iPhone 4S Review

Now that I've had 4 days to use my new iPhone 4S, I think it's about time to write a review. There are many new features, some were new to the iPhone 4 and some are new to the 4S... but they are all new to me because I am coming from an iPhone 3GS. Let me break it down.

The Retina Display:

I marveled at the Retina Display when it was announced for the iPhone 4, but the only glimpses I got of it were from my brother-in-law who had one. Actually having this display on my phone is amazing. The pictures are crystal clear, the app icons jump out at you and the text is the main highlight and looks as though the words are printed in a glossy magazine. It's spectacular.

Camera Enhancements:

The iPhone 4 made big strides with it's camera, upping the 3GS's 3 megapixels to 5 megapixels, 4 lenses, adding enhanced sensors, an LED flash, and a front facing camera. The 4S ups the ante and brings a whopping 8 megapixels, 5 lenses, even better sensors, 1080p HD video recording with image stabilization and the same LED flash and front facing camera. This camera puts this near the top of all smartphone camera available today. It is phenomenal to take such clear pictures, and it takes them fast too.

Processor Improvements:

The iPhone 4 utilized the iPad's A4 processor and the iPhone 4S now uses the iPad 2's A5 processor. Both had 512 MB Ram and have sped things up considerably. The 4S is remarkably fast and going from page to page and app to app is snappier than I've ever seen.

SIRI:

If those changes weren't enough, Apple is throwing in a little thing called Siri, which could simply be defined as a digital personal assistant. Siri uses voice recognition (licensed by Nuance,) to listen to your commands and questions and it uses Siri's artificially intelligent brain to figure out the meaning in your words and help out as needed. Siri is occasionally hit and miss, but for the most part it does what you need it to do and understands reasonably well. I've already used it a lot to text while driving, set up reminders, look up information, take notes, and just plain ask it silly questions. There is a good likelihood that voice control technology will be the newest interface. First computers needed keyboards, then mice, then touch, soon...voice.

Overall:

I Love It! Nuff Said.