After a long wait for about 15 months Apple has finally launched a new version of its popular smartphone, iPhone 4S. Like millions of Apple lovers, even I waited desperately for this but in the end it was a total letdown. We expected iPhone 5 with major redesign but the company launched a same phone with few changes in technical specifications and they call it the most amazing iPhone yet. So here I am covering five good reasons why you should not buy the new iPhone 4S. Please note that I am also an Apple lover but as I said before, this was a total letdown in my opinion and many fans.
1) Design
This is the biggest thing a company can work on a new product to grab a quick attention around the globe. But Apple didn’t care & I really can’t understand what they were actually doing past 15 months. iPhone 4S comes with same design and display size which makes it look old. I mean if you buy a new iPhone, you need to personally tell your friend ‘got a new mobile’. Well he still might not believe this until he a) sees face detection feature, b) Siri comes in, c) plays new infinity blade or d) may be a bill receipt in the end would finally convenience your friend, yea thats a new iPhone.
2) Siri
Apple says Siri is one of the best reason you should get an iPhone 4S. Well, Siri Assistant is not new & was available as an app back in 2010. Lately, Apple bought the company who developed Siri and now of course App no longer exist. Existing users get a message: “I’ve been replaced! The new Siri is even smarter and better-looking than me, and waiting for you on the iPhone 4S. I’ll be leaving for home Oct 15th.” The main reason what Apple says to buy new iPhone was already available an year back and moreover people who paid for this app now begging for a refund. That’s sad & shocking as well, isn’t?
3) Outdated Specs
If we compare 4S with other smartphones you can easily notice that expect the 8MP camera, iPhone comes with outdated specs. The phone has 800Mhz processor and 512 MB RAM whereas phones like Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus or Motorola Droid Razr are powered with 1.2Ghz processor and 1 GB RAM. Although Apple has added A5 processor but they are still using it with just 800 Mhz clock speed and just 512 MB RAM.
4) Own iPhone 4
This is certainly the best reason: Why buy an iPhone 4S if you already have an iPhone 4. To play Angry Birds little faster ? To chat with Siri ? All this crap on same 1.5 year old design and 3.5 inch screen which you already have on your iPhone 4. To see an increment in sales of iPhone 4S, Apple has played smart by discontinuing the 16GB and 32GB models of iPhone 4 leaving customers with only 8GB version. Everyone knows who wants a smartphone with just 8 GB memory and no expandable memory option later.
5) iPhone 5 coming
You heard it right. Since there is no major upgrade in iPhone 4S, there are maximum chances you can see iPhone 5 at WWDC 2012 held in June every year. iPhone 5 is certainly expected to be the biggest upgrade in terms of design as it will be two years from June 2010 (Launch of iPhone 4) to June 2012 and people around the globe would be eagerly waiting for all new iPhone with something revolutionary, for which Apple has been always famous.
I am surely not getting the new iPhone & buying Galaxy Nexus instead which was launched just two days ago. What about you ?
this is the worst disaster of a phone I’ve ever encountered. I upgraded to one the day they came out. AT&T store botched it to begin with by not being able to migrate my contacts…very simple task…then the nightmare began….Contacts and all my email settings were not migrated-AT&T told me to go home and call apple and try to restore my new phone from my previous phones back up. Tried this for 2 hours without any results. Brought the phone back to AT&T and demanded a new phone. They said there is a $35 restocking fee. I said you have a return policy? They responded no, sorry we can’t help- but go home and call apple. After several more trips back and forth to AT&T, I got zero support! AT&T could not even simply transfer my contacts to my new phone- instead all the F’ing around they did with it behind the counter corru…pted the data files and made my next 8 days a night mare. I spent 10 hours. Literally ten f’ing hours on the phone with several AT&T support people that transferred me to Apple support people of various “tiers”. So long that twice I had to be called back by a new “associate” that twice were promised to return my call and did not. After I called back apple and had to re-explain my problems again and again- no results- I’m left with a hunk of tupperware and glass that won’t work and has cost me several days of lost productivity… I kept hearing comments from the multitude of tech supports that “wow, this is amazing – never experienced this before”, and “this is certainily a unique case”, and “once apple gets it right this will work great – apple is just experiencing problems now”….the excuses went on and on and on for 10 hours….I would not buy another apple product if my life kids life depended on it.. They are a total piece of crap. Siri won’t work, servers are down, tech support is almost non existent even if you can get to what they call their top tier tech support- complete piece of shit- I am cancelling my at&T contract and swtiching to another carrier and a droid…. trust me 10 hours of tech support with zero results? this is BS- and I’m not hte only one….apple should just close its doors and give up- Bill gates brought it back from the grave to avoid the anti trust suit. He should have burried apple because they have good ideas – but cant see a product through to the end—-let the real programmers and inovaters of the world succed and stop wasting my time with second class crap from a dead man. Steven jobs has been spiraling downward for years and this is his worst product ever- they should bury the iphones in his grave with him…
My contract with iPhone 4 got ended so, I had the chance to get a hands on to iPhone 4S… and I bought it yesterday
But, you are right, if you have an iPhone 4, you do not have a very solid reason to upgrade..
Well written article… You should have probably compared to other phones. You will definitely say iPhone has brought out something new (worse, may be).