Walt Mossberg / The Wall Street Journal:
I’ve been testing the iPhone 4 for more than a week. In both hardware and software, it is a major leap over its already-excellent predecessor, the iPhone 3GS.
It has some downsides and limitations – most important, the overwhelmed AT&T network in the U.S., which, in my tests, the new phone handled sometimes better and, unfortunately, sometimes worse than its predecessor. I’ll get into that below. But, overall, Apple has delivered a big, well-designed update that, in my view, keeps it in the lead in the smartphone wars.
David Pogue / The New York Times:
Despite the strong initial, positive reaction, this must still be a nerve-racking time to be Apple; the iPhone is no longer the only worthy contender. Phones running Google’s Android software are gaining rave reviews and packing in features that iPhone owners can only envy. The Android app store is ballooning, multiple phone makers are competing, and Google updates the software several times a year. Apple releases only one new model a year, so the new iPhone had better be pretty amazing to compete.
The new iPhone 4 I’ve been testing for about a week and a half – along with the major refresh of the mobile operating system software at the core of recent models – demonstrates once again why Apple’s handset is the one to beat, even as it faces fierce competition from phones based on Google’s Android platform, among others.
The fourth incarnation of Apple’s iPhone is an incrementally improved, familiar device – not a new kind of device, as was the case with the recent introduction of iPad. Yes, the notable features with iPhone 4 – both the device and the iOS4, which came out yesterday in advance of the iPhone itself – are mostly tweaks. But what tweaks they are: Apple’s focus on improvement is as much key to the quality of its products as innovation. But there’s one flaw it can’t completely eliminate: the unreliable quality of calls placed over AT&T, which remains the iPhone’s only U.S. carrier.
We’re not going to beat around the bush — in our approximation, the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market right now. The combination of gorgeous new hardware, that amazing display, upgraded cameras, and major improvements to the operating system make this an extremely formidable package. Yes, there are still pain points that we want to see Apple fix, and yes, there are some amazing alternatives to the iPhone 4 out there. But when it comes to the total package — fit and finish in both software and hardware, performance, app selection, and all of the little details that make a device like this what it is — we think it’s the cream of the current crop.
Sincer sa fiu am ramas impresionate de iPhone 4, arata foarte bine, este foarte rapid, are o constructie buna si impreuna cu noul iOS 4.0 aduce foarte multe features pe care pana acum le aveam disponibile doar prin jailbreak. Consider ca Apple a facut o miscare foarte buna prin introducerea unei baterii noi, a unui procesor foarte puternic acompaniat de 512 MB RAM care vor face cu siguranta diferenta in ceea ce priveste multitasking-ul si veti vedea in review-ul celor de la Engadget ca multitasking-ul implementat de Apple este foarte bine gandit si foarte util, singura problema fiind la developeri care trebuie sa il implementeze corect.
Ecranul iPhone 4 este un adevarat progres tehnologic nu doar pentru cei de la Apple dar pentru intreaga industrie a terminalelor mobile, diferenta dintre ecranul iPhone 4 si cel din iPhone 3GS este foarte mare iar ceea ce vedem noi in clipurile video depinde foarte mult de calitatea filmarii insa in realitate diferenta este mult mai mare.
Apelurile video facute cu iPhone 4 sunt cu MULT MULT peste ce pot face celelalte telefoane mobile si spun asta deoarece foarte multa lume spunea ca acest feature exista in telefoanele mobile de cativa ani buni, ei bine exista de ani buni insa niciunul nu e capabil sa apeluri video precum iPhone 4 desi aceasta functie exista de foarte mult timp. E adevarat ca Apple nu a fost prima companie care a implementat asa ceva intr-un telefon mobil insa este cea care a reusit cea mai buna implementare a apelurilor video intr-un telefon mobil iar acest lucru poate fi observat din reviews.
Un alt aspect interesant este faptul ca apelurile video cu iPhone 4 NU consuma din minutele operatorului de telefonie pe care va aflati, deci apelurile au loc prin intermediul VOiP asa ca puteti vorbi prin aceasta functie cat vreti voi fara sa platiti nici macar un cent.
Eu unul abia astept sa imi cumpar un iPhone 4, voi ce parere aveti, va cumparati un iPhone 4 sau nu?
This post was last modified on iun. 23, 2010, 10:29 AM 10:29