Will you be purchasing an iPhone 4S?

Will you be purchasing Apple iPhone 4S?

  • Yes

    Votes: 69 25.9%

  • Yes, but only when I'm eligible for upgrade

    Votes: 32 12.0%

  • No, I'm keeping my current phone

    Votes: 107 40.2%

  • No, I am purchasing a different phone

    Votes: 58 21.8%
  • Total voters
    266
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How many people are [H] will be purchasing Apple's new mobile device being released on Oct. 14th?
 
I've always loved my iPhone but I think I'm going to move to a Galaxy S2 after seeing the next Apple offering for the next year or so.
 
i'm keeping my iphone 4 even thogh siri looks very interesting
too bad it's exclusive to 4S
 
Yes, I'll be eligable in December so I can't get it right away but my 3GS needs to retire.
 
Its a great upgrade if you have a 3GS/3. For 4 owners, not so much.

Does anyone know if Apple will sell you an unlocked 4S without contract?
 
MrCrispy said:
Its a great upgrade if you have a 3GS/3. For 4 owners, not so much.

Does anyone know if Apple will sell you an unlocked 4S without contract?
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apple store should sell you one without contract
$649 - 16GB
$749 - 32GB
$849 - 64GB
 
Nope, moved from a 3GS over to a Windows phone temporarily for a few months as a holding action until the QNX BlackBerries are out.
 
This update is a little underwhelming considering how long it took to come out. The iphone 4 was a big leap from the 3gs though, so I guess I shouldn't be that surprised. My iPhone 4 should be good until the next generation iPhone...

I'm more exited for iCloud and iTunes matching.
 
yah i'll be getting one, my 3gs is going to my wife, its getting a little long in the tooth and i'll enjoy the big speed boost.
 
Ill get it. Just not a day one purchase. Since i can sell my current iPhone to cover the cost of my upgrade on AT&T, i have nothing to lose. Still, I'm very disappointed in Apple for not releasing an iphone5 when they had 4 extra months to get it nailed down. I guess we will see next June.
 
PeeWeePee said:
i'm keeping my iphone 4 even thogh siri looks very interesting
too bad it's exclusive to 4S
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I don't know, voice control and feedback can be neat but it's never as useful as it looks at first glance. A lot of this stuff is actually in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. I got a chuckle seeing the news story about this on ABC World News. The guy doing the report did some demos, all of one which I could do on my Mango Phone only faster, but Siri does do natural language recognition, which can be cool, can be kind of pointless.

In that ABC World news demo the reporter did a Siri query, "Tell me about the life of Diane Sawyer" which just pulled up her Wiki page. With my Mango phone I'd just say "Find Diane Sawyer" which displays Bing results, with images and web links, and her Wiki Page as was the first one. So in this case Siri wasn't as cool as it looks and is actually slower as you have to say more to do less. Now in fairness, the control aspects of Siri look to be pretty sweet, like scheduling an appointment or reminder, not in Mango, not sure why the underpinnings are pretty much there. Mango does do voice input and read back like Siri.

So once Apple takes something that's been around for a while, puts a slick name on it, and brands is revolutionary. Siri is nice, but nothing as special as the people lining up to buy the 4S think.
 
Well Ive been waiting and really feel let down. I don't care for the looks of the Iphone 4 or the 4s. Appears to be exactly the same skin. I really fell screwed over putting up with a lagging Iphone 3g for so long.

Probably jump ship and get the Samsung Galaxy II s for 4G action since Houston has it now. Now to find a good holster.
 
Siri app was in the app store and available for every device. Now Apple has pulled it, and you get a slightly updated version that only works on the 4S. Imagine if Google did these dirty tricks, and only allowed you to access voice search on a new phone. Apple sucks.
 
