18.8M iPhone 3GS users expected to upgrade to Apple's iPhone 4S

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  • Reply 21 of 77
    eriamjheriamjh Posts: 1,644member
    Those 3GS users should be pretty impressed.
  • Reply 22 of 77
    My wife and I were one of the people that waited for the IPhone announcement and got very dissapointed. We were expecting the new IPhone 5 since the IPhone 4 has been showing its age for some time.



    After 10 years of owning all Apple technology, we switched to the Samsung SII, and we are more than happy with it. Most our Apple apps were already in the Android store from the same companies and were able to even transfer all the app information. i.e. contacts, passwords, music, etc.



    Sorry Apple, but Apple needs to wake up and release better technology than the competition or is going to lose their Apple technology fans, like us. I am not going to brag about our new phones, but overall they are way superior in hardware/OS and usability than our old IPhone 4's.



    I hope Apple comes back with better technology, because innovation is the way to beat the competition. But until then, we will go with the better technology.



    Funny thing is that we would never have tested the new S2's if Apple would not have sued Samsung. If they are not carefull Apple can lose the market edge beginning this Christmas.



    Apple needs to add SD cards to their phones so that one can just install 32 GB or 64 GB cards and switch them when one needs more space. IPhones need to have removable batteries, so that in 10 seconds or less you can replace the battery and get 8 more hours of work without having stupid charging contraptions. Apple needs to have OLED bright displays (no angle viewing issues) which is the best display technology. The OS has to change many annoying issues. i.e. killing the apps have to be done one by one and you have to enter the akward mode to do it. A bigger screen is needed. Small screens are hard to see and hard to type. Apple needs to improve their blue tooth devices, too. The Apple bluetooth does not have signal control and it has a low signal power, so when playing music in the car or home, it does not sound very good because one has to increase the amplifier volume, which increases the noise. In contrast, other phones have signal control and you can just raise the signal level for a rich music play at lower volumes. Storing files is awkard and needs to be improved. There needs to be a common place to store files that all applications can access. It is bad to have each application ahve a copy of a file because they cannot share files. There needs to be an easy way to exit an application or putting it in the background like in other devices.



    Hopefully Apple will hear some of it's fans and ex-fans requests and will improve their devices...
  • Reply 23 of 77
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by starwarrior View Post


    iPhone design was and is perfect. How does one improve perfect?



    I would have liked to have seen four legs shoot out of it and become a coffee table. Or maybe it could have done a song and dance. Or better, Siri, ask that girl for a date for me.
  • Reply 24 of 77
    I'll be holding out for the iPhone 5 in June or Oct '12 and I'm a iPhone 3g user. On my second iPhone 3g because my other did this weird white screen with blue-lines across the face late last year and it wouldn't work. I took it Apple, they said, gotta upgrade to iPhone 4 dude. No way! I'll wait! Went home, researched on YouTube the issue, required a jailbreak, backed it up, jail broke it, it worked another year. Finally, she died, completely. Bought a friends old 3g when he upgraded, put my sim card in, restored from old back up, and waited for big announcement for iPhone 5 and...still waiting. I haven't waited this long, to upgrade to the same phone I didn't want to upgrade to last year. So, the wait goes on. I'm sure the iPhone 3Gs, the iPhone 4 and the new iPhone 4s are fine iPhones but, it's nothing like what the iPhone 5 will be!
  • Reply 25 of 77
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ACTech View Post




    Hopefully Apple will hear some of it's fans and ex-fans requests and will improve their devices...



    Hopefully Apple will never listen to people like you!



    If you bought a Samsung SII, then good for you, I am extremely happy for you, but don't fool yourself into thinking that it's better than the iPhone 4S.



    I realize that you have to justify your purchase, that is basic human psychology, but I am sorry to inform you that you made a mistake, and no matter what you try to tell yourself, you made the wrong decision!



    I saw some preliminary benchmarks of the iPhone 4S and the iPhone kills the Samsung SII! It totally rapes the Samsung and humiliates it in numerous benchmarks.



