I loved this little accommodation for users of older iPhones. I ran an old version of Instacast on the iPhone 4 because Overcast wouldn’t work.Įvery other app that was most critical had an older version that worked fine with services like Twitter and Instagram. My biggest loss was Overcast, which did offer an iOS 7 version, but would not operate. However, for most of them I was offered an older version of the app that was compatible with iOS 7. Many of my new apps wouldn’t run on iOS 7, but old versions would. It did 90% of what my iPhone 5s, and it performed those tasks pretty well.
Hardware bottom line: the iPhone 4 is a beautiful and functional piece of hardware that worked well as an everyday phone. However I did see iMessage somehow sending messages to the Watch via bluetooth. My Apple Watch apps wouldn’t work with the 4. I’ve come to see how much I use this fantastic feature of the 5s. Immediately I noticed the lack of Touch ID. I was surprised how often I wanted to use Siri on my phone or Watch, only to remember that it wasn’t an option on the old iPhone 4. I was surprised the battery still worked so well. I used the iPhone 4 all day long, with a charge in the evening. I’m very thankful for the smaller, two-sided lightning connector design of modern iPhones.īattery life was just enough. The old 30-pin connectors are big and only work one way. I came to appreciate the design of the new lightning connector. It’s funny how little differences like this are amplified after you’ve grown accustomed to new locations for things like headphone jacks. It was strange adapting to he headphone jack on top. It took a day to get used to the shorter height, but that screen looked great even if I’d lost a row of icons.
The retina screen was still great to look at.
INSTACAST STOPPED FOLLOWING SOFTWARE
I was surprised by this, but also came to appreciate the jumps in quality Apple has made with their camera lenses and software to run them. The camera quality was noticeably worse than my 5s. However, and with a preference tweak and fewer apps, it wasn’t a big deal. I realize the old hardware wasn’t designed for this new OS. Speed wise, the 4 was slow running iOS 7. I love the glass and metal design of the iPhone 4.
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