Meh. I bet millions of apple fanboys are wetting their pants all over the world right now. Android>iOS

Was sort of meh. You couldn't help but check off the many features and milestones Android has already accomplished. With Ice Cream sandwich for handsets so close, i'd advise to wait and see more before darting to Apple. Predicting: The next iPhone will be themed on sound quality and refinement.

it will never be #1 without steve jobs,its just another smart phone now

sticking with my 3GS :)

I got an iphone 4 last September as I personally thought it was the first full spec phone that apple had released. The iphone 4s is just a progressive upgrade and to be honest unless I was going to get a significant discount on an iphone 4s (which I highly doubt) then I see no need to upgrade my iphone 4.

IOS 5 will bring the 3Gs, Iphone 4 and Iphone 4s into line platform wise and everything will be compatible accross all 3 appear wise.
unless you are due an upgrade or in need of a new handset the iphone 4 will be more than enough.

LOL at all the sad Apple fanboys that commented above me.. You all thought you were going to get a new iPhone that will make you jizz your pants but instead you got the same design with two new things that are not even needed..
Same small screen, same design and it took them 18 months to make it.

Samsung Galaxy S 2 was released 6 months ago and it's still stronger than this iPhone. Wait 2 more months and the iPhone will not be even considered a worthy competitor

Im lovingly this galaxy s2. ;-)

anyone notice the A5 processor? thats the iPad 2 Processor, inside a phone. And I'm pretty sure currently its the fastest phone on the market. if disagree, feel free to tell me what is faster!

Huge let down. They're basically just matching the Droid offering on an iPhone 4.

If this was released around a year after the iPhone 4 it would be a pretty good update, the problem is it's more like 15 months now. People complain about incremental updates, but it's really not much different than most companies. Know the release schedule and buy accordingly (that also means not getting crazy hyped for the release too, lol). Or not. In this case the disappointment is valid.

The speed update does seem significant compared to the 3GS vs the 3G and the processor is a step up. When it comes to stuff like the camera, while the iPhone 4 camera only was 5 megapixels, it competed quite well with its competitors given it had a relatively good sensor (I say relatively since we are talking about phones and not legitimate cameras), and likely still does.

At the same time, I'd probably go with the Galaxy S2 if I were up for another phone. Either way, I wouldn't probably upgrade my phone until next year. I'll probably ditch my EVO for whatever Samsung Galaxy phone is out. After HTC's recent massive security issue and going through a few problematic EVO's (including horrible battery life) I'm eyeing Samsung hardware a lot more. But I'm also looking at WP7 after the Mango update, as it has improved a lot. Seems more of a professional/business OS which is appealing to me.

I'm somewhat glad they didn't jump to 4g, and while 4g is nice, I wish companies focused more on battery life, which has always been an issue with Android. From what I understand the iPhone 4s can theoretically support up to 14.4 Mb/s via HSPA if available pretty much putting it on par with 4g speeds depending on the carrier. In which case, that's good. Even 3g speeds aren't that bad if your carrier has a fast network. If that means better battery life, then good. I switched to Sprint, but I used to live in an area where AT&T 3g was actually pretty good and about 2 to 3 times fast than Sprint and a little more than Verizon. I can live with good 3g, but that is my one gripe with Sprint is that 3g is so slow with no signs of 4G coming soon for upstate NY until later next year.

At the end of the day though, iOS has a massive developer backing, a solid ecosystem and if a simpler OS is more appealing, I see little reason not to jump on in. We can spec-whore all day, but it still is a significant player in the game and still offers a solid experience. Either way, if you want to keep up to date with any gadget, you are going to spend money. Hating on a product simply on price seems a bit silly to me. If you're fine with that and can afford it, more power to you. If not, don't buy it. I don't hate BMW's because I can't afford them :P . I hardly see a yearly release schedule an issue. In this case though, Apple waited too long to release the iPhone 4S.

Wow. The amount of random apple hate on this website is unbelievable....

Apple is running out of ideas for their devices, I believe most of the possible features of the device were putted already in their idevices.. No more to include other than dual core

I am no fan of apple. I didn't even want iPhone until my cousin persuaded me. So I got the white 3GS back in december 2009 and my cousin had 3G. It was and still is the best phone I've ever had. The low res camera has never been short of amazing and video recording too.

The difference between 3G and 3GS is much more apparent than one might think since it had a higher colour and contrast screen and better power. That power alone managed to deliver superior video quality compared to no video recording. I took over a 1000photos with it in holiday. It had 100% app support than compared to only most. Some apps that were compatible with 3G didn't even work most of the time I.e TomTom, which worked like a charm on my 3GS. Although androids have better cam quality, screen and power, the intuitive ios and app store is what makes me stick to the iPhone.

The incremental update of 4S will likely bring forward a new foundation for app development due to the high process power which therefore will limit my app choice for my 3GS. I may upgrade to 4S but am still happy to keep 3GS for another year.

Not even 4G? ummm...does anyone else see a problem with this...

Im still loving my HTC Desire HD