What do you lot think about the iPhone 4s?

Yes it is announced! No iPhone 5, instead the iPhone 4s which is basically the same upgrade as the 3Gs was.. same model, better performance. Am I the only one who thinks this is a disgrace? With android phones transitioning into actually being useable, Apple really need to defend their hold on the mobile market. But this is just cheap -.-

asked Oct 04 '11 at 15:14

Yarvaxea
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1	I am a little bit disappointed. But I still love Apple. No changes for me. answered Oct 04 '11 at 15:46 djmaster329 16●1

To quote Chris Pirillo, "Honestly? Apple has been "behind" with tech specs since the first iPhone. And ya know what? THEY'RE STILL AHEAD." I agree.

answered Oct 04 '11 at 16:17

MacManDerek
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I wouldn't say they are ahead or behind, very similar specs to other phones. Of course we don't, and probably never will, know the full specifications of the iPhone.

(Oct 04 '11 at 16:55) Yarvaxea

Chris Pirillo is about as intelligent as a hamster. With the attention span of a goldfish.

(Oct 04 '11 at 20:02) Drmgiver

this is where you're all wrong, chris pirillo is right. while the iPhone appears behind specs wise, the things you can do with iOS and the dedicated community for developing legit apps and for cydia is far beyond the community any android handset has, let alone the entire android galaxy. windows phone 7 or ios. android sucks.

(Oct 05 '11 at 00:24) firebirdtransam

This is Chris Pirillo's site. He's a hell of a lot smarter than you, Dickrubmassagegiver

(Oct 05 '11 at 00:34) MacManDerek

Back the claim up. What can you do with iOS that you can't with Android?

And yet Derek, your offended by my words so much that you use childish insults. Who appears smart now? You keep on his camp, he needs more people just like you.

(Oct 05 '11 at 01:00) Drmgiver

I talk at trolls, not to them. By the way, your and you're aren't interchangeable. Find a new site to troll on.

(Oct 05 '11 at 01:09) MacManDerek

@firebirdtransam it's just a pity you need to break the EULA and jailbreak in order to do anything on the phone =/ You can't say that iOS is better than android because anything you can do on iOS I can do on my Desire HD. I can even boot into iOS on my android phone.

@MacManDerek grow up

(Oct 05 '11 at 10:31) Yarvaxea

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I think it is not Android. And, as it is not Android, I will not be using it.

answered Oct 04 '11 at 20:03

Drmgiver
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Because android is the best, like the short bus. people who ride the short bus and use android are very special. their mommies say so.

(Oct 05 '11 at 00:33) MacManDerek

No, because it is the best period. Ask yourself this, when you use proprietary software or hardware, do you own it? Do you have the ability to make it yours? Or do you have what they want you to have? Linux, and therefore Android wins, every time.

(Oct 05 '11 at 01:05) Drmgiver

@ Your original answer. I think that this is a very one-sided way of looking at things but I do agree that Android is still much better than iOS.

(Oct 05 '11 at 05:44) Hugo

Depends on the use really.. For my mum go iOS, for anyone with a brain go android. We geeks don't need dumbed down software and hardware like osX and the iPhone. The iPod is pretty neat though.

(Oct 05 '11 at 10:33) Yarvaxea

I am disappointed with the price of it. It is especially bad for anyone wanting to go contract free. It costs £500 which is the equivalent to $770! Apple usually decreases the price of its products not increases them.

answered Oct 04 '11 at 16:32

Feras
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yes it's ridiculous! It's insanely priced in scandinavia as well.. and we don't get the bloody phone until mid november -.-

(Oct 04 '11 at 19:05) Yarvaxea

0	I still can't use the iPad to read my morning paper and kill them nasty flies at the same time. So, bleargh. answered Oct 05 '11 at 11:23 Billy Aoki 3.7k●27●37●78 well you could... but I wouldn't recommend it (Oct 05 '11 at 12:27) Yarvaxea

0	The best phone just got better! answered Oct 05 '11 at 12:27 Fish 7.3k●109●144●215

The price is not worth buying another phone if you have a iphone 4.

While the device does have a faster CPU, they did not say much about the RAM and they did not show how well it will impact real world performance.

And for most users, other than web browsing they wont notice much of and difference as the iphone 4 already performs quickly and most programs are designed for the specs of the majority of iphone users.

What apple is doing it trying to profit from minute improvements. while that can be ok if the device was upgradable, it is not when the entire device has to be replaced when ever a small improvement is made.

For a new iphone to be truly worth getting, they will have to double CPU performance, have 1-2GB RAM, Faster flash memory, Screen with better contrast ratio, better built in speakers, better sound card, user replaceable battery, SD card slot, irda (TV remote function and home automation), higher resolution digitizer (compared to many resistive digitizers, a capacitive screen tend to have a lower resolution digitizer since they are focused on fingers being used as an input method tether than a thin pointy stylus.

Have the device come with a pre applied screen protector (screen protectors installed in a clean room will not have bubbles or other issues)

built in mic with wider frequency response range

camera with larger sensor and lens (there is a reason why DSLR's have a large lens and sensor, this allows you too have not only larger pixels on the sensor (allowing for less image noise and more detail, it also allows for better low light performance without having to resort to very high ISO's

Current smartphone cameras are barely able to do 1 megapixel of detail, when low quality cameras like the ones in a smartphone are put up against a resolution chart where it has samples of increasingly finer details allowing you to calculate out what the true resolution of the image is in terms of detail, you generally get .5 to 1 megapixel photos out of a 5 to 8 megapixel camera.

Overall if you want a truly meaningful upgrade, it must improve the entire user experience, if you cant do that then the device must either be made upgradable, or you must wait until a device that improves the entire experience comes out.

answered Oct 05 '11 at 12:54

Razor512
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