Today being the day the iPhone 4 goes on sale at all AT&T stores, I find it fitting to finally do my review of the iPhone 4.
After waiting around 12 hours for the new device, I wasn’t very happy with it. After spending some time with it, I now LOVE it! Here is an outline of the things I really like:
- Battery – I have noticed a tremendous increase in battery life. When I got the device, it was 3/4 full battery. I did not charge it until the following night. And I used it quite a bit, Pandora, pictures, video, texts, some games and much more.
- Screen – The screen really didn’t hit me until I used my old 3G beside my iPhone 4. Huge difference.
- Multitasking – Finally, applications like Pandora and others are useful. I always got so annoyed that I had to quit Pandora so I could reply to a text or browse the web. No more! I can stream Pandora and do nearly anything else. I can even start it during a call so I don’t have to pay attention to the person I’m listening to.
- Speed – I never had the 3GS, but this thing is responsive! Taking pictures is really quick, opening texts is almost instant. Apps open in a flash.
- Design – It feels so nice in the hand. Nothing cheap about it.
- FaceTime – Yeah, it’s cool and the only way to explain it would be to show it to you.
- Camera – It’s fast! Tap focus is very nice and the pictures look very good. Comparable to my Canon digital elph.
There are many more things I like, but this isn’t an iOS4 review so I will leave out details like folders, voice control and the such. Now on to the cons…
- Glass backing – I thought the fingerprints on the back of my 3G were bad, they are much more visible now.
- Multitasking – Watch how many apps you open, they never close. I imagine this could lead to memory issues. I have not experienced it yet but I run the same 10 apps or so.
- Antenna – The design was good, but cell antennas are not like rabbit ears, reception does not get better when you touch them. I don’t drop calls because of it, but I do lose a couple bars. There are many fixes for this issue though, any case or even a small piece of tape to cover the bottom left quarter of the device on the antenna.
- HD Video – Nice feature to have, but you can tell the video was taken with a cell phone. Not by the picture quality, but by the jerky motion.
That’s all I got. Let me know if you have any questions. There are a LOT of new features in the new iOS4, but that would be another post.
