This phone came out when I was in middle school. And seeing my classmates having it made me so jealous. The square design of this is so elegant. So as soon as apple brought back the square design to iPhone 12, I bought one. It’s like fulfilling my childhood dream
Same! I remember I had a Motorola Droid back then, all my friends had iPhones 4 and 5s, I was so jealous 😭 today I have a 14 PM, and the boxy design scratches the itch a little bit, but I’m still seriously tempted to buy an old 4s just to hold it for a bit
It really DOESN’T get better! I actually own over 20 4Ss… No joke! I use them as controllers for game shows & trivia quizzes I host at parties. They still work well with simple, local network web apps & the batteries are SOOO much easier to swap than later models!! Plus, I feel good knowing I can give them a better home than a landfill! 😊
I have 10 - 13 of them. Most of them I took battery out since battery is getting pregnant... but easy to replace battery and headphone Jack make this phone great music player for me today
@@Medicoboi Apple also copies Androids, like they did with bigger screens, widgets, multi task, dark mode, always on display, wireless charging, oled screens, dual sim, and others. Androids have also copied Apple with app libraries, notification system, biometric auth, virtual assistant and more. There is no better system, it comes down to preference.
@@zenitfan4life iPhone 6, bendgate. 6s, paint gate - rose gold color is notorious for decaying. iPhone 7, haptic home button issues, iPhone X, display green and purple lines.
Man that subscriber is a legend for giving you that piece of history for free. I own an iPhone 4s running iOS 6, I bought it back in 2015 brand new it was hard to find, I remember unboxing it and the smell of it which still remains and every once in while when I grab it, that smell takes me back, back then I was recently getting into Apple classics, and it was such a beautiful experience. Thanks for sharing these jewels.
iPhone 4s was my first smartphone, I loved it. It’s design, display, feel, etc… I still really like how iPhones today have glass backs like the iPhone 4 started.
@@chungye8937you sound dumb as hell lol 😂 just because it’s his favourite iPhone doesn’t mean it’s usable, apart from for songs and alarm clock, even on iOS 9, pretty much 99% of apps don’t work, never mind older iOS versions.
Man, I love that I’m not the only one with this fascination of old tech, and I love that you’ve made this same passion into a channel! Been following you for a while now too. It’s been great to see how much more awesome your production quality has come! Keep on going, with this great content, showing to the world how great old tech once (and still) is! I am too, a 4/4S enjoyer, it’s just such a nostalgic and beautiful design, and I absolutely love my 4S on iOS 6, in fact, daily use it for my music playlists along with an old iPod classic 5.5 gen that I got for free!
As crazy as it sounds, I'm actually using an iPhone 4s as my main phone atm! Long story short, I was using a 13, but unfortunately it got damaged to the point where I could no longer use it. The 4s is the only spare phone I have and I'm basically forced to use it until my replacement phone (Galaxy S23) arrives. And yes I can tell you based on my experience, it is incredibly slow and frustrating to use in 2023. But the bright side is that it's taught me to not be on my phone all the time, as well as all the things I took for granted.
@jeromeglick That's what I thought too, but apparently it wasn't the case (at least for me). Technically it could still make calls, albeit very poorly. For example, the few times I had to make one, I could only understand about half of the other person's end, as the audio kept breaking up for whatever reason. And I'm not so sure about texting. I don't text that often, and I didn't have to at all during the 2 weeks I was stuck with the 4s.
The iPhone 4S was announced the day before Steve Jobs passed away. Almost like a last tribute to/for him. For this reason for me it is always called the "iPhone For Steve" and I still have my black model on display in my home office.
also got an iphone 4s with ios 6 on it. its so snappy. sometimes i just pull it out of the drawer and play around with it, just to remember the good old times. beautiful device.
Yeah it’s just sad that many people associate that design with old stuff just because it used to run on old hardware. I really want these icons as an option on new iPhones
The 4S was the best phone ever made hands down. It was astronomic units ahead of anything else. The design, quality, the feeling, the OS! Everything on the 4S was just perfect. Its not even comparable to anything released in the last years. The only phone getting even close enough to mentioned in the same sentence as the 4S is the iPhone X
The iPhone 4s is what got me into and iPhones. It was so iconic, beautiful, compact in school that I can hide it in one hand from the teachers, good camera at the time and speed. It got me hooked on the iPhone s models (typed this on an iPhone 15 pro).
