I'm really diggin this new iPhone. I'm not going to talk about the obvious improvements such as the display, build quality, speed, camera, etc, but here are some of my observations:
The battery life is phenomenal. After 4 hours and 12 minutes of real use (though only about 45 of that was on 3G); video, music, games, and so on, the battery is at 52%. So great to not have to worry so much about the damn battery.
The signal quality: I have really bad signal in my house, usually about 1 bar. The i4 is just about the same as my 3gs...maybe a little worse. When I was in town though, I had full 3g the whole time. The wifi has a much longer range though. I don't have a wireless N router, just a normal G, yet I was able to walk at least 30 ft further away then my 3gs and still have signal.
And I've seen some people ask about the gps, well, THE GPS IS UTTERLY AMAZING! With my 3gs, I was driving off the road, sometimes way off the road, and the movement was jittery. But on the i4 it was perfect accuracy. I mean perfect. Even at a part in the road where I had 1 bar of signal, the map scrolled fine and the accuracy was still perfect. I think I might actually get the TomTom or Navigon app now. Very impressive.
Everything else, I'm sure we all know about by now, so I want bother with my impressions. Overall, the phone is almost perfect. I do wish the cell signal had been improved, but it doesn't seem to be worse, so whatev. I'm very satisfied.
edit: another cool thing I noticed, that I'm not sure if it's the iOS4 or the phone, but when turning 3g on, my 3gs would totally drop the signal, have no coverage for a few moments and then pick up the cell signal again. But when I turned 3g on with the i4, it just stayed on Edge for a few seconds and then switched to 3g without ever dropping signal. Not any huge deal, but I liked it.
The battery life is phenomenal. After 4 hours and 12 minutes of real use (though only about 45 of that was on 3G); video, music, games, and so on, the battery is at 52%. So great to not have to worry so much about the damn battery.
The signal quality: I have really bad signal in my house, usually about 1 bar. The i4 is just about the same as my 3gs...maybe a little worse. When I was in town though, I had full 3g the whole time. The wifi has a much longer range though. I don't have a wireless N router, just a normal G, yet I was able to walk at least 30 ft further away then my 3gs and still have signal.
And I've seen some people ask about the gps, well, THE GPS IS UTTERLY AMAZING! With my 3gs, I was driving off the road, sometimes way off the road, and the movement was jittery. But on the i4 it was perfect accuracy. I mean perfect. Even at a part in the road where I had 1 bar of signal, the map scrolled fine and the accuracy was still perfect. I think I might actually get the TomTom or Navigon app now. Very impressive.
Everything else, I'm sure we all know about by now, so I want bother with my impressions. Overall, the phone is almost perfect. I do wish the cell signal had been improved, but it doesn't seem to be worse, so whatev. I'm very satisfied.
edit: another cool thing I noticed, that I'm not sure if it's the iOS4 or the phone, but when turning 3g on, my 3gs would totally drop the signal, have no coverage for a few moments and then pick up the cell signal again. But when I turned 3g on with the i4, it just stayed on Edge for a few seconds and then switched to 3g without ever dropping signal. Not any huge deal, but I liked it.