    What Android people seem to forget, is that the hardware specs don't really matter at all when your OS is complete fucking crap! The OS is slow, unoptimized, it's layer after layer of garbage and all of the specs in the world won't help you out!



    Anyway, have fun with your Samsung. Why would somebody even bother to sign up here and write such a funny post as yours?



    Apple will never listen to the likes of you. You are thinking wrong.
  • Reply 26 of 77
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by scottdreed_fsi View Post


    I'll be holding out for the iPhone 5 in June or Oct '12 and I'm a iPhone 3g user. On my second iPhone 3g because my other did this weird white screen with blue-lines across the face late last year and it wouldn't work. I took it Apple, they said, gotta upgrade to iPhone 4 dude. No way! I'll wait! Went home, researched on YouTube the issue, required a jailbreak, backed it up, jail broke it, it worked another year. Finally, she died, completely. Bought a friends old 3g when he upgraded, put my sim card in, restored from old back up, and waited for big announcement for iPhone 5 and...still waiting. I haven't waited this long, to upgrade to the same phone I didn't want to upgrade to last year. So, the wait goes on. I'm sure the iPhone 3Gs, the iPhone 4 and the new iPhone 4s are fine iPhones but, it's nothing like what the iPhone 5 will be!



    I don't understand why people think the 6th generation iPhone with iOS 6.0 an Apple A6 chip will be called the iPhone 5. There is no history to support this naming convention. Either iPhone 4G or iPhone 6 or something else entirely, but iPhone 5 is off the table.
  • Reply 27 of 77
    jcozjcoz Posts: 251member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by scottdreed_fsi View Post


    I'll be holding out for the iPhone 5 in June or Oct '12 and I'm a iPhone 3g user. On my second iPhone 3g because my other did this weird white screen with blue-lines across the face late last year and it wouldn't work. I took it Apple, they said, gotta upgrade to iPhone 4 dude. No way! I'll wait! Went home, researched on YouTube the issue, required a jailbreak, backed it up, jail broke it, it worked another year. Finally, she died, completely. Bought a friends old 3g when he upgraded, put my sim card in, restored from old back up, and waited for big announcement for iPhone 5 and...still waiting. I haven't waited this long, to upgrade to the same phone I didn't want to upgrade to last year. So, the wait goes on. I'm sure the iPhone 3Gs, the iPhone 4 and the new iPhone 4s are fine iPhones but, it's nothing like what the iPhone 5 will be!



    I hope you are not in the post-paid plan,subsidized phone markets. If you purchase full retail I understand, but if you aren't, I believe you've made a mistake with this approach because you will have paid a carrier dearly for subsidies you aren't receiving.
  • Reply 28 of 77
    sflocalsflocal Posts: 6,095member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ACTech View Post


    My wife and I were one of the people that waited for the IPhone announcement and got very dissapointed. We were expecting the new IPhone 5 since the IPhone 4 has been showing its age for some time.



    After 10 years of owning all Apple technology, we switched to the Samsung SII, and we are more than happy with it. Most our Apple apps were already in the Android store from the same companies and were able to even transfer all the app information. i.e. contacts, passwords, music, etc.



    Sorry Apple, but Apple needs to wake up and release better technology than the competition or is going to lose their Apple technology fans, like us. I am not going to brag about our new phones, but overall they are way superior in hardware/OS and usability than our old IPhone 4's.



    I hope Apple comes back with better technology, because innovation is the way to beat the competition. But until then, we will go with the better technology.



    Funny thing is that we would never have tested the new S2's if Apple would not have sued Samsung. If they are not carefull Apple can lose the market edge beginning this Christmas.



