iPhone 4s Review

Today, I will be bringing to you a review of the iPhone 4S so that you can make your own decision as to make the switch to this new iPhone or not when it hit Malaysian shores.

The news about the release of the iPhone 4S instead of the iPhone 5 was received with much disappointment from the die-hard Apple fans worldwide. Even with the disappointment, Apple has managed to sell 4 Million units of the iPhone 4S in the first 3 days of its launch. This is a new record for Apple in terms of iPhone sales. However, even with such impressive sales of the iPhone 4S, it still comes below the expectations of the Analyst which has sent its share price lower last week.

So, what is new in the iPhone 4S you may ask……

From the look and feel perspective, there is hardly any changes except for the left-hand side of the phone which now spots a line. i believe Apple has re-designed the antenna to a dual band aerial design to solve the embarrassing antenna-gate issue encountered in their previous version. With this new antenna design, the iPhone 4S can now intelligently and instantly switch between those exterior antennas, in real-time, even while you’re in the middle of a call and hence minimizing the drop calls. Also, the top one of the rounded keys on the left hand side of the iPhone 4 also acts as the camera shutter button now to make it easier to snap photos with the new iPhone 4S. That is about all the hardware changes there is to the iPhone 4S.

Below are the specifications comparisons of the iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4 :-

 So, most of the changes of the iPhone 4S comes from the inside instead of the external. One most significant change is the use of the new A5 processor which has a dual-core A5 CPU. This is the same processor used in iPad2. The processor is clocked at 800MHz and has a 512 MB of internal RAM. With this processing power, you now have an iPhone that has equivalent processing power as a tablet PC i.e. the iPad 2.

The next major change is in its wireless network support, the phone has a dual-mode quadband UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA (850, 900, 1,900, 2,100MHz) and quad-band GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1,800, 1,900MHZ) ,  Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, and Bluetooth 4.0 enabled. In layman’s term, all these means that you will likely have access to almost all of the different 3G data network around the world when you are roaming.

There is also some improvement in the back camera. The new iPhone 4S now spots a 8 megapixel back camera with improved optics which is able to shoot better quality photos as claimed by Apple. It can also handle the 1080pixel video. The front-facing camera however remains unchanged from the iPhone 4.

The biggest differentiator of the iPhone 4S compared to the iPhone 4 has to be in the sofware. One of which is the new Siri software which is the built in intelligent assistant that helps you get things done. Now you can command your iPhone 4S to do things with your voice instead of typing. So far, we have been hearing very good reviews about Siri. Not too sure how well it can “understand” our Malaysia slang or English though. If this really works well, this is a major game-changer in the smartphone technology where a smartphone is “smart” enough to understand your verbal commands and executes them without flaw.

For the video review of the iPhone 4S, you may want to watch the video below:-

All in all, the iPhone 4S is hailed as another one of Apple’s greatest product launch. Since when is Apple not doing that. Every new product launch seems to outdo the previous ones.

So, is there anyone out there who is planning to queue up for their iPhone 4S when the device hits our shores…..

With that in mind, i am now eagerly waiting for the next iPhone 5 to come out. It is not rumoured to be launched only in the middle of next year!