Upgrade Early by Verizon wireless is that if you are an existing Verizon customer and want to upgrade your phone to iPhone 4S you have to do a new contract at least of 2 years. If you have an existing data plans you can renew this data plan too. With the other way of Trade in and save program you can bring any other phone or smartphone either with Verizon wireless or with any other provider. Verizon people will analyze its price and you will get Verizon Wireless gift card of the price of the device which they think your device is worth it.
Iphone 4S is a definately good gadget you will like to get from Verizon. However if you dont have any existing package from Verizon or you dont have any other device and is trying to get a new phone than verizon has a package for your to get Iphone4S. Browsing through your reminders is easy with a starting page where you can quickly track and search for reminders using a search field. You also have the option to create tasks for more-open-ended reminders that don't need to be done by a specific time.
Also, you now can search within the body of a message instead of just in the From, To, and subject lines. So as on Android, Windows Phone 7, and BlackBerry OS 5 devices, you'll no longer have to plug your device into a computer or even own a computer at all. Activation for the iPhone takes quite a few steps, but it's easy and very quick. I was up and running in a just a few minutes, though it took a few tries for the phone to recognize my Apple ID. You don't have to use a Wi-Fi network to set up your 4S, but it helps.
The wireless updates to apps will serve only the changes, so they'll be shorter, and you'll be able to sync, back up, and restore your device using the new iCloud features.
You'll also find new features within apps, like wirelessly editing photos, managing e-mail folders, and creating and deleting calendars. I'll add more details about iCloud as I explore it further. To sync your iOS device to iTunes on your computer, you need only be on the same Wi-Fi network and your device needs to be charging plugged into a charger. From there you can select Sync Now on your iPhone and your photos, music, and calendars will be backed up in iTunes.
Game Center: Additions for gamers in iOS 5 include the addition of profile photos, the ability to compare achievement points, friends of friends lists, recommended friends and games based on your current library , and support for turn-based games. The ability to buy games from within Game Center makes it a bit more of a destination, but it still seems like the service will still be a behind-the-scenes social connector as it was before.
As with BlackBerry Messenger BBM , you'll be able to exchange unlimited text messages, photos, and videos with your friends, family, and colleagues. Even better, your messages won't cost you anything and they won't count against the monthly allotment of messages from your wireless carrier. You'll also get group messaging, an indicator to see if someone is typing to you, delivery and read receipts, secure encryption, and conversation syncing that is pushed to multiple devices.
I'm a little disappointed that the location and contact sharing features don't come straight from iMessage you need to initiate the process from the related app instead. For example, to send a contact, you'll need to go to your home screen, open your contacts, select a person, choose the Share Contact button, and choose iMessage. It's a bit tedious, but the ability to send that data to a friend is an improvement.
Find My Friends: Announced at the unveiling of the iPhone 4S, Find My Friends is an iOS 5-exclusive app that lets you view your friends' and family's locations in real time on a map when they agree to share location info with you. For added security, you can set a time limit for how long you share your location, a major concern of people who don't want to continually broadcast their location.
After signing in with your iTunes account ID, you can send an invite to friends using their iTunes account ID they'll need to send you one as well. Once you're hooked up, you'll be able to get a pretty close approximation of where your friends are on a map. The app also has options to give you directions to your friends via Maps or speak to them on FaceTime iPhone 4 or newer if you can't get an exact location.
In my testing in San Francisco, performance was variable. My location would be very accurate on one street, but in another location it would be a block away from where I was standing. I have the same issue with the GPS fix in general, so it's not surprising. While these types of location features might be useful in specific situations, Android has similar services that have received mixed reviews--specifically by those who were worried about security concerns.
Cards lets you design a card on your iOS device and have Apple print it up on high-quality paper yes, it will be real paper and send it to your chosen recipient. It's an easy process and you get a lot of design options. Personal dictionary: A new keyboard shortcut feature lets you create your own personal dictionary. While nothing new, you'll now be able to set up keyboard shortcuts for phrases.
Here you can add a phrase like "Talk to you later" then make the shortcut "ttyl. Alternate Routes: Another new feature that travelers will appreciate is Alternate Routes. When in the Map app, you can get directions as usual, but instead of giving you just one route to your destination, the Map app will now give you two alternate routes in case of problems like traffic or if you know of nearby construction sites. Simply touch a route to find out how long it will take to get to your destination, then choose the best for your situation.
In our tests here in San Francisco, the routes were solid options, and I think this will come in handy wherever you are. The noticeable downside here is that once you've picked your route, the other ones remain on screen, which can be distracting.
