3 Reasons Why You Should Upgrade to the iPhone 4S

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]Infinite_Reality[/nom]I won't buy anything from Apple. I'd rather have an Android by HTC or Samsung.I have yet to try the newer Microsoft phones, but I would like to.[/citation]
Microsoft don't make phones, HTC and Samsung do and WP7 on them is actually pretty good.

 

[AbdullahG]

[citation][nom]lamorpa[/nom]You have to plug them in a charge them, you know. They don't just pick up power from the air...[/citation]
As in died, they stopped working completely. No charge from the battery at all. A dead battery. There were a few hardware issues as well.

 

[angelraiter]

lol

 

[stingray71]

No matter what side of the fence your on, this is good stuff, why I love technology. Love reading these comments. As for me, I love my moto bionic despite it's slow camera. I for one like what Android represents and love not having to use iTunes.

My wife has an iphone 4 which works well, but I do find the UI to be boring and dated. Being married to iTunes sucks. Oh well competition is good!

 

[watcha]

[citation][nom]acadia11[/nom]2 reasons why not, Nexus Prime and Samsung Galaxy S2Samsung Galaxy S2 vs Iphone 4s (mind you the galaxy has been out how long 6 monhts now)On-board storage:The Samsung Galaxy S II supports MicroSD card slot, so with the 16GB model only, a user can upgrade the phone’s storage to 48GB. Meanwhile, Apple is offering three iPhone 4S models, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The iPhone 4S doesn’t support MicroSD card slot.Data speed:The iPhone 4S is the fastest iPhone ever, not only in the processor department, but also on data connectivity. According to Apple, the iPhone 4S supports up to 14.4Mbps download, and 5.8Mbps up, while the Samsung Galaxy S2 is an HSPA+ ready phone with 21Mbps download speed and 5.76Mbps upload. The iPhone 4S is a CDMA/GSM phone or a world phone, while Samsung is offering GSM and CDMA Galaxy S II.Display:The iPhone 4S sports 3.5-inch screen, with the Retina Display or 960 x 640 pixel resolution at 326 ppi, while the Samsung Galaxy S II boasts 4.3-inch (4.52 for the Sprint Epic 4G Touch and T-Mobile USA’s Galaxy S II) Super AMOLED Plus screen technology. Samsung Galaxy S II’s screen sports 217 ppi (for the 4.3-inch screen and 206 ppi for the 4.52-inch screen) with the resolution of 480 x 800. The iPhone 4S sports theoretically crisper image, but the S II’s Super AMOLED Plus is just so gorgeous.Talk Time, internet time, battery life:The Samsung Galaxy S II (global version) supports up to 710 hours on 2G and 610 hours on 3G standby time, talk time of 18 hours and 20 min max on 2G and 8 hours 40 min on 3G and 5 to 6 hours with the realtime active usage. Meanwhile, the iPhone 4S supports up to 200 hours on standby on 3G, talk time of 8 hours on 3G and 14 hours on 2G GSM, and supports internet use of up to 6 hours on 3G or 9 hours max on Wi-Fi.Price:The Samsung Galaxy S II 16GB model sports the tag price of $199.99 (AT&T, Sprint), while the iPhone 4S with 16GB will use the same tag price of $199.99. Apple is offering two other models, the 32GB for $299.99 and 64GB for $399.99. 32GB Samsung Galaxy S II is not yet available in United States.[/citation]

1 - MicroSD card slot? Not really needed if you're backing all your data up in the cloud, a tight integration which only Apple offers. Dropbox and the like are not tightly integrated to anything (and Dropbox is more expensive).

2 - Network connectivity - The Galaxy S2 :
'Again this is really more indicative of what you’re going to see in the markets I’ve tested in with AT&T. Speeds top out at 7 or 8 Mbps if you’re very lucky, with performance most of the time between 2 to 4 Mbps. The average here is 3.11 Mbps, with a standard deviation of 1.56 Mbps. That sounds about right to me given how many of these things I run when I’m not even testing a phone.'

In other words, well WITHIN what the iPhone 4s is capable of.

http/www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/11

3 - Yes, the iPhone is both CDMA and GSM, doesn't force you to choose unlike the Samsung.

4 - Yes, the iPhone has a better PPI on their phone, and has a smaller volume. Much better for people who aren't 90 and struggle to press buttons unless they are magnified 10x

5 - Battery life? Compared to the OLD iPhone 4:

http/images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4686/41017.png

http/images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4686/41018.png

In other areas, the galaxy excels to, the point being this is vs the old phone. The new iPhone offers many improvements to battery life. There are all kinds of complaints all over the net with people suffering poor battery life with the Galaxy.

