Using the iPhone 4S, 10 Years Later - Review & Retrospective

[@91Tech]

--- I forgot the link to the framed 4S from GRID, it's in the description now, or you can find it here - gridstudio.cc/products/grid%C2%AE4s Whew, another hour long upload! Apologies for the delay in-between videos lately. I'm going to be taking a break from long-form content for a while- I really enjoy it but it's insanely time-consuming. We'll definitely have more in the future though... and lots of other great stuff! But for now, Merry Christmas, and I'll see you all next time!

[@boussIRL]

Take as much time as you need, but I'll definitely be looking forward to your future content :)

[@ihax4208]

So extra is basically a secured credit card like chime credit builder?

[@jesussavedme6260]

Jesus loves you so much you are worth dying for 😊❤️

[@cpyt]

I don’t care

[@DropAnything]

how did you get the battery percentage to show on ios 6 i cant figure it out

[@Marngel]

The iPhone 4s was the first iPhone I ever got, and I absolutely loved it.

[@mattybraps7620]

Same

[@KinkyNothing]

I'd still use it desptie having many modern phones if it weren't for the abysmal app support

[@usayeed727]

Agreed

[@renderz8435]

same. except that i used it for 1 month and dropped it accidentally into the toilet. changed to samsung for 10 years and is not considering to get back to apple iphone 13

[@9852323]

Mine was the 3GS

[@DekuScrub_]

As an android guy, the 4S will always be my favourite iPhone. Everything about it is just peak iPhone to me, the design, the square home button, the introduction of Siri, the skeuomorphic design of iOS 5/6, I could go on and on and whilst it's mostly nostalgia, i really miss the days when Apple actually felt innovative and unique.

[@skipandslide]

they still are innovative, just not the first who innovate, if that makes sense

[@edddie7563]

Apple has been the most innovative when it comes to their cpus more than any company in the last 10 years. Although in other areas they are stagnant.

[@DekuScrub_]

@@skipandslide Oh yeah I definitely get what you're saying (like i am so jealous of photo widgets and being able to change your app icons)

[@DekuScrub_]

@@edddie7563 Apple's silicon tech has been absolutely insane as of late like it's crazy

[@gearsgamer7115]

@@edddie7563 km NO the snapdragon 8 rev 1 is really gonna crush the iphone, really, 2x faster than the snapdragon 888+ 2TIMES, ever since ios 7 apple just died, when Steve Jobs died, the original game leading apple died, and then came the boring, safe apple, the one that just plays it safe, not making great features, and doesn't add in full customization and level of control.

[@velcoin]

Still have mine, even after upgrading up to the 13. This phone was the coolest thing since toilet paper back when it first dropped, I‘ll never forget how much fun I had with the 4 & 4s. 👌

[@syd5099]

Both of my parents had an iPhone 4s. And I remembered playing with siri all the time because it was the coolest thing ever! I also remembered ios 5 and 6. Those give me the most nostalgia. And it's weird to belive that's it's been 10 years when it really doesn't feel like it

[@ariesleo7396]

Same! (Now I got both of their 4s)

[@HuyNguyen-ll9gz]

Both of my parents had an iPhone 4s too lol. I got one of them right now

[@jamesdriver0317]

I had a resource room teacher in 2017 who still used the iPhone 4s, I’m sure he has a newer iPhone now, but thinking back at it it’s crazy how he used it on iOS 9 when iOS 11 wasn’t out yet, but iOS 10 was. iOS 9 kinda ruined my iPad 2.

[@txe1nd]

Wow

[@zackstaa7826]

iPhones will last a long time as long as you take care of them, the battery will wear out but it’s pretty inexpensive to get the battery replaced. But if apple discontinues batteries for certain models, I would not get the battery replaced. Non OEMs are known to cause usability issues and can even brick the phone permanently

[@cujoedaman]

We get customers in that still use 4/4S phones and they're always the ones complaining that they can't seem to get anything to work (when it comes to online orders and in-store pickups). I'm all for making sure I get my use out of something, but there's a point where you have to move on.

[@zackstaa7826]

@@cujoedaman Yeah, when it comes to your everyday daily driver phone, when Apple quits providing software updates to your model, it’s time for a new one. All sorts of issues will start to happen on outdated software, including security threats.

