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iPhone 4S, six months on
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I really enjoyed reading these succinct snippets from cellphone junkies, folks who've been reviewing other cellphones, comparing various phones. Enjoy:
iPhone 4S six months later | iMore
One comment stood out: There are aspects of other phones that strike one user or the other as being better than the 4S, but the overall Apple ecosystem (Mozart said it best: "alles insgesamt") is way, way better than anything else. And the 4S camera is the best there is in a cellphone.
Another comment: Those who review cellphones start hankering for something new within six months. They keep hoping for something new, better, but really, they're afflicted with cellphone wanderlust! Call it a gadget addiction?
And finally, one comment said it best: "Does it continue to make your life better, more organized, more enjoyable?"
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I concur.
This thing is no less awesome today than it was in October, when I got it.
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Still frustrated every time I use one. The lagginess (almost as bad as Android) and keyboard drive me nuts. But I'm glad they finally got a fast camera.
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I'd be raving if the battery life didn't suck.
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Originally Posted by mduell
Still frustrated every time I use one. The lagginess (almost as bad as Android) and keyboard drive me nuts. But I'm glad they finally got a fast camera.
Really? It lags for you? The 4S?
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Originally Posted by subego
I'd be raving if the battery life didn't suck.
What?
Originally Posted by mduell
Still frustrated every time I use one. The lagginess (almost as bad as Android) and keyboard drive me nuts.
What?
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
What?
Somewhere between iOS 4 on an iPhone 4 and iOS 5 on a 4S, I went from a charge lasting more than a day to something in the 8-10 hour range.
This could be a change in my usage pattern, but it certainly doesn't feel like it.
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I find most of the phone to be awesome, although Siri is way too unreliable here in Atlanta for me to ever use it regularly. Most times it's "I'm sorry, I can take any requests right now."
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Originally Posted by freudling
Really? It lags for you? The 4S?
Yes, certainly more than my desktop computers or blackberry.
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My Lumia 900 screams. My iPod Touch latest is slow as all hell with a paltry 256 MB of RAM. My girl's iPhone 4S is fast.
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My iP4s is fast on WiFi; generally slow on 3G, lots of "Siri out to lunch" messages.
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Originally Posted by SierraDragon
My iP4s is fast on WiFi; generally slow on 3G, lots of "Siri out to lunch" messages.
I see. Siri seems to be a trainwreck for Apple.
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Originally Posted by subego
Somewhere between iOS 4 on an iPhone 4 and iOS 5 on a 4S, I went from a charge lasting more than a day to something in the 8-10 hour range.
This could be a change in my usage pattern, but it certainly doesn't feel like it.
I find that using reminders based on location draws down the battery quickly. YMMV.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Makes sense. I never use them though.
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Originally Posted by freudling
I see. Siri seems to be a trainwreck for Apple.
You misunderstood: Siri is fine. 3G in the United States is a train wreck for Apple.
The more I read, the more I understand why Apple bought into LTE just for the US market on the iPad.
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Originally Posted by freudling
I see. Siri seems to be a trainwreck for Apple.
Like Spheric said, you misunderstood. Siri is great. The problem is weaknesses in 3G service.
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Originally Posted by P
I find that using reminders based on location draws down the battery quickly. YMMV.
Yep. They are all but unusable for me unless the reminder goes off within an hour or two. I wish there was some way to tweak the settings for this feature.
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AT&T iPhone 5S and 6; 13" MBP; MDD G4.
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And you can also turn off "Setting Time Zone" (who knows if that's still a culprit?) and iAds, etc.
And if you know where you are on the Map, and where you're going, you can turn off location services for Maps. You can always turn it on when you go to an unfamiliar city.
Traffic stays on when Maps is off.
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