I've read or skimmed through another 10 reviews today and Gruber's review was arguably the most critical.
"Apple has added ZERO product innovation this time in software or hardware."
This is just exposing your ignorance and bias. In hardware alone this phone:
(1) has the best SoC available;
(2) has a solid unibody metal construction but weighs less than creaky plastic phones;
(3) pairs world class thinness with world class battery life (according to Engadget);
(4) has a camera that's only beaten by the nokia 808 pureview;
(5) supports beamforming, something almost no other high end phone does;
(6) supports HD audio, another something almost no other high end phone does;
(7) has a full sRGB screen, something we've only seen in mobile from in iPad 3 and ???;
(8) probably has the best included headphones of any phone.
"Apple has added ZERO product innovation this time in software or hardware."
This is just exposing your ignorance and bias. In hardware alone this phone:
(1) has the best SoC available;
(2) has a solid unibody metal construction but weighs less than creaky plastic phones;
(3) pairs world class thinness with world class battery life (according to Engadget);
(4) has a camera that's only beaten by the nokia 808 pureview;
(5) supports beamforming, something almost no other high end phone does;
(6) supports HD audio, another something almost no other high end phone does;
(7) has a full sRGB screen, something we've only seen in mobile from in iPad 3 and ???;
(8) probably has the best included headphones of any phone.