[@adamw.3409]

my Mum (in her 70s) is still using hers.. and she doesn’t need anything better.. she uses it for calls , messages and occssionally as a camera.. still on iOS 6

[@deathdogg0]

First thing's first: this was my first iPhone, though not my first iOS device. I'm glad there's now a documentary out about it :) Thank you! And secondly, thank you for picking a really cool sponsor. I've been looking for a card like this for ages. My credit's fine, I just want the rewards of credit without having to worry about making payments for every little purchase I make

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

I upgraded from a 4 to the 4S. They both felt fantastic, but the 4S felt very very durable. I should have kept it. I have my 14PM now. I love the bigger screen, and at 8” I still wouldn’t mind another inch bigger screen and battery.

[@emre6397]

Wait you still use iphone 4s?

[@garethvw9262]

The 4s was my first iPhone, brings back many memories, coming from a blackberry at the time it was amazing how premium, fast and useful it was compared to the latter plastic brick, it hooked me onto iOS even to this day.

[@PointyEndUpFlameyEndDown]

The 2011-12 commercials for this phone are absolutely nostalgic. I vaguely remember some of them.

[@ProjectSerpo90]

This was my first iPhone, i had Sprint and up until the iPhone 4s was released iPhone was exclusive to cingular (AT&T) the iPhone was so amazing coming from a Nextel. It will always have a special place in my heart and in my opinion has the best looking design and feel of any iPhone of its era, way better than the 6 with its rounded edges. When they finally brought back the flat sides on the iPhone 12 I was so happy. The iPhone 14 is perfect for me, like if the iPhone 4 and X combined.

[@JazawaToad]

The 4S was my first iPhone, back when the 5s was the main. It was such an awesome phone, and I was so happy to have it. I used it for many years, making sure not to update it when I heard it started slowing it down. My next upgrade was the first SE that released, and my mind was blown with how much better that phone was. I still have that phone in a drawer and it works, but the battery decayed after so many years of use. I eventually got a used 8 Plus that I still use to this day (I've said this in your comments several times before, before anyone calls me out) and besided needing a battery replacement, its pretty much perfect still. I wouldn't trade it for anything currently.

[@josebarroso2184]

I got the first SE 32Gb as my first iPhone, and now I own an iPhone XS 64Gb. Love it! And the original apple Silicone case is the best, makes the perfect grip and protection is very good

[@christopherquintanilla6572]

if your trying to save money then that’s fine keep that phone, but the difference compared to the iphones now is crazy, I love my iphone 13 pro max

[@Ericdz302]

I miss Steve!

[@vrk1131]

It was my first iPhone I used. I got it from my Mom. I frickin loved that phone. I remember closely looking at the display and getting amazed how good the display looks. I did it every day

[@syampeyomuyano8417]

iPhone 4s was my first iPhone. I used it from 2012 upto 2022 February. I still have it

[@karenpour7870]

4S is Still revolutionary and gorgeous🔥🔥🔥

[@Snarfles_]

My 4S was stolen. Forced me to upgrade to a 6 at the time. Still miss the old girl!

[@bubblegum2418]

I agree. The speakers are fantastic.

[@Suwawako]

Imagine the specs of a modern phone in the size of the iPhone 4. The battery would be crap (and yes, the modern iphones look very similar to the 4), but man would it look beautiful.

[@DocTime56]

It’s closer to the iPhone 5/5s/SE, but the minis are kind of that

[@Suwawako]

@@DocTime56 My next phone should honestly be a mini iPhone only for the size. I tried them at the apple store once and I loved the size haha.

[@DocTime56]

@@Suwawako i love them too, I’m currently running a 2020 SE, and have no real reasons to upgrade, but if it got stolen or lost, I’d definitely pick up a mini

[@juancarloslopezrodrtiguez4787]

Yo tuve un iPhone 4 durante 5 años, y jamás me dio problema alguno de cobertura, después tuve el 4 S, y también me fue muy bien, llevo muchos años usando iPhone y sinceramente me parece un dispositivo estupendo.

[@Repeatingpower7]

Great video Josh! I love these long retrospectives and can't wait to see your future content! Also, do you have other iDevices running their first iOS version such as an iPhone 4 running iOS 4?

