iPhone 4S: To buy or not to buy

To buy or not to buy, this is the most important question for today because today was the first day iPhone 4S being introduced in the public in Apple headquarter, Cupertino. It's been quite some times Apple keeping this product under their sleeves, making people wondering what features they going to introduced in this new phone. Bloggers, news writers, geeks and other speculating what type of upgrades and new features going to be introduced this time by Apple new CEO, Tim Cook. All social network sites especially Facebook was filled with updates about the excitement of new iPhone. Well, it doesn't last long.....

Several new features being upgraded internally (camera, dual core A5 chips etc), but nothing has changed on the outside. Want to know what has been upgraded??? Let's get it started!!!

First, we talk about processor and battery life. The iPhone 4S features Apple's A5 dual-core 1GHz processor along with a dual-core GPU, an upgraded version form it's predecessor A4 chip. Apple says the new chipset will make the iPhone 4S twice as fast and offer graphics performance that is seven times faster than the iPhone 4's. With the powerful processor, the company claims the smartphone will be able to provide 8 hours of talk time over 3G, 14 hours over 2G, 6 hours of browsing over 3G, 9 hours via Wi-Fi, 10 hours of video playback, and 40 hours of music playback.

Next, we talk about the new feature of voice assistant being introduced called Siri. Basically, Siri is designed to deliver information or follow commands that you give it. For example, you can check the weather, ask for a contact's address, set up a reminder, get directions, and ask for obscure trivia like the height of Mount Everest. You speak with a robotic female voice (you can't change her identity) and access the feature by holding down the Home button.

Now, come to the camera part. iPhone 4S has an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, f/2.4 aperture lens, and a backside-illuminated CMOS sensor that allows 73 percent more light than the previous sensor and should deliver better low-light performance. A hybrid IR filter is also onboard for better color accuracy. Apple also claims the new camera performs 33 percent faster than the iPhone 4's camera, and the A5 processor has a built-in image processor that adds face detection and 26 percent better auto white balance. Videos also get a boost with the ability to shoot 1080p HD video clips at 30 frames per second and with video stabilization. It means a good news for those who lazy to carry around their camera around.

We all know that when iPhone 4 first being introduced 16 months ago, they have the issue about the connectivity. Today, iPhone 4S is being upgraded to a dual-band world phone, meaning it supports both GSM and CDMA. According to the review, what's yet to be determined is whether the carriers will unlock the preloaded SIM card, so users can swap it out for a prepaid international SIM card at their destination. We also don't know if the CDMA models will offer simultaneous voice and data over the CDMA network. Meanwhile, for GSM customers, the iPhone 4S now supports HSPA+ 14.4, so the smartphone is capable of reaching theoretical download speeds of 14.4Mbps down, 5.8Mbps up. It's certainly an improvement over the current model, but disappointing that there's no compatibility with the faster HSPA+ 21Mbps networks.

Apple newest operating system will be feature in iPhone 4S. Is it a good news for the users?? It is said that it is the world's most advance mobile operating system. It brings about 200 new features to iPhone 4S. Some of the features are notification center, iMessage and Twitter integration. If you want to learn more about this thing, click here.

Lastly, I'm gonna talk about the design and price. iPhone 4S looked exactly the same as its predecessor. The only slight difference changed is the back part of the phone, where aluminium case had replaced the glass cover. The price??? Currently I'm staying in Australia, so I don't know the real price here. But in US, the iPhone 4S will be available for preorder on October 7; it goes on sale October 14 from AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint in the U.S. It will come in black and white and pricing starts at $199 for the 16GB version, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for 64GB.

Comment:
To buy or not to buy??? My advice is for those who have iPhone4, don't buy because it was not a good investment. It will be better if we just wait for iPhone 5 to come out in another 2 years time. But for those who had waited for so long, and they don't even have a smartphone, GO GET IT NOW!!! And for those Apple geeks and Apple collectors, just do whatever you think is right.

PS: This is my first time writing a review on new gadget. It was all based on research and opinion.  R.I.P Steve Jobs. All right's reserved.

What goes around comes around....

Life is unfair, challenging and full of obstacles. The more you scared of karma, the more they likely to stick around you. When it hits you, it will be a painful one and your life will shatters like a glass. You think my life is fair and I looked like I'm enjoying my life??? No, you don't know the whole story yet....

However, I shall remain strong and strengthen my sanity before I do something stupid again. I try my best to cope with my life, although the world is being unfair to me....

LiFe

Life is hard and meant to teach us a lesson. Famous people such as Albert Einstein, Issac Newton, Alexander Graham Bell etc facing tonnes of difficulties before they become successful in their life. This things have been planted in my mind for so many years, telling myself if other people can be famous and successful in their life, why can't I??

But my life is getting harder and harder. Sometimes, I believe that things happen for a reason. Sometimes, I just feel like give up and feel emo all the time. I wonder did I deserve to face this kind of obstacles?? I just pray that my will become better in the future :)

“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” (Albert Einstein n.d.)

