The iPhone 4 has many features and it is one of the most revolutionary phones on the market today. Apple has created extraordinary phones since the very beginning with the original iPhone. In the first few weeks of sale, the iPhones are always off the shelves and sold out for at least a good month, before there is stock for the non-apple fanatics to get their hands on one. Apple always creates top quality products that loyal customers just love.
How should the iPhone in general be categorized? A phone? An iPod? A portable gaming device? Truth is, the iPhone is able to do just about anything, and it should not even be considered a phone. An original definition of a phone is a means of communication between people. Most phones today, which are mostly smartphones, can do so much more than have people communicate with each other. People can use their phone as a camera or video camera which can capture important memories. Or even use it as a GPS when someone is lost. Perhaps the most common use for the phone in addition to communicate would be to listen to music and also play games. It has created a portal for developers to make new and exciting games, and the phones are their saving grace, giving many job opportunities to make applications for the phones.
Criteria to measure how close the iPhone 4 is to a fantastic phone would be user friendliness, speed, battery life, camera feature, and call signal strength. Camera feature would be a criteria, because almost all phones today come with one. In user interface friendliness, the iPhone is easy to get used to, and move around in. Apple’s operating system, iOS, is one of the most user friendly systems out there, that anyone can pick up an iPhone, and the gestures to navigate the phone seem natural. The phone does not even come with a manual!
Speed, with an A4 processing chip in the iPhone 4, it can handle applications with ease, and it “just works.” Opening an application only takes one simple touch, and in an instant, what you want is on screen. Typing on the screen is also simple, because due to the speed, there is no lagging involved, so it feels very smooth. It also has a decent battery life, as normal usage can deplete the battery as low as half of its cycle. However, for intense applications, it could run the phone out before the day is over. For a phone that can do so much, it definitely has a decent battery life.
The camera integrated into the iPhone is not bad, but not the best out there. It has a five megapixel camera which is clear enough for a decent picture and video, however, most phones out there now can do eight megapixels or more, depending on which phone. It also includes an led flash, which helps with the battery life, and is simple to use.
Call signal strength is a weak point of the iPhone 4. It had a major antenna flaw, which was due to the hardware and could not be fixed easily. In my experience, I have had many call failures, dropped calls, and fuzzy noise. It is one major down point when the even the name of the product is iPhone, and it is the feature that has one of the biggest flaws in the iPhone 4. Other than that however, it is a phone regardless, and millions of people have bought it already, so whether it is a phone worthy for a person’s pocket, is up to the person himself.
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