[@hackerswordmuvi6058]

I think he has an iPhone 13 running iOS 15

[@DavidNikkiZane]

@@hackerswordmuvi6058 OMG REALLY?

[@MisterTwisterWX]

Love the design of the phone! This man is amazing!

[@callumhemmings5215]

I remember Yr 9 and ppl would be arguing over the IPhone 5 or Galaxy S3 (or 4 I can't remember) I remember me and my friend didn't care what phone we got, as long as we had a touchscreen phone, I was dying to get one, so when my mam gave me her old Galaxy S1 as a warmup phone I was so happy

[@jaamirrender-boyd5111]

Love your 10 year iPhone in depth reviews!!🔥🔥

[@jaydubya9265]

Never owned one but glad they had returned to this design language with 12-13 models.

[@jamesredbow6346]

4s was my first iPhone. Loved it. Will always love it.

[@vrk1131]

iPhone 4S was my first iPhone, my mom gave it to me. It was my favourite, it took great photos and I loved it. But the iOS 9.0 was a huge pain. Day to day tasks were so painful and slow. I was sad to see it, because it was such a great device. My next phone was the first gen iPhone SE. Man, i used it for 7 years, it got 7 years of software update. I still have that phone and it works frickin great on iOS 15. It never slow down or stutter. I am so happy Apple learned from their mistake from iOS 9 on iPhone 4S. And I'm really glad and proud that I have lived through and experienced both.

[@CoftheJ69]

I had and still have an 8GB iPhone 4s. It still works too. It was pretty frustrating to use both because of the hilariously little space it had but we always forget how bad 3G was at the tail end.

[@mr_ice117]

The iPhone 4 and 4s were my two favorite iPhones ever. Never felt the same for any iPhone before or since. Also those same years that this phone came out represent some awesome years for me so cant help but feel a punch to the gut when i look back

[@magfal]

Siri was severely under-implemented much to the detriment of a good friend of mine who tried to use it while succumbing to the horrible effects of ALS. They really should have handcuffed some of their designers and forced them to use the phones by voice alone until that experience is acceptable. A lot of nasty edge cases where the phone would be softlocked from a voice only perspective when finishing a call and a few other situations.

[@magfal]

I'm excited to see what can come from Microsoft's 20 Billion purchase of Nuance who built the software that Siri was based on, in April of this year.

[@blankearth5840]

It would be amazing if Apple came out with an iPhone with a 4s and 5 shell with updated specs. Plus an iOS 6 design mode. They should bring back things from the past that bring a rush of nostalgia

[@jricedrums]

Reading the comments here are awesome, iPhone 4s was my first iPhone! I looked at all the android and blackberry options at the time and I’m very happy I went to iPhone! Since then I’ve had an iPhone 5s, 6s Plus, 11, & I’m typing this comment on a 13 Pro.

[@Melanco001]

You give Siri too much credit my guy.

[@Tanzu15]

Most premium feeling phone of it’s time. And for many years after.

[@therealdaniel901]

I remember when I was younger, I was at grand central station and my family and I went to the apple store within the station. I remember looking at a white iPhone 4s on display and absolutely falling for the device, so much so that I begged my parents for so long for that phone. I never got the phone, but after a few years, I bought a used 4s in white just to have as a display piece. To this day, it is one of the most gorgeous devices I had ever looked at.

[@young_bunnyhop5208]

i remember being at disneyland and seeing someone with a white iphone 4s and was taken back because i didnt know there was a white variant.

[@accountabandoned]

even though i never had one, the 4s has my favorite design of any phone

[@darrylcalhoun1155]

I remember finally retiring my iPhone 4s in 2017

[@jamesdriver0317]

I have the iPad 2, which also came out in 2011. It was my daily device last year when I was 14, then in November last year I got an iPhone 5, then a month later, I got the iPhone 6, then in June 2021 I got the iPhone 7, then in September 2021 I got the iPhone 8. Recently I broke my iPhone 8 and my iPhone 7 doesn’t work, so I’m using my iPhone 6.

[@maggiethegamer1271]

Bro really gets phones once a month or like once every 3 months

[@jamesdriver0317]

@@maggiethegamer1271 Yep. 😂. I kept getting two phones from my cousin and some I bought.