What's missing? Yeah, I have to include this section. With each version of the iPhone, Apple knocks more things off of my wish list, but the list still has plenty on it. Primarily, I'd like to see more choices in autocomplete, shortcuts to individual contacts on the home screen, a way to color code e-mails in the unified inbox, and easier access to common features like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
I'd also like for Mail to get Safari's Reader feature. With iOS 5, I still stumbled upon the occasional e-mail with its own special formatting that the app didn't adjust to make eyeball-friendly on the smaller screen. Considering how much e-mail reading people do on their iOS devices, this would be a welcome addition. Call quality was very satisfying during the testing period. Signal strength was marginally better than Sprint's, noticeably underground and deep inside buildings, and it didn't hear any significant static or interference.
Verizon Wireless iPhone 4S call quality sample Listen now:. Call volume on my end was plenty loud. Unlike on the Sprint 4S, I didn't hear the slight background hiss and I didn't detect any audio feedback. Here again, I did have some trouble hearing in noisy places, but that's not unusual with a cell phone.
Verizon's voice quality isn't as muffled as I heard on the Sprint phone, but Sprint's audio was smoother with more accurate voice pitch. See my separate call quality post to see how the voice samples from the three carriers compare with each other. I had few complaints about speakerphone as well. As with most cell phones, there is distortion at the highest volume levels, but I was glad to see that the phone gets pretty loud.
I didn't have to sit close to the phone to be heard, My friends could understand me, and I could use automated calling systems even while walking down the street. As I mentioned, the iPhone 4S has two antennas wrapping around the phone. As such, the phone is designed to scan for the best signal and switch to that antenna.
I haven't gauged exactly how the two antennas have improved call clarity, but I'm happy to report that the iPhone 4S doesn't suffer from the dreaded death grip.
A network. What that means to you will vary by location, your connection to a tower, and the capacity of the network at a given time. In early testing, Verizon delivered respectable speeds that were comparable with its other 3G devices. The time it took to open graphics-heavy sites varied by site; from 15 for the full New York Times site, to 20 seconds for Airliners. Mobile sites took a bit less time; CNET's site opened in 20 seconds.
In initial testing, Verizon's 3G was faster than Sprint's network, particularly for download speeds. After running four tests in CNET's neighborhood, Verizon's network delivered an average download speed of 0.
Compare that with Sprint's 3G network, which had an average download speed of 0. I know that San Francisco is not representative of the entire country. As such, your experience may be completely different.
But either way, Verizon's speeds are pretty respectable and the network delivered the experience I needed for a 3G device. Absolutely, 4G users won't be happy, but true Apple fans shouldn't be shocked.
Apple says the new chipset will make the iPhone 4S twice as fast and will offer graphics performance that is seven times faster than the iPhone 4's. Indeed, there is a noticeable change for the better. Applications across the phone opened quicker--sometimes by up to 3 seconds--and switching between apps using the multitasking feature was smoother.
The performance upgrades are indeed welcome, though it's almost a feature that I didn't know we wanted. Previous iPhones never struck me as particularly slow, but if Apple wants to make the experience faster, I'm not going to refuse. And if it can do it without hampering battery life, then even better. Battery life Despite the more powerful processor, the company claims that the smartphone will be able to provide 8 hours of talk time over 3G, 14 hours over 2G, 6 hours of browsing over 3G, 9 hours via Wi-Fi, 10 hours of video playback, and 40 hours of music playback.
The promised battery times are impressive, but manufacturer promises can be just that: promises. In talk time battery life tests , Sprint's phone beat Apple's ratings by lasting 9 hours and 13 minutes on a single charge. The Verizon iPhone 4S may fare differently so I'll let you know if it does. For media features, the 4S delivered 8. Calls made with the phone can sound a bit thin, but still sharp and natural, with excellent background noise cancellation.
Transmissions through the speakerphone are also clear, and fine for indoor use, but not loud enough to use outdoors. The 4S switches between its top and bottom antennas depending on which one is receiving better signal, which means it'll ignore whichever one you're covering with your hands. This design solves the "death grip" problem on previous iPhone models. By holding the phone in a strange, two-handed grip I was able to lower data speeds, but it wasn't significant, and it wasn't the kind of grip anyone would ever use to hold or talk on a phone.
The iPhone 4S also delivers on Apple's promise of longer battery life. I got 9 hours, 22 minutes of talk time with a strong 3G signal in my tests. Apple has done an excellent job of balancing software and hardware for incredible Web speeds that never feel slow, regardless of network. This would've been more understandable a year ago, when the network was still emerging. But Verizon's 4G is now available in cities, covering million subscribers. The carrier expects to cover two-thirds of the U.
Not only that, but Verizon already has more than 10 LTE devices to choose from, all of which have demonstrated excellent network speeds in our tests. And those numbers are lower than what we usually see on Verizon's LTE network.
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