The Internet is filled with detailed breakdowns of Apple’s latest iPhone 5, scheduled for release in September. Many people will tout the hundreds of new features available on the device, but few of those articles will let people in on the truth of that matter: not all of those features matter. Just because a feature is new doesn’t automatically make that feature good or worthwhile. For every legitimately great, new feature present on the iPhone 5, the device also has one that doesn’t really help to make it a better phone. All these “enhancements” do is make the phone look better on paper.
3D maps are a great idea, in theory. However, one has to stop and wonder when 3D maps will actually be worthwhile. It can be assumed that the primary helpful function of 3D maps is to help you navigate unfamiliar terrain in a visual way. However, a regular 2D top-view map (like the kind all iPhones up to and including the iPhone 5 support) does the exact same thing. All 3D maps do is display the graphical capabilities of the new iPhone 5 processor. It can be argued that an application like Google Maps, available on all iPhone models, accomplishes the same thing only in a better and easier to navigate way.