For months I was under the impression, I think along with a number of other people, that Apple was coming out with the iPhone 5 this year. Mashable was posting stories of the possible prototype, as well as other tech sites. The prototype showed a wider and thinner phone. But instead of coming out with the iPhone 5, they came out with the iPhone 4S, which has a dual-core chip and a few other bells and whistles, that I really don't care about.
So, instead of upgrading my phone, I just updated my current iPhone 4 and it works great and I love the updated features it has.
Here is what the update added to the iPhone 4:
source Tech Crunch
- iCloud: Apple’s cloud-based content/data syncing service. Backs up your content, photos, etc. in the cloud for safe keeping, provides one-click access to redownloading all the apps you’ve ever purchased, etc.
- iMessage: Apple’s free iOS-to-iOS messaging solution. SMS dies today.
- Notification Center: Apple has completely overhauled their old, antiquated alerts system. You now drag down from the top of the screen to see a drawer with all notifications.
- Newstand: Bundles all of your e-magazine/newspaper subscriptions into one smart folder
- Reminders: a new to-do/reminder system, complete with location-based alerts
- Twitter Integration
- Much improved Camera UX (You can access the camera with a double tap of the home button on the homescreen, and use the volume up key to take a photo)
- Crazy simple photo editing (Cropping, rotating, red-eye reduction) within the Photo app
- Over-the-air updates and PC-less device activation
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