Re:The lunacy of the "iPhone 4S is a disappointment" crowd
by gwright on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @12:09PM
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Perhaps you weren't the target marget. Look at the 4S compared to the 3GS. iPhone 4 owners are still under contract while 3GS owners are at the end of their contract.
As a business strategy, the goal would be to encourage 3GS owners to upgrade. Similarly the iPhone 5 will be positioned to entice iPhone 4 owners to upgrade.
Re:The lunacy of the "iPhone 4S is a disappointment" crowd
by smackfu on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @12:39PM
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True, but by that logic, it would almost make sense for Apple to go to a 2-year upgrade cycle, since the 3GS to 4 upgrade is also definitely worthwhile for those users. The main reasons they didn't already upgrade are not being off contract yet, and waiting for the iPhone 5 release.
Well, even looking at his list from the perspective of an iPhone 4 user...
A5 chip: I don't think my iPhone 4 is slow in anything I do. I guess the 4S is better at playing FPS that are terrible on a phone anyways.
Amazing camera: Nice feature, but the iPhone 4 camera is pretty good already. I doubt this is as dramatic as the 3GS to 4 camera upgrade.
Voice recognition: Might use it in the car sometimes. This used to be available for the iPhone anyways, and no one used it.
iOS 5: I get this on my iPhone 4.
1080p HD video recording: iPhone 4 already does 720p and I've never felt it lacking.