[@maggiethegamer1271]

@@jamesdriver0317 cool! And such good phones at that. The 6 is still surprisingly usable in almost 2022, even the 5s!

[@jamesdriver0317]

@@maggiethegamer1271 Yeah, the sad thing is after using iOS 15, going back to iOS 12 kinda sucks, some apps don’t work, and there’s no dark mode unless I jailbreak my iPhone. But I haven’t been able to get it successfully jailbroken for a while, but when I get the money for my iPhone 8 a new screen then I won’t have to worry

[@jo100]

Rest In Peace Steve Jobs, when the iPhone 4s came out, I was using my Black Berry phone I got in 2008, my first IPhone 📲 was the iPhone 5c.

[@97nelsn]

I got an iPhone 4S back in 2011 and used it all the way until 2014 when it broke and then downgraded to an iPhone 4 until I bought the iPhone 6 Plus three years to the day I got the iPhone 4S. What an amazing phone it was.

[@Garrettdx1988]

I’m so impressed with these longer videos. My dude puts out quality documentaries for us nerds lol

[@Just_A_Little_Kit]

The iOS experience that brought me the most amount of joy and excitement at the time was definitely easily the iPhone 4 on iOS 5. I was so hyped after watching the iOS 5 announcement that I woke up super earlier before school and kept hitting the "Check For Updates" button in iTunes on my laptop with my iPhone plugged in via 30-pin. Unfortunately I had to go to school before the update was actually available, but the second I got back, I ran to my room and hit the button again, and there it was! I was so flipping hyped, the new notifications looked cool as heck, I loved the look of the notification banners (I still think those looked better then than they do now) and the notification center was a really cool aesthetic. The thought of updating to future versions of iOS OTA was also totally insane to me, and iMessage was going to be a total game changers for my friends who had an iPod Touch but not a phone. The awe of that release honestly never even really went away, I was still thrilled by it by the following year when iOS 6 came out. Good memories.

[@wizerdjuice9589]

Still use a 4S as my back up with service soon to end unfortunately.

[@ramona3010]

The iPhone 4S is just beautiful 😃 I was super happy with apple changing back to the straight edges with iPhone 12

[@leviathan0232]

That was the whole reason I got a 12 pro max. The 4s was my first iPhone and I got the 5s when it came out, those two phones were my favorite by far. Really happy to see the flat sides come back!

[@Clodd1]

It was my first iPhone (I still keep it). The design still holds up, when you grab in your hands it still feels good. Really high end device.

[@lnspector]

My friend asked for my help the other day to migrate his boss' iPhone 4s data to the 13. His boss is only upgrading their iPhone 4s in 2021!! I was amazed and shocked at the same time

[@MsMRkv]

Well, there's people who still use flip phones in 2021.

[@officialprincelouie]

@@MsMRkv really?

[@backandblack23]

@@officialprincelouie ye

[@officialprincelouie]

@@backandblack23 damn

[@Ruva226]

I use Siri just about everyday. When I use apple car play my steering wheel lets me activate Siri to text, change stations on Spotify, navigate somewhere, ect. Very helpful while driving and on my watch

[@LONKALUKSV]

The only iPhone I ever wanted was the iPhone 4. Simply because it had access to sports channels that wasn't available on Android phones. But at the time blackberry was still on top with the youth. BBM was an absolute must.

[@StarDestroyer362]

I have mostly used android phones but the only iPhone I have used for a significant amount of time was the 4S. For me the 4S is THE iPhone the design, the size, the functionality at the time, the 4S is what I think of when somebody says iPhone

[@spitzer6718]

Merry Christmas all your videos are great

[@sinapokrajacsandric]

This is the best iPhone 4s. I have the white one.i love it.i have iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 because I have memories of it

[@DocTime56]

I always thought the iPhone 4/4s were beautiful, iPhones really peaked in 2010 design wise. The 12 and 13 minis remind me of those iPhones and are pretty tempting

[@Dr-Random]

45:39 a 91Tech classic This story would get passed down to generations of people. 46:15

[@anassyacouba2099]

OMG MY FRIEND JUST GOT ONE BUT IT HAS ACTIVATION LOCK 🔐 CAN YOU PLZ MAKE A VIDEO ON THAT OR HELP ME

[@LimeCrimes10]

The iPhone 4s was basically my first phone, as a careless kid, I sadly broke it 😭😭😭

[@MsMRkv]

You were lucky to even own that phone as a kid.