MrCrispy said:
Siri app was in the app store and available for every device. Now Apple has pulled it, and you get a slightly updated version that only works on the 4S. Imagine if Google did these dirty tricks, and only allowed you to access voice search on a new phone. Apple sucks.
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Interesting. Microsoft offered Mango free to every existing phone that added the text message voice capabilities. Of course Microsoft had to since Windows Phone is so far behind the iPhone. Apple doesn't seem to have to do anything these days except update specs and repackage stuff.

Apple might be holding back and waiting a bit as the competition I think is going to step up and much stronger next year, not point in wasting the good stuff now.
 
I'm a employee of VZW and can upgrade every 10 months under my employee account which is a nice perk..

Using a iPhone 4 now.. will sell it and pay for my upgrade regardless.. right now its between the 4S (Will sell 4 for equal or a little more then upgrade, and basically get a free 4S) .. Droid 3 (physical keyboard) or Droid Bionic (LTE).
 
My iPhone 4 has a cracked LCD, I was hoping for a big update today, but the 4gs looks disappointing. Maybe its time to move to andrroid. Either way I need a new phone because it is annoying to use mine with streaks running through the lcd :(
 
Nope, I'm done with iPhones, had the 3GS and the 4... going to give Andriod a chance when the contract's up.
 
My upgrade is set for November 4th, and I plan on using it for the 4S.

It isn't the major overhaul that I had expected, but to be honest, the only change in addition to what they added that I was expecting was a newer design and a 4" screen, which aren't totally essential. They upgraded to dual core, more RAM(probably), higher resolution camera(arguably one of the best cameras to be put on a phone), and will be releasing iOS 5 including Siri. It seems to be a pretty substantial amount of change for a yearly release cycle.

Honestly, what has Android added from froyo to gingerbread? Faster performance? Updated SDKs?Great. Even 2.1 to 2.3 hasn't been the release of tons of new features, and 2.1 has been out for almost 2 years.

Apple releases a feature truly revolutionary like Siri, and no one gives them credit. Please, explain to me another smartphone OS that offers real voice command from scheduling, calling, responding to appointment changes that will contact colleagues of the change, remind you of something when you leave your current location, bring up the most relevant information when asking about something in a form that isn't just speech to text to a google search, which is essentially all Android does. And I'm just brushing the surface detailing the available commands/possible questions you can ask Siri. Look up the apple site for dozens more.

I'm excited about iOS5 and the 4S. More excited than having a 4.5" screen, NFC support, LTE, or some other battery draining feature that is only going to keep me plugged into a wall more often.
 
S3th13 said:
Apple releases a feature truly revolutionary like Siri, and no one gives them credit. Please, explain to me another smartphone OS that offers real voice command from scheduling, calling, responding to appointment changes that will contact colleagues of the change, remind you of something when you leave your current location, bring up the most relevant information when asking about something in a form that isn't just speech to text to a google search, which is essentially all Android does. And I'm just brushing the surface detailing the available commands/possible questions you can ask Siri. Look up the apple site for dozens more.
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Windows Phone does a lot of what Siri does, sometimes its easier to, except the control commands. Windows Mobile with Voice Commander actually had a few voice control capabilities that got taken out of Windows . Just a web search often leads to EXACTLY the same thing that a long drawn out question does in Siri. Siri is nice but revolutionary? Absolutely not.
 
S3th13 said:
http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/windows-phone-7-voice-commands

Oh, you mean exactly what I was referring to that Windows Phone 7 shares with Android? No, its not the same. Sure, a computer being able to recognize extremely simple, structured phrases isn't new. That's not what Siri is. I'm sorry revolutionary and Apple in the same post upsets you.
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theres other threads where you can be an apple apologist bro....keep trying there, there's nothing revolutionary about this product launch, only the most blind fanboys would dare go there

most top tier phones do voice search now.....do you know how many times I have used or or even seen others using it? none. its one of those features most people will never use, congrats
 
Listen, dawg. I'm perfectly fine defending my overly educated opinions in this one.
 
Why would I post in a thread with some pretentious dbag has already set his firm stance that the iPhone is an iFlop. I didn't come here to argue, but I can't comprehend people disregarding brilliant software because the Samsung Galaxy S II has some chip that 1% of cash registers are going to implement and allows some basement dwelling, 34 year old level 85 to steal my credit card information.
 