PMS = Permanently in Moody State

This is what I feel these few days, really a bad feeling.....

New Semester, New Life

Second week for the second semester has officially ended. Why did my class finished on Thursday afternoon, but I decided to post it today?? Well, I need to think whether today will be the appropriate time for me to post something on my blog, and indeed today is the right moment for me to post something useful in my blog.

Well, I start off with what had happen these past 2 weeks. On the first week, or we call it the O-week, everyone was busy with their own thing, for example going for their lecture for the first time after a long break, looking for the course outline about what going to happens for the next 14 weeks, sign-up for their tutorial, going for various event like Bush Week and Market Day etc, crashing other people's lecture so that they can get some information whether it's the right subject to take.....etc etc. Well, it was an insane week for everyone in ANU, but all of us manage to get through it smoothly. I manage to sign-up the tutorial that I desire (which means I fit all the tutorial in my timetable perfectly), hoping that I will get a good tutor. Textbook is one of the most troublesome thing to find..... the book is expensive, secondhand book hard to find (even I found it. the price is inappropriate). Well I ended up didn't buy any textbook in my first week =.=lll

The hectic moment started on the second week. As stated in the course outline, we have to attend all tutorial even though there is no participation marks. WTHeck!!! However, consider that I seldom self-study, it's better for me to go and attend the tutorial, at least I learn something.... This is what I think before I enter my tutorial. But, it ended up half bad half not bad. Good news is BUSN1002 Accounting Process tutor is my lecturer herself, which means I lucky to get her to teach me. BUSN1101 Intro to Commercial Law is not bad either, a 40+ years old tutor with law background comes and teach us. The bad news is ECON1102 Macroeconomics is a nerdy tutor (no offence) who hoping some answer from us, and then didn't explain how to tackle each of the question as well as expecting us to know all stuff about macroeconomics. Sigh~~~

Second weeks in ANU is also consider as one of my worst week for the month I faced. I feel so down and grumpy every single day. I feel no joy doing something that I like anymore, I only smile when people expecting me to smile. I just don't feel right in everything that I've done. Maybe because I receive a lot of bad news these few days. I hope I will recover as soon as possible (depression is my worst enemy) before the second semester reach the peak. After a long thought, I think it's a good time for me to restructure my life again. I shall give some time to myself to slowly think what I want to do with my life, not what I need to do with my life. I can imagine if I didn't do it today, someday in the future I might ended up doing some bad things with my life(I think you can guess what it is).

Time to sign off now. See you in the future.

PS: I will be offline for all SNS (Social Network Sites) for 2-3 weeks. The only thing that I will on is my phone, so if you have anything you want to talk to me,just call me. BYE!!!

如果你知道我在说着你，我想告诉你‘在这段时期，我就忙我的事，你忙你的事吧’。

Holiday finally ended T_T

Finally winter break is over!!!! 4 weeks in Melbourne and 1 week in Sydney truly makes my holiday memorable. Thanks to all my friends (Yuga, Renu, Elaine, Yan Ni, Shalini, Ashu, Jen, Jeanne, Beatrice, Li Ting, Danny, Wallace, Albert, Chloe, Eunice, Adri, Razin, Shafiq, Yen Wei, Fido, Charlene, Fido, Dushen, Umair, Pam, Yasmin and others) for being with me during the holiday. Shopping, eating, playing, visiting various places, humoring throughout the trips…… I miss those times. Don’t forget to thank Uncle Kuhan for his hospitality in Melbourne, thank you so much for taking care of us when we in Melbourne.

Makan sudah cukup, makan angin dan main pun sudah cukup, ada apa-apa lagi kena tunggu cuti yang akan datang. I can’t wait for the next holiday to come.

Here is some of the links to view the pictures that I’ve took throughout the trip.
Part I
Part II
Part III

The day You-Know-What

Yes, it is exactly like what the title means. Today is the 9th of July, the day where there will be havoc happens around Malaysia and some of the part of other countries. Many people going to join the rally in the city, many of them claim it was a peace rally, hoping for a reform in the election and everything. Businesses around Kuala Lumpur will be disrupted for the whole day due to the rally, tourist will be hiding in the hotel room, Malaysian reporters will be running here and there searching for some extra hot news.

For those not joining the rally, my advice is not to wear any yellow T-shirt and stay at home. If anyone asking you to join them, please ignore them. If they force you, just call the police and arrest them. For those who going for the rally, I'll pray for you and hope you achieve what you want and don't cause any havoc in Malaysia anymore. I don't want to see anyone get injured in the rally.

All I hope now is there will be a better day tomorrow. There will be a change happen in the constitution. There will be a change in the government. I hope there will be a change in everything so that Malaysia can be like the one 50 years ago, where all people united under one country, no racism, no corruption and no nonsense politic. I don't mind who govern the country, as long as they bring back the country once we loved long time ago, making Malaysia prosperous once more.

So long Malaysia..... May the force be with you