Dan D There is a notion in your article that 4s is not much of an upgrade over iPhone4 ... and since iOS5 is also avail on older phones, 4s is not much added. This is somewhat like folks who bought iPad , then along comes iPad2 ... and you folks write same size screen, blah, blah blah.
But in reality the 4s and iPad2 are spectacular improvements in performance. Dual core vs single core CPU ... and you rarely mention the importance of the huge improvement of the GPU ... up to 7 times the performance. Then there is just a bare mention of the camera improvement. The new 8 meg camera has a much improved optics pkg... the software is awesome, and the picture quality rivals that of many higher end point and shoot. So much so that it is likely to have a major impact on people buying a point and shoot camera. Then, we have Siri ... not only a voice command scheme but a real assistance that does so much more. And there is so much more to come. The 4 doesn't even come close. Then the antenna improvements that iOS5 so nicely switches back and forth to optimize better signal quality. Almost nothing is mentioned about Bluetooth 4.0, the ultra low power wireless feature that will be amazing once there is more of the mating devices (which by the way are coming).
You don't even emphasize that 4s is a universal phone that can work on GSM and CDMA. Naturally the carriers will want to lock down their offerings for the world travelers, but that is a carrier issue, not the phone design issue.
I would recommend selling their 4 and upgrading to 4s and get on board with all the new and exciting features and performance improvements.
The fact that folks don't have to go out a buy new accessories, since all of the iphone 4 accessories fit the 4s perfectly.
Then there are those who comment they will wait for iPhone 5 and they don't even know what they are waiting for. So it goes.
I don't agree that staying with 4 is good enough since they got the upgrade iOS5. With the much better CPU and GPU in 4s you are making good recommendations.
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But in reality the 4s and iPad2 are spectacular improvements in performance. Dual core vs single core CPU ... and you rarely mention the importance of the huge improvement of the GPU ... up to 7 times the performance. Then there is just a bare mention of the camera improvement. The new 8 meg camera has a much improved optics pkg... the software is awesome, and the picture quality rivals that of many higher end point and shoot. So much so that it is likely to have a major impact on people buying a point and shoot camera. Then, we have Siri ... not only a voice command scheme but a real assistance that does so much more. And there is so much more to come. The 4 doesn't even come close. Then the antenna improvements that iOS5 so nicely switches back and forth to optimize better signal quality. Almost nothing is mentioned about Bluetooth 4.0, the ultra low power wireless feature that will be amazing once there is more of the mating devices (which by the way are coming).
You don't even emphasize that 4s is a universal phone that can work on GSM and CDMA. Naturally the carriers will want to lock down their offerings for the world travelers, but that is a carrier issue, not the phone design issue.
I would recommend selling their 4 and upgrading to 4s and get on board with all the new and exciting features and performance improvements.
The fact that folks don't have to go out a buy new accessories, since all of the iphone 4 accessories fit the 4s perfectly.
Then there are those who comment they will wait for iPhone 5 and they don't even know what they are waiting for. So it goes.
I don't agree that staying with 4 is good enough since they got the upgrade iOS5. With the much better CPU and GPU in 4s you are making good recommendations.
Weak review. IMHO