Why is the new Apple iPhone a big disappointment?

The tech world was eagerly waiting for the announcement from Apple about the new iPhone and there were a lot of rumors about the new hardware. But Apple disappointed even its fans by announcing a phone which is pretty ordinary. People were so disappointed and even the Apple shares got a 5% loss just after announcing the new iPhone 4S yesterday.

The main reasons for the disappointments are,

Where is the iPhone 5?

People were waiting for iPhone 5, but Apple announced an iPhone 4S with no physical change (jut like iPhone 3G to iPhone 3GS). It is disappointing that a company like Apple took more than 1 year (15 + months) just to upgrade some of its hardware and there is no change externally. You can’t differentiate the new iPhone from the old. Also, the 3.5″ retina display is not enough for most people’s needs and people expected a bigger screen.

The hardware is just average

The main hardware changes are only the inclusion of an 1 GHz dual core processor (the same as in the new iPad 2) and an 8MP camera instead of the current 5MP. The changes are nothing revolutionary and is just average at best. The Samsung Galaxy S2 which is released 4 months back is still more powerful (1.2 GHz dual core and 21 Mbps HSPA+ support) and there are 1.5 GHz dual core phones are announced by many companies including HTC, Samsung etc.

The Siri assistant may not be useful outside US

The only cool feature about the new iPhone 4S is the Siri assistant with natural language processing and in fact it looks very good in the demo (It seems like a far more powerful Vlingo). But how does it will work in the real world is still yet to be found (even the current Siri application available in appMarket is not hugely popular). Also, outside US it will be limited by many factors (the accent, the availability of data etc).

It is not coming worldwide

Apple still considers US and some European countries as the world. Come on Apple, there are a lot of other countries in this world. When it is going to be released in these markets?

Conclusion

The new Apple iPhone 4S is nothing extraordinary and in fact, it is not powerful enough to compete against phones that are going to be released in the next one year. If you are planning to buy a new phone and disappointed by the new iPhone 4S, just wait a little more and consider the new Samsung Galaxy S II HD which is 1.5 GHz dual core, 4.65” Super AMOLED Plus HD display (1280 X 720 px). The display alone is revolutionary and it is going to be released in the last quarter of 2011. If you can’t wait, then the HTC Sensation XE is a good choice with 1.5 GHz dual core processor and is already available in some markets.

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