Err Facetime over celullar always worked .. just not in the US on US carriers.
However in the US, which is a large market, that was a difference between the two. The iPhone 4s was able to use Facetime over Cellular sans jailbreak. The iPhone 4 could not.
As for a "world phone".. not even the 5 is a world phone, but it is close.
The 4s is a dual Quad-Band GSM radio along side a dual band CDMA radio, qualifying it as a "world phone". Regardless if you want to quibble based on your personal feeling regarding the definition, the fact the 4s was a dual Quad-Band GSM/Dual Band CDMA radio when the 4 was either one or the other, is a difference between them.
Camera are mehh after you have seen the Nokia 808 or the Lumia 920.
Which is irrelevant to the factually incorrect information you stated. You stated the between the 4 and 4s was Siri and the processor. That's simply undisputably false. Trying to divert away from that fact by leaping into an entirely different topic of comparing it to the Nokia phones doesn't change your error or the actual fact.
One such difference is the camera. Not only was it a difference, it was one of the primary ones Apple highlighted when announcing the device. The iPhone 4 was 5 megapixels compared to 8 for the 4s. Video recording went from 720p on the 4 to 1080p on the 4s. The 4s included an additional lens, a wider aperture, and an IR filter providing better low light shooting, better clarity, and better color balance.
Beat your strawman up all you want, but my comment was accurate in response to the inaccurate one you stated.
I remember when the 4S came out and they said "twice as fast" as the 4... err no... The speed was max 800mhz, and was actually on the 4S artifically lowered to conserve battery.. but because it had 2 cores then Apple used "twice as fast" marketing... it was utter bull**** since no apps at the time could run on 2 cores.
Doesn't really respond to anything I actually said in the quoted passage, but sure...okay...why not.
I don't actually remember "twice as fast" marketing, but I'll take your word for it. Wouldn't surprise me, marketers exaggerate, pretty much a given. Believing a marketer is like believing a politician. However, your "err no" dismissal is also rather dishonest in its flippant implication. Here's the geekbench stats for the iPhone4 vs iPhone 4s from anandtech.
623 vs 360. So definitely not "twice as fast", but still a boost of about 75%. Additionally, the majority of Apples marketting I remembered seemed to be focused around the improvements when it came to graphics. Here, the iPhone4s significantly improved over the iPhone 4
That's an over 600% improvement. A fairly decent change between the 4 and 4s.
The issue regarding cores is legit, but also not something unique to Apple. When Dual Core android phones started coming out, there wasn't a rash of Dual Core enabled apps either despite it being a dual core process being part of an advertising pitch. That's true of ANY technology. However, dual core usable apps came pretty quick into the stores, so it's kind of an idiotic complaint.
Have you tried Jelly Bean? It is actually smoother than iOS 6.. and far more stable.
I have. I appreciate your opinion. Disagere entirely and I've witness no such greater smoothness nor stability. As far as real world experience with them, I've never seen an Android phone that made me go "That's smoother and quicker" than the equivilent iphone I've used. Apparently your and I's experiences greatly vary. In terms of bench marking, the iPhone5 was right in line with the One X and was about 200 points back from the SIII thanks to that machines Quad Cores. Considernig a 75% increase in speed was something you chuckled off above, I imagine an 11% speed difference from one flagship in benchmarks and pretty much equal to the other flagship isn't too big of a deal.
I will say Jelly Bean was the first time I found the experience to be amazingly smooth out of the box. Project Butter was a wonderful and the responsiveness it helped bring in Jelly Bean is one of the big reasons I'd potentially consider an Android phone currently compared to what I had experience with them in the past.
As to the HTC One, it's a beautiful phone. I was watching the blogs during the HTC event that introduced it. I'm anxious to get ahold of it in person, as I generally don't like the feel of the very large phones but they can vary a bit based on shape, weight, etc. Also curious to fiddle around with Sense since part of the reason I went to WebOS (with hope that was shattered) and then the iPhone was because I've grown out of the phase where I like to spend hours on end tweaking and perfecting my phones interface and prefer something that simply works at a level that I'm happy with right off. I've been a fan of HTC for many years now, as my last three Windows Mobile phones were the Apache, the Vogue, and then the Diamond.
I've got nothing against Android phones. I don't think they're bad phones, I don't think people who use them are dumb, I don't have any desire nor need to get into a pissing match over the best. There's so many factors that are personal in nature that go into those discussions that it's frankly ridiculous to declare a best. Throwing out great Android phones at me isn't going to cause a "EEEEEECH! KILL IT WITH FIRE" reaction. The same goes for other OS's as well. I've said on the forum for some time that there's a strong part of me that is very intrigued by Windows Phone by the unique and interesting interface and base user experience of those devices, and the build quality of many of them along with app support has came a long way since the first days of it.
Right now, my decision of phone is simple....my job provides me with an iPhone 4s that I am authorized to use as my personal phone as well. So unless they change to offering Android by the time its time to retire my current phone (only blackberry and iphone offered atm) then I'm going to be using iOS. And I have no problems with that. There's nothing so intriguing about another OS...OR any of the new iPhones for that matter...that makes it compelling enough to spend the money to pay for cellular service. If at some point I no longer have this phone...sure, maybe at that point I'll determine if I want to flush the investment I've made in the ecosystem and jump ship to another OS based on the hardware and OS being good enough to make that jump worth it, but as of right now nothing gives me any compelling reason to do such.