3 Reasons Why You Should Not Upgrade to iPhone 4S

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legacy7955

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I'm surprised that nobody said that with the new iPhone 4s you're still holding wrong!

I'll never buy anything Apple, ever. It's junk wrapped up in a slick package.
 

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[citation][nom]amk-aka-phantom[/nom]I don't need to convince tech illiterate people of anything, I just mock them[/citation]

You do understand that UMTS/HSPA is based off of CDMA(W-CDMA, but still), right?
 
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In US, you have to pay min 199 per month to get the 4s.
In Hong Kong, you pay 2xx ( about 30USD ) per month and you get unlimited data plan. The best part is you can buy the phone and purchase a plan separately. That means a lot more freedom!
 

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[citation][nom]intel4004[/nom]In US, you have to pay min 199 per month to get the 4s.In Hong Kong, you pay 2xx ( about 30USD ) per month and you get unlimited data plan. The best part is you can buy the phone and purchase a plan separately. That means a lot more freedom![/citation]

Ok, you clearly have no idea what your are talking about. I pay with AT&T a $89.99 for unlimited minutes and $35.00 for my data plan. 125.00 per month. This is the IPhone plan with AT&T. Verizons data plan is 5 bucks more. Get your facts straight.

 

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[citation][nom]Montezuma[/nom]You do understand that UMTS/HSPA is based off of CDMA(W-CDMA, but still), right?[/citation]

I don't care. It's not GSM, and most of the world uses GSM. That's ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
 

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LMAO, 4S just outsold many current droid phones in it's first day :)

Oh look I see another rant about how it's screen isn't blah blah and the processor isn't blah blah blah and the camera isn't blah blah... but hey, it still is a great phone to use and doesn't require you to root it to install android released a year ago and guess what people are voting with their $$ :)

You boys rant like someone punched your mum and stole her groceries... Wow :)
 

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why not buy a samsung galaxy s2, find a broken iphone and take the aluminium cover and a hammer, shape the iphone cover so it will fit the samsung galaxy s2 phone. Modify the looks of android to look like iOS, then you have a cheap "iphone" with the holy apple on the back
 

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"I don't care. It's not GSM, and most of the world uses GSM. That's ALL I NEED TO KNOW."
Actually, what you need to know, is that LTE is the new unified standard that ALL carriers (worldwide) are eventually going to. So...
 

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[citation][nom]intel4004[/nom]In US, you have to pay min 199 per month to get the 4s.In Hong Kong, you pay 2xx ( about 30USD ) per month and you get unlimited data plan. The best part is you can buy the phone and purchase a plan separately. That means a lot more freedom![/citation]
LOL are you trying to convince me that there's more freedom in China than in the US? HAHAHA keep trolling commie!
 

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I just think Apple is running out of ideas for the iPhone. The major touted feature in iOS5 is voice control. Voice Control! I couldn't believe they'll make something that mundane and useless as the major feature.
 

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[citation][nom]amk-aka-phantom[/nom]Bull. $h!t. World Phone means it's compatible with GSM. Nobody uses stupid CDMA outside of US.[/citation]
Well considering there are about 576 million CDMA subscribers in the world I would say more then just the US uses CDMA, so umm you are wrong :)
 

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STOP!!!! calling the next IPhone, a Iphone 5. The Iphone 4s is the 5th version of the Iphone. Iphone historical time line:
Iphone, Iphone3g. Iphone 3gs, Iphone 4 and Iphone 4s. Apple marketing genius played a word trick and called it the Iphone 4 when the 4G network was just getting started. The next Iphone will not be Iphone 5 and should be called Iphone 6 or Iphone LTE.
 

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Wow, I didn't realize how sensitive some people are about smart phones and what is said about them, lol. The iPhone for is a new release - what is wrong with the fella writing two articles contrasting the reasons why you should or shouldn't upgrade...?
 

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[citation][nom]ap3x[/nom]Ok, you clearly have no idea what your are talking about. I pay with AT&T a $89.99 for unlimited minutes and $35.00 for my data plan. 125.00 per month. This is the IPhone plan with AT&T. Verizons data plan is 5 bucks more. Get your facts straight.[/citation]
Actually Verizon is $59.99 + $29.99 + Taxes so it ends up being $100ish (assuming you want unlimited txt and 450 mins). Still a fuckign rip off that these companies gotta drain you of every penny. $59.99 for 450 mins and unlimited txt is fucking bullshit. At best unlimited txt should cost $10. Fucking bullshit. People should start fighting back and make it so that you pay for what you use not this stupid crap. FUCK THE CORPORATIONS
 

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Someday I'll have a cell phone with stand alone GPS that can display my custome made maps, all my contacts updated by my PC, a decent camera and view it all on a nice big touch screen. But I DON"T want data on my fricken' phone! (unless my work required it) The damn phone interrupts my out-and-aboiut time too much already. Emails can wait till I get home. Text messages? I had those turned those off. If it's really so damn important CALL ME!

I love my notebook--too much. I get away from it by leaving the house. I won't cut off that escape route with data on my phone.

I respect Steve Jobs' attention to product details. I appreciate Apple products but if I ever owned one (god forbid) I'd keep it a secret.
 

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Am I the only one that read reason #2 to say "14.4 kbps" rather than "14.4 Mbps" the first time?

Also, for all the ranting about "smart" phones, I've not seen a single "dumb" phone sold new in the USA in YEARS. Even the crappy $5US throw-away TracFones (the kind that terrorists probably buy to detonate IEDs) supports GPS, a phone, apps, and a web browser with full 3G support.

I mean, SURE, the camera's a laughable 640x480, and the processor and RAM are probably weak enough that browsing would be slow as molasses, and there's probably a shortage of apps you can download... But then again, smartphones of a few years ago didn't have those features, or even ones the new crappy phones have, at all! For instance, I distinctly recall the first iPhone being pre-3G and not having any real app support for the first year or so of its life... But it's always been considered a "smart" phone.
 
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