That shouldn't be an issue if you have a case, of course. The glass back continues to concern me a bit, particularly after seeing a handful of iPhone 4s fall to their doom. The Home button has never plagued me, after all, and I'd prefer to rest the phone flat on a table and tap away. I also can live without some of the rumored "iPhone 5" features, like a wider Home button and a curved profile. A thinner phone may be prettier, but it's what's inside that really counts. I don't have any problems with the handset's general aesthetics, either. Granted, the 4S can feel bulky at times, but I continue to enjoy its solid feel in the hand (something that's not always there with skinny phones). Having lived through the thin phone craze started by the Motorola Razr, I'm not aching for a slimmer device. Besides, in the cell phone world, something better is always around the corner.Īs I said, the iPhone 4S is indistinguishable from its predecessor. Sure, there's the chance that a better "iPhone 5" will come next June, but that's a long time to wait. But if you can upgrade with a discount, or if you're a Sprint customer waiting to get your hands on the iPhone for the very first time, there is enough here to warrant a switch. If you aren't eligible for an upgrade with a rebate, I don't think the new features are worth paying full price (at least $500). In the end, the decision to buy an iPhone 4S will depend on your current carrier contract. Remember that there will be a discernible difference between the 4S versions (just like we found with the AT&T and Verizon iPhone 4S) so it's important to choose your carrier wisely. Call quality and data speeds were better than on AT&T's iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, but the carrier's network still struggles to compete with Sprint and Verizon. I'd prefer a slightly larger screen and my list of iPhones misses remains hefty. So while the iPhone 4S isn't the Jesus phone, it's quite enough for plenty of other people- more than a million, actually. iOS 5 also trots out changes big and small, and we're glad to see Sprint join the Apple family with a true world phone. iPhone owners finally get a 64GB model and a better camera, the dual-core processor delivers more speed, and Siri, the iPhone 4S' personal assistant/robot friend/gofer, adds a new and sassy experience. The truth is that the 4S brings healthy improvements to an already excellent device. But this is hardly the first time that Apple has chosen to make a subtle upgrade. And yes, a totally new design would have been fun. Some critics grumbled that they didn't get more, and I sympathize.kind of. The wait set the iPhone 5 rumor mill frothing to overflow, so when the iPhone 4S arrived as an incremental upgrade, fanboys commenced an Internet-wide rending of garments. The update also fixed a security flaw that allowed third-party applications to add unapproved features.įor the first time since the iPhone was born four years ago, a new model didn't arrive in June this year. On November 10, 2011, Apple delivered iOS 5.0.1, which promised to fix the battery life issues affecting some users. Editors' note: On October 24, 2011, we updated this review after performance testing on an AT&T iPhone 4S.
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