6 - Price is the same now (so how can you describe the iPhone as overpriced)

7 - IPhone 4s has a better CPU/GPU combination (542 MP2)

http/cdn2.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/galaxy-s2-speed.jpg

8 - iPhone 4s arguably will prove to have a better camera

9 - People crying about not being able to replace the battery - you can get mobile battery chargers which are the same size as replaceable batteries. Jeez get with the times!

10 - iPhone still has more apps, some of which only found on the Apple app store (eg Sky Sports)

All of the above points being factually correct as they are, don't mistake this post for me claiming that everybody should buy an iPhone 4S - both the Galaxy and the 4S are good phones - I just dislike people making false claims to try and prove that. Stick with facts.

 

[jj463rd]

Steve Jobs has died today.Not lying here.It's breaking news

 

[liquidchild]

Steve Jobs is dead guys......I would never own an apple product but a great mind has just past. RIP Steve

 

[watcha]

[citation][nom]MasterMace[/nom]Why the hell would anyone buy an iPhone?Anything you get on an iPhone you can get on a number of Android phones, with more freedom of choice in the software you use.Apple fanboys need to get their souls back and give up CrappleWare[/citation]

You can't get anything as fast as the SGX 543MP2 in any other phone. You also can't watch Sky Sports. There are also more apps. iCloud and Siri are also unique (voice activation of old is not the same - nowhere near as advanced as the Siri implementation - that said I still think it's pointless anyway). The camera is also arguably better.

Finally, the iPhones top every customer satisfaction surveys. In googling around to evidence my former post I saw reams of complaints about issues with the Galaxy, etc.

Again, disclaimer alert - all of the above doesn't mean I am desperate to get an iPhone 4S - I actually don't like any of the phones on the market at the moment. I hope the Nexus Prime offers something over and above.

 

[watcha]

Wow, Steve Jobs. RIP

 

[stereopsis]

Hi all,

There is some price gouging happening here in Aussieland - the 4S price will start at $800 (that's $800 for the 16Ggig version, more for the others). Robbery in my estimation.

 

[stereopsis]

Just an addendum - the 3G/8Gig still costs $450 on the Apple/Aus web site.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]watcha[/nom]1 - MicroSD card slot? Not really needed if you're backing all your data up in the cloud, a tight integration which only Apple offers. Dropbox and the like are not tightly integrated to anything (and Dropbox is more expensive)..[/citation]
Skydrive is free and integrated
Stick to the facts

 

[Fox Montage]

[citation][nom]afrobacon[/nom]Sorry, I don't buy hardware that promotes suicide *cough*Foxconn*cough*.[/citation]

Have a look inside your PC. You'll more than likely find the Foxconn logo in there somewhere.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]Fox Montage[/nom]Have a look inside your PC. You'll more than likely find the Foxconn logo in there somewhere.[/citation]
Also, the rate of suicide is a third of the national average, the regional average, the demographic average, any factor from people with moustaches to people who only ride bicycles - the suicide rate only seems high because there are nearly a million people working there. Try comparing it against another place with a million people like Detroit in the USA or Coventry in the UK, both Western and relatively affluent, higher suicide rate across the board.

 

[watcha]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Skydrive is free and integratedStick to the facts[/citation]

OK, lets stick to the facts. Skydrive isn't integrated into anything. Full stop. Fact.

It's anticipated to be integrated into Windows 8, but that isn't out yet.

Skydrive is also limited to 100mb file size. Oops, that rules out most videos.

 

[watcha]

Skydrive also doesn't automatically sync to all of your devices, like iCloud does.

 

[watcha]

[citation][nom]__-_-_-__[/nom]"Yet there are perfectly good reasons why an upgrade could make sense for some users.""perfectly good reasons" "upgrade" "make sense" "some users"omg so many wrong things about this phrase....[/citation]

Erm, there's nothing wrong with the phrase at all. Are you not English?

 

[Guest]

in a word?

HTC Sensation.

 

[triculious]

For some reason I think the biggest "sin" for the iphone 4S is not being called iphone 5.

All of the updates for iphone have been incremental in their features... this iphone 4S right here is an upgraded iphone 4, just like the iphone 4 is an upgrade to the previous iphone incarnation.

It's a nice internals upgrade and anyone interested on an iphone for this holiday season will be looking for it over its previous iterations.

You want the very best reason to get an iphone 4S? Because you want one. It's your goddamn money do whatever the hell you want with it.

 

[Guest]

No 4G, no reason to upgrade...