Hi Dónal It's probably going to run me close to $1200 over here, but buyinng from Germany I may be able to cut it down significantly. That's just for the 16GB model.
I may very well go with the same storage as my 3GS. Regards, Nic On Oct 6, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Nick, > > You getting yours sim-free? Any idea how much? > > Regarding your other points, I agree 100%. > > Dónal > On 6 Oct 2011, at 10:19, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi >> >> !From what I remember from having an Apple headset with remote, holding down >> the play/pause button would trigger Voice Control. That functionality isn't >> going to be stripped out, so when that voice assistant launches, you can use >> it for the very same. >> >> Secondly, iOS 5 probably isn't going to run horribly fast on the 3GS, >> compared to the iPhone 4. For those running the 3GS, the 4S is definitely >> worth upgrading to because of the faster speed. If you already have the >> iPhone 4, while the 4S is supposedly twice as fast it'd probably still run >> fine, and if you don't need the camera or Siri then you might as well stick >> with what you have. >> >> Battery life hasn't been made worse because of the extra power, but >> reportedly better according to the event. More power doesn't necessarily >> equal sacrificing battery life whatsoever. While Apple can sometimes be a >> bit generous with their statistics, it's not entirely untrue that you can >> optimize battery life and pack more processing power into a device with >> reasonably good results if the chip itself is capable of reducing battery >> consumption. >> >> In any case, I'll be getting mine from Germany. Everything is hugely >> expensive here because of various tax rates as opposed to Germany, and >> Germany is getting it on the 14th. The huge benefit to the touchscreen >> devices is that, since the keyboard is intelligent, changing the keyboard >> layout gives you the keys that you need so you can potentially buy the phone >> from any country. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> On Oct 6, 2011, at 7:33 AM, william lomas wrote: >> >>> hi what do people here think then of the iPhone 4s? anyone going to upgrade >>> from the 4 if they have one? >>> to only get voice recognition a faster supposedly processor which will make >>> battery life worse in my view these benchmarks are nothing to go buy and an >>> eight mp camera when we have no OCR for it isn't worth it. >>> THe fact that the rest of IOS five can run well on a 3gs, or a 4, is >>> testament to it but i would like siri on my phone why should i spend more >>> money just to ge that? >>> all apple want is money I going to go i think with android next year >>> my upgrade is due next year not this. >>> if we can though use the apple remote and mike headphones to press a button >>> and say, text lyn to say i am running late as we on the road that's great >>> but if have to stop, take phone out pocket hold down a button and speak >>> then put phone away and continue on route it is silly but i do want a >>> faster way to type as texting take forever in my view on an ios device, but >>> what are peoples thoughts? >>> maybe i am missing reasons to upgrade but the price is too high apple need >>> to live in the real world we are in hard times, who wants to spend money on >>> a phone that hardly offers anything new? >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > Dónal Fitzpatrick > dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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