoftech.com

    苹果公司(AAPL)挑选iPhone新机型的试用版用户时一如既往地小心。重要的报纸和杂志、喜爱苹果产品的博主往往备受青睐;某些时候,苹果还会刻意选择颇具影响力的科技网站为其评估最新机型。

    沃尔特•莫斯伯格,《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal):iPhone钟爱大屏幕。“本周,世界上最受欢迎的智能手机变得更快,更薄,更轻便。手机屏幕增大到4英寸,但是电池寿命、手感和制作工艺没有丝毫打折。”

    大卫•波格,《纽约时报》(The New York Times):iPhone 5整体优秀,略有不足。“苹果将iPhone5的新型充电接口命名为‘闪电’。新机型的插孔比以往更小更稳固——相比于原先0.83英寸的插孔,新插孔只有0.31英寸。新插头没有正反之分,可以从两面插入连接端口。插头和插孔十分契合,拔插不费力。iPhone5充电接口是现代主流端口的典范。就以上方面来看,iPhone5十分优秀。不过,新款充电接口与现行通用配件、接口还有充电器都不兼容。苹果适配器插头的价格为30美元(如果带上8英寸长连接线的话,价格将达到40美元)。iPhone5买家如果手里有几样配件,买手机就得花200美元,再买新适配器还会花费150美元。对于iPhone的忠实客户来说,这挺让人难受的,甚至有点寒心。”

    爱德华•贝格,《今日美国》(USA Today):苹果iPhone5是一款尖端智能手机。“去年十月,苹果发售了iPhone4S,起初大家十分失望,不少人都期待着苹果发行iPhone5。iPhone4S相比于前一代机型也许并没有多大的突破,不过它依然是一部时髦的手机,配有高性能相机和名为Siri的语音控制系统——虽然Siri在某些时候并不管用。时至今日,iPhone4S逐步成为iPhone系列中最畅销的机型。目前,iPhone5即将面世。依我所见,买家正蠢蠢欲动。”

    彼得•诺瓦克,加拿大广播公司新闻频道(CBCNews):iPhone5缺乏创新,但依旧时髦。“iPhone5使用苹果第六代操作系统iOS 6,装有新型苹果地图应用程序,不过比不上前一代装配的谷歌地图应用程序。新应用功能强大,可以查找行路站点,但是功能还不完善。比如,多伦多有许多有轨电车的站点,但是在新地图应用中并没有显示;而且至少在该城市,新应用也无法显示即时路况。谷歌地图的街道视角广受欢迎,但新应用不包含这项功能。因此,用户无法在iPhone5上以行人视角观察周边环境。如果苹果允许,谷歌很可能将自己的地图应用添加到iOS 6中并大显身手。”

    哈利•麦克拉肯,《时代》杂志(Time):更上一层楼。“苹果依然魅力十足。iPhone5对某些硬件和软件的升级虽然算不上重大突破,但是仍然受到欢迎。比如,iPhone5的屏幕略有增大,并且使用了4G LTE宽带。iPhone4S的相机已经是手机王国中的佼佼者,而iPhone5犹有过之而无不及。此外,iPhone5的Siri系统更加智能。简而言之,iPhone4S是市场上最为耀眼的明星,iPhone5不仅继承了它的光辉,而且更加光彩照人。”

    Apple (AAPL), as usual, chose carefully whom to seed with pre-release review copies of the new iPhone: The biggest newspapers and magazines, the friendliest bloggers and, with pointed exceptions, the most influential tech sites.

    Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal: The iPhone Takes to the Big Screen."The world's most popular smartphone becomes significantly faster, thinner and lighter this week, while gaining a larger, 4-inch screen—all without giving up battery life, comfort in the hand and high-quality construction."

    David Pogue, The New York Times: IPhone 5 Scores Well, with a Quibble."Apple calls its [charging connector] replacement the Lightning connector. It's much sturdier than the old jack, and much smaller — 0.31 inch wide instead of 0.83. And there's no right side up — you can insert it either way. It clicks satisfyingly into place, yet you can remove it easily. It's the very model of a modern major connector. Well, great. But it doesn't fit any existing accessories, docks or chargers. Apple sells an adapter plug for $30 (or $40 with an eight-inch cable "tail"). If you have a few accessories, you could easily pay $150 in adapters for a $200 phone. That's not just a slap in the face to loyal customers — it's a jab in the eye."

    Ed Baig, USA Today: Apple iPhone 5 in front of the smartphone pack."When Apple introduced the iPhone 4S last October, you could sense the initial disappointment. Many people were longing for an iPhone 5. The iPhone 4S that came instead may not have represented a dramatic upgrade, but it was a snappy handset with an excellent camera and a sometimes-obedient virtual digital assistant named Siri. It went on to become the best-selling iPhone to date. Nearly a year later the iPhone 5 is upon us. And what I detect this time is lust."

    Peter Nowak, CBCNews: iPhone 5 not terribly innovative, but still a smart package."Devices running iOS 6 will thus have Apple's new Maps app, which isn't as good as its Google-based predecessor. The new app is functional and includes transit stops, but these are incomplete. While there are plenty of streetcar stops marked in Toronto, for example, some subway stations are inexplicably missing. Real-time traffic data, for Toronto at least, is also almost non-existent. It also doesn't include Google's popular Street View, so you can't swoop down to take a pedestrian-level view of locations... If Apple allows it, Google is likely to release its own map app for iOS 6 and fight it out for supremacy."

    Harry McCracken, Time: It's all about refinement."Apple's mojo remains fully operational. The iPhone 5 features some upgrades which, though not groundbreaking in the least, are welcome, like its slightly-larger screen and zippy 4G LTE broadband. It sports an improved version of what was already the single best camera in phonedom. It makes Siri smarter. In short, it's the most polished version yet of what was already easily the most polished phone on the market."

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