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iPhone 4S Reviews: "Best iPhone Yet", Great Camera, Siri Straight Out of Sci Fi

gaximus said:
To break contract it would of been $270 for me and my wires phone, we had iPhone 4's and wanted the new iPhone 4S. Instead of breaking contract or paying $450 per phone for early upgrade. We just added two more lines at $10 extra a month or contract ends in december so we will just cancel the other lines then. Plus we sold the our iPhone 4s for $650 (together). I'll get the 32gb and she'll get the 16gb $500 total plus 2 months of $20 a month for new lines minus $650 equals $110 in pocket extra plus 2 new iPhone 4Ses.

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I've been using iOS 5 for weeks now, it works just like regular messages but it will determine if the other user has iOS 5 or not, if the person your messaging has it, It sends it via iMessages, with nice blue bubbles instead of the old green bubbles.
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But when you open up new lines that adds contracts to those lines. I have 4 lines. My main one's contract ends next year but the other lines still have more time on them since I opened them at a different point.
 
rman726 said:
The reviews seemed a little weak for the most part. But I think that's because Apple has more competition now, so the iPhone isn't the best at everything anymore. Other platforms definitely implement certain features better IMO. Of course I still think it's the best platform out there, so I'm still anxiously awaiting my 4S, after using the 3GS for the last 2 and a half years. But I definitely think Apple will have a lot of catching up to do by the time next October rolls around, assuming that is when the "iPhone 5" comes out, because the other platforms are moving fast. Based on the reviews, it seemed like the iPhone 4S was "catching up" to the other devices in some facets, and surpassing them in other facets.
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What kind of competition? Apple just moved the game in its own direction and increased usability of the phone while competitors are still toying around with "Who's got the fastest processor".
 
kockgunner said:
What kind of competition? Apple just moved the game in its own direction and increased usability of the phone while competitors are still toying around with "Who's got the fastest processor".
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Thank you. Apple again innovates and shows the world the possibilities when combining great hardware with amazing software.

Meanwhile, their competitors offer half-assed somewhat similar features, then say "Look, our phones kinda run Flash and have a superer duperer processor!"
 
Nikefn2 said:
But didn't one of the reviews say it has to run off internet? I guess we'll just see when we get our phones
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Yes, it does need Internet access. Cellular data gives you Internet access. Wifi gives you Internet access. No where has it been stated that Siri is wifi only.
 
Nice! He said iPhone 4S and it wrote 4 "ass." Of course he totally ignored that flub up and moved on. ;-)
 
cswiger1 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

I laugh so hard every time I see this.

...no really. I laugh. not like "lol" when you think something is funny.

I actually have the human reaction and actually laugh
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I've seen that clip a billion times and it never gets old. Louis CK is hilarious. If you haven't seen his standup specials, I highly recommend them. His latest was wall-to-wall laughs.
 
abijnk said:
Yes, it does need Internet access. Cellular data gives you Internet access. Wifi gives you Internet access. No where has it been stated that Siri is wifi only.
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an obvious misunderstanding of wifi vs. internet. don't poke fun too much. you don't know everything either. you just know the difference between wifi and internet. (tehe it's simple)... (not to hate on the commenter I quoted either)
 
kirky29 said:
I'm sure the note says iPhone 4 ass ;)
Still, looking forward to using Siri :)
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LOL! It does, just noticed this myself 4 min 18 secs in to the video.

I can forgive it where it makes a few little mistakes. Wow, this really is something else. I know it states that Siri needs a network connection if I'm asking it to find something out for me, but does that still apply if all I'm asking it to do is something that does not require a network connection? For instance something 'local' on my phone like setting a reminder, or asking it to send a text message?

UPDATE: That Louis CK clip is great btw... "it's going to SPACE!"
 
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guch20 said:
I've seen that clip a billion times and it never gets old. Louis CK is hilarious. If you haven't seen his standup specials, I highly recommend them. His latest was wall-to-wall laughs.
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not on netflix yet... keeping an eye out. thanx;)
 
Man I really wished my phone contract is up and it's re-contract time.

While I think I'm eligible for contract extension for a phone upgrade, but I think I have to pass. Kind of broke at the moment.

Siri would be a very nice feature to have, and it can only get better as Apple adds more and more capabilities to it and upgrade her brain over time.

My sister is getting it though, so I will get to see it in action. :D
 
piper12 said:
It IS the slowest week ever! And I dropped my 3gs today and shattered the screen! 2 years and barely a scratch until today. Friday can't get here soon enough!!
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I'm in the Eastern time zone, USA, and it's 2AM here. Two more days til zero hour...

But in a few more hours, I'll have a fresh new iOS 5 for my iPad 2! New multi-finger gestures! Notification Drawer! Tabbed browser! Faster Safari!

I'm psyched.:D
 
The Macworld video where the host speaks like Yoda brings up an interesting question. What if you just say 'Dinner'. Would Siri still understand that?

If so, maybe how Siri, or voice recognition technologies parse out human speech is to ignore all the words except keywords. If you think about it that way, "What is the weather like in New York?" would be read by the computer as 'weather' and 'New York' as search terms.

Either way, the integration with the phone apps would really make this useful. The thing I get actually get annoyed with the most is setting alarms especially when I have to launch the app and look at the bright screen right before bed so this would be perfect.
 
MacRumors said:
TechCrunch

- "Because it uses server-side software to decipher what you're saying (likely using Nuance-licensed technology), you have to be connected to the Internet in order for Siri to work."
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This makes me very curious why Siri is limited to the iPhone 4S. The above quote makes it sound like the heavy lifting of voice recognition is all done server-side, and therefore processing power of the device shouldn't be a factor. I wonder whether that's actually the case, though. I see two possibilities:

  • The device does voice recognition processing onboard, and then sends the resulting text to the server to go off and find an answer and/or interpret the meaning of the words. In this case, the claim that only the iPhone 4S has enough processing power is reasonable.

  • Or the device sends the audio directly to the server, which performs voice recognition and language interpretation, as suggested by the above quote. In this case, Siri is disingenuously limited to the latest device, simply to increase sales. But it would also involve uploading a lot more data (audio instead of text), which may suggest that this is not the case? :confused:

In any case, I'd love to know more about the underlying details, purely for curiosity.
 
good video...but

How does it perform on the street or in the car ? Does it work with loud music in the background? What about if more people talk in the restaurant? How fast is it via 3g?
 
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