[@oneyy6165]

@@MsMRkvfax I was dreaming of having a samsung e250 during the time😂

[@OverDriveOnline7921]

I had and still have both the 4 and the 4s, with the 4s being used recently as a video recorder for a recent filming project. The camera still looks good today and is surprising in what it can pick up, all outside shots of the drive were done on my 64GB 4s Road Trip Race 2 The Anniversary Special kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4jYlnSVdtR4bZI

[@anthonynorton666]

That why I kept the one I have. The video quality is incredible.

[@JasonLE89]

Watching this on my iPhone SE (2016)

[@adithyas1091]

Hey my first iPhone! Absolutely loved this thing. I used to read comics, whole novels and also watched movies on this thing!

[@kadoharp]

The iPhone 5 is easily my favorite, mainly due to nostalgia because I didn’t get another iPhone until the XS Max, and I’m still using my 12 Pro today I really enjoy it.

[@sburton015]

I have an iPhone 4S. It had iOS 9.3.5 but I was able to downgrade it to iOS 6.1.3 and also jailbreak it so that I could install more apps on it. To me, it's my favorite iPhone design. Steve Jobs was a very intelligent man and thanks to him we have the technology of smartphones we have today.

[@MaratVideos]

That was my first iPhone. Noice

[@amiboshi2000]

I downgraded my iPhone 4s to iOS 6.1.3 in 2018/2019 (when Apple re-signed several old iOS versions) and upgraded it to iOS 8.4.1 The iPhone 4s should have stopped at iOS 8 since an iPhone 4s on iOS 9 is very slow...

[@FluffyPuppyKasey]

My first phone was an iPhone 4S on iOS 9.2.1, heavily restricted by my parents. Yeah, that's right, My first phone was a hand-me-down from 2011, on software from 2016. It was painfully slow, and I'm glad I upgraded to the OnePlus 5 after that (I got it a month or two after it released, which should put when I had the 4S into perspective, I got the phone in 2014, and it bricked itself in 2017)

[@JeremyDeBose]

My favorite phone I never owned. And 18:17 the “reception” was definitely more positive than the iPhone 4 😬

[@ladymangindo]

Good for backup phone for calling and texting and quick photos

[@andyn46]

My first smartphone was a white 4S. I used to be a big runner and at a race I ran they were doing a raffle for an iPhone 4S. Let me tell you what, being an 8th grader with the hot new phone made me like such a pimp

[@artoutlawphoto]

I went to a bike service shop, and i had to fill up a form and they gave me a iphone 4s to fill it. It felled so small in compersionto my phone, but dam the quality its still there, and that iphone was in a good shape,

[@HoneyFighter_BCW]

Other then the design (screen is too small obv), it is not good in 2022

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

I have both on iOS 4 and 5. One on 6 too.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

I really need to find the one on iOS 4

[@hov4142]

dose whatsapp application works perfect ? still untill now?

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

@@hov4142 they have no apps on them. They won’t work unless you already have them installed on a previous account

[@carstuff4u942]

My first iPhone because it was the first year you didn't need ATT for service.

[@PomskieSaints91]

My first ever iPhone

[@Max_Marz]

Really bummed how much bigger the new minis are to the old 4s

[@sburton015]

I'm terms of software support, it is worth noting that Android actually has much longer app support than iOS. For example on Android 5.1 lollipop can still run apps like Facebook and KZbin and Pandora and many others while iOS 9 can't although they are about the same age from around 2015. However we can give Apple some credit for supporting their older devices longer than say Samsung or Motorola to compensate for the shorter app support lifespan.

[@DocTime56]

While I agree with you in that regard, it’s not that necessary for developers to support such old versions of iOS, since iPhones keep OS updates for longer than pretty much any Android device from the same era. A 2015 Phone would be the 6s, which is running iOS 15, and 2014 and 2013 devices are running iOS 12, there’s no need to support 2015 software when the only devices stuck on it are 2011 iPhones. On Android, you can easily have 2016 and even 2017 mid to low end phones running Android 5

[@sburton015]

@@DocTime56 I think that's why we can at least give Apple credit for supporting their devices longer to compensate for the shorter app support life. Of course on an old 4S that I have, I found that I couldn't download hardly any apps anymore even on iOS 9.3.6, so I jailbreaked it and downgraded it to iOS 6.1.3 and from there I was able to load some older apps on there. At least the 4S is much faster on iOS 6.1.3 than on iOS 9.

