Re: iPhone 5. Pre-Orders 14/9. Ships 21/9. iOS6 Today @ 6PM
Initial impressions on ipad3 - meh. Not bad, not great.
Maps seem ok, Flyover is a cool distraction (when looking at London, anyway!) - most of the main landmarks are there, but there are large patches that have been omitted. It also seems to stutter pretty badly, so you won't miss that if you're on the iPhone 4! In general, on the 4, they seem ok. Not needed to use it in anger yet.
Directions seems a bit, erm, un-polished without the usual 'Apple' levels of UI consistency and refinement. Look at the 'ok' button on the initial warning pop-over as an example...
Nice to now have a fully-featured clock on the iPad.
Siri will be of more use to me on the iPad than a phone, I suspect.
The App Store re-design on the iPad is shocking & reminds me, perhaps unfairly, of the old Android Store. Ouch. On the phone? The same interface isn't so bad.
On the iPhone 4 - keyboard now has a black background, re-designed dialler & the menus & 'music' have had a minor, oddly-simplified re-skin...