iPhone 4S, it gets worse

But Homer's right, the cultists will accommodate themselves to their
precious iGadget no matter how pathetic the hardware or software. But for
those who want to know a bit more about the latest iGadget's problems...

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Forget the Hype: 10 Defects of Apple iPhone 4S That You Overlooked
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But after a week's time, iPhone 4S users were experiencing some major
technical difficulties such as screen quality, Siri, camera, download
speeds, fragile glass back, activation process delay, battery life, App
incompatibilities, steadiness, and sneaky iPhone.

Let's take an elaborate look at the technical difficulties faced by users
of iPhone 4S.

Screen Quality

Users have reported a jaundice screen in their iPhone 4S with the screen
being more washed out than previous iPhone versions. The iPhone 4S users
were seeing a yellowish tint in the screen that supposedly affects the
whole display and gives everything a washed out appearance when compared
to the iPhone 4.
...
The problem has already been dubbed 'Yellowgate' that echoes from Apple's
"Antennagate" losing signals issues.
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Siri

The groundbreaking application Siri is now highly criticized for its
language bias and security flaws. Some users were experiencing connection
issues with Siri.
...
Users were also experiencing Siri's hilarious replies and not adjusting to
all speech-patterns. So, Siri will still expect the person to be slow
while giving commands. It often fails to perform lengthy tasks and inserts
wrong contacts.

There are more of security issues with regard to Siri as it takes commands
from anyone even if the phone has been locked by the user...
...
Camera

The camera of iPhone 4S had a much faster shutter speed than the previous
versions but users are still experiencing slow shutters and even stuck
shutters. Restarting the phone resolves the stuck shutters.
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Fragile Glass Back

iPhone 4S comes with rehashed glass slab design that has already proven
both beautiful and reasonably practical. The user might need a case to
both protect the rear glass and give the phone some extra grip.
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However, Apple had made a small but somewhat crucial design change in
iPhone 4S: it moved the ambient-light sensor a few millimeters to the
left, according to CNET.

The ambient-light sensor adjusts the brightness according to the ambient
lighting conditions when in "auto-brightness" mode. When the case blocks
the sensor of the new phone, the sensor thinks the phone is in a darkened
room and automatically dims the screen to look less blinding and save
battery life, according to CNET.
...
Battery Life

The most persistent complaint from users is that the battery life of
iPhone 4S is quite poor compared to its previous version...
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App Incompatibilities

There were some users complaining of apps reportedly getting crashed when
running on iOS 5...
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Steadiness

A lot has been written about the red hot battle between smartphone giants
Samsung Galaxy S2 and iPhone 4S. However, the battle of wits took a turn
when two were dragged to a brutal, unforgiving drop test.
...
Though iPhone 4S was not highly damaged after the first two drops, the
glass casing of the phone was completely shattered when it was dropped
face down.
...
Galaxy S2 stood the clear winner in the drop test, wrapped all around with
plastic and Corning Gorilla Glass on the front. It remained scratch-less
at the end of the test.
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Sneaky iPhone

According to the New Scientist, the motion sensors inside an iPhone to
read keystrokes doesn't recognize the vibrations of particular individual
keys, but for consecutive pairs of keystrokes it can tell whether the keys
are on the left or right of the keyboard and how close together they are.
...
Motion sensors are less well protected, in part because it was assumed
they couldn't be used maliciously. That would make it easy for a hacker to
hide a monitoring system inside an innocent-looking app, according to the
New Scientist.
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It looks like iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S were released "half baked." Too bad
Apple didn't have an open development system where their OS could be
thoroughly tested in the real world before release. And Apple only has to
worry about a couple models for their iOS implementation. Imagine how
inadequate they would be to the task of putting it on a wide variety of
smartphones built by several vendors, as those in the Android platform
must do. So the whole selling point of the iPhone is "lack of
fragmentation" and still they can't put out a one solid device in fifteen
months of work.

But they have a "pretty" logo.

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