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Showing posts with label iPhone 4S news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iPhone 4S news. Show all posts

Why the iPhone 4S was frowned upon

Why would an iPhone be frowned upon ? And that too, the newest one in the lineup. When we think of an iPhone, we think of Apple's beautifully designed phone which, with each new model, becomes increasingly so. Take a look at the image below, for example -


And now...


You might have noticed that there is not much change in the iPhone 3G ( Black ) and iPhone 3G S ( White )
It leads me to believe that the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4S were merely "upgrades" to an existing phone whereas it was observed and marketed as a change in the lineup. While they do provide attractive new features, the $100-$200 increment in price in comparison to older models may not be very economically attractive especially since the iPhone 3GS is being sold for $0. 
Another reason, in my opinion, for the originally "disappointed" frowns of the reviewers is that most reviewers were basing their opinion on the keynote, which quite frankly wasn't very appealing. With Steve Jobs absence, Tim Cook might take a while to adjust and to be able to give better keynotes. Possibly, Steve's life threatening condition ( Which Apple knew about at the time ) proved to be a distraction. Looking at the same features on Apple's website seems much more impressive than on the keynote. 

Just a thought.


Apple Knew About Jobs' Condition During iPhone 4S Launch



According to reports from the Palo Alto police station, Apple Executives knew of Jobs' condition and his limited time left during the launch of the iPhone 4S. Apple representatives allegedly told the police department that "there was a possibility that it could happen sometime this week" which probably explains the image above.

Did the iPhone 4S need a new design ?

iPhone 4S



Everyone loves a new design. Its what tells it apart from the old one. And everyone likes to see Apple's gadget with the new design. But how could Apple have changed the design ? 


Make it curved rather than boxy, perhaps ? But why do that when all iPhone models prior to the iPhone 4 were in fact curved and yet the iPhone 4 sold more than all of them combined.


Maybe increase the screen area ? But then the border of the Phone on the side of the screen would have to be removed and wouldn't that destroy the classic look of the Phone ?


Of course, I won't argue with the fact that we expect Apple to come up with something new like that but if they're fine with their design of the phone ( which just won the "World's thinnest smartphone" rights ) then so am I. After all, its less than a centimeter thick. 

iPhone 5 / iPhone 4S Event Live News

Recap

1. NO DESIGN CHANGE
2. 8MP Camera and HD 1080p Video recording
3. Siri - See below ( Its awesome )
4. New wireless antenna
5. iCloud
6. Apple A5 processor - 2X faster, 2X faster gaming, 7X better graphical perfomance
7. Family and Friends

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11:38 - Tim says thank you. 
11:36 - On october 28th, it will be available in 22 more countries and by the end of the year - 70 more.
11:36 Pre ordering starts October 7th and releases on October 14th
11:35 Prices shown below - iPhone 3GS is FREE ?!! WHAT !? iPhone 4S starts at $199 and in the US, it will be available in three carriers AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. 


Note: iPhone 4S is a worldphone



11:30 iPhone 4S also has a new wireless antenna system which supposedly fixes problems in the same in the iPhone 4. Apparently it "intelligently" switches between two different antennas. Will get back to that later.

Based on demonstrations, Siri understands even the most casual language.






At the risk of obsessing over Siri, the new personal assistant provided by Apple, it also sends your text messages, defines words for you, wikipedia-es things, tells you the current exchange rate, date, time, how many days left to... and anything else yo can possibly think of. All this - just by asking






As it turns out, Siri is even more amazing than previously imagined - It sets alarms, bring up a list of restaurants in the area, tell you about the situation of your stocks, shows you your reminder, reads your messages out and, get this, even sets up your meetings.

Siri





11:16 Phil asks the same question in many different ways such as "What is the weather like in cupertino ?", "Will I need an umbrella today ?", etc. Siri responds beautifully
11:15 Live demo of voice commands
11:14 Siri, the intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. A.K.A - Voice Commands



11:11 "To many Customers, this will be the best camera and video camera they have ever owned"



11:10 Also includes video image stabilization and Real Time Temporal Noise Reduction
11:08 Video Recording - 1080p HD quality with the perfect resolution






11:05 Camera on iPhone 4S - An amazing 8MP with an extremely wide f/2.4 Max aperture. Also has a 5 lens system with a new IR filter system
11:04 8 hour talk time  battery life on iPhone 4S
11:03 Download speed ( Theoretical ) - 14.4 MBPS in iPhone 4S as compared to 7.2 in iPhone 4



11:02 Two times faster download speeds
11:01 Phil Schiller back up
11:00 2X faster graphics


10:58 Infinity Blade Demo ( To show new and improved speed ) - It does look good.
10:56 iPhone 4S ( iPhone 5 ) - Apple A5 chip - Dual core processor, twice as fast, 7 times better graphics



10:53 iPod touch now comes in black and white and starts at only $199
10:51 Now the iPod touch - Most popular iPod, also the most popular portable gaming device in the world 


10:48 Updates on iPod Nano now being given by Phil Schiller - Nano now also functions as a clock with 16 different clock faces added by Apple. Of course you have to buy a wrist holder for that. Also it now has bigger icons for better navigation, comes in 7 different colors and is priced at $129 for 8GB and $149 for 16GB
10:43 Family and Friends - See where your family and friends are, set up temporary location sharing, time you location sharing, invite friends through this app, also has parental controls so no stalking






10:41 Find my friends - New app which allows you to find the location of your friends who have opted to let others see their location
10:40 Daily Backup on iCloud ( If you want ). Also Apps and Books Syncing.

iCloud


10:37 Now about iCloud - Seamless integration between your Mac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. how much does it cost ? Its Free ( Up to 5 GB ) - Photo stream, iTunes Stream and Documents )


10:35 PC Free - Use your iPad or your iPhone as your only Device without a computer 
10:34 Safari - Reader, Reading list, Tabbed browsing
10:31 Photo editing - Crop, Rotate, Red eye reduction, 
10:30 Background downloads, PC-less software updates, Take photos with volume up button
10:28 Recap: 200+ new features - New notifications system, iMessage, Twitter integration, Lock screen camera, Newsstand, Reminders, 


10:27 Time to talk about iOS 5 ! 
10:25 Developers have been paid more than $3 Biliion
10:25 Customers have downloaded more than 18 Billion apps. That's more than a billion apps per month.
10:23 More than 500K apps available. 140K specially optimized for iPad
10:22 App store is the number one place for download of applications.





10:20 95% customer satisfaction score
10:20 Appearing in Medicine, With pilots, In classrooms, essentially everywhere
10:18 Now the iPad - appearing everywhere. Revolutionizing the way we live. Appearing in schools too
10:16 iPhone - Number 1 smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 sales is half the number of iphone sales in total
10:15 iTunes Music Store - 20 Million songs exist, 16 Billion downloads.
10:14 iPod is still a large market for us. 45 Million iPods from July 2010 to June 2011
10:12 Now talking about the iPod and Music. Ten years ago, the iPod was launched on this very stage. It revolutionalized the way we listen to music.
10:11 Every single quarter for the past 5 years, Mac has outgrown the PC market
10:10 Lion has been downloaded 6 million times so far ( Typical Apple; Reviewing statistics about their products before a launch )


10:08 Reviewing products so far
10:07 Took a month for so many to come to the store in LA
10:06 100K visitors in shanghai stores on opening weekend
10:05 Now talking about Shanghai stores
10:03 Tim Cook out on stage talking about the pleasure of working with Apple.