The iPhone 4 was really a beautiful phone. I graduated collage in 2011 and my dad bought me the 4s and I was so happy. I still have it! It sure is so nostalgic. Great video!
For me, the 4S was the precursor to the 5. The 5 truly is my favorite iPhone of all time. Perfect size very lightweight beautiful screen, beautiful shape. The only reason I can’t use a phone that small nowadays, though is because my eyes have degraded with age. Otherwise I think I really would prefer to have that small shape rather than a big beefy iPhone XR, which is what I have now which is big and heavy.
iPhone 4s had its unique charm. It's the testament to Apple's design and build quality. Each iPhone till iPhone 10 has its unique qualities, and it was the subject of discussions among my friends. But now, it's like...Ok, new iPhone it's a bit better now, that's all.
I started on the 5s now I’m on the 14 Pro. Max won’t upgrade until they make a bigger screen. All these years later, they still haven’t figured out how to put a pause on video recording.
Definitely one of the most exciting times for smartphones. The days when I was genuinely excited for the next phone that was coming out. I'm more of an Android user and still prefer it but I've also had the iPhone 6 and 7 plus and the experience was nothing but great. Flash back to this 4S and I still remember how it was just in a league of its own. It was that much better than anything else. Apart from the Galaxy S2 (I think this was its direct competitor at the time), most Android phones were steaming piles of unoptimized trash. Obviously, things have come a long way now but you're absolutely right that Apple did set the tone for most of the things to come.
Yeah I had a Samsung Galaxy Ace II X, and at the time it seemed cool but in retrospect it did indeed suck ass. I just felt cool because it was my first smartphone. Compared to the iPhone it was nothing.
I remember having a iPhone 4 during high school back in 2014-15 and it was awesome! Worked like a beauty , my first iPhone and a friend sold it for $60 back then. I remember everyone who had it had issues with the phone calls and had to hold it side ways in order to talk well and still to this day, I have that habbit 😂 I believe the 4s fixed that with the sensors to make calls or something like that. What made me a apple fan after
Yes, great video, more like this! As an iPhone user who went from a BlackBerry Curve 8300 to iPhone 4 to iPhone 5S to iPhone 6S, I recently found myself looking back over the Android offerings that were available at the time. I wonder why I went with iPhone over say a Galaxy SII or SIII during the time the 4/4S was available. Just side by side the build quality is just on another level. Though I now have an iPhone 14 Pro Max *and* a Galaxy S23 Ultra, back in the day when $200 was a huge amount of money to me, I could only choose one and I'd make the same choice again. This was an amazing phone. I wish I could have had this and an SIII back in the day. Sigh.
Absolutely iconic phone. Especially when compared to the competition at the time. It really felt like it was in a league of it's own, almost jewellery like in it's construction while the competition felt plasticky and toy like. I still have a few in the drawer next to me, I just can't let them go!
I used my iPhone 4S from 2012 to 2023, just got a newer phone recently. Perfect size and shape, fits in your hand much better than the larger phones today. Mine is still on original battery, has 70% of original effective charge capacity. In the beginning I was so fanatic about my first smartphone that I downloaded over 300 apps just to see what it could do. Everything from Office suite to sleep tracker to ultrasonic mosquito repeller. Mine was truly the swiss-army-knife phone.
@@altitudemanagement What do you mean "skipped lightning"? Yeah, about security, I only went on legit websites and downloaded from people I knew. And after 2018 I only used wi-fi 1% of the time anyway (lifestyle change). You mean software updates? I didn't like the visual design of iOS 7 when it came out and the new features weren't enough to wean me over from iOS 6.1.3. After that I stopped caring. So I guess I've got a rare phone on my hands now.
@@jeromeglickto be clear, I’m not impressed, I just think you’re lying. If you use a 10 year out of date OS, there’s all sorts of exploits your device is vulnerable to. It’s extremely risky. “Skipped lighting” as in apparently claiming to have used a 30 pin charging device until iPhone switched to USB-C. Again, I’m pointing out that your story is unbelievable- not unbelievably cool- just regular old BS.
@@altitudemanagement Well, I guess I can't prove it to you but I'm not lying. I suppose all there is to be impressed by is Apple's build quality. The only issue was that the home button started getting flaky last year but after thousands of presses that would be expected. What sorts of vulnerabilities was I exposed to? (I'm not an expert.)
