Actually i believe the glass on the 4 is sturdier than the 3. Anyway, if you have never owned an iphone before, you probably wont notice the difference btw the 3 and the 4. I am new to the iphone and got the 4. While i prefer how the old one feels in my hand, the screen and speed of the4 makes it a no brainier for me.
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Actually i believe the glass on the 4 is sturdier than the 3. Anyway, if you have never owned an iphone before, you probably wont notice the difference btw the 3 and the 4. I am new to the iphone and got the 4. While i prefer how the old one feels in my hand, the screen and speed of the4 makes it a no brainier for me.
Yet, there weren't enough features to make everyone want to upgrade early. I sure didn't have a burning desire to go from 3G to 3Gs...wasn't enough to make me want to pay the extra money. Now going from 3Gs to 4 is a no-brainer.
And surely, going from 3Gs to 5 would be a no-brainer too, but just don't expect an amazing upgrade from the current 4...just a 'marginal' bump like the 3G to 3Gs bump was.
Half of those were either available via jailbreaking or next to useless to most people. At least the upgrade from the 3Gs to 4 added some stuff that was pretty significant.
You guys saying the 3gs is better. Ha! thats all i have to say. I have had the 3g, 3gs and the iphone 4 about 3 weeks after launch. My 4 blows them all away. The cam, dispay, speed, i do not even think about my 3gs.
the only people saying 3GS are just saying it because they aren't eligible for an upgrade.
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Lol yeah, most people who complain about the antenna are just saying it to make themselves feel better... They know inside their heart the 4 is miles better.
What i meant to say was for someone who has not owned either phone (3 or 4), the Iphone is a huge leap from whatever he had. So he wouldn't have the basis for comparison. for me, while i had not owned an iphone before, i have friends and relatives who owned them and so i could tell the difference between them and i like the way the 3g feels in my hands better than the square Ip4 but i prefer the retina display and the new processor of the 4.
Lol yeah, most people who complain about the antenna are just saying it to make themselves feel better... They know inside their heart the 4 is miles better.
I agree with you.
I live in a low signal area and no matter how much I grip my phone, I can not make the iPhone 4 drop the call (bars do go down, but calls will not drop). Also, I've had fewer dropped calls now with my iPhone 4 than with my 3GS wile standing in the same area.
Now my phone does have the proximity sensor issue, but I'm confident apple will fix this in an update. So it's not a deal breaker right now.
You mean going from 3G to 4 is a no-brainer, because you never had the 3GS.
3G to 3GS is hardly a marginal bump as it added 8 new features, just 3 features shy of 11 new features that the iP4 added over the 3GS. If anything, original iPhone to 3G was a marginal bump with only 3 new features (A-GPS, 3G, and all new design).
While video and voice control might be possible with jailbreaking, you can't jailbreak a 3G to get improved battery life, faster processor/more memory, better camera, compass, oleophobic coating, and faster download from HSDPA implementation.
What someone considers pretty significant is extremely subjective. FaceTime is next to useless to some (at this point I'd say most) people and someone with piss poor eyesight isn't going to take advantage of the retina display. Who benefitted greatly from having a gyroscope? All other improvements were incremental updates (better battery, faster processor/more memory, better rear camera, better noise cancellation from the extra microphone, faster upload from HSUPA implementation, better wireless support from 802.11n).