    Apple needs to add SD cards to their phones so that one can just install 32 GB or 64 GB cards and switch them when one needs more space. IPhones need to have removable batteries, so that in 10 seconds or less you can replace the battery and get 8 more hours of work without having stupid charging contraptions. Apple needs to have OLED bright displays (no angle viewing issues) which is the best display technology. The OS has to change many annoying issues. i.e. killing the apps have to be done one by one and you have to enter the akward mode to do it. A bigger screen is needed. Small screens are hard to see and hard to type. Apple needs to improve their blue tooth devices, too. The Apple bluetooth does not have signal control and it has a low signal power, so when playing music in the car or home, it does not sound very good because one has to increase the amplifier volume, which increases the noise. In contrast, other phones have signal control and you can just raise the signal level for a rich music play at lower volumes. Storing files is awkard and needs to be improved. There needs to be a common place to store files that all applications can access. It is bad to have each application ahve a copy of a file because they cannot share files. There needs to be an easy way to exit an application or putting it in the background like in other devices.



    Hopefully Apple will hear some of it's fans and ex-fans requests and will improve their devices...



    Here's this guy calling the iP4 design "showing its age", which is clearly is not. It's still in my opinion the most nicest, polished design out there in comparison to that cheap plastic garbage that the other folks have.



    And yet again, this guy is throwing all kinds of "must-have" specs - AMOLED, SD slots, removable battery, etc. that surely must make it sound like the iPhone has been flawed in its entirety to begin with. The same trollish remarks that many infesters here claim is a necessity on any phone today, and labels the iPhone an "epic fail" when the numbers consistently prove (since 2007) to the contrary.



    Reality check buddy... tech-heads like you do not a market make. You definitely fall into the crowd that needs a quick 5-minute change-fix, every five minutes to keep from getting bored.



    For everyone else - and where the money is at - Apple's answer to mobile computing obviously resonates with a huge number of people. It's easy to use, works great, looks great, has a timeless design, and shows a level of polish that the Android junk could never attain in both hardware and software integration.



    We want stability, quality, and ease of use. I have yet to see that in any Android phone. I've tried so many of them that I just nod my head in disgust that what is essentially a big piece of beta software can't do any better.
  • Reply 29 of 77
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ACTech View Post


    My wife and I were one of the people that waited for the IPhone announcement and got very dissapointed. We were expecting the new IPhone 5 since the IPhone 4 has been showing its age for some time.



    ...



    Hopefully Apple will hear some of it's fans and ex-fans requests and will improve their devices...



    I call bullshit on your "I'm a disaffected Apple user" whine." You're an astroturfer.



    Every criticism that you bring up has been asked and answered and while the battery whine and the dijsplay whine have been addressed to the tune of millions and millions of iPhones sold, you come here and sling the same shit. Who paid you? Samsung? Microsoft?



    However, at the end of the day you answered your own question and the question of every other Fandroid. The iPhone is not for you. Move on. Get over the fact that the iPhone 4s is apparently a success



    Oh one last thing, did you send this big long whine to Apple's feedback email address to actually try to make your point known? Or are you just astroturfung?
  • Reply 30 of 77
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    ACTech's talking points are so cliché and silly that I expected to see an irony mark or some indication of him having a laugh.
  • Reply 31 of 77
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by scottdreed_fsi View Post


    I'll be holding out for the iPhone 5 in June or Oct '12 and I'm a iPhone 3g user. On my second iPhone 3g because my other did this weird white screen with blue-lines across the face late last year and it wouldn't work. I took it Apple, they said, gotta upgrade to iPhone 4 dude. No way! I'll wait! Went home, researched on YouTube the issue, required a jailbreak, backed it up, jail broke it, it worked another year. Finally, she died, completely. Bought a friends old 3g when he upgraded, put my sim card in, restored from old back up, and waited for big announcement for iPhone 5 and...still waiting. I haven't waited this long, to upgrade to the same phone I didn't want to upgrade to last year. So, the wait goes on. I'm sure the iPhone 3Gs, the iPhone 4 and the new iPhone 4s are fine iPhones but, it's nothing like what the iPhone 5 will be!



    Knock yourself out dude. I have been limping along with my old 3G after having sold my iPhone 4 last week. Can't wait until this Friday.