It's so refreshing to interact with people who share the same views as me on old devices, most people just laugh at how "old" it looks, but they're dead wrong! I have an iPhone 4 dual booted on IOS 6/7. We have an iCloud locked 4S, so sadly it's unusable. From my iPhone 4 experience, iPhones from the Steve Jobs era were just something special! Every time I am greeted with the skeuomorphic home screen, every time I send a text on the iPhone 4 and see the skeuomorphic text bubble paired with the iconic "woosh" sending sound effect, I get all excited. I have never gotten excited about any OS in a very, very long time.
I have an iPad 3 iOS 5.1.1 that I try to use for web browsing but sadly super slow. I also use it for music! It’s also beyond rare because it’s a Cadillac edition!
This model was hands down my fav. I remember I loved it so much, I never put a case on it and carried it straight. Only iPhone I ever did that with….it was like a tank, indestructible!
Still have mine (black) with original box, perfect state and all. It’s so nice and tiny and cute with 1st Retina display. I just took it out of storage and charging it right now, see if I can still make it work. I loved it and still am in love today! Thank you for that great flask back nostalgia moment.
My first iPhone was an iPhone 4! Loved that phone. At the time the iPhone 4s was the coolest thing I had ever seen though with Siri and FaceTime. Walking into an Apple Store in 2009 felt like a dream. So happy to own these devices today.
You don’t know how much I thank you for this video. The iPhone has been part of my life since 2008 and seeing this has brought me tremendous nostalgia. Thank you!
@@LOSERRANODE tbh the battery is the only weakness. it can last a day but if you use it for watching videos and stuff it's probably gonna last less than a full day. other than that it's pretty awesome and extremely comfortable to hold and carry around
@@LOSERRANODE The battery is the only weakness, otherwise I am satisfied with everything else. Although I still have to charge it not very often: in the "Battery" statistics my iPhone gets 5-9 hours screen on and 4 hours screen off (I sometimes fall asleep with music). Anyway, it charges fast, so I almost don't notice that it has a smaller battery than bigger models.
This is just crazy talk😂 keep using androids their definitely nice but this is not the nicest iphone anymore, if you mean in design well its all subjective and it’s definitely one of the most iconic but relax
I still have mine, and using it occasionally for video recording!! If it wasn't for the fact is not 4G or 5G, I will still use it!! And still have the case!!
I agree I would still use it with it only being 3g but I need to think about when 3g does die what I'd like as my replacement. I use iTunes on pc so my apple account is safe. I am thinking in using a cat phone. Ya know the ones on building sites? But the iPhone 4s still feels sleek quality and (other than weight) futuristic to me.
@@LibbyMia-rz8gk Yes, indeed, and I remember those CAT devices, as I used to sell them as a 3rd party vendor back in the day! There were super, it was the good ol'times of smartphones in general!
@@MACBoricua oh yeah. I bought a cat s30 which I'm feeling might be a good move to use as my main and use the iPhone 4s as my kinda ipod. These 4ss will never die. Why u ask. Well I could list all reasons but I'll be here all night so let's list main. Apple dont slow me down on these classics. Battery life is incredibly long so less charges needed. And no matter what apple does your iTunes charge and sync is always available.
@@jimmydancekillla2288 I will agree 5s has the best design of all time but 4s is way more nostalgic and it’s become such an icon. I’d say OGSE is a step up on 5s in almost every way.
@@jimmydancekillla2288 I’m not even gonna try to understand what you said but I think you may need to check yourself into a hospital. You may have had a stroke.
This was my first iPhone - massive upgrade from the Sony Satio I had at the time 😂 You can see the legacy of the design in the design of the current iPhones
My first real Apple iPhone was the 4S. Previously was the Blackberries. 4S was when they introduced Siri. Hence some folks said where why the S. Also the S could be for Steve Jobs. I still have my 4S and use it a few times a year. That is going to be buried with me along with my iPhone 5, 6 Plus, iPad 1, and Apple Watch 1.
If this was relaunched in a today ‘s format I’d buy one! Compact, looks great, good screen size. In its day it had a HUGE screen! Weight is far better too.
This phone when in brand new condition still feels fresh, you know that feeling when you have an electronic device thats a few years old and it just feels old compared to new stuff, this doesn't give off that vibe for some reason
The 4S was my first iphone and the excitement I felt was through the roof. I owned every iphone with the 11 pro max being my last as the excitement just fades away lol. Switched to samsung.
