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IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by kenjackson »

This is a pretty underwhelming release. At least for waiting 16 months since the last phone.

I sincerely hope Apple isn't about to do a replay of the Mac. Great introduction with incredible technology. But a few years into it, begins to stagnate.

HW wise this nothing like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was a far superior device over the Galaxy S phones. The Galaxy S II though is pretty close to this. In terms of the raw HW I think I might call it a draw now. The camera is superior on the iPhone I suspect, but the small screen size negates that win.

Based on this trend, unless Apple has some aces in its sleeve, over the next year we'll see Android phones clearly pull ahead in HW.

SW though iOS still kills Android. Mango and iOS seem to be the ones that have the fundamentals down. I almost think someone needs to throw Android out and start from scratch. The inability for that OS to be stable and the fact that its still sometimes jerky on SGII HW is embarrassing.

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by yakto »

gravitronic wrote: post #6
bjtitus wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the speed bump. I believe everyone is underestimating just how fast the A5 is going to make this phone.

How does it impact battery life? To be honest I find the existing generation fast enough (and while I do enjoy gaming on my ipod touch 4g, I find 3d graphics completely overkill) but really the battery life is what's abysmal...

Battery life is supposed to be better - 8h talk time.

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by samstave »

thematt wrote: post #12

Anybody else getting "Access Denied"? You don't have permission to access " http://www.apple.com/ on this server. Reference #18.770d50c0.1317755591.9fc5eb4

I am still getting the same. I love shenanigans like this :)

EDIT: it is back up. :(

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Post by jesseendahl »

seanalltogether wrote: post #19

"And iPhone 4S is a world phone, so you can use it almost anywhere. Whether you’re a GSM or CDMA customer, you can roam GSM networks in 200 countries around the world." The term 'roam' is throwing me off there, does that mean you can't swap in your own sim card? That you have to use the roaming feature on whatever your current carrier is?

Well, so far there is no pricing available for an unlocked version of the iPhone 4S, and I assume the contract versions will carrier locked within the USA :(

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Post by flyosity »

john2x wrote: post #23

I'm confused. It's priced at $199. That's the same as the iPod Touch. Has it really gone down that much? Or am I missing something? And what's with the "Free" 3GS?

That's the price if you sign up for a 2-year contract. This is typically how they show the prices of iPhones since most consumers in the U.S. have no idea what a phone costs before the subsidy is paid by the carrier (and wouldn't pay it.)

Re: IPhone 4S: A5 chip, 8MP camera, and Siri voice recognition

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Post by mauriciob »

thematt wrote: post #12

Anybody else getting "Access Denied"? You don't have permission to access " http://www.apple.com/ on this server. Reference #18.770d50c0.1317755591.9fc5eb4

I was getting that too. It seems to be fixed now.

Edit: Down again. www.apple.com (i.e. the home page) went down as well.

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