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I've been an owner of a iPhone 4 for several months now. Love it! Can do almost everything with it, this smart-phone is great and I can't see myself going back to a regular phone now. Battery life can be an issue. It can easily last for more that a day but it depends a lot on the use you give to it. Constantly using internet for receiving mails and checking for updates drains your battery much quicker. Also games, music, GPS and other programs that are visually and/or audio demanding for the phone take more energy. If you use it intensively the battery could run off in half a day. Besides that it all works fine!
The iPhone 4 is the ultimate upgrade to the iPhone line. I've owned each iPhone from day 1 of their launch dates. (Please also read my reviews of the iPhone 1.0, 3G, & 3Gs) I've owned a cellphone since 1992. I've always had a "top of the line phone" (I've always had AT&T = formerly Cingular = formerly BellSouth Mobility) In 17 years having cellphones, I've had over 100 (Yes 100+) different models & makes. I've also had a few days each with the Palm Pre and Motorola Droid - neither compare to the iPhone 4. The screen on the new iPhone 4 (also known as the iPhone HD) has to be seen to be believed. One hing that not many people are saying about the iPhone is that the screen seems to be a part of the glass not slightly recessed behind a piece of glass. Besides the screen that's been compared to a high end laser printer for text, the new iPhone has a new button arrangement that are easier to press and understand their functionality. The iPhone 4 also has a new antenna that delivers almost twice the performance for cell signal, bluetooth, and wifi. The casing IS the antenna! The wifi signal has been boosted from 802.11g to 802.11n - greatly extending the range, security, and bandwidth of the signal. The new camera on the iPhone 4 bumps up from the 2 megapixel on the original iPhone and bumps up from the 3 megapixel on the iPhone 3Gs. (Original and 3G shared the same camera & processor) I had an original Apple Quicktake camera and it was amazing even though it was below a megapixel - when Apple discontinued cameras in 1998 I longed for the day when they would again create a camera using their expertise. With the iPhone that happened - with the iPhone 4 the perfect camera now exists! A camera that can instantly share a picture or video on the internet, thru email, or save for later. A camera that has ON device editing - even through Photoshop using the Adobe Photoshop app. The iPhone 4 also adds a front facing camera which allows you to video conference with other iPhone 4 users. The iPhone 4 also brings a new operating system (to all iPhones) and multiple application use (multitasking) to the 3GS and iPad, and iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 uses GSM - an international standard technology for cellphones. Verizon & Sprint use CDMA (& variants) - this technology is found in very few places widespread outside the USA & Europe. While the iPhone 4 also has better GPS functionality - the Google maps app is decent but not the best - but the best app for GPS certainly got better with the better antenna and the new accelerometer/gyroscope in the iPhone 4 - try Navigon - it ROCKS! Because an iPhone uses standard iPod sync & charge cables, accessories are easy to find. Battery life is very good & improved from the previous generations of iPhones; even when utilizing power draining features like Wifi & Bluetooth. I can actually use the calculator on an iPhone, unlike on other cell phones where you have to figure out corresponding keys. I have a lot of music nearly 2000 songs and a GPS app that takes up almost a gigabyte, plus nearly 1000 pictures on my iPhone and the 16GB model is perfect for me - leaving me with 4 gigs of space left. You'll want to get this "unlocked" version if you want to use your iPhone in the USA on a different network = TMobile! I now have zero complaints about the iPhone 4. My complaints are relegated to AT&T!Read full review
If you have never ever had an iPhone, your behind in Cell Phone technology and missing the, Mazinger Z, of Smart phones! Sorry to say that, but it's true. The iPhone not only delivers the Touch Screen advantage with its Retina display, but strong tools better than the best subsecuent Cell Phone on the market today. Almost any task that you can execute in the iPhone is as easy as a blink of an eye. There is over 300,000+ games and applications for it and still growing. If its unlocked you'll be almost bored and undecided in what to test in your phone... You could say its almost endless... I bought the gsm unlocked 32GB unit [The one reviewed its only half memory]. The unit is definitely a conversational piece, but it got very, very strong competence today [Infuse, Atrix, Strike, Galaxy, etc]. As many reviews that I have wrote here, I'll give you the PROS & CONS that I've found already for the benefit of all. PROS 1. Touch screen Retina [resolution much higher than the human eye can see] display advantage. 2. Easy friendly menus, tools, address book, contacts, super fast web surfing, etc. 3. iPod included (Music & Video Player). 4. Super Fast Internet. 5. Stereo headphone with mini-bass capability. 6. SIM Card exchange without opening the unit. 7. Superb redesign from original unit. 8. Slim candy bar jawbreaker design. 9. The 32GB version would hold so, so, so much music & videos, that you would not need anything else... I mean this is not a Desktop PC [PLEASE!] CONS: 1. No manual included. Friendly, but for specific details you need to download from Apple the Electronic Manual. 2. The Wall Charger that comes with the iPhone it's not good or faster. You'll need to buy a Rapid Wall Charger and a Car Charger, because the iPhone drains quickly the battery when used for gamming... 3. Camera is only 5MP when thers a lot of smartphones out there with 8 and 8.1MPs. 4. Display should be bigger. 5. Overrated price. 6. Antenna bad design from the beginning [some latest models have been improved]. 7. New Apple firmwares always, always damage info on it... Summarizing: Highly recommended!!!Read full review
The iPhone 4 is a tremendous improvement over the previous phones from Apple. Battery life alone is enough to sell a brand new notebook, there's no reason the same shouldn't apply for a smartphone. Being able to deliver real world battery life use of between 5.5 and 10 hours on a single charge is quite impressive. And if you aren't using the phone nonstop? Expect even longer battery life. On top of the battery life improvements Apple finally plays catch up and surpasses the technological advancements in its Android competitors. The 4's camera is as good as it gets today and the screen is a beauty. I don't believe this advantage will last for the lifetime of the iPhone 4. The phones that are in development today at least surpass the 4's specs in terms of raw CPU speed. Given that Apple's retina display is in high volume production already I'd expect other manufacturers to pick it up in due time. And believe it or not, even if you upgrade to the iPhone 4 today in another 12 months it'll most likely be replaced by a dual core version that you'll want even more. The lower clocked A4 was most likely a result of wanting to save battery life, a tradeoff I'm willing to accept. The 512MB of RAM was an unexpected surprise, and a giant disappointment to iPad users. The extra memory comes in handy while multitasking, something the iPad won't be able to do until this fall. By then it's probably only a few more months until updated iPad hardware, which will almost certainly feature the same 512MB of RAM as the iPhone 4. It does mean the early iPad adopters got shafted a bit. They got a much lower density screen and less memory than the iPhone 4, despite a higher upfront costRead full review
Its a high tech product which offers great design, top quality, never seen before hardware (e.g. gyroscope or retina display), great camera with lots of features and top quality video capture 720p and literally tons of applications. I love the ease of use this product offers. What I dislike is that it needs lots of protection (bumper cases, films etc.) in order to preserve its top quality but all these extras make the phone chubby and ugly. I also hate the fact that there is no FM radio receiver. Other than that the phone can do pretty much anything you could possibly imagine. I would definitely buy it again.
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