S3th13 said:
Why would I post in a thread with some pretentious dbag has already set his firm stance that the iPhone is an iFlop. I didn't come here to argue, but I can't comprehend people disregarding brilliant software because the Samsung Galaxy S II has some chip that 1% of cash registers are going to implement and allows some basement dwelling, 34 year old level 85 to steal my credit card information.
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not winning bro, cast your vote and move the discussion to the discussion thread....or hey, try this, do something apple couldn't manage to do, do something different and create your own thread to sing the praises of your overlords, promise ill leave that one alone ;)
 
S3th13 said:
http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/windows-phone-7-voice-commands

Oh, you mean exactly what I was referring to that Windows Phone 7 shares with Android? No, its not the same. Sure, a computer being able to recognize extremely simple, structured phrases isn't new. That's not what Siri is. I'm sorry revolutionary and Apple in the same post upsets you.
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Windows Phone actually does have a bit more than Android, it does voice control texting out of the box like Siri. Asking Siri a question just isn't that much different than doing a web search most of the time outside of the device command. For example, like I pointed out earlier, a lot of the things that you can't Siri are just faster by saying it staright. Instead of "What will the weather be like in Miami this weekend." (this is an example on Apple's Siri page, I just say on my Mangi phone "find weather in Miami" and I get the same answer except it was easier to say.

This kind of stuff just isn't new, and I'm not saying that it isn't cool, it just isn't all that you're saying. But again, the device control stuff is slick. But it's been in other stuff for a long time and as I said Windows Mobile with Voice Commander had a some of it years ago and it worked very well, but Windows Phone doesn't have it except for the voice dialer and contact saving.
 
I have a 3gs and it's seriously showing its age, so I'll probably get the 4s when it launches in a few weeks. I don't plan on actually using it until they jailbreak it though.
 
Edwin (free Android app) can do everything (or almost everything) that the iPhone can, including full on the fly translation, wolfram integration, direct hardware control including brightness and ringer, math problems, weather, directions, history, web search, dictionary definitions, email and text, and natural language recognition. It integrates seamlessly with the OS.

And I've been using it for a year already.
 
Exactly what I expected from the update (faster specs, improved camera, etc.). Siri does look pretty awesome and I would love to try it. I acquired an iPhone 4 last March, so I'm going to wait for the next update. I'm not sure why people are getting upset. The iPhone 4 to the 4S is the same as the 3G to the 3GS.
 
I'll be selling my 4 for the 4S. That is... if AT&T does what they typically do any let current iPhone owners upgrade. Gazelle is offering me $200 for it... if I can't get any personal buyers by the 14th I'll send it to them.
 
Mr. Miyagi said:
Exactly what I expected from the update (faster specs, improved camera, etc.). Siri does look pretty awesome and I would love to try it. I acquired an iPhone 4 last March, so I'm going to wait for the next update. I'm not sure why people are getting upset. The iPhone 4 to the 4S is the same as the 3G to the 3GS.
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because the 4G was already so far behind the rest of the smartphone world, even a super phone (the imaginary iPhone 5) today would be late to the party, but it would have been a smashing success too.....they missed the mark, now by the time they come out with something that good the rest of the industry will have moved on to greener pastures. iPhone users were really hoping the iPhone 5 was going to be the phone that put them on par with the Android crown from a hardware standpoint. They got let down. That's why the fuss. ;)
 
3GS needs to retire, so im getting a 4S....was really hoping for an iphone5 but i dont think i can keep this thing going until then.
 
Went from a Palm Pre Plus to a Droid Incredible on this current contract which ends in January. I got grandfathered into the "new every two" before VZ canceled it and I'm going to use that to upgrade to the iPhone 4s. It'll be my first iPhone.
 
I am getting it ASAP since I am tired of my HTC Touch Pro 2.
 
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