Thursday, 2 June 2011

THE UPGRADE OF IPHONE4

Ever since I got the iPhone 3G about 16 months ago, it has been a gateway drug to Apple for me. I was so in love with it, that it caused me to buy an iMac, and then a 13″ Macbook Pro. I’m officially a Mac junkie, and I’ll never go back. You can go ahead and make fun of me, but having dealt with Windows PC’s for the past 15 years of my life and constantly being frustrated with them, I’ve drank the Apple Kool-Aid. That’s why I spent an hour and a half of my life on Monday following the live blog from Engadget about the keynote speech from Steve Jobs about their newest gadget, the iPhone 4. If you’ve already got an iPhone, then you’re probably either waiting for June 15th to pre-order it or you’re or the fence about whether you should upgrade.
 
 Or maybe you’ve been rocking an old Nokia cell phone for a while, and you’re wondering what smart phone you should upgrade to. Whatever your situation is, I’m going to throw a down and dirty review of the iPhone 4 and give you my not-so-unbiased opinion about whether you should get it or not.Tech junkies, if you’re holding a hot cup of coffee, you might want to put it down for a minute. This iPhone is the best update they’ve had since announcing the inception of the iPhone back in 2007. It’s got more features and quality specifications than you can handle. Here’s a comparison chart of the major specs of the iPhone and the only phone that comes close to its specs, the HTC Evo:
So as you can see, it is a huge upgrade from the 3GS to the iPhone 4 model. Video will be crystal clear, photos will be crystal clear and you won’t get those nasty, dark photos that cell phones are notorious for taking, and it’s got multitasking! At first, I wasn’t a big fan of the design, but once I saw the comps from Apple, I changed my mind. Plus, it’s razor thin, which makes it nice for people like me who carry my phone in my pocket.    It’s truly an all-in-one phone solution.the iTunes iPhone app store is the largest in the world and has the best applications.

   
With the introduction of iAds, it could cause more mobile apps to be free.It’s a big jump from the last iPhone upgrade, so you’ll be satisfied with the iPhone 4 for at least 2 to 3 years.Its new design is stronger and built better, so it’s less likely to crack or scratch than previous models or some other smart phone models.
 If your current plan with AT&T expires any time before the next 6 months, they’ll let you upgrade at the full discounted price.If you have a Netflix account, they are coming out with a Netflix app that allows you to watch streaming video on your iPhone. If you’re familiar with iMovie, it’s now coming to the iPhone as an app for $4.99!    Still no other carriers. AT&T has its problems. I get a dropped call at least once or twice a day. I really wish they would have announced Verizon as a new carrier. AT&T won’t improve themselves if they know there’s no competition.If you’re in an AT&T contract that doesn’t expire in the next 6 months, upgrade prices jump to $399 for 16GB version and $499 version.AT&T is dropping their unlimited data plan services, so now it’s $15 for 200mb of data and $25 for 2GB of data, then $10 extra for every extra gigabyte of data.
 No expandable memory slot. This isn’t a big deal to me, because I don’t carry my entire music and video collection on my phone, but for some people, they still want to pop a memory card in and out. I don’t know if Apple will ever do this, because it’s not part of their design philosophy. They like the all-in-one approach, because it’s sleeker and more modern, and frankly, I agree with them. I think it’s their design team that’s catapulted them into one of the technology leaders.

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