This is off topic but the 1st gen SE was the best phone I ever owned because it felt and looked like an older phone while having much more powerful hardware on the inside and it had long lasting battery life and it was compact and durable like you could scratch the back of it all you wanted and drop it and it still wouldn’t break! It’s a great phone I would still recommend today lol!
this phone was so revolutionary at the time. the 4 through the 5s really were the best. I have a 13 pro nowadays though, and enjoy the boxy design again
I started with 3Gs and continued to upgrade yearly for almost 10 years and the iPhone 4 was the first and only time that someone stopped me and noticed the new model. The nostalgia for me is in that first iPhone though it felt so different,today I have 15 pro max 1T
lol Ironically I wrote this 3 days ago and then last night the lady at the barbershop cutting my hair said omg is that the new iPhone 15 so now TWICE in my life someone has noticed the new model. Anyways just wanted to share that. 😉
@@SonOfABith exactly what the hey were people complaining about. I have the Nokia 1.3 and even droid go crashes on in on the daily. So bad that before the 4s was outta service I had to find a replacement. Currently stuck with a icky samsung but at least it doesn't crash I suppose. If only it was 4g then I'd never have had to make the painful decision to leave it in the draw.
The iPhone 4S was the first Apple hardware I owned. It locked up within the first 24 hours that I owned it. I had to go to a PC and Google how to deal with a locked-up iPhone (press and hold the Home and Power buttons until the phone reboots).
I just picked up a 4S last week from ebay. It is still runnning iOS 6.1.3 AND with the original battery with only 328 charge cycles. It's almost mint and really , really clean.
Prime for prime, the iPhone4s had the best prime among all iPhones (except for maybe the first one). On the flip side, the Galaxy Note 3 had the best prime for Android phones. I've always wanted to see more tech TH-camrs make retro/throwback reviews like this.
Yeah. I got the 5S which was my very first iPhone that I ever bought. Still have it to this day. I'm currently using iPhone 13 Pro. The 4S came out under the leadership of Steve Jobs and I think the 5 or 5S was the last one before Jobs passed away. I can't remember. Love that iconic design. Won't be another one like it. EVER.
The iPhone 4S was introduced just one day before Jobs' passing, if I remember correctly. You can see the influence of this design because the iPhone 12, 13 and 14 series of phones owe a lot to the iPhone 4/4S design with its wraparound radio antenna. And it appears the iPhone 15 will look a lot like the iPhone 14 models.
I was in 8th grade at the time reading a magazine in the library that had a 4S ad on the back pages. I never wanted a phone so badly in my life. 2011 was such a great year, times were simpler back then.
I used to have an iPhone 4 and being honest, I still highy regarded it as one of the best designs I had ever seen for a phone and remains timeless today. It was my first iPhone and came out when I was 13.
The iPhone 4S was my first-ever iPhone. Since then, I upgraded/updated each year until the last few years, when I’ve been upgrading once every two years. The iPhone 4S is my favourite iPhone.
Hello, @iClassic ! So I’ve recently both and iPhone 4s on iOS 5 and I am wondering will it update automatically if I turn the Wi-Fi on? I know that you turned on yours but mine like shows me that there’s an update and I am worried to turn on the Wi-Fi on this phone. Can you give me an advice, please?
The most beautiful iPhone. A friend gave me his white one a while ago in pretty good condition. I was able to buy music with iTunes on it, I use it for sports.
I kinda miss the skeumorphic os design. It still holds up well these days. And that size, that was all we needed back then. Why are phones so big now. The small ones are only budget phones now.
I still have a 2011 iPhone 4S that was a hand me down from my younger sister which was handed down from my older sister. I will probably have to jailbreak it sometime to be able to get back into it. Not sure if it’ll work with the current 5G cellular towers, but will specifically use it for recording videos since it’s a lower resolution which takes up less storage. I believe I can still airdrop since that’s what the 2 iPads (one of them is from 2014) and the newer iPhone SE can airdrop as well.
This phone came out when I was in middle school. And seeing my classmates having it made me so jealous. The square design of this is so elegant. So as soon as apple brought back the square design to iPhone 12, I bought one. It’s like fulfilling my childhood dream
You just got Appled, enjoy spending 2-3x for identical specs on an android.