    Yeah, yeah. And then you're gonna wait until the 5r, then the 6. All the while you probably have some iteration of Android phone, maybe Fudgsicle Supreme while you're astroturfing here. Nice try.
  • Reply 32 of 77
    jcozjcoz Posts: 251member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    I don't understand why people think the 6th generation iPhone with iOS 6.0 an Apple A6 chip will be called the iPhone 5. There is no history to support this naming convention. Either iPhone 4G or iPhone 6 or something else entirely, but iPhone 5 is off the table.



    No offense, but why are you so obsessed with this? I rarely comment, but I read most article comment threads and I have seen no less than 6 posts in the last week or two from you on this. Let it go. It really is the silliest, most insignificant detail on an apple board to get all up in arms about. I tend to agree with you, but seriously, who gives a crap? Apple will call it what they'll call it, and then everyone will follow. How much time will you waste over the next year trying to convince people of a meaningless detail like whether it will be the iPhone 5, 6, or whatever?
  • Reply 33 of 77
    jmmxjmmx Posts: 341member
    AnandTech iPhone 4s Tests - What do they mean?

    - http://jmmxtech.wordpress.com/
  • Reply 34 of 77
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Jcoz View Post


    No offense, but why are you so obsessed with this? I rarely comment, but I read most article comment threads and I have seen no less than 6 posts in the last week or two from you on this. Let it go. It really is the silliest, most insignificant detail on an apple board to get all up in arms about. I tend to agree with you, but seriously, who gives a crap? Apple will call it what they'll call it, and then everyone will follow. How much time will you waste over the next year trying to convince people of a meaningless detail like whether it will be the iPhone 5, 6, or whatever?



    I don't care what they believe, I'm concerned with why they believe it. Imagine if someone said Apple was going to go back to the original iPhone design thickness. It would be illogical so you might be curious to know why, hence my starting the paragraph with "I don't understand?" The rest is my argument as to why I don't understand. I'm nothing if not thorough.
  • Reply 35 of 77
    dsddsd Posts: 186member
    Before I buy an iPhone I'm waiting for it to have Flash, an optical drive for Blu-ray and make toast with jam.
  • Reply 36 of 77
    The 4S exists because of 3GS contracts expiring, plus to engage Sprint, and lastly because LTE chipsets are not ready yet in SiP form factors. Take it easy, guys.
  • Reply 37 of 77
    christophbchristophb Posts: 1,482member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ACTech View Post


    My wife and I were one of the people that waited for the IPhone announcement and got very dissapointed. We were expecting the new IPhone 5 since the IPhone 4 has been showing its age for some time.




    Do you own an iPhone 4? I have since launch day and it still cooks with gas. It still feels so fast that I debated waiting for the first LTE model. Less sane thoughts prevailed and of course I was up at 00:00:01 PDT and ordering.



    I'll say that many of the features you mention would make a phone so large that I wouldn't want it.
  • Reply 38 of 77
    christophbchristophb Posts: 1,482member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dsd View Post


    Before I buy an iPhone I'm waiting for it to have Flash, an optical drive for Blu-ray and make toast with jam.





    SACD fan?



    The 4 and 4S have a flash. You can even make it blink when incoming calls and msgs come in. You don't need Blu-ray - just stream movies from the cloud.







  • Reply 39 of 77
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jmmx View Post


    AnandTech iPhone 4s Tests - What do they mean?

    - http://jmmxtech.wordpress.com/



    It means that the iPhone assrapes the competition.
  • Reply 40 of 77
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    I don't understand why people think the 6th generation iPhone with iOS 6.0 an Apple A6 chip will be called the iPhone 5. There is no history to support this naming convention. Either iPhone 4G or iPhone 6 or something else entirely, but iPhone 5 is off the table.



    The 4S has the A5 chip and iOS5... so I think the next phone will be the iPhone 5S with the A5 and iOS5 updated but with totally new hardware design... and then the iPhone 6 with the A6 and iOS 6.
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