An Honest and Unbiased Review of the iPhone 4S

Once the hype has gradually died down, reviews of the recently released iPhone 4s has finally surfaced with less than stellar ratings for the said unit. After all the hype and publicity, it is quite sad to realize that the iPhone 4s has very little difference to its predecessor, the iPhone 4.

Of the myriad of features and applications, aside from the obvious improvement on the camera, it all boils down to only 3 noteworthy new features. If you would like to consider its looks, there are very few improvements. The iPhone 4s looks pretty much like its older brother, including the screen size, materials, and placement of the buttons. The only new additions are the glass panels in both the front and back of the phone to make it look classier. Both Glass panels have oleo phobic coatings, though, so they are not very attractive to fingerprints and facial grease.

Another improvement from the newer version is the addition of two built-in antennas, which solves the network issues of the previous model. The previous iphone received bad reps regarding dropped calls and reception issues. This time, Apple solved these problems by adding another antenna where network reception and calls can be handled better, with the hopes that people will not be compelled to learn how to unlock iPhone 4s just for that issue.

Finally, the most noteworthy change in the iPhone 4s is Siri, which is part of the built-in iOS 5. Voice recognition technology is highly improved on the phone and Siri is considered as a smarter voice recognition software than those featured by other smartphones. It is not yet clear though if Siri will still work on iPhone 4s unlocked units.