We're not going to beat around the bush -- in our approximation, the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market right now.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/iphone-4-review/
We're not going to beat around the bush -- in our approximation, the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market right now.
Does that article just stop at the video for everyone else? Is that the whole article? I thought there was supposed to be some talk about battery life ("more on that in a moment")?
I'm very happy and excited about the battery section of the review. Nice. Very nice.
Great review. Completely agreed about the notification system. It absolutely blows, and I'm surprised it hasn't changed (especially for notifications from apps like Meebo).
What battery section? That was the section I was looking forward to most along with the camera section (which I'm pleased about).
This is a big one for many people, and we have some fairly surprising news to report. The battery life on the iPhone 4 has been outstanding thus far, exceeding our expectations for longevity during testing. We've only had a short time to use the phone, but in the week or so we've been carrying the device as our main phone, we've had pretty amazing results under normal to heavy use. In fact, we managed to squeeze more than 38 hours -- yes, 38 hours -- of life out of a single charge using the phone as we normally would. We're talking calls, some gaming, lots of push email and calendar invites, playing music over Bluetooth in the car, and just general testing (like downloading new apps, rearranging icons, tweaking settings). We went from 10:30AM on a Saturday morning till 1:00AM on Monday without needing to charge the phone. Of course, it switched itself off just after the clock struck 1, but it was thrilling -- like that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer and the car salesman see how far they can get in a car with the tank on E. Sitcom references aside, the battery life seems markedly improved in the iPhone 4, and why not? It's got a much larger battery coupled with that iPad-powering A4, which has already shown that it can sip rather than gulp power.
Once the rest of the team has their iPhones in hand, we'll do some hardcore battery life testing and see what we come up with, but we think under pretty active use, the iPhone 4 blows Apple's previous generation phone out of the water, and makes a lot of the competition look downright needy.
Does that article just stop at the video for everyone else? Is that the whole article? I thought there was supposed to be some talk about battery life ("more on that in a moment")?
Here.
Nope, whole article loads fine for me.
Just as expected: another suckfest by Engadget. They would probably praise Steve Jobs' turds if they were given some to review.
Engadget has become nothing but Apple fanboys, it's sad to see.
Just as expected: another suckfest by Engadget. They would probably praise Steve Jobs' turds if they were given some to review.
Engadget has become nothing but Apple fanboys, it's sad to see.
From the Engadget review:
"...and even a phone like the HTC Droid Incredible -- which just came out -- seems last-generation."
Mark
Just as expected: another suckfest by Engadget. They would probably praise Steve Jobs' turds if they were given some to review.
Engadget has become nothing but Apple fanboys, it's sad to see.