Early Iphone 4s reviews
Scape @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:45 am
http://allthingsd.com/20111011/the-ipho ... its-voice/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/techn ... ml?_r=2&hp
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ ... 50736270/1
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/11/iphone-4s-review/
http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/10/11/review-iphone-4s/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... steve-jobs
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/10/iphone4s/all/1
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-1 ... ovsky.html
http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-4s-review-11187049/
http://www.macworld.com/article/162944/ ... thing.html
bootlegga @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:06 am
Wow, I read several and some of them seem to be nothing more than an edited Apple PR release.
$1:
For people who own an older iPhone, such as the 3GS, or for those looking to dump a creaky Android phone, the decision is obvious: The iPhone 4S will be a big jump in performance, camera quality and call clarity, and Siri will be a fat bonus.
If you’re an iPhone 4 owner thinking about upgrading, you have a tougher choice to make. Thanks to the two-year contract imposed by AT&T and Verizon, you’re not yet eligible to pay the $200 upgrade fee for a new phone, so you’d have to spend over $600 just to get the 4S.
If you’re an iPhone 4 owner thinking about upgrading, you have a tougher choice to make. Thanks to the two-year contract imposed by AT&T and Verizon, you’re not yet eligible to pay the $200 upgrade fee for a new phone, so you’d have to spend over $600 just to get the 4S.
I found this (or something similar in three of the four articles I read
) making wonder if any of these guys have any objectivity whatsoever.
Lemmy @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:32 am
What really makes me want to puke is Apple's notion that people could buy a 4S to commemorate Steve Jobs. The man's not even cold yet and they're already trying to spin his misfortune into sales. Then again, maybe Jobs would applaud that new revenue stream. 
Scape @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:23 pm
From my personal experience I can understand that but it's not a major factor. Rather, as I am upgrading from a 3 year rogers contract from the 3G, it's more of a suite issue as all my app purchares and music will tranfer and in addition I will also be able to sync without a pc now. That's huge, and the camera will now be better then my own digital camera nixing the need to sink money into a point and shoot. What really is of interest is Siri even if it is beta it still has much better then other voice apps I have seen. The processor will be key as a lot of the number crunching will still be on the phone even if the inquiry are sent to servers. Should be interesting where they take that.
PimpBrewski123 @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:40 pm
Scape Scape:
From my personal experience I can understand that but it's not a major factor. Rather, as I am upgrading from a 3 year rogers contract from the 3G, it's more of a suite issue as all my app purchares and music will tranfer and in addition I will also be able to sync without a pc now. That's huge, and the camera will now be better then my own digital camera nixing the need to sink money into a point and shoot. What really is of interest is Siri even if it is beta it still has much better then other voice apps I have seen. The processor will be key as a lot of the number crunching will still be on the phone even if the inquiry are sent to servers. Should be interesting where they take that.
There are some websites saying that the iPhone 5 should be out in the market soon. Perhaps, it would seem to make sense to wait for its release.
Scape @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:34 pm
True, but i'm due for a reup and besides that 5 may be a year or two down the pipe.
Here is a gread read:
http://daringfireball.net/2011/10/iphone_4s
$1:
Why Is Siri Limited to the iPhone 4S?
The cynical answer, of course, would be that Apple is withholding it from other iOS devices in order to spur additional upgrades to the iPhone 4S.
A non-cynical answer would be that Siri depends on certain hardware in the iPhone 4S that doesn’t exist on any other iOS device. But what, exactly? The iPad 2 has the same CPU (A5) and same amount of RAM (512 MB), but no Siri, no text dictation. No one at Apple has an answer for this other than to say that Siri was developed alongside and specifically for just one device: the iPhone 4S. And as good as Siri is, I get the impression that Apple is far from satisfied with where it stands today. The Newton was killed by that “egg freckles” stuff — it never recovered from the public perception that its handwriting recognition wasn’t good enough. If Siri is any less accurate on older iOS devices than it is on the 4S, Apple isn’t going to allow it.
Don’t forget that there’s a server/cloud-based backend that is required for Siri to function. I can’t help but suspect there’s some truth to this tweet from Mark Crump, speculating that Apple might be limiting Siri to the 4S simply to restrict the server load while the service is “beta”. There could be 100 million iOS 5 users by the end of this weekend; there will only be 1 or 2 million iPhone 4S users.
The cynical answer, of course, would be that Apple is withholding it from other iOS devices in order to spur additional upgrades to the iPhone 4S.
A non-cynical answer would be that Siri depends on certain hardware in the iPhone 4S that doesn’t exist on any other iOS device. But what, exactly? The iPad 2 has the same CPU (A5) and same amount of RAM (512 MB), but no Siri, no text dictation. No one at Apple has an answer for this other than to say that Siri was developed alongside and specifically for just one device: the iPhone 4S. And as good as Siri is, I get the impression that Apple is far from satisfied with where it stands today. The Newton was killed by that “egg freckles” stuff — it never recovered from the public perception that its handwriting recognition wasn’t good enough. If Siri is any less accurate on older iOS devices than it is on the 4S, Apple isn’t going to allow it.
Don’t forget that there’s a server/cloud-based backend that is required for Siri to function. I can’t help but suspect there’s some truth to this tweet from Mark Crump, speculating that Apple might be limiting Siri to the 4S simply to restrict the server load while the service is “beta”. There could be 100 million iOS 5 users by the end of this weekend; there will only be 1 or 2 million iPhone 4S users.
That follows. I could see the servers crashing under the weight if they went live with Ipad 2 and Iphone 4. Once it calms down then they could open it up.
xerxes @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:04 pm
I'm with you Scape. I have an 3gs and I'll getting the 4s as well for those same reasons.
Tricks @ Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:37 pm
3GS, and I'll probably be moving to the Nexus Prime. Then I can be rid of Apple for good.
Scape @ Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:50 am
raydan @ Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:01 am
None, and I'm upgrading to none. 
raydan @ Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:32 pm
bootlegga @ Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:33 pm
raydan raydan:
Scape @ Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:27 pm
Last American Who Knew What The Fuck He Was Doing Dies
Apple Announces Plans To Release Steve Jobs 2
desertdude @ Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:36 am
Was never really an Apple anything fan simply because of how overpriced their stuff was and is. My Rogers HTC died yesterday so I thought maybe I'd look into a finally getting what the whole world has been talking about an Iphone specially since the Mrs was really impressed by one owned by one of her offices mates ( Its time she also got a new one, old imate from 2007 ! )
So looked around did a few demos, research and comparisons and found out still not really into iphones or find them all that snazzy.
Finally settled for an HTC HD7 Windows 7 Mango. I know not the latest stuff but at 1/3 the price of a i4 and in some cases 1/5th the price of the i4S its still a win in my books.
P.S : Its crazy the price some i4S's are going for here !!! Personally I could never justify spending so much money on a mobile device.
Scape @ Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:54 am
The device itself is solid but it's the 3 grand for Rodgers and a 3 year contract I'm not crazy about. Think I may just cancel my contract and get an Itouch or just go month to month and buy strait from apple.