iPhone 4S rumors/discussion/bashing

• wes_mantooth

  

  Lol... all that build up for that....
• hoops23

  

  wes_mantooth;922003 wrote:Lol... all that build up for that....

  It's Apple, there would be build up for an event if they were just announcing the color of lint in their pocket.
• imex99

  

  won't get #iphone until it's 4 - 4.3 inch screen
  
  Now waiting for #sprintwireless conference 10/7, rumors of network upgrades about EvDO rev b, lte and iPhone talk.
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• wes_mantooth

  

  imex99;922008 wrote:won't get #iphone until it's 4 - 4.3 inch screen
  
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  4 is good, but the 4.5s are overkill for me. I just think that the iphones are to inferior spec wise. I like the screens and the interface is ok, but doesn't hold a candle to the newer droids
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  So now the real question is... all bias aside... which is the better phone?
  
  iPhone 4S or Bionic?
  
  My points of interest (in priority)
  

  1. Speed (which one can download a webpage faster?)
  2. Battery life (which one will last longer?)
  3. Camera quality (which one will take crisper images?)
• wes_mantooth

  

  Bionic is better on most levels, but battery life won't be one of them
• justincredible

  

  Or camera. The 4S camera looks phenomenal.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  So what about speed? I mean, 4G is faster than 3G, right? So Bionic?
• wes_mantooth

  

  Yeah, and it is much faster, but the trade off is shitty battery life.
• gorocks99

  

  Actually, the Bionic's battery life is a lot better than other 4G phones. It's not as good as the 4S, and you'll certainly drain the battery if you spend all day streaming video over 4G, but not many people do that.
  
  http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20104012-251/droid-bionic-impresses-with-long-battery-life/
  

  The Droid Bionic delivered an average of 7 hours and 55 minutes talk time with 4G enabled. When we turned LTE off to go 3G only, we managed to squeeze out a very impressive 10 hours and 21 minutes talk time. We should note here that LTE is only used for data and not voice, so the latter is mostly to rid the possibility of background processes.
  
  Anecdotally, the Droid Bionic performed well in day-to-day usage. From a fully charged phone at the start of the day, we surfed the Web, navigated with Maps, watched a few Flash video clips, checked e-mail, and used it as we would normally. By the end of the day, we had only used about 15 to 20 percent of the battery. We did this with the 4G LTE speeds enabled.

• karen lotz

  

  Yeah I just checked my battery use, I'm at 8 hours 26 minutes with pretty heavy use (outside of streaming video/music) and I still have 70% battery left.
• Glory Days

  

  gorocks99;921774 wrote:New iPhone will solve riddles, cook dinner, cure hunger. Already knew that, get to the good stuff.

  but will it make phone calls...assuming you hold it properly to your ear?
• hoops23

  

  Glory Days;922117 wrote:but will it make phone calls...assuming you hold it properly to your ear?

  They claim it has "intelligent antenna" which means it will swap between the two antennas in the phone to give you the best reception while making or receiving a phone call.
  
  However, it doesn't matter to me. I probably TALK on my phone a total of an hour or so a month.
• Glory Days

  

  karen lotz;922033 wrote:Yeah I just checked my battery use, I'm at 8 hours 26 minutes with pretty heavy use (outside of streaming video/music) and I still have 70% battery left.

  i must be doing it wrong then. i am at about 10-20% after 8 hours with minimal use and settings. i even kill the data for 6 of those hours after 15 minutes of inactivity.
• sherm03

  

  Posted on 4/17/11:
  

  sherm03;922130 wrote:Don't wait on an iPhone 5. If Apple's history is any indication, this year's iPhone will have very little changes over the iPhone 4 (similar to the way they handled the iPhone 3g, and then the iPhone 3gs).

  Damn, I'm good.
• gut

  LMAO at everyone who had been hoping/expecting this to be 4G....CFO said months ago that wouldn't be the case.
  
  For what IOS does, that's plenty of power, although the 3G is SOOOO yesterday tech. Gotta give them some credit, though, most of the Android manufacturers really don't put much thought into the camera and it's one of the few areas of hardware you can really differentiate on.
• I Wear Pants

  That's why I'm eagerly waiting on the Nokia Windows Phone devices. Because they have legendarily great build quality and there cameras are usually fantastic.
• chicago510

  

  As a Sprint user, with the addition of the iPhone, I worry about the future of the true unlimited data plan.
  
  No interest for me though, this is basically the same phone I have, just runs iOS instead of Android.
  
  iPhone 5 should time up about right with my upgrade next summer, will have to reconsider then
• sherm03

  

  chicago510;922287 wrote:As a Sprint user, with the addition of the iPhone, I worry about the future of the true unlimited data plan.
  
  No interest for me though, this is basically the same phone I have, just runs iOS instead of Android.
  
  iPhone 5 should time up about right with my upgrade next summer, will have to reconsider then

  I would be uneasy about that as well. I was in a few Sprint stores today, and there were tons of people calling about it after the announcement. The unlimited plan will not go anywhere to start with. Sprint is going to leverage the shit out of that because they will be the only one offering the iPhone with unlimited data. Once they see the strain on their network from the increased data load...that's when the worry about the unlimited plan going away will become real.
• chicago510

  

  sherm03;922294 wrote:I would be uneasy about that as well. I was in a few Sprint stores today, and there were tons of people calling about it after the announcement. The unlimited plan will not go anywhere to start with. Sprint is going to leverage the shit out of that because they will be the only one offering the iPhone with unlimited data. Once they see the strain on their network from the increased data load...that's when the worry about the unlimited plan going away will become real.

  I agree, now that they have the iPhone, the unlimited plan is their distinguishing selling point.
  
  I know you're a cell phone guy, would they grandfather me in if they cap the data plans? If not, I see no reason to stay with them.
• Fab1b

  

  AT&T grandfathered me in I am unlimited on my Iphone
• Automatik

  

  I Wear Pants;922284 wrote:That's why I'm eagerly waiting on the Nokia Windows Phone devices. Because they have legendarily great build quality and there cameras are usually fantastic.

  lol...Nokia still makes worthwhile phones? I thought they only fucked with "pay as you go" phones these days.
• hangonsloopy

  

  Fab1b;922306 wrote:AT&T grandfathered me in I am unlimited on my Iphone

  
  Same here.
• O-Trap

  

  Crimson streak;916442 wrote:This fucker needs to come out asap my iPhone now is about to take a shit.

  
  Did I just hear someone admitting to an Apple device taking a shit?
  
  The Apocalypse is upon is!!!
  

  justincredible;916445 wrote:4G is overrated. I hardly use it, it drains my battery like a motherfucker, and I have to pay $10/mo extra for it.

  
  Dude, it has sped my browsing time WAY up. I hate 3G now.
  

  justincredible;916461 wrote:When I signed up I'm pretty sure they called it a 4G surcharge.

  That's "sir charge," as in, "Sir, we're going to charge you for that."
• chicago510

  

  Justin, where do you live in Cincy? No 4g? Im by campus, and I'm 4g/Wifi exclusively on my Evo. 3g is like dialup.