Why the iPhone 4S is The best and most innovative smartphone on the market

[boss.king]

I'm definitely getting it. I don't understand why many people were claiming that "apple failed" and that the new iPhone is only a slight upgrade from the 4. The new 4S is an incredible phone! Apple did what they needed to do to stay on top of the competition. It now has the best camera by far, the fastest speeds, the best antennas, the best battery, the best voice recognition software, and the best design. So many people got really butthurt because there wasn't a screen size bump so they claimed that apple was no longer 'innovative'. Apple made a huge innovative leap, and has turned a phone into a personal assistant that is always ready for you, and made the competition look like fools by improving their functions to be superior in the new iPhone.

Don't get me wrong, I was really hoping for a redesigned iPhone 5, but I just wanted to help explain why this is really a good thing and not as bad as some people may portray it.

I think the 4S is a great product. If it had a bigger screen I'd get it, cos it looks like a solid upgrade, much like the 3G to 3GS. That said, it's not the most innovative phone either. It's got improved specs and voice commands, that's not innovative. My 3GS has voice commands. All they did was improve the range of understanding the software has, like Google did after iOS3.

Best battery? I think the iPhone 4 would kick it's ass. Fastest speeds? Processor maybe, data no. Best Voice recognition software? Yes, by leap. Best design? I don't think so, but that's a personal preference, there's no right or wrong answer.

Bottom line: it's an amazing phone, but it's not an innovative phone.

 

[Zeonmx]

Bottom line: it's not an innovative.

Hell no. How exactly is putting an already existing gpu chip from ipad and 8 megapixel camera exactly innovative?

Logic fallacy, I tell ya!

 

[dccorona]

back in 2010 it was, end of 2011 not so much. How do u know it has fastest speed, best antennas, best battery and best voice recognition? was that based on yesterday's demo?

fastest speed is from comparisons of current top of the line phones to the iPad 2...which has the same processor with the same or less memory than the iPhone 4s

so yes, it is the fastest

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The best antenna? That's what they said last time. The best voice recognition software? Siri and Nuance have been available in the app store for 1.5 years. The best camera? Is this really a way we now judge cellphones? The best camera never doubles as a cellphone. Sure, no one doubts it will be a great phone. But compared to what Apple has been selling since July 2010, not that impressive.

riiiiiight...cuz apple just bought siri, made it work when you press the home button, and called it a day?

this version of siri is undoubtedly going to be a much improved and far better implemented version of what was in the app store

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Nexus Prime will have:
large screen
LTE
1.5 GHZ dual core processor
ice cream OS
NFC
720p..

4S does not

large screen - screen size is personal preference. if you want bigger, nexus s will probably be the way to go (though personally Id go for that new HTC WP7 phone)

LTE - I can wait till next year for that (if not longer), as its not going to be available to most people for quite a while still. Not to mention that if I get somewhere between 10 and 14 mbps where I live with ATT, then I will be plenty happy. Theres nothing i need to do on a phone that needs speeds any faster than that

1.5 GHZ dual core processor - the A5 has already proven to be a superior processor to the 1.2 (or is it 1.3?) ghz dual core processor in the SGSII...BY ALMOST DOUBLE. Perhaps this processor will be superior, but I doubt it

ice cream OS - Android is the primary reason a 1ghz processor on iOS can so handily beat a faster processor on an android device. It runs poorly, end of story. Id trade the fun but mostly useless (and slow) widgets and the ability to change the icons for performance any day. Nearly every review calls iOS (AND WP7) superior to android

NFC - I along with probably a great many more people have no interest in using my phone as a credit card...at least until it can really replace my credit card. How many places support NFC? 4? I've never seen one (or even heard of one by word of mouth other than strangers on the internet)

720p.. - last I checked, 1080p is superior. Unless you mean screen resolution? Its a 4.65" screen, of course it'll be nearly full HD...thats almost a tablet. Im sure it'll be a beautiful screen, but not because its HD. The iPhone 4s has a screen with pixels just as dense, if not moreso. So again, if you don't want a giant screen, it doesn't matter

 

[Goldinboy17]

Hell no. How exactly is putting an already existing gpu chip from ipad and 8 megapixel camera exactly innovative?

Logic fallacy, I tell ya!

This. I understand this is an Apple forum but some of you are clearly drunk on that kool-aid. I enjoy my Apple products immensely and have purchased all of the past iPhones. You can't honestly say that a processor that's been out for seven months is innovating. 8MP camera? Those have been out for over a year now, I'm sorry if they took a second too long to snap those pictures. An upgraded front camera or larger screen would have been excellent additions. Siri? Not convinced. It'll likely be more of an occasional convenience. How many will say commands to their phones on a full train or out in public?