Would I buy the iPhone 4?

The iPhone 4 is a really cool new phone on the market right now, I have been thinking of getting one recently so I've been reading reviews and looking around on line to see if there is anything out there that can help me decide if I want to spend so much money on a phone.  The iPhone 4 is quite expensive, it can be cheaper if you tie yourself to a twelve (or in some cases eighteen) month contract, but is it worth it?

Well, the iPhone 4 boasts ultra slimness, at 9.3mm at its widest part it is 24% slimmer that its ancestors.  This is on my pro list, I like the slimness of the iPhone's, it is part of its signature look which appeals to me.  However its signature look has been altered quite a bit.  it no longer has a slightly matt back and a shiny front screen, both the back and front are shiny glass.  This could be a problem when you are trying to figure out why your phone isn't doing anything even though you just charged it up... you will realise you've been trying to get the screen at the back to work, and then you will feel stupid, and I don't want my machines making me feel stupid!

It also has had a tweaking of the battery, the battery life is now longer.  This has been a problem that apple have had with the iPhone for a long time and are finally putting right.  There is no point in having a state of the art trendy phone if the battery won't last you the whole day!

Apple seem to have put a lot of work into the retina display of the new iPhone 4.  It has the clearest and most enjoyable retina display of any hand held.  The camera is extremely impressive and alluring.  it has the clearest pictures, and the most detailed zoom features.  It probably has the best camera of any phone that I am aware of.  The iPhones have always had good cameras though, so I'm not sure if this is a big selling point for me.  I will most likely be slaughtered by die hard iPhone fans, but it's just not as impressive as I thought it would be, not to say I'm disappointed or anything, just not blown away by it.  Another thing I read was that although a lot of work had gone into developing the camera of the iPhone, the button was not what people had imagined.  All the other buttons had been replaced with stainless steel along the side edges, except the camera one, which I have to say I found confusing too.

The new design of the iPhone is impressive.  Both the front and back of the iPhone is reinforced specially treated glass.  The edges are also specially treated stainless steel.  The special treatments on the glass and steel are to make them up to ten times stronger than regular glass and steel.  I read someone checked this by dropping the iPhone on the floor, and out a low window onto concrete!!  And apparently there was absolutely no damage!  That, in my opinion is impressive for any phone.  The phone I have now is quite a nice one, but it has scratches on the screen and it's supposed to have reinforced glass.  So maybe over time and regular wear and tear will disprove the hardiness of the iPhone 4's reinforced screen and steel.  Maybe that man was just very lucky he didn't scratch his new phone that particular time he threw it out the window!  Guaranteed there will be scratches at some point in the phone's life, unless this is one really special treatment!

So at the end of the day would I buy one?  I will have to say I wouldn't.  It is extremely expensive for a phone.  It would break the bank completely for me if I were to buy it, and it's not the greatest phone ever created.  There are lots of great android phones on the market at the moment that are better phones, and more importantly, cost less!

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/apple-iphone-4-694980/review

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/05/23/apple%E2%80%99s-white-iphone-4-from-verizon-review/