Flashback: iPhone 4, the phone that made Apple a camera and display powerhouse
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- nI2
- 15 Sep 2019
Tim Cook should carry this and thinking of what is doing
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- MichaelR
- akL
- 15 Sep 2019
Impressive, right? They've accomplished SO much back then for the better of the industry. But then something went wrong I guess :) Actually this kind of news (flashbacks) is very entertaining and informative. Keep it going!
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- Anonymous
- D$K
- 15 Sep 2019
Krisbenea, 15 Sep 2019The era when antutu and pubg aren't the parameter for the b... moreI don't actually care about benchmark for phone. If you're buying graphic card for pc, I stil understand, but benchmark for phone just doesn't make sense.
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- Satya
- KSi
- 15 Sep 2019
The longest lived phone ?? Launched in 2010 and available till 2014 !! I’m sure to say iPhone 5s is the one that has the longest life out of all iphones ever... launched in 2013 ...it was actively available till 2019 mid(India)
- Kingslayer
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- 15 Sep 2019
First iPhone I ever bought with my own money and the only time I bought a phone on launch day (June 24, 2010). I have some fond memories of this phone. I even got a free case for it thanks to Antennagate.
From June 24, 2010 until getting my HTC One M7 on May 24, 2013, the iPhone 4 was probably still my favorite smartphone at the time. I would watch that intro video with Scott Forstall and Jony Ive over and over. But like every Apple product I got with the exception of my MacBook Air, I started to hate it as years go by. I just hated how I was forced to update to iOS6 after I had it unlocked from AT&T.
Still, iPhone 4 was the last iPhone that Steve Jobs ever introduced on stage. Even had a zinger at the Gizmodo guy who leaked it. Didn't really age well because the CPU/GPU was pretty weak. By 2013, games like Subway Surfers and Sonic Rush would lag like crazy. The 4s was the better one because of its 7x stronger GPU and better antenna arrangement.
If I did a Top 10 favorite list, iPhone 4 would probably still make the cut but at the bottom of the pile. I'm very content with my Pixel 3 back on Pie and LG G5 stuck on Nougat. I could use both for the next 5 years. While iPhone 4 was really only good for 2 years. The upgrades from 2010-2014 were still bigger jumps yearly compared to the latter half of this decade.
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- Krisbenea
- tDP
- 15 Sep 2019
The era when antutu and pubg aren't the parameter for the best phone or how good a phone is
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- Ki1
- 15 Sep 2019
Kangal, 15 Sep 2019The original iPhone (2G) paved the way for phones to transf... moreAnd companies now screwing the market with more expensive-less value phone.
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- Ki1
- 15 Sep 2019
Also a phone that invented to not hold it wrong.
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- Kevin T
- X%k
- 15 Sep 2019
Antennagate not unique to iPhone
lol what?
just to hide their imperfections you want to say it happens to other devices also so it's fine?
Admire steve jobs
Steve Jobs was such a liar back then
but good part is at least he accepted his mistake
today's apple doesn't even do that
- Kangal
- RN8
- 15 Sep 2019
The original iPhone (2G) paved the way for phones to transform from clunky smartphones into simpler, sleek, tools. It wasn't until the late iPhone 3G was it possible to replace the old flagship Nokia N95 and HTC TouchPRO with Apple's offering. And with the iPhone 3GS they had a monopoly on the market, since proper competitors wouldn't arrive until a full year later.
The iPhone 4 launched quite late actually, leaving the iPhone 3GS on the market for almost a full 2-years. And they finally had a Selfie Cam, and a means to do Video Calls. The new phone improved battery life, performance, screen, camera, and everything else. This really was the best phone of 2010, and most of 2011.
It took upto the end of 2011 for Google to do something proper with Android, and many things were unified and modernised under Android 4.0.3 Ice-Cream-Sandwich. And it was Samsung paving the way for the future of both small phones (SGSII) and large phones (NOTE). This was proper competition against the iPhone 4S which introduced AI-Assistants and a more powerful iOS system. Just to illustrate how much of a leap forward both iOS-iPhone and Android-Samsung made during the 2010-2011 transition.... it was enough to leave all competitors behind and wipe out competitors such as Palm, Blackberry, Symbian, MeeGo, and Windows Phone. These guys were releasing competitors against 2010-phones, but were doing it in 2012... they had no chance!
I would say both iOS and Android evolved separately... with one opting for more features then polishing the system thereafter, and the other starting with an optimised system and gradually adding more features. I would say they achieved parity from the user's perspective back with iOS v7 and Android v5, and with devices like the iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung Note4-Exynos. Things have been a little more equal since, comparing the likes of iOS v12 and Android v8, as well as, iPhone (X, XS, 11 Pro) to the likes of the Samsung (S8+, S9+, and S10+) devices.
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- PEq
- 15 Sep 2019
When Gsmarena Have No News They Come Up With FlashBack.