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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Consumer Reports Ranks iPhone 5 as One of the Worst Smartphones

Consumer Reports thinks so, apparently. Do you agree that Apple is slipping behind its rivals in the smartphone market?

A recent issue of Consumer Reports that ranked the top smartphones in the U.S. placed the iPhone 5 behind its rivals among many carriers and it didn't even crack the top three for Verizon.  (Get instant news updates. Like Hazelwood Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.) Business Insider picked up on the magazine's story and speculated that while the iPhone has been a "mind-boggling" success for the past five years, other smartphone makers are starting to catch up, pointing to the success of the Samsung Galaxy S3 among others.  The worry is that Apple will soon be eclipsed as the already hyper-competitive and ridiculous lucrative smartphone market continues to heat up. Of course, slipping from complete dominance to near-dominance isn'…

Ashley Nevilles

7:07 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013

I haven't had any issues with my phone. I enjoy it just as much as I did the previous versions and I feel the camera is better.   more ›

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