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iPhone 4S review: It's a sure thing
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 05:33 PM
"iPhone 4 ass"
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"It figured out exactly what I wanted it to say"
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"It figured out exactly what I wanted it to say"
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 06:28 PM
"There’s no way to tell the iPhone 4S to shoot at a lower resolution"uploading
Wow - that could be a major issue: only 1080P and no 720P? It takes about 2.4 times as much data to save one frame of 1080P compared to 720P, if the same compression is used. If you've ever uploaded a 720P movie to You Tube you know what slow process that is: uploading a 1080P movie could be a real bear, to say nothing about how fast you'll eat up your iPhone 4S storage while shooting movies.. 1080P is really not a good consumer format - actually it's not even good for commercial videos going online, primarily because of the large increase in file sizes and data rates. The cable companies get around bandwidth problems by using such high compression rates that what we get from them is fake HD. Most video delivery pipelines have a fixed maximum bandwidth and I'd much rather get more data per pixel with 720P rather than more highly compressed 1080P.
If indeed there is no 720P option on the iPhone 4S, then Apple has completely ignored video delivery in favor of providing an over-hyped selling point of "higher resolution video."
Wow - that could be a major issue: only 1080P and no 720P? It takes about 2.4 times as much data to save one frame of 1080P compared to 720P, if the same compression is used. If you've ever uploaded a 720P movie to You Tube you know what slow process that is: uploading a 1080P movie could be a real bear, to say nothing about how fast you'll eat up your iPhone 4S storage while shooting movies.. 1080P is really not a good consumer format - actually it's not even good for commercial videos going online, primarily because of the large increase in file sizes and data rates. The cable companies get around bandwidth problems by using such high compression rates that what we get from them is fake HD. Most video delivery pipelines have a fixed maximum bandwidth and I'd much rather get more data per pixel with 720P rather than more highly compressed 1080P.
If indeed there is no 720P option on the iPhone 4S, then Apple has completely ignored video delivery in favor of providing an over-hyped selling point of "higher resolution video."
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 06:44 PM
And yet, it doesn't support Verizon's 4G LTE network. To me, that's a dealbreaker that will keep me in my 3GS until the iPhone 5 is released next spring.
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 07:02 PM
I love that I wasn't the only one who noticed that it put iPhone 4 ass into the Notes app. LOL
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 07:23 PM
Thanks for the review. Siri looks to be a good start, but more integration with other services is needed. I am due to get a 4S on Friday - can't wait.
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 07:46 PM
RobMcMillin, on 11 October 2011 - 06:44 PM, said:
And yet, it doesn't support Verizon's 4G LTE network. To me, that's a dealbreaker that will keep me in my 3GS until the iPhone 5 is released next spring.
Yes, if you want LTE this is not the phone for you. Keep waiting!
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 08:03 PM
No Siri and no speech to text dictation without Internet? That is a shame. I thought they would be doing it onboard, thus the requirement for the 4S, as that phone would be the only thing with enough horsepower to do it. I still spend a number of hours a month in locations without Internet access.
Did you test with using Siri while actually in a running car? My success with the current IOS 4 voice recognition with my car's Bluetooth is pretty poor. I'm sure it is a lower voice quality microphone than the built-in mic, so I'm wondering if Siri will do a better job with the poor mic.
Did you test with using Siri while actually in a running car? My success with the current IOS 4 voice recognition with my car's Bluetooth is pretty poor. I'm sure it is a lower voice quality microphone than the built-in mic, so I'm wondering if Siri will do a better job with the poor mic.
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 08:12 PM
Fredric38, on 11 October 2011 - 08:04 PM, said:
It appears that the photo taken with the iPhone 4 is sharper than that taken with the 4S. Could that be due to the relative size of the two images?
Look at the left on the left. It's far sharper on the 4S.
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 08:31 PM
RobMcMillin, on 11 October 2011 - 06:44 PM, said:
And yet, it doesn't support Verizon's 4G LTE network. To me, that's a dealbreaker that will keep me in my 3GS until the iPhone 5 is released next spring.
There's no guarantee that the iPhone 5 will have LTE either.
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Posted 11 October 2011 - 08:41 PM
Bob_Hudson, on 11 October 2011 - 06:28 PM, said:
"There’s no way to tell the iPhone 4S to shoot at a lower resolution"uploading
Wow - that could be a major issue: only 1080P and no 720P? It takes about 2.4 times as much data to save one frame of 1080P compared to 720P, if the same compression is used. If you've ever uploaded a 720P movie to You Tube you know what slow process that is: uploading a 1080P movie could be a real bear, to say nothing about how fast you'll eat up your iPhone 4S storage while shooting movies.. 1080P is really not a good consumer format - actually it's not even good for commercial videos going online, primarily because of the large increase in file sizes and data rates. The cable companies get around bandwidth problems by using such high compression rates that what we get from them is fake HD. Most video delivery pipelines have a fixed maximum bandwidth and I'd much rather get more data per pixel with 720P rather than more highly compressed 1080P.
If indeed there is no 720P option on the iPhone 4S, then Apple has completely ignored video delivery in favor of providing an over-hyped selling point of "higher resolution video."
Wow - that could be a major issue: only 1080P and no 720P? It takes about 2.4 times as much data to save one frame of 1080P compared to 720P, if the same compression is used. If you've ever uploaded a 720P movie to You Tube you know what slow process that is: uploading a 1080P movie could be a real bear, to say nothing about how fast you'll eat up your iPhone 4S storage while shooting movies.. 1080P is really not a good consumer format - actually it's not even good for commercial videos going online, primarily because of the large increase in file sizes and data rates. The cable companies get around bandwidth problems by using such high compression rates that what we get from them is fake HD. Most video delivery pipelines have a fixed maximum bandwidth and I'd much rather get more data per pixel with 720P rather than more highly compressed 1080P.
If indeed there is no 720P option on the iPhone 4S, then Apple has completely ignored video delivery in favor of providing an over-hyped selling point of "higher resolution video."
