Hands On: iPhone 4S

So much of noise and u expect what. It's been reported on iphonehelp.in that Siri does start co-operating as u start using it more. But honestly, with so many accents in India from north to north east to south, its no mean task to develop a universal accent. But I know speed does matter. I have an iPad 1 which really lags on ios5. But what abt android. Blazing fast on sgs2 but what abt 6-7k phones?

@neeraj 'is one again crazy' Now it clearly shows you are a fanboI, you fanboIs thinks non-Iphone users buys cheap products that is simple to figure out as any other phone on earth is cheaper than Iphone :D. I'm contended with what I have bought and using. There are 'good' things in other phones as well, infact even better than what you get in Iphone, we buy them as they are reasonably priced and affordable, not a rip-off

@neeraj 'is' crazy. For any product to be a success price is a huge factor, it is proven that Iphone is no different with this insane, stupid, crazy 'as' 'you' prices in India. Even Iphone 4 owners are shocked by the price of 4S, which doesn't bring earth-shattering improvements. With your N8's brief observation I can clearly understand you only see spec sheet of an phone and not real time usage. Iphone is a great product but that doesn't mean one can charge insane price for it.

no need to buy that much heavy price tag phone(45k), when nokia n8 is ther with 12mp cam & many more in just 22k. what u say guys.....

I too got a chance to see siri 25th midnight it was dissappointing. surely not a wise investment.

I put off buying the iPhone 4 anticipating the launch of iPhone 5. After waiting for months, the iPhone 4S was launched instead - the same design as last year... just with upgraded hardware and a new version of iOS with features already present in many other high-end phones. Apple was truly playing catchup and for probably the first time, I could see through the Apple bullshit that others may call marketing. Every small feature is pronounced and advertised as if its a new, never-before Apple-only innovation or as if Apple products are the only ones to get it right. The iOS is a fabulous OS, no doubt. But other OSes are no slackers either. Anyway, I couldn't care less about iPhone 4S last-year looks coz it still looks amazing and finally the new version of the iPhone offered a lot of features that are standard on other phones now. I was excited about Siri but reports started pouring in that it doesn't really work anywhere other than USA. As the video above suggests, I might be able to send an sms or set a reminder on the phone faster myself than dictating Siri to do it for me. My primary reason for wanting the iPhone are the apps but the price in India does not justify such a purchase. Before Apple fanboys get all enraged and think that I'm a low-class bottom-dweller who's just jealous that I can't afford to buy the phone, take a deep breath and read on. Its not a question of affordability, but value for the money you pay. Siri will not function as you see it in Apple ads for a long time in India, ALL the other features of the iPhone are already available in other Android-running phones for at least INR 20K less. For the money, you can buy a Samsung Galaxy SII AND a PS3 Slim. Or a 42 inch Sony Bravia LED TV. Or a whole goddamned home theater system with a blu-ray player. As for the apps that I wanted, I purchased the iPad 2 instead and upgraded it to iOS 5. Which is again 10k cheaper than the iPhone 4S. Yeah, try making sense outta that. Can i afford the iPhone 4S? Hell yes. Would I spend the money for a product which I do want but I think is way overpriced? No. I consider myself a reasonably smart consumer. I am not gonna toss just about any amount of money for even a damn good phone. I'll buy something equally good for a lot less.

@Rizwan: We, the non native speakers of English often have a habit of speaking Enlgish faster. As a matter of fact, native speakers (like from US) speak slower than us (Surprisingly, we misunderstand that they speak fast ;;)). In fact, even in your first question - Your spoke fast and observe the reply, its pace is slow. Most importantly, VRS like SIRI are AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques which on usage gets acquainted to the language. And also one must not neglect the fact that there is too much noise surrounding you thhat might have made the datacenters not to understand your commands because your commands would be converted from Analog to Digiatal signal and then carried to Apple datacenters... I know you might know all these but still giving just my two cents. Also, http://gadgets.ndtv.com/video.aspx?id=213873&from=videobox&pfrom=home-editorpick I'm not pointing just