Are you serious? Siri is more "gimmicky" than face recognition...who would use it in public? If you're in a packed elevator or in the middle of a school lecture or business meeting, you're going to pull out your phone and ask Siri to make a note for you? You'd look like a complete douche....and given that it's already been around for a while, I fail to see how it's innovative.
How is face recognition useful? You take the phone out of your pocket, look at it, and BAM you're using your phone. Way quicker than entering a 4 digit number. And since it's the first time used on any smartphone, I'd say it's pretty damn innovative.
And Google's ecosystem isn't bad...I'm sure many iPeople are already on it in some way with Gmail/contacts/google maps/google docs, etc...
I agree about the battery being a concern, but the fact that they used a less powerful GPU and underclocked the CPU should help in that area without compromising too much of the phone's abilities. Isn't it always the Apple fanboys preaching that specs aren't everything? And it's not like the iPhone 4S has a wonderful battery-life (from what I hear).
I'll have to wait until further testing/comparison has been done before I plunk down my cash, but demos like the TechCrunch video have me thinking that the Nexus is a pretty impressive phone.
Gimmicky. Lol
Over the past week. Siri enabled me to get all of my new text messages and emails, reply to my text messages, check my calendar, move an appointment, create an appointment including inviting someone to a meeting, check the weather, play a specific song, find where a specific friend was in the world (using Apples Find My Friends app), and make a few phone calls. All while not actually having my phone in my hands while driving.
Try that with your Android device. I own a Galaxy S2 and know it's limitations. So I will answer that question for you, not in a million years.
It hasn't been around for awhile. This is not voice control as in Android. Its AI.
Don't give me that Iris bull. Garbage a quick 'tacked on' response to Siri, embarrassing actually.
http://www.knowyourmobile.in/news/1097910/android_iris_vs_apple_siri_the_ultimate_face_off.html
compare that to this. yeah the same. :roll eyes:
Siri is a spin-out from the SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center , and is an offshoot of the DARPA-funded CALO project, described as perhaps the largest artificial-intelligence project ever launched
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siri_(software)
And no Voice Actions isn't in the same ball park, not even close. Don't give me that crap. Clearly you don't know what you are talking about. Siri is a game changer, plain and simple.
Yes face recognition is gimmicky. It allows you to open your phone, big deal. How is that innovative?
Siri is not. Actually is useful. As stated in my post. I swipe my finger across the screen. How hard is that? Siri can be used from the lock screen also. Hold in the home button, wow, that is hard.
You do know that you can hold the phone to your ear same as on a call and Siri activates automatically don't you. It would look the same as if you were on a call. How does that look like a douche?
And yes Google's eco system sucks. They don't have anything to compare with Apple. I know, I have tried it and it sucks. Period.
Performance? Right now as it stands the 4S is the fastest smartphone on the block. Hardware doesn't mean squat if the OS cannot take advantage of it.
http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-4s-review-11187049/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4951/...rks-800mhz-a5-slightly-slower-gpu-than-ipad-2
When you're less concerned about longevity and more concerned about outright speed, the 4S won't disappoint when compared to its predecessors. On the SunSpider 9.1 JavaScript benchmark, a good test of overall ability to render the best the web has to offer, the phone scores a 2,200ms on average. That's well lower (quicker) than the 3,700 the iPhone 4 manages and faster than any other smartphone we've tested. In fact it ranks right up there with tablets like the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (2,200), but still the iPad 2 leaves it behind with its score of 1,700.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/14/iphone-4s-review/
The Prime isn't out yet, but even still I don't think the 4S will be outclassed by any means. Take that 1750 battery and I will say a big "no thanks'.
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