HAHAHA
@@Unjust1 I've officially read the dumbest comment I've ever read in my life, congratulations
@@Unjust1 Tell me you're a priveleged kid without telling me your a priveleged kid:
Same! I remember I had a Motorola Droid back then, all my friends had iPhones 4 and 5s, I was so jealous 😭 today I have a 14 PM, and the boxy design scratches the itch a little bit, but I’m still seriously tempted to buy an old 4s just to hold it for a bit
It really DOESN’T get better! I actually own over 20 4Ss… No joke! I use them as controllers for game shows & trivia quizzes I host at parties. They still work well with simple, local network web apps & the batteries are SOOO much easier to swap than later models!! Plus, I feel good knowing I can give them a better home than a landfill! 😊
I have 10 - 13 of them. Most of them I took battery out since battery is getting pregnant... but easy to replace battery and headphone Jack make this phone great music player for me today
Can i diy the battery swap easily? I have two of these I used to use as field audio recorders with a tascam dock.
@@spamspasm8183 Yes.
I own two, I don’t know what I can do with them… 😢
good luck icloud bypassing them, or actually using them for something other than running one app for 5 minutes at a time. You will cringe.
The 2010-2013 era of Apple is unbeatable.
It still is unbeaten lol
They invented face id and smartwatches which everybody copied and also mocked shamelessly 😂
@@Medicoboi Apple also copies Androids, like they did with bigger screens, widgets, multi task, dark mode, always on display, wireless charging, oled screens, dual sim, and others. Androids have also copied Apple with app libraries, notification system, biometric auth, virtual assistant and more. There is no better system, it comes down to preference.
Agreed, that was certainly a renaissance.
What's the issue with apple in 2014?
@@zenitfan4life iPhone 6, bendgate. 6s, paint gate - rose gold color is notorious for decaying. iPhone 7, haptic home button issues, iPhone X, display green and purple lines.
Man that subscriber is a legend for giving you that piece of history for free. I own an iPhone 4s running iOS 6, I bought it back in 2015 brand new it was hard to find, I remember unboxing it and the smell of it which still remains and every once in while when I grab it, that smell takes me back, back then I was recently getting into Apple classics, and it was such a beautiful experience. Thanks for sharing these jewels.
yes ... congrats bro 😍 ..
Smell is legendary
I definitely remember the smell, i had an white and a black 4S back in the day!
Ot was a game changer, that you didn’t need a computer or SIM card for activation
@@TheHidingHider yes, I reported it
@@shrimp3683 “IT” Can’t you understand typos?
@@hayfifilol stop being rude
@@yanisx honestly shut it
@@TheHidingHider not true bish
iPhone 4s was my first smartphone, I loved it. It’s design, display, feel, etc… I still really like how iPhones today have glass backs like the iPhone 4 started.
One of my favorite iPhones ever, I used mine as a daily as late as 2019. It still serves as my dedicated alarm clock today, I just can’t let it go
Why don’t you still use iPhone 4 if it’s your favourite 😂
@@chungye8937you sound dumb as hell lol 😂 just because it’s his favourite iPhone doesn’t mean it’s usable, apart from for songs and alarm clock, even on iOS 9, pretty much 99% of apps don’t work, never mind older iOS versions.
Man, I love that I’m not the only one with this fascination of old tech, and I love that you’ve made this same passion into a channel! Been following you for a while now too. It’s been great to see how much more awesome your production quality has come! Keep on going, with this great content, showing to the world how great old tech once (and still) is!
I am too, a 4/4S enjoyer, it’s just such a nostalgic and beautiful design, and I absolutely love my 4S on iOS 6, in fact, daily use it for my music playlists along with an old iPod classic 5.5 gen that I got for free!
As crazy as it sounds, I'm actually using an iPhone 4s as my main phone atm! Long story short, I was using a 13, but unfortunately it got damaged to the point where I could no longer use it. The 4s is the only spare phone I have and I'm basically forced to use it until my replacement phone (Galaxy S23) arrives. And yes I can tell you based on my experience, it is incredibly slow and frustrating to use in 2023. But the bright side is that it's taught me to not be on my phone all the time, as well as all the things I took for granted.
Thats crazy
Me too bro, works great
Didn't all the cell networks shut down 3G a couple years ago, meaning you can't use the 4S for calls or texts anymore?
