With all of the problems on Apple and AT&T's sites on June 15th, I missed my chance to make the first cut of orders. By the time I was finally able to get my order in, the ship date was already pushed back to July 2nd rather than the launch date of June 24th. Much to my surprise, my phone shipped on June 24th with an arrival date of June 29th.
It indeed appeared on June 29th, but it took quite a circuitous route to get here - it had to travel 9,914 miles to get to me. Inexplicably, once it hit the U.S. and cleared customs it was routed through Indianapolis. I'd have to think that, living in the L.A. area, there was a more efficient route. But as it arrived on schedule I can't complain.
And what are my thoughts? It seems to me that the device has gone significantly upmarket in the materials and construction. This is a very good thing! While the device is 4 grams heavier than my iPhone 3G, it is still slimmer and feels much more solid.
The speed is tremendously improved over the 3G. It feels like a tiny little iPad in terms of speed and capability, rather than just a tiny phone. I already had iOS 4 for a few days on my 3G so I was already familiar with that. However, the coolest thing about this device is that I was able to shoot a quick video, edit it with iMovie for the iPhone and upload it to YouTube. This is a shocking amount of power, flexibility and functionality in a hand-held device.
I'm sure there are going to be quite a few more things I'll find and want to write about, but for now, I have some serious playing to do.
Hey Aaron, glad to see you got the new iPhone. I am so jealous! I agree with your comments. I have seen the phone in person on two occasions and it definitely seems more solid and sleek. The resolution is quite amazing as well! The camera is so awesome and I love how you can flip it back and forth (to view you or away from you in an instant). What are your thoughts on the data plan changes? Do you have the unlimited data plan for $30/month? We don't seem to use too much data, so we've switched a few of our phones down to the lower $15/month plan. They seem sufficient for now, what are your thoughts about that? Anyway, thanks for the post. It's interesting get all the different feedback on the new phone!
ReplyDeleteTo purchase a IPhone 4G device is probably now the most DIFFICULT thing in the world. And the price in some country is twice times as original price. I can image the long line out of the Apple store.
ReplyDeleteI kept the $30 unlimited data plan for now as I am unsure how much my data usage will change with this new device. Specifically, I'm thinking about the video creation and consumption which can really eat up bandwidth fast. I wrote about the data cap issue awhile back as well.
ReplyDeletesounds cool, keep us posted with what else you like about it.
ReplyDeleteSOUNDS EXCITING!
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