iPhone 4S in Japan, part 2
Well, I take it all back.
After a couple of weeks of enduring the increasingly frequent delays on my iPhone 3GS with iOS 5, I finally decided to update to the newest model.
Softbank has two fairly nice programs for customers who are updating, so I was happy to stay with them (my wife signed up for an iPhone with AU, and I have not been impressed with their staff training and readiness for the product), namely
1. they will forgive all payments due on a previous iPhone, allowing you to upgrade and just pay for the new phone (you can sell your old one online -a friend got over 12,000 yen for her old 3GS) or
2. if you have already paid off your previous iPhone, they will give you 6,000 yen cashback
The phone arrived in just over a week, and I got it on Thursday evening.
Wow.
The camera, the speed, the… display.
If you are on the fence about the 4GS, do yourself a favour and get one. It’s that good.
I’m still happy with the phone. I’m not experiencing the battery drop that some have stated on the internet but I will say it’s draining a little bit faster than I was expecting.
It really lets me stay in contact with friends and family with much more ease than my previous AU phone. For the most part, I’m happy with it.
Anyone have recommendations on good cases?
When you say “forgive all payments due on a previous iPhone” does that mean they will cover my cost of breaking a contract with softbank?
Update: AU users now have the ability for iMessage and Facetime. With the latest iOS 5.1 update those, along with other new features, have been added. iMessage to my iPhone sporting friends in America has been very nice.
You were saying something about bad battery life? A bug!
http://consumerist.com/2011/11/apple-confirms-ios-bug-is-screwing-with-some-iphone-4s-batteries.html