@jeromeglick That's what I thought too, but apparently it wasn't the case (at least for me). Technically it could still make calls, albeit very poorly. For example, the few times I had to make one, I could only understand about half of the other person's end, as the audio kept breaking up for whatever reason.
And I'm not so sure about texting. I don't text that often, and I didn't have to at all during the 2 weeks I was stuck with the 4s.
How's your new phone?
Ngl I miss when Android and iOS felt completely different from each other
The iPhone 4S was announced the day before Steve Jobs passed away. Almost like a last tribute to/for him. For this reason for me it is always called the "iPhone For Steve" and I still have my black model on display in my home office.
also got an iphone 4s with ios 6 on it. its so snappy. sometimes i just pull it out of the drawer and play around with it, just to remember the good old times. beautiful device.
I downgraded one to iOS 5.1.1
I miss the skeumorphism UI design so much. I hate the new "flat and minimal everything" design of today
Anyone with any sense should prefer the old design
@@whatisiswhatableguess I have no sense then? The newer, flatter icons look good imo.
i think the skeumorphism UI looks kinda tacky.
Yeah it’s just sad that many people associate that design with old stuff just because it used to run on old hardware. I really want these icons as an option on new iPhones
@@Joe-cy5hm 100%
The 4S was the best phone ever made hands down. It was astronomic units ahead of anything else. The design, quality, the feeling, the OS! Everything on the 4S was just perfect. Its not even comparable to anything released in the last years. The only phone getting even close enough to mentioned in the same sentence as the 4S is the iPhone X
The iPhone 4s is what got me into and iPhones. It was so iconic, beautiful, compact in school that I can hide it in one hand from the teachers, good camera at the time and speed.
It got me hooked on the iPhone s models (typed this on an iPhone 15 pro).
The iPhone 4s and 5s were my favorite iPhones and I’ve owned 3g, 3GS, 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6s, X, 12Pro and 14Pro.
The iPhone 4 was really a beautiful phone. I graduated collage in 2011 and my dad bought me the 4s and I was so happy. I still have it! It sure is so nostalgic. Great video!
Great video sir. I’m using iPhone 4s in Mexico as we still have 3g network. I only use it for text talk and TH-cam. Good day to all.
i was in mexico to see family last month and i was surprised when my iphone 13 was picking up a 3g network
For me, the 4S was the precursor to the 5. The 5 truly is my favorite iPhone of all time. Perfect size very lightweight beautiful screen, beautiful shape. The only reason I can’t use a phone that small nowadays, though is because my eyes have degraded with age. Otherwise I think I really would prefer to have that small shape rather than a big beefy iPhone XR, which is what I have now which is big and heavy.
iPhone 4s had its unique charm. It's the testament to Apple's design and build quality. Each iPhone till iPhone 10 has its unique qualities, and it was the subject of discussions among my friends. But now, it's like...Ok, new iPhone it's a bit better now, that's all.
The 4s with the matching bumper can’t beat it.
The 4S was the last major iPhone release Steve has a major part in as well. Very iconic device. He passed I believe right before this release.
He passed away the day after it was announced.
I started on the 5s now I’m on the 14 Pro. Max won’t upgrade until they make a bigger screen. All these years later, they still haven’t figured out how to put a pause on video recording.
Definitely one of the most exciting times for smartphones. The days when I was genuinely excited for the next phone that was coming out. I'm more of an Android user and still prefer it but I've also had the iPhone 6 and 7 plus and the experience was nothing but great. Flash back to this 4S and I still remember how it was just in a league of its own. It was that much better than anything else. Apart from the Galaxy S2 (I think this was its direct competitor at the time), most Android phones were steaming piles of unoptimized trash. Obviously, things have come a long way now but you're absolutely right that Apple did set the tone for most of the things to come.
Yeah I had a Samsung Galaxy Ace II X, and at the time it seemed cool but in retrospect it did indeed suck ass. I just felt cool because it was my first smartphone. Compared to the iPhone it was nothing.
The phone is so good. They literally went back to the design of the phone on the newer iPhones.