[@whewmancool]

This is absolutely correct, while ios has better OS update support, android apps can run on very old version like lollipop or some apps can run their latest version even on kitkat.

[@sburton015]

@@whewmancool that's what I found even on a 1st generation Motorola Moto G phone with Android 5.1 that I remember originally buying in 2014. Even today, I can still use recent apps like Facebook, KZbin, Pandora, Spotify and many others without issues although a bit slow. On the iPhone 4S even with the latest iOS 9.3.6 that it supports, if I were to try and download most any apps, it will just say that it's not compatible or that it requires iOS 10 or newer. So actually 2 years of support from Samsung on Android is just as good or better than 5 or 6 years of support from Apple.

[@MsMRkv]

Even 4.4 KitKat is still compatible with almost all apps regular people use, apps like KZbin, tiktok, Instagram, etc

[@hiw1cme2chilis]

I remember getting an iPod touch 5 for Christmas 2012 and I talked to Siri all the time just for fun haha

[@dravoraw]

i still own my 4s , no cracks, literary in perfect condition

[@Cinnamon_pup]

The fact that I’m using the iPhone 4s as my second video reproductor is ✨✨✨✨ (I like to watch two videos at one time )

[@Jozuentor]

The iPhone 4s getting iOS 9 was actually a miracle to me 🤣 it was my first iPhone after coming from Windows Phone in 2015 and despite it being slower iOS was incredible it felt ok at the time not brilliant but ok I think nowadays if my iPhone 4s was actually still working and I used it yeah I’ll probably say it’s insanely slow compared to my iPhone 13 👀👍

[@timm.8171]

For some reason these old phones still fascinate me lol

[@blackpanthernigga2277]

I fascinates me so much I decided to use my old iPhone 4s for a week and I'm perfectly fine with it

[@aruce9]

My first iPhone, i had it until iOS 9 made it feel sluggish. Then I upgraded to a 6s And that lasted me for 6 years until that started to feel sluggish now I have a 13 pro and I feel that I have come full circle with what I feel is the 12s

[@Alex-yj9xl]

Phones like the iPhone 6s are gonna age so much better than this phone it's crazy.

[@boussIRL]

A suggestion, if I may. Instead of *android phone x amount of years later,* how about (for example) Android 5 in 2022. I think it'd be interesting, at least in my mind, to discuss what different OS/software's impact on tech has been like and what your thoughts on them are.

[@malarkey102]

Questions. When did Apple use bluetooth for music. Because I was watching a youtube video where a guy was using the very first iPhone for a week. Where he got he's airpods to connect but would only work with phone calls. So when was music introduced to bluetooth.

[@amberfranklinmk93]

The 4s was the first iPhone I was allowed when I was 18 I'm now 28

[@MikeSparksMusic]

2:52 - You actually receive 4G (not LTE) on the 4S. I had one on AT&T back in 2012-2014 and received 4G on it (at least in the states). UPDATE: read replies

[@shockwaveexp3465]

It was not actually 4G. It was purely an arbitrary marketing decision made by AT&T for its updated 3G HSPA network at the time and was nowhere near base 4G speeds. The iPhone 4S was never capable of 4G networks.

[@91Tech]

@@shockwaveexp3465 you nailed it on the head there. I almost mentioned it but it's quite confusing so I left it out lol

[@shockwaveexp3465]

@@91Tech That could honesty be another video too, haha. Even T-Mobile did something similar and overall marketing craze over 4G.

[@MikeSparksMusic]

@@shockwaveexp3465 Ah okay, I think they did something like that with the 11 models where it showed as “5G” but was still receiving “4G LTE.”

[@shockwaveexp3465]

@@MikeSparksMusic Yes, however it wasn’t egregiously misleading as it was with 4G. Some phone manufacturers followed AT&T marketing and named their phones ending “4G” even though their hardware was incapable of such. Buying a phone with actual 4G was a pain.

