Apple's iPhone 4: Thoroughly Reviewed
by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on June 30, 2010 4:06 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Apple
- iPhone 4
- Gadgets
- Mobile
The Display in the Sun
As we mentioned earlier, the new glass is more reflective than the 3GS' screen. In direct sunlight the 4 is somewhere in between the usability of the iPhone 3GS and an AMOLED Android phone. The photos below should help convey that.
All of the screens were set to max brightness with automatic adjustments turned off. The EVO 4G came in as the worst of the bunch, while the iPhone 3GS was the most legible.
The iPhone 4 in direct sunlight
The iPhone 3GS in direct sunlight
The Google Nexus One in direct sunlight
The EVO 4G in direct sunlight
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JAS - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - link
More information about the Microsoft Exchange patch is here:http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/30/appl...
campbbri - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - link
Thanks for the review. I love that you intelligently think about the issues and aren't afraid to get into technical details. Too many reviews out there are boilerplate copies of each other, checking off boxes of features and impressions without trying to truly understand what is going on.jwwpua - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - link
I have an iPhone 4 and while the battery life isn't bad, it does not seem nearly as good as I keep hearing. (It also arrived completely dead, even though it was manufactured the same week)Any chance you can provide the scripted web pages so I can compare my results with yours? Thanks, and great review!
vol7ron - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - link
Am I one of the few that do the one-hand approach?Dominant hand to hold for tap, dominant thumb to tap/scroll/hold, dominant hand to hold to ear. :)
thekimbobjones - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - link
Maybe I could coat my hand in hard plastic film, instead of obscuring Apple's thoughtful industrial design with a bumper covering that stainless steel band of awesome.mealsonwheels - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - link
Great article! I pre-ordered my iPhone 4 through bestbuy so I didnt have to wait in any lines. I really like my phone but I'm having some serious antenna band issues! I really hope Apple addresses this by giving out free bumpers (similar to Wii giving out free grips) but i HIGHLY doubt Apple is going to do that. :(kreacher - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - link
The best iPhone review so far, especially the antenna issue.sporadic - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - link
I'm not finding the CPU to be the limiting factor, at least not at the speeds you were mentioning. Using the same speedtest app and a relatively dormant 10Mbit leased line I'm seeing access to the full bandwidth over wifi. In fact on the second run my transparent proxy kicked in and the download speed topped out at 17Mbit. It should be even faster from the cache but I suspect my structured wifi is likely to be the limiting factor.Screenshot here: http://yfrog.com/5bwebrop
damianrobertjones - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - link
Please now review the other phones in as much depth.Thanks
bplewis24 - Friday, July 2, 2010 - link
Not gonna happen. Remember there is a bias in play here.Brandon