I remember having a iPhone 4 during high school back in 2014-15 and it was awesome! Worked like a beauty , my first iPhone and a friend sold it for $60 back then. I remember everyone who had it had issues with the phone calls and had to hold it side ways in order to talk well and still to this day, I have that habbit 😂 I believe the 4s fixed that with the sensors to make calls or something like that. What made me a apple fan after
Yes, great video, more like this! As an iPhone user who went from a BlackBerry Curve 8300 to iPhone 4 to iPhone 5S to iPhone 6S, I recently found myself looking back over the Android offerings that were available at the time. I wonder why I went with iPhone over say a Galaxy SII or SIII during the time the 4/4S was available. Just side by side the build quality is just on another level. Though I now have an iPhone 14 Pro Max *and* a Galaxy S23 Ultra, back in the day when $200 was a huge amount of money to me, I could only choose one and I'd make the same choice again. This was an amazing phone. I wish I could have had this and an SIII back in the day. Sigh.
I miss the lock button on top , I’m always screen shooting accidentally when trying to lock my phone 😢
Absolutely iconic phone. Especially when compared to the competition at the time. It really felt like it was in a league of it's own, almost jewellery like in it's construction while the competition felt plasticky and toy like. I still have a few in the drawer next to me, I just can't let them go!
As an Android user i was stressfully trying to find something until i found this iPhone 4s i confirm i am no longer stressed out
I used my iPhone 4S from 2012 to 2023, just got a newer phone recently. Perfect size and shape, fits in your hand much better than the larger phones today. Mine is still on original battery, has 70% of original effective charge capacity. In the beginning I was so fanatic about my first smartphone that I downloaded over 300 apps just to see what it could do. Everything from Office suite to sleep tracker to ultrasonic mosquito repeller. Mine was truly the swiss-army-knife phone.
So you just skipped lightning altogether and used a device without any security or firmware updates for 7+ years?
@@altitudemanagement What do you mean "skipped lightning"? Yeah, about security, I only went on legit websites and downloaded from people I knew. And after 2018 I only used wi-fi 1% of the time anyway (lifestyle change). You mean software updates? I didn't like the visual design of iOS 7 when it came out and the new features weren't enough to wean me over from iOS 6.1.3. After that I stopped caring. So I guess I've got a rare phone on my hands now.
@@jeromeglickto be clear, I’m not impressed, I just think you’re lying. If you use a 10 year out of date OS, there’s all sorts of exploits your device is vulnerable to. It’s extremely risky. “Skipped lighting” as in apparently claiming to have used a 30 pin charging device until iPhone switched to USB-C. Again, I’m pointing out that your story is unbelievable- not unbelievably cool- just regular old BS.
@@altitudemanagement Well, I guess I can't prove it to you but I'm not lying. I suppose all there is to be impressed by is Apple's build quality. The only issue was that the home button started getting flaky last year but after thousands of presses that would be expected. What sorts of vulnerabilities was I exposed to? (I'm not an expert.)
@@jeromeglickis it still on ios 6.1.3?
You cannot ever forget that this was Steves last Iphone he got to see before he passed. 4S to 5 was the biggest change in iphone history.
It's so refreshing to interact with people who share the same views as me on old devices, most people just laugh at how "old" it looks, but they're dead wrong!
I have an iPhone 4 dual booted on IOS 6/7. We have an iCloud locked 4S, so sadly it's unusable. From my iPhone 4 experience, iPhones from the Steve Jobs era were just something special! Every time I am greeted with the skeuomorphic home screen, every time I send a text on the iPhone 4 and see the skeuomorphic text bubble paired with the iconic "woosh" sending sound effect, I get all excited. I have never gotten excited about any OS in a very, very long time.
You can't dual boot iPhones
@@pyeltd.5457with coolbooter you can
It's definitely in their top 3 iphones ever made.
I have an iPad 3 iOS 5.1.1 that I try to use for web browsing but sadly super slow. I also use it for music! It’s also beyond rare because it’s a Cadillac edition!
its legendary due to it running iOS 5 too.
@@aciddr0pbfdi yes! It’s very limited but still a very nice iPad! I also have an Air 2 on iOS 8.1
The white 4S was absolutely amazing, but I think the 5 design is the greatest design ever.
This is 100% true, downgraded my iPhone 4s from ios 9 to ios 6, and it’s blazing fast. And ios 6 makes the iPhone LOOK like a iPhone
This design was so good that it came back and has been the design for like past 4 iPhones basically.
This model was hands down my fav. I remember I loved it so much, I never put a case on it and carried it straight. Only iPhone I ever did that with….it was like a tank, indestructible!
