Has the iPhone 4s been a worthy upgrade from 4?
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Siri IMO is a gimmick , it does not understand half of the time. Its not reactive apart from some pre programmed stuff.
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I've been using Siri more the last few days and I'm finding I'm using it for sending text messages since there's a little microphone icon on the keyboard. I'm finding it's actually pretty useful and accurate enough that's it's worth using, hopefully with time it will mature a lot more. I'd say it's 65% gimmick at the moment. 
I don't think the gap is big enough to spend loads while in contract but if you have a 4 out of contract it's a no brainer. The price people are still getting for the 4 makes the £100-150.
Not everyone has the battery issue, I'm going to easily get 3 days out of mine judging by the current stats mine is sat at.
Not everyone has the battery issue, I'm going to easily get 3 days out of mine judging by the current stats mine is sat at.
Are you taking bets and what odds are you giving?
People said the same about the Ipad2 that a 3 would come out very soon with an upgraded screen.
The roadmap for the hardware in the 5 tells a different story
Never a truer word said!!
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The roadmap for the hardware in the 5 tells a different story
^ This
Given how long it took to get an A5 chip into a phone it'll be at least next September before we see an A6 powered iPhone 5 in my opinion.
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tbh i really want better battery life, not sure why they didnt try and improve it with the 4s.
I think that the iPhone 5 is 9 months away (back to its usual summer release)
With that in mind, you can sell your iPhone 4 for £300, so it's a £200quid upgrade to get you through 9 months all told (22 quid a month). Not cheap on the face of it, but day 1 iPhone 4 people will be able to drop to a sim only £10/month deal from December 26th, saving likely ~£25/month in the process, so if you look at it from the angle of it costing what you've been used to paying... it wont cost any extra by the time the iP5 comes out. Creative logic if I ever saw it
Anyway, I got one, it's not here yet but my mates is here and browsing is a massive improvement, it feels more like desktop speeds than phone speeds now. The general feel of the thing (even swiping homescreens etc.) is much better, if you're a heavy user with OCD like tendencies for liking things to run perfectly then it's worth while as an upgrade. Most of us with a few hundred quids worth of GPUs probably fall into that category!
Siri is useful at best but it's not really that clever. It clearly listens out for key words and can't figure out variations. For example:
Me: 'Set me a reminder'
Siri: 'When for?'
Me: 'Tomorrow at 5pm'
Siri: 'Here you go'
Me: 'Change title to meet richard down the pub'
Siri: 'Here you go'
Works well, but probably takes about as long as creating a reminder. But if you try 'Remind me to meet richard down the pub at 5pm tomorrow' it completely fails. That's where the value add is with this thing, and it doesn't deliver on that front.
If you're a light user and happy with the 4 don't bother, if you're a heavy user and think the cost logic I've used above works then go for it, the day to day usage is much snappier and there will no doubt be some games etc. that take full advantage of the additional horsepower on the way.
With that in mind, you can sell your iPhone 4 for £300, so it's a £200quid upgrade to get you through 9 months all told (22 quid a month). Not cheap on the face of it, but day 1 iPhone 4 people will be able to drop to a sim only £10/month deal from December 26th, saving likely ~£25/month in the process, so if you look at it from the angle of it costing what you've been used to paying... it wont cost any extra by the time the iP5 comes out. Creative logic if I ever saw it
Anyway, I got one, it's not here yet but my mates is here and browsing is a massive improvement, it feels more like desktop speeds than phone speeds now. The general feel of the thing (even swiping homescreens etc.) is much better, if you're a heavy user with OCD like tendencies for liking things to run perfectly then it's worth while as an upgrade. Most of us with a few hundred quids worth of GPUs probably fall into that category!
Siri is useful at best but it's not really that clever. It clearly listens out for key words and can't figure out variations. For example:
Me: 'Set me a reminder'
Siri: 'When for?'
Me: 'Tomorrow at 5pm'
Siri: 'Here you go'
Me: 'Change title to meet richard down the pub'
Siri: 'Here you go'
Works well, but probably takes about as long as creating a reminder. But if you try 'Remind me to meet richard down the pub at 5pm tomorrow' it completely fails. That's where the value add is with this thing, and it doesn't deliver on that front.
If you're a light user and happy with the 4 don't bother, if you're a heavy user and think the cost logic I've used above works then go for it, the day to day usage is much snappier and there will no doubt be some games etc. that take full advantage of the additional horsepower on the way.
Siri has proven to be of limited use.
It's great for setting timers, less so for messaging people. There's just no way for it to as accurate as typing a message. Even if it was perfect, there's no way for it to differentiate between words that are pronounced the same, their/there, chilli/chilly, etc.
It's great for setting timers, less so for messaging people. There's just no way for it to as accurate as typing a message. Even if it was perfect, there's no way for it to differentiate between words that are pronounced the same, their/there, chilli/chilly, etc.
If word knows when you've mis-used their/there/they're in a sentence then I'm sure Siri could apply the same logic. It's all a work in progress, hopefully they'll put some serious effort into optimising it for different regions over the next few months.
Not at all. My girlfriend has an iPhone 4 and the only differences between the handsets are so minute they aren't even worth mentioning.
Faster CPU - iPhone 4 is already fast enough for all the apps and games.
Siri - Biggest gimmick ever. First week I had the phone I thought it was the best thing ever but it's ALWAYS quicker to do it with your fingers, plus you don't look like an idiot talking to a phone.
Camera - The camera on the iPhone 4 is already pretty decent and there isn't enough of a difference to warrant upgrading.
Basically the people who have forked out x amount of cash to upgrade from a iPhone 4 to a 4S are mugs. They will try to tell you different to try and justify their purchase but don't listen to them
Faster CPU - iPhone 4 is already fast enough for all the apps and games.
Siri - Biggest gimmick ever. First week I had the phone I thought it was the best thing ever but it's ALWAYS quicker to do it with your fingers, plus you don't look like an idiot talking to a phone.
Camera - The camera on the iPhone 4 is already pretty decent and there isn't enough of a difference to warrant upgrading.
Basically the people who have forked out x amount of cash to upgrade from a iPhone 4 to a 4S are mugs. They will try to tell you different to try and justify their purchase but don't listen to them