Apple yesterday released their new iPhone 4S in NZ.
Both Telecom and Vodafone have these for sale, major coup for Telecom as their network is much more iPhone friendly than Vodafone.
I had 2 imported from Brisbane a week and a half ago, here are my thoughts-
Same form factor, one minor difference, the mute switch has moved its position down and affects some cases as a result.
Supposedly faster, although I have not seen any major evidence of this as I primarily use it for pure business use.
Camera is better at 8 megapixel.
Siri, now I’m still not convinced on this feature… the language is localized to Australia in iOS 5, some phrases are picked up pretty well, others are not. Just like any other voice recognition software it has its flaws. Making calls and setting calendar events works well. As with any first release its a bit buggy and underwhelming.
Major issue-
With 48 pages and counting the outgoing audio bug raised here-
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3404857?start=0&tstart=30
Is plaguing a few people, myself included. Its been a painful process, resets and firmware upgrades on my Parrot car kit to work out its a hardware/iOS issue. I have just spoken to Apple AU and will be swopping for a new iPhone 4S come Monday.
If you are having trouble with your outgoing calls, probably best to call Apple direct, raise a repair case, contact Brightpoint on 0800 347 78 to get it changed.
Going to your mobile vendor is only going to prolong the pain and they will end up sending it to Brightpoint anyway as they are the only iPhone agents in NZ.
So my verdict, not worth the upgrade if you are on a 4 already, although the 4 is still available at $899 compared to $1029 for the 4S.



