[@ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣΓΟΥΝΕΛΑΣ-ο3β]

Am I the only one that thinks that having more years of support,even if a devices is getting slow,is a reason for owning an old idevice or an idevice in general in the first place?And yes i had my iphone 4S from ios 6 to ios 9(I was even a beta tester for ios 8 and 9 before they came out for the general public) and I hadn't had any problem at all even the speed of the device on ios 9 wasn't bad, I thing most ppl are a little harsh and/or don't have patience at all.

[@upwit13]

My first iPhone! Purchased in December 2011. I always look back fondly at it

[@Atakan24]

I was used to this phone whole 2020. In the end of 2020 I finally bought a new phone. So that was the last phone that I used second hand. Seriously I had used to second hand phones between 2017 to 2020. Actually I really liked to use this phone. Because I really like the aesthetic of late 2000's and early 10's. I've had one problem and that is the WiFi problem which is not rare problem. In the time that I used this phone I didn't used with WiFi. It's just connected WiFi one at time and it lasted in 5 minutes. In this time I bought myself a Better Call Saul melody (It's still there :D). The weird thing is when my grandma used this phone before me, she can connect the WiFi. Good video Josh!

[@kohakkanuva3224]

ngl, I regularly use the "hey siri" function a LOT usually since I'm bad at remembering where my phone is on my cluttered desk.

[@sburton015]

BTW, it doesn't seem long ago since I turned 21 years old, but that was on May 11th, 2005.

[@9852323]

Watching on iPhone 4s jailbroken on iOS 8

[@9852323]

Since iPhones don’t change as much as they used to I think they should bring back the S models. The small changes nowadays don’t warrant a whole number change. But I think it’s a psychological thing, when normal non tech people see a whole new number they think it’s a vastly new or redesigned phone and are more likely to buy it than if it were just called the iPhone 13s.

[@forneverarrow]

This video is a real tech documentary!! I really love it! Keep up your good work my friend!! As for iOS 7... looking back at my iPad mini 1st gen that sheared the same specs with the 4S, the updates after iOS 7 (especially the iOS 8) was disastrous!! It was really heave for those devices...

[@colawin]

48:23 similar situation with iPod touch 4.In technically ,iPod touch 4 should be able to run iOS 7 as iPod touch 4 has almost identical hardware species with iPhone 4 except iPod touch 4 has 256mb of rams and iPhone 4 has 512 mb of rams.But apple never give iPod touch 4 iOS 7 update due to the performance issues .As iOS 7 is already so slow in iPhone 4 and it will make iPod touch 4 unusable as it has only half of the ram comparing to the iPhone 4. I don’t know why apple decide to give iOS 9 to these A5 chip devices instead of ending support in ios 8 as ios 8 is already so slow on these devices.So if they decided to give ios 9 to these A5 devices,why don’t also go ahead and give the ios 7 to iPod touch 4 as both of them are technically usable but only suffer the performance issues?

[@solarliquid_gaming5941]

Magine 100 iphones with hey siri functionality activating them all at once in one room

[@kingraiderr]

Worst fuckin phone I've ever owned. had two of them and it's trash. Logo kept flashing constantly , Wifi grayed out some people on youtube suggested to heat it until a message appears on the screen and put in plastic bag and throw it in the freezer believe me it WORKED but sadly the problem cameback . Omg that phone was a nightmare and the reason why i switched to Android .

[@SilverScarletSpider]

I dislike how my iPhone 5S and 4S overheat so much nowadays

[@hattyuu]

a few years ago my friend gave me an iphone 4s, now it's displayed on my wall quite similarly to the grid art 91 Tech promoted

[@couriersix2443]

I remember running Siri on my iPhone 4, everyone I knew who had gotten the 4S was petty and butthurt lol. I miss the glory days of jailbreaking and how much you could do with your iPhone with all of the stuff on Cydia

[@ThePLAYBC]

I kinda wish apple would bring back the IOS 6 style design ☺️I still prefer it over the flat design

[@jakedeutscher]

I miss skeuomorphism

[@skiizzz9745]

The iPhone 4s was so ahead of it’s time

[@electricblade5]

15:52 didnt age well. Rip iPhone mini. 😢