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the iPhone 4 is arguably the best smartphone on the market. It's build quality puts others to shame, it has a style all of its own, its operating system is the easiest and slickest to use, its app store is unsurpassed, and it has some class leading features. Just be prepared to pay for the privilege. Read full review

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By Edward Chester
Reviewed 24 June 2010
Updated 26 May 2011

Price as reviewed

£599.00

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Reviewed by Edward Chester
24 June 2010

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iPhone 4 details

Performance: 10/10
Value: 7/10
Features: 10/10
Design: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

Attractive design
High resolution display
iOS is intuitive and powerful

Cons

Very expensive
Battery life suffers under heavy use
Concerns over antennae and glass

Price as reviewed

£599.00

Manufacturer

Apple

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Greg17b

10:53 PM on 24 June, 2010

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The other benefit is that whilst they're still out of stock, if you have one like me you can sell it for £400 profit and move on...

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10:55 PM on 24 June, 2010

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Great review. After some initial grumbles I always look to TR for the definitive verdict. Also, I realise that £499 is a lot for a 16GB phone but I'm pretty sure that I'll get a good bit of that back if I sell it on when - and that's the great part now rather than 2008, it is a when, not an if - a better handset comes out.

Think I'm sold on this. Time to join the herd.

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10:56 PM on 24 June, 2010

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Nice review, balanced on the good points but remembering the bad :)

Seems like a good enough phone but I'm happy with my Desire for the next 16 months.

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11:00 PM on 24 June, 2010

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A good, fair review Ed!

I don't think it's the best phone around but it's no doubt a very good phone.

I do think that iOS4 is the big deal here and the fact that it works great on the 3GS kind of lessens the impact of the 4 for me. Apple have maybe kicked themselves in the foot by giving the 3GS all the (important) features although good for them for not just thinking about their bottom line (for once!).

iOS has hit a point where it now has most of the features that a smartphone should have and implements them very nicely. There's only minor nitpicks missing which are by no means deal breakers.

I'm looking forward to getting the new iPod touch when they release it. Probably around September.

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3:13 AM on 25 June, 2010

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@ravmania

I second the great anticipation for the Touch. Since we're doing minor nitpicks : for all the fuss they made about multitasking, you'd think they'd have bothered to turn the icons the right way round for landscape view. It'd be really annoying shuffling through eight or so apps, and having to tilt your head round to read the less intuitive icons.

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4:45 AM on 25 June, 2010

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Ok I actually want someone to explain something to me!

I have an iPhone 3g. Its an alright phone, mostly I keep it for the games and the ease of texting with a keypad but I don't love it as much as a lot of people.

This new iPhone looks pretty enough, and I know everyone liked a higher resolution display and better camera and whatever. But my issues are thus. 1) A small issue really, but why do you give it 7/10 for value when for that price I could buy myself and my little sister each a CAR! Granted it wouldn't be a Mercedes but I could get a nice oldish but workable machine to learn how to drive on (she just turned 17). The point is £600 is a TON of money, a lot more than everyone in the UK except the wealthy or stupid can afford.

Secondly, why is it that when high tech Earphones, TVs and Cameras come in the TR shop, they get shooed away because if you listen close, adjust the brightness or zoom in 600x magnification you can see a little bit of noise if you're looking for it, but the iPhone camera gets an A-OK from the team when anyone with a brain can see that its CRAP! I had a better camera on my cheap ass K800i when I got my contract on O2 in 2007! This is a joke and I throw shame on all of you so called reviewers for putting aside your normal and healthy doubt and scepticism whenever you see something shiny shiny that Apple has made.

This is the problem with the world of technology as I see it. Apple, in a genius scheme, has branded itself remarkably well, so now that you're hooked they feel that they can sell you 5 year old tech for more than the current higher tech competition. Buy any laptop over an iPad and it will do everything the iPad can do and more for half the price, but it isn't shiny shiny apple and you cant "flick" the menus. The fact that you think a £600 phone is 7/10 for value (by the way at degree level 70% is a first, the highest honour you can get!) just shocks me to my very core.

I don't think I can trust TrustedReviews anymore, even though you steered me right in getting my nice 24" BenQ monitor, and my Logitech Wave keyboard and my G500 mouse and my Creative T80 speakers...

Because... Apple just owns your soul, and they barely even hinted that they wanted it...

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7:56 AM on 25 June, 2010

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The Lord of all Phones!

who now can beat this?

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McPlopp

8:34 AM on 25 June, 2010

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Picked one up yesterday. It's simply the best phone I've ever owned. It would take something monumental to move me away from iPhone to another platform, such as Android. As has always been the case, the real trump card of the iPhone isn't in the techie details, it's the beautifully simple and elegant interface that is so easy to use.

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8:55 AM on 25 June, 2010

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@Kaiser202 - I have to say I agree about the price, especially here in South Africa where the 3GS was retailing at almost £800 at release (sim free of course), which is just plain insanity. I can't imagine what the 4 will demand.

I also have to agree/and disagree with you on the review. I think that it was a review that did highlight some of the flaws of the handset, most notably the antenna reception issue, but did also show that it was an updated device and not the revolution most fans expected. So once again the iPhone plays catchup and re-markets some older features seen in 3G phones for nigh on 5 years (FaceTime anyone *cough*).

On another note I wish you guys (TR) would be a little more thorough with your other reviews of handsets, a quick view of the X10 and Desire reviews shows that they only have 4 dedicated pages and yet the iPhone gets the usual 1 million (excuse the hyperbole). I know you have to market yourself and give the people what they want, but remain unbiased... please.

I follow your website because it is the best review site, but I slowly am starting to see

Kaiser202's point. Apple this, Jobs that... I think I'm growing a little weary (as I'm sure others are too).

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9:22 AM on 25 June, 2010

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Wow, I'm the first to point out a spelling mistake!

"over site" - Page 2, I think it was... ;-)

I would request a couple of test shots from the camera, maybe even a video too, but with mine being delivered any moment now I'll be finding out for myself soon!

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