What we think is missing from the iPhone 5

What we think is missing from the iPhone 5:

Some of these things were impressive, others had us reaching for some new iOS 6 emoji.

With the launch of the iPhone 5 this Wednesday, the big question is whether it's worth upgrading. Many of the new features—the camera specs, the design, probably the processor—impressed us, and some new features—the lack of simultaneous data and voice on Verizon and Sprint, and the lack of global roaming on AT&T iPhones—left us ever-so-slightly disappointed.
While there's no doubt that Apple put forth a good showing in the "new stuff" department, there were a couple of features that we were expecting that didn't make the cut. We asked Ars readers what you really wanted from a new iPhone the day before the launch, and you listed things like NFC, wireless charging, and standardized Micro USB. Almost nothing in that list was included when the iPhone 5 materialized. We're not angry, just disappointed.

Whither USB 3.0?

Apple updated its dock connector for the first time in nearly a decade yesterday, and the new eight-pin "Lightning" connector is definitely smaller and more attractive than the 30-pin version. Except for the part where it's incompatible with every one of the millions of iPod and iPhone accessories out in the wild today, it looks to be a solid improvement on what came before. In true Apple fashion, the company will sell a set of adapters to 30-pin connectors and micro-USB connector, and has plans to announce two different video adapters in the near future that it will certainly make a killing on.
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