{"id":2684,"date":"2011-10-12T06:39:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T10:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2021-10-19T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T10:48:28","slug":"iphone-4s-playing-to-a-tough-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/iphone-4s-playing-to-a-tough-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 4S \u2013 Playing to a Tough Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard not to look at the iPhone 4S<\/a> through the lens of Jobs’ recent death.\u00a0 It was released the day before he left us, and is the latest version of one of Apple’s most revolutionary products under his helm.<\/p>\n

Whatever type of analysis we want to make about how he might have felt about what he saw and read, though, sooner or later life does go on.\u00a0 This phone went through a serious period of anticipation, and is the latest entry in a massive phone\/tablet tech war.\u00a0 People are going to be using this phone soon, so it behooves us to move on and take a good look at it.\u00a0 Fortunately a lot of people did before the big news dropped, so we have a lot of good information to go on.<\/p>\n

Reality vs. expectations<\/strong><\/p>\n

A curious thing is noted when one goes over the reviews for the iPhone 4S.\u00a0 On the one hand there is a persistent theme of disappointment.\u00a0 No one seems to have been overwhelmed by it.\u00a0 And to be sure, there’s no one \u201cgame changer\u201d advancement included in the new device, though there are a few that come close.\u00a0 In fact, the physical shell is exactly the same, one of the critics’ more frequent complaints.<\/p>\n

The biggest of the other letdowns was in the lack of any solid information about the iPhone 5<\/a>, which Apple does promise to be something more revolutionary.\u00a0 Rumors of that device have been flying all year, and the geeks are getting restless.\u00a0 All this came together to give the 4S an air of simply being a holdover in lieu of something greater.<\/p>\n

On its own merits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is all of this fair, though?\u00a0 Because when one looks at the iPhone 4S, one doesn’t get the impression of a rushed-out replacement with a few extra bells and whistles.\u00a0 While this isn’t a ground-up redesign, the advances included with this device are quite important.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the most impressive new features of the iPhone 4S:<\/p>\n