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iPhone 4S Hands-Ons and First Impressions
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Think I can get one and use it outside of US? I don't care whether I need to stay on contract, though I'd prefer using pre-paid.
I for one am disappointed, I just don't understand why Apple did not go for the larger screen, truth be told a lot of the mentioned features have been around in the Android world for a while..
Sure nice to see dual core processor, but lets be real, will it really enhance your experience that much? The iPhone 4 was never slow to begin with, and who needs 7x the graphics on a 3.5" screen, will we even be able to notice a difference? I'm not saying that Apple should not add faster hardware, all I'm saying is the keynote left me disappointed, I wanted so much more then internal upgrades..
Frankly I think the sales will be lower then iPhone 4.. Will wait and see..
Sure nice to see dual core processor, but lets be real, will it really enhance your experience that much? The iPhone 4 was never slow to begin with, and who needs 7x the graphics on a 3.5" screen, will we even be able to notice a difference? I'm not saying that Apple should not add faster hardware, all I'm saying is the keynote left me disappointed, I wanted so much more then internal upgrades..
Frankly I think the sales will be lower then iPhone 4.. Will wait and see..
Funny... just logged in to pay my AT&T bill and saw this:
As a valued AT&T customer, you qualify for a discounted iPhone upgrade at two-year commitment pricing plus $250, along with a two-year commitment and an $18 upgrade fee.
Why the heck AT&T doesn't have the common sense to lower the $250 to be the same as what my ETF would be I'll never understand. Right now it would save me money in both upfront costs and in monthly fees to switch to Sprint if I wanted to upgrade to the iP4S.
As a valued AT&T customer, you qualify for a discounted iPhone upgrade at two-year commitment pricing plus $250, along with a two-year commitment and an $18 upgrade fee.
Why the heck AT&T doesn't have the common sense to lower the $250 to be the same as what my ETF would be I'll never understand. Right now it would save me money in both upfront costs and in monthly fees to switch to Sprint if I wanted to upgrade to the iP4S.
So, now Apple will carry 3GS, 4, and 4S? What is the word I was looking for? Oh yeah - fragmentation! Delicious irony is delicious
“Fragmentation” in reference to smartphones and app selection/quality doesn’t mean three names. It means that among all the different Android phones, any given model will fail to run lots of given apps. And that developing for Android is more challenging and less profitable and harder to support, and harder to make as clean and usable a UI. A problem in vastly different league than simply having 3 iPhone choices on the market.
So, now Apple will carry 3GS, 4, and 4S? What is the word I was looking for? Oh yeah - fragmentation! Delicious irony is delicious
I don't think you understand what fragmentation is. Or irony.
I've been pretty impressed with the speech recognition of my Evo 4G for quite some time now. I don't like absolutely everything about my Evo, but I do like my contract with Sprint and it certainly gets the job done. Based on what I've seen in today's presentation there's no "killer app" the iPhone 4S brings to the table that makes me want it bad enough to modify my contract. Apple could have wowed me with another game-changing iPhone 5 release OR they could have equally wowed me with a much cheaper iPhone that didn't require a few thousand dollars worth of contract terms. Instead they provided neither.
I kind of wanted a new form factor myself but will happily take this one for sure. My home button is trashed and my screen is all chipped up so needed a new one and have been holding off since before June (funny how June turned in to October, oh well) So I'll be ordering one up Friday for sure.
I think the best part is going to be listening to and hearing everyone who was so SURE that Apple isn't going to call it an iPhone 4s. iOS 5, A5 chip, 5th gen phone. IT'LL BE CALLED AN iPHONE5 can we stop with this iPhone 4s stuff that the rumor sites made up!!!! Really?!?! Is that so.......... Yeah you called it! Hahaha
I think the best part is going to be listening to and hearing everyone who was so SURE that Apple isn't going to call it an iPhone 4s. iOS 5, A5 chip, 5th gen phone. IT'LL BE CALLED AN iPHONE5 can we stop with this iPhone 4s stuff that the rumor sites made up!!!! Really?!?! Is that so..........
Yeah you called it! Hahaha
GREAT 4S, love it
The hardware doesnt matter much, the specs bump on that 4S is just HUGE! i have a black iphone 4 right now, im getting a white 4s.
I mean Siri is GREAT, and that camera is almost PERFECT!!! I love the 4S !
Tim Cook was good. I like him.
And remember :
always does the right thing.
The hardware doesnt matter much, the specs bump on that 4S is just HUGE! i have a black iphone 4 right now, im getting a white 4s.
I mean Siri is GREAT, and that camera is almost PERFECT!!! I love the 4S !
Tim Cook was good. I like him.
And remember :
always does the right thing. 
Wouldn't want to be the Sprint CEO today.
Talk about poor timing.
"What? Wait? We didn't buy millions of iPhone 5s?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
Talk about poor timing.
"What? Wait? We didn't buy millions of iPhone 5s?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
Lots of people blindly buy an Android phone because its free
So now at least that sub-market has a better option! The 3GS lacks the retina display and the 4s awesome camera, but speed-wise its close the 4, making it a great device. Just not as great as the 4 or 4S (better buys for sure).sucks for the guys who sold their iphone 4 hoping there would be a redesigned iphone 5 with bigger screen... phew! I almost sold mine too...
Show me an Android counterpart to the Siri feature. Then we can talk about Apple falling far behind Android.
Also, while it may have been nice for Apple to introduce an all-new design, there are advantages to keeping the same design. Apple can figure out ways of cutting costs. Also, Apple can figure out how to polish the design some more.
And where is Siri in Danish
Hvem kan forstå en dansker, som han taler? Jeg Kagng ikkeg. Rødgrød med fløde.
Men
Hvis folk kan ikke forstå dansk, så hvordan kan siri?!
Siri on Danish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk
Technically inept British fellow is as inept as a technical inept non-British fellow giving a demo.
The A5 powers the iPad 2 and does it good. so it''s just gonna be super fast on the 4S !
The hardware doesnt matter much, the specs bump on that 4S is just HUGE! i have a black iphone 4 right now, im getting a white 4s.
I mean Siri is GREAT, and that camera is almost PERFECT!!! I love the 4S !
Tim Cook was good. I like him.
And remember :
A5 is a great jump (using my iPad 2 compared to the older ones).
I guess iPhone 4 users won't complain until iOS 6...
The hardware doesnt matter much, the specs bump on that 4S is just HUGE! i have a black iphone 4 right now, im getting a white 4s.
I mean Siri is GREAT, and that camera is almost PERFECT!!! I love the 4S !
Tim Cook was good. I like him.
And remember :
Yeah Siri would be the main reason why I would want to get an iPhone. I tend to want to use my phone when driving and I don't agree with people who text while driving so siri should alleviate a lot of that danger. My main problem with iPhone is the price point for the combination of minutes, texting and data. Hopefully Sprint will force att/verizon to be more competitive and keep their $79.99 unlimited plan going.
The SAMOLED+ HD display is actually PenTile, so it's effective resolution is down to half as what is advertised, depending upon who you ask and how you should calculate actual resolution. It's not a true 1280x720 in any case.