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Post by Alex on Jun 7, 2010 19:48:13 GMT
Apple's claiming that the iPhone 4 represents the platform's biggest advance since the original model's intro back in 2007 -- but does the argument hold water? Follow the break for a comprehensive rundown of the key differences between the newest member of the iPhone model and last year's king of the hill, the 3GS! www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/iphone-4-vs-iphone-3gs-the-tale-of-the-tape/On this Engadget article there's a comparison table of the iPhone 4 and the 3GS. I'm not sure whether I like the new shape or not...
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Post by Alan on Jun 7, 2010 22:09:28 GMT
There's nothing else on the market that even comes close to this iPhone 4. Apple has destroyed the competition.
Alan.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jun 7, 2010 23:16:45 GMT
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Post by Dr Miles on Jun 8, 2010 7:29:53 GMT
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Post by gavin on Jun 8, 2010 8:17:58 GMT
Yes indeedy. Having been without an iPhone for the last month or so, I miss it much more than I expected. I'll definitely be pre-ordering the 16Gb version next week.
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Post by HeatherKay on Jun 8, 2010 8:27:55 GMT
Okay, I like shiny-shiny. The new phone looks really nice.
So, justify the expense to me. Why should I be looking to shell out for this phone rather than keep my creaky old Nokia on PAYG until it dies?
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Post by gavin on Jun 8, 2010 8:51:43 GMT
Because you will be infinitely happier!! Seriously though.... Heather, as I see it there's no rational justification for spending the extra money. If you're happy with your Nokia and a pen and paper diary, then that's the thing for you. An iPhone is without a doubt a luxury good, not a necessity. Indeed, you could ask whether any mobile phone a genuine necessity? After you've paid for food, shelter and clothing, anything left over is effectively play money. I may choose to spend mine on gadgets because I like them, whereas you may find spending money on a garden full of gnomes is more worthwhile. I think you either want one or you don't. As someone who travels for a living, I find it to be incredibly useful to have phone, email, iPod, Skype, diary, camera, guitar tuner, airline flight information, weather, fart noise maker, and a few games all in one device. If you don't need those then absolutely save the money for whatever it is you enjoy doing.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jun 8, 2010 10:31:51 GMT
So, justify the expense to me. Gavin summed it up perfectly. But when has expensive stuff ever needed justification? My 3GS has brought me immense pleasure and I still get a little sense of excitement every time I use it. I suspect this will remain true for many months yet.
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Post by wierdostomps on Jun 8, 2010 10:40:29 GMT
OK - so it has the shiny, shiny appeal - but should I upgrade my 3G (don't forget this is my fourth iPhone having upgraded my 1g and destroyed or lost 2 others). Retina Display looks nice, but as Steve proved last night it will need lots of bandwidth - not currently available on the crummy 3G infrastructure in this country. Multitasking - there are times when it would be nice, but it's not a deal breaker for me Decent camera - the camera on my 3g is so unusably awful that I never use it. I can see that it would be nice to have a camera in my pocket for the times when I don't have my SLR, but if there are going to be decent photo opps I tend to take my 'proper camera' anyway. Nice, but not essential. Ditto video - if I really needed pocket video, I would have bought a Flip by now. I'm intrigued by iMovie on such a small screen. Can't really imagine using it. I'm out of contract now, so can upgrade anytime I've got the cash, but all in all, there is nothing here that makes me want to shell out a couple of hundred quid this month. I'll wait until the 3G dies.
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Post by gavin on Jun 8, 2010 11:24:22 GMT
Obviously being happy with what you have is the best option of all. As far as upgrading a 3G goes, it sounds like you'll lose or break it soon enough anyway, so you may as well wait The new models have better cameras for sure, but I'm not sure I would call the 3G's one useless. I have had some (to me at least) pleasing results with it, which can can be seen here. (Thanks Mr Cat, link now tidied) The biggest difference I noticed between my 3G and a friend's 3GS was speed of doing everything including rendering web pages. I think the new phone will take that to the next level. (Modified to tidy up a link)
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Post by Forum Cat on Jun 8, 2010 11:58:44 GMT
(Someone remind me how to do tidy links?) Clicky
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Post by HeatherKay on Jun 8, 2010 12:26:14 GMT
Thanks, folks.
As you probably guessed, I don't really need an iPhone at all. But don't think I haven't considered it. It's just I can't afford a monthly contract, and I so far manage to get by on about £50 a year pay-as-you-go. I very nearly threw my inherited Nokia at a wall earlier when the OS froze again...
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Post by Forum Cat on Jun 8, 2010 12:40:08 GMT
I know what you mean. I now desire an iPad and an iPhone 4 but have no need for either. Dilemas dilemas.
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Post by swatty on Jun 10, 2010 13:20:11 GMT
New iPhone 4 tariffs on O2 are a rip-off as you only get 1GB data max even on the most expensive option, see: shop.o2.co.uk/new-iphone/tariffs.htmlLet's hope Orange and/or T-Mobile take a more realistic view, though I doubt it
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Post by gavin on Jun 10, 2010 14:50:06 GMT
Swatty, were you aware that the current contracts actually have a 750mb limit anyway?
If you go into your usage stats I bet you will find that since you bought the phone, you haven't used more than 500Mb in total anyway - try it you'll be amazed.
O2 are just responding to the criticism levelled at them when they called it Unlimited. While it wasn't unlimited in the strictest sense of the word, it was for all practical purposes unlimited.
The only way you'd really ever reach 500Mb, specially with the speed of 3G being what it is, is if you were tethering a jailbroken phone.
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