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Apple, What were you thinking?

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Real Estate Agent with Residential, Investment properties, rehab projects, property management, luxury homes, new construction!

I have to admit it.  I fell for the big hype. 

I've had an iPhone for a couple of years now and while I didn't jump on the iPhone 4, I was looking forward to the iPhone 5 that was going to be released this month.

So what did we get? Not the iPhone 5 but rather the iPhone 4S.

Apple is so GOOD at word of mouth creating a buzz...it got me this time.  But it looks like it got a lot of others too as Apple dropped 5% in the market this morning.   Seems I wasn't the only one that was diappointed.

 

So what did the iPhone release give me that I WAS expecting?  Only that it will be available on SPRINT, which helps unfetter me from the shackles of ATT service! So that's a GOOD thing.

Other than that, from a USE point of view, it gave us an upgraded camera (8MP) and upgraded storage. 

Yep, not a whole lot more than that....

Apple rushed this to market, it wasn't ready and as it stands, it's not even 4G. 

 

Looks like I'll be making that move to ANDROID.  Too bad the ANDROID 4G was discontinued (according to my Radio Shack rep) and now I have to deal with either Android 3D or another version of the Android without the 3D.

At least Android will be more compatible with my new CLOUD computing through GOOGLE since that's a GOOGLE operating system!

Mike Carlier
Lakeville, MN
More opinions than you want to hear about.

One of the tremendous advances in the 4s is that, when you're in a dead spot and can't talk to a human, you can still talk to the phone and it will answer.  I haven't felt the need to carry on a conversation with my phone, so I'll hold off on an upgrade.

Oct 05, 2011 05:23 AM
James Loftis
RealEstate911.com - West Palm Beach, FL
RealEstate911.com

Hello Ron,

  I was disappointed  also, was expecting much more. Still believe that I will be ordering the 4S on Friday to replace

my 3gs.

Oct 05, 2011 05:31 AM
Ron Tarvin
Residential, Investment properties, rehab projects, property management, luxury homes, new construction! - Katy, TX
Broker, Katy, Houston, Cypress 77450,77494,77095

Mike,  I'm not ready to hold conversations "WITH" my phone either...

James, I'm just thinking the 4S is BS and just not worth an upgrade of the 3GS which is what I currently use.

 

I predict a REAL iPhone release by the end of the year...as in iPhone 5.

Oct 05, 2011 05:34 AM
Pamela Lauridsen-Bache
Century 21 Beachside, Mission Viejo Ca - Laguna Niguel, CA

I heard a couple of weeks ago that the Iphone 5 was not coming out. There are so many rumors that you never know who to believe.

Pamela Lauridsen Bache

Oct 05, 2011 05:37 AM