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iPhone 4s
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Well, yeah, pretty much. As long as it still fits comfortably in my pocket, and the resolution is still good... bigger is better IMO. The difference in size of a phone with a 3.5" screen and a phone with a 4.3" in relation to my body is extremely negligible... but the difference in viewing/touch area is quite noticeable. I think around 5.5" is gonna be about as far as they can go and still be comfortable to carry in the pocket and use occasionally to make phone calls though... any larger than that and portability starts to become an issue. In fact, if you hold an android phone with a 4.3" screen next to an iPhone with it's 3.5" screen you'll notice that the actual difference in the form factors in much less than the 0.8" difference in screens. Most of that extra space is just "dead space" above and below the screen on an iphone, and the actual size difference is closer to maybe 1/8th of an inch. I mean, just look at the difference:
In actuality, the iphone just wastes a ton of surface area on that stupid button and the big black void at the top of the device.
All in all, that link you added was silly. Do you want to know how I know people want a bigger screen than 3.5"? Because more phones are being sold with 4"+ size screens than phones with 3.5" screens. It's as simple as that, the market shows people generally prefer 4"+ screens. Simply saying "well, Apple disagrees with consumers" is just weird if you ask me.
Yeah, unfortunately, that is one of the drawbacks of having a fast device. That was one of the tradeoffs Apple had been making, and one of the reasons the iOS has, in the past, been so much slower than Android. Now that they've beefed the thing up to perform at Android-like speeds, you're going to get Android-like battery life as well. Honestly, I'm never anywhere for long enough without some sort of charger around anyway.
Still have my iPhone 3G. Been on the fence between the 4s and the atrix 4G. After playing around with my friends atrix last week I'm leaning towards the droid. Siri does seem cool but I'll never talk to my phone in public so I wouldn't use it much.
If you're looking at the Atrix, I would recommend taking a look at the HTC Inspire as well. I did quite a bit of comparison shopping, and the two are very similar. The Atrix has a bit more in the hardware specs... but in the real world usage comparison tests I found online the Inspire is actually the faster device. It loads apps, videos, web pages, etc quicker. The Inspire also included HTC Sense, which is HTC's own slight tweak to the OS, and just makes the thing a tad bit more intuitive and such.
As far as Siri is concerned, I completely agree. it's a pretty clever little gimmick, but I can't imagine myself ever talking to my phone in public when I can do the same thing silently with my fingers. I can see it being pretty awesome for a media center PC or a professional desktop though.
No, I'm not counting Wi-Fi, that would be silly.
4G, right now, means an effective max speed of around 7mbps. That's what carriers will allow most of the time. Some US zones, I think, have towers that can handle 21mbps, which is indeed more than the iPhone will do.
The iPhone 4S supports HSDPA (which is part of the 4G spec), and users have measured 7mbps of real-life download speed.
That's what I mean by effective transfer speed.
So in a given market, the more of an offer there is, the better it is, regardless of demand?
FWIW, I think the 4S is a good phone. It's not the best in every aspect (if you really shop max download speed, or shop screen size, or peripheral compatibility, etc. – there are better phones), but it's a damn fine balance of price and refinement.
The reason I'm reacting in this thread is that I don't think it's a phone that deserves being shot down over its spec sheet – especially over a single aspect. This thread was about people's opinion of what its promises are (and now it can be about how it feels in hand).
If I actually overreacted to a casual comment somewhere in this thread, I'm sorry. I'm not much of a serious business guy, so most of my posts are for the sake of discussion and learning.
The reason I'm reacting in this thread is that I don't think it's a phone that deserves being shot down over its spec sheet – especially over a single aspect. This thread was about people's opinion of what its promises are (and now it can be about how it feels in hand).
If I actually overreacted to a casual comment somewhere in this thread, I'm sorry. I'm not much of a serious business guy, so most of my posts are for the sake of discussion and learning.
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Do you have the backlite on it turned up all the way? My 4 drained fairly quickly until I reduced the brightness and now I use it constantly and the battery lasts for 2.5 or 3 days.
No, there's actually some major problems with the 4s battery life:
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What 's the deal with the bigger screen argument ????
If I want a bigger screen I'll buy a 52" TV or an iPad.
LOL, yeah. "Hey, is your screen for your phone too small to do all the things you like to do comfortably? No worries, just spend another $700 on this other device."
My fiance has the iPhone 4. I replaced my 3GS with the Samsung GS2. The noticeable difference in screen size is profound. Her phone feels like a tiny little toy now.What 's the deal with the bigger screen argument ????
If I want a bigger screen I'll buy a 52" TV or an iPad.
Tellin' ya... When you have the opportunity to use a larger screened device, you realize what a big difference it truly makes.
