A Sea Of Red

Did anyone here get one? The wife and I ordered them and they're scheduled to arrive today. Our AT&T contract is up and we decided to make the switch to Sprint (we get an 18% discount as teachers). We thought about sticking it out with our 3GS models for a little while, but the upgrade to iOS 5 slowed them down so much it was infuriating. Thoughts?

I'm getting ready to order mine from Sprint. I sure hope its worth it.

my 3g is on its last legs. but i'll probably be moving to the droid 3.

I got one and I know Smooth got one. I like it. First iPhone. The Cloud, Siri and 10 mega pix are nice

I'd like to get one now that it's available on Sprint, just waiting for a good deal. It's really the only phone I've seriously considered to replace my Pre, I just really don't like Android that much (although ice cream sandwich does basically rip off most of the stuff that made webOS so awesome). And now that the iPhone isn't completely dependent on itunes, it makes it a whole lot more attractive.

I'm not typically an Apple guy (mostly because they're so expensive), but I loved my 3GS. I considered going with an Android, but I have too many apps that wouldn't transfer over. I'm excited to try out Siri. Now I'm just waiting for UPS to get here.

I tried using Siri at the Sprint store, and it was horrible. It couldn't understand anything I said. However, there was a lot of backround noise, and I've heard that Siri actually has to learn how you speak before it gets real effective. It's a great concept, though.

my sister in law said its not very useful at all.

My boss has one and loves it. Siri works most of the time (some things it obviously can't answer) and recognizes his voice in normal conversational tone. The biggest thing he likes about Siri is vocal reminders instead of having to type them and being able to send texts through voice instead of typing. Helps a lot when he's driving.

All that and the camera is freaking legit.

SuperJon wrote: All that and the camera is freaking legit...

...for a phone. Just trying to keep things in perspective.

ALUmnus wrote:

SuperJon wrote: All that and the camera is freaking legit...

...for a phone. Just trying to keep things in perspective.

It's better than point and shoot cameras. Its camera is one of the best out there under the DSLR level.

Ask SMOOTHIE how impressed I was w/ his Siri app.

The time he spent shrieking into the phone like a wack job I couldve walked the 6 miles back to the house, watched the weather channel, and walked back to the game.

"the weather in Lynchburg. The weather. Weather. WEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHTHERRRRRRRRRR...... THUHHHHHHHHHHHHH WEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTHRRRRRRRRR. ah screwit"

this goes on for 20 minutes.

yeah... handy. schmuck. My Nextel works just fine thank you very much.

SuperJon wrote:

ALUmnus wrote:

SuperJon wrote: All that and the camera is freaking legit...

...for a phone. Just trying to keep things in perspective.

It's better than point and shoot cameras. Its camera is one of the best out there under the DSLR level.

It's 8 megapix, with no zoom. The camera is still a phone camera. Now it can do things some point-and-shoot cameras can't because of the camera app and software. It's still a phone camera.

PAmedic wrote:Ask SMOOTHIE how impressed I was w/ his Siri app.

The time he spent shrieking into the phone like a wack job I couldve walked the 6 miles back to the house, watched the weather channel, and walked back to the game.

"the weather in Lynchburg. The weather. Weather. WEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHTHERRRRRRRRRR...... THUHHHHHHHHHHHHH WEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTHRRRRRRRRR. ah screwit"

this goes on for 20 minutes.

yeah... handy. schmuck. My Nextel works just fine thank you very much.

i just laughed for a good 2 or 3 minutes at this.

I have to get a phone this week as my 1st Gen Droid finally bit the dust last night. Even though I'm a Verizon guy, I have no interest in the iPhone 4S. Outside of Instagram, I really have a tough time seeing any advantage over similar Android handsets. I mean, come on ... is Siri the best Apple could do for an annual upgrade? Seriously?

I'm postulating a purchase between either the Droid Razr & the Galaxy Nexus. If not for the subpar camera in the latter, it would be a slam dunk for me. Both phones are better than the iPhone for me since I operate in the Google universe for my work. I'm disappointed that none of the major handset makers were able to integrate real gesturing into models before I had to buy. I still can't believe Apple could get that done in time for the 4S. The iPhone 5 should be a MAJOR step forward since they haven't had significant improvements now in close to two models. If you can hold out until the summer, I have a feeling you will be glad you did if you are an iPhone fanboy.

I went with i4s because my Blackberry was dying. The selling point for me honestly was the fact I could EASILY transfer my iTunes purchases to my phone since my iPod is also dying. I kmow there are programs that let you do that but prefer the ease of use this way andwhen you factor in time and frustration with those programs the extra100 bucks made it a wash IMO. IM very happy with it but agree that I was hoping for more of a WOW factor and it is my first iPhone. Went with the big memory one so that helps.

That is a perfectly rational reason to make the move. Certainly anything is a big step forward from BlackBerry.

Sly Fox wrote:That is a perfectly rational reason to make the move. Certainly anything is a big step forward from BlackBerry.

Yeah but when I got the Blackberry, RIM was cutting edge!
I will say in defense of the SIRI it takes awhile to adjust to your vocal patterns. Similar to other talk n type programs. Still trying to master the whole 'Cloud' thing

Send texts via voice? I've been doing that on Android since before Siri was even announced, of course, I've only had an Android phone since the beginning of August...

LOL shorty...well played. that was my 2nd day with the new phone. Its all good though, i have gotten used to it and i love the 4S! my blackberry storm 2 was just getting old and it was time for a change and i got a great deal.

I really like the 4S so far. Everything seems to work MUCH faster than on my old 3GS. The camera is great and Siri is pretty cool. Not sure how much I'll actually use it long term, but it has potential.

I just got mine. And it's so awesome. So much better than an android.

jbock13 wrote:I just got mine. And it's so awesome. So much better than an android.

Thanks for rubbing it in.

Is the battery life terrible for anyone else?

flamerbob wrote:Is the battery life terrible for anyone else?

I actually think the battery life is much better than it was on the 3GS. I turned off cloud syncing except for the calendar and it made a huge difference.