Consumer Reports gives iPhone 4S thumbs up

[Little Chuchok]

9:15 AM Wednesday Nov 9, 2011
iPhone 4S. Photo / Supplied
Consumer Reports, the influential magazine for product reviews, gave a thumbs up to Apple's new iPhone after declining to recommend the previous model because of reception problems.

"Apple's newest smartphone (the iPhone 4S) performed very well in our tests, and while it closely resembles the iPhone 4 in appearance, it doesn't suffer the reception problem we found in its predecessor," Consumer Reports said.

"In special reception tests of the iPhone 4S that duplicated those we did on the iPhone 4, the newer phone did not display the same reception flaw," it said in a post on its website.

Consumer Reports said the iPhone 4 continues to lose signal strength when a spot is touched on the device's lower left side while in an area with a weak signal.

"Because of the flaw, we continue to omit the iPhone 4 from our list of recommended models, despite its otherwise fine performance," Consumer Reports said.

Apple has received some complaints about battery problems with the iPhone 4S but Consumer Reports said the phone "did very well in our standard tests of battery life."

"The iPhone 4S and new samples of the iPhone 4 have displayed no notable battery problems in additional special tests we carried out," it said.

Apple said last week it was working to squash software bugs that have caused some iPhone 4S owners to report lower than expected battery life.

Apple said it would release a software update to address the bugs in a few weeks.

The iPhone 4S has been a hit for Apple. The Cupertino, California-based company sold more than four million of the smartphones in the three days after it hit the market on October 4.

After an uncertain launch that kept Kiwi iPhone fans in the dark, the device will now go on sale in New Zealand on Friday through both Telecom and Vodafone.

- AFP

[harrybarracuda]

I was in Doha airport this afternoon, and they have (in "Duty Free") the 64Gb 4S. It was almost $1500!

Fuck paying that for a dog and bone.

[Marmite the Dog]

Apple said it would release a software update to address the bugs in a few weeks.

I thought Apple were perfect and only Windoze did stuff like that?

What does the 'S' stand for? Sa-teew?

[harrybarracuda]

Apple said it would release a software update to address the bugs in a few weeks.

I thought Apple were perfect and only Windoze did stuff like that?

What does the 'S' stand for? Sa-teew?

4S = "For Steve". Awwwwww.

*Puke*

[Little Chuchok]

"S" stands for Super....

[Butterfly]

SmartPhone jewerly are so passe, the future belongs to the iPad and other Android tab gadgets

[Marmite the Dog]

S for Sucker?

[harrybarracuda]

Nasty Bug in iOS 5.0.1 OTA Update screws up Address Book on the iPhone 4S


Link

[harrybarracuda]

How much the piece of shit actually costs:

[Marmite the Dog]

How much the piece of shit actually costs:

R&D = £0?

Profit = £0?

[harrybarracuda]

How much the piece of shit actually costs:

R&D = £0?

Profit = £0?

Well we know the latter - Apple are dripping in cash. So one can surmise that the R&D isn't actually up there with an anti-cancer drug or something.

Plus they recycled a lot of the design, casing, etc., from the previous model.

[Marmite the Dog]

So, how much do you think it should cost?

Don't forget other stuff like distribution, wages, Apple stores, marketing, advertising and whatever else needs to be paid for.

[harrybarracuda]

So, how much do you think it should cost?

Don't forget other stuff like distribution, wages, Apple stores, marketing, advertising and whatever else needs to be paid for.

Are you serious? One thing I've never criticised Apple for is marketing. If they can charge ridiculous prices for the crap they sell and still have a queue of fucking idiots willing to buy it, they should charge whatever the fuck they can.

[Butterfly]

the iOS license is probably 100 GBP by itself, you are basically paying for the OS and branding

did you see how cool those apple stores are ?

[harrybarracuda]

the iOS license is probably 100 GBP by itself, you are basically paying for the OS and branding

did you see how cool those apple stores are ?

No Butters, unlike you I am not a gullible, retarded, fucking poser.

[jizzybloke]

did you see how cool those apple stores are ?

All the creepy apple freaks that work in them.

Give me the right creeps as they slime their way towards me :shudder:

[Butterfly]

No Butters, unlike you I am not a gullible, retarded, fucking poser.

you obviously never bought an OS license, they can be quite expensive, between 100 to 300 USD depending on the licensing options

MacOS X is quite expensive, iOS is based on MacOS X in case you didn't know

[Butterfly]

did you see how cool those apple stores are ?

All the creepy apple freaks that work in them.

Give me the right creeps as they slime their way towards me :shudder:

you never been to a Linux tards convention apparently,

[Marmite the Dog]

the iOS license is probably 100 GBP by itself

Actually, when pre-installed it's cost is pretty much zero apart from the development costs.

[Butterfly]

^ it's not zero cost, you still have to "budget" an OS for any device, even in terms of opportunity cost, so it's a real cost