Review roundup: iPhone 4S
Despite initial ‘disappointed’ at a no iPhone 5 launch, reviews for the iPhone 4S are looking great, as when it comes down to it, 5 is just a number. Check out the review roundup below.
David Pogue of The New York Times on Siri: “Crazy good, transformative, category-redefining speech recognition.”
Stephen Fry for The Guardian: “Once again Apple is taking a lead and asking a lot of its competitors. I wish those competitors luck, for the better all smartphones are, the happier I am.”
Joshua Topolsky of This Is My Next: Is this the best phone ever made? That’s debatable. But I can tell you this: the iPhone 4S is pretty damn cool. Score: 8.6 / 10
Walt Mossberg of AllThingsD: “The iPhone 4S is one of Apple’s less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users.”
Jason Snell of Macworld: “The iPhone 4S has speed, a great camera, some cool voice-recognition features, and the same beautiful industrial design that was introduced in the iPhone 4. It’s destined to be immensely popular.”
John Gruber of Daring Fireball: “I found it extremely fun to explore Siri — primarily because so many of the things I tried actually worked. It’s a completely different interface for interacting with your iPhone. You’re not driving or commanding the existing iPhone interface with commands. There is no syntax to memorize. You’re just, well, talking to your iPhone.”
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