This phone will always hold a special place in my heart that was my first iPhone went to android now back with 14 pro max
2011 was certainly certainly one of my best years by far.
Still have mine (black) with original box, perfect state and all. It’s so nice and tiny and cute with 1st Retina display. I just took it out of storage and charging it right now, see if I can still make it work. I loved it and still am in love today! Thank you for that great flask back nostalgia moment.
My first iPhone was an iPhone 4! Loved that phone. At the time the iPhone 4s was the coolest thing I had ever seen though with Siri and FaceTime. Walking into an Apple Store in 2009 felt like a dream. So happy to own these devices today.
You don’t know how much I thank you for this video. The iPhone has been part of my life since 2008 and seeing this has brought me tremendous nostalgia. Thank you!
iPhone 4s is literally a reason why I bought 13 mini. It reminds me of my old phone 😥
same! i made the stupid choice of switching from 12 pro to 13 mini but i don't regret a thing it's so nice to hold
@@Devsignerz When I found out about mini, I forgot about all the pro-models 😂 It's very nice. Only the battery is not the same as the big models.
How is the mini? Battery is fine for one full day? I still think about switch from 12 pro to 13 mini. I loved the size from se (1.Gen)
@@LOSERRANODE tbh the battery is the only weakness. it can last a day but if you use it for watching videos and stuff it's probably gonna last less than a full day. other than that it's pretty awesome and extremely comfortable to hold and carry around
@@LOSERRANODE The battery is the only weakness, otherwise I am satisfied with everything else. Although I still have to charge it not very often: in the "Battery" statistics my iPhone gets 5-9 hours screen on and 4 hours screen off (I sometimes fall asleep with music). Anyway, it charges fast, so I almost don't notice that it has a smaller battery than bigger models.
The no ads TH-cam tv app. What time it was.
Never owned an iPhone but I have always liked the 4S. Its the nicest phone in their lineup even in 2023.
This is just crazy talk😂 keep using androids their definitely nice but this is not the nicest iphone anymore, if you mean in design well its all subjective and it’s definitely one of the most iconic but relax
I really miss the old iPhone designed.
It’s my opinion that the iPhone never got more beautiful than this generation.
I remember being a kid and skipping school and going with my dad and seeing my dad getting it. Man I miss thee old apple 🥲
It shows this video is 4 months old… approximately how long ago the iPhone 4s was released. And here we are on iPhone 15 already.
I still have mine, and using it occasionally for video recording!! If it wasn't for the fact is not 4G or 5G, I will still use it!! And still have the case!!
I agree I would still use it with it only being 3g but I need to think about when 3g does die what I'd like as my replacement. I use iTunes on pc so my apple account is safe. I am thinking in using a cat phone. Ya know the ones on building sites? But the iPhone 4s still feels sleek quality and (other than weight) futuristic to me.
@@LibbyMia-rz8gk Yes, indeed, and I remember those CAT devices, as I used to sell them as a 3rd party vendor back in the day! There were super, it was the good ol'times of smartphones in general!
@@MACBoricua oh yeah. I bought a cat s30 which I'm feeling might be a good move to use as my main and use the iPhone 4s as my kinda ipod. These 4ss will never die. Why u ask. Well I could list all reasons but I'll be here all night so let's list main.
Apple dont slow me down on these classics.
Battery life is incredibly long so less charges needed.
And no matter what apple does your iTunes charge and sync is always available.
man not to mention the size of the phone! actually able to use it one handed. what a beautiful device
Best iPhone ever!
5s better 4s not work can just call text 5s is good
@@jimmydancekillla2288 I will agree 5s has the best design of all time but 4s is way more nostalgic and it’s become such an icon. I’d say OGSE is a step up on 5s in almost every way.
@@SonOfABith before now is die I can just call text 5s is work like S.E 4s die not good anymore I have 4s 5s
@@jimmydancekillla2288 I’m not even gonna try to understand what you said but I think you may need to check yourself into a hospital. You may have had a stroke.
I Kinđa feel like the only person that loved the ultra thin rounded design of the 6 and 6s the most
I always thought it was the best, even all these years later
This was my first iPhone - massive upgrade from the Sony Satio I had at the time 😂
You can see the legacy of the design in the design of the current iPhones
Back when phones served their purpose of just phone calls and camera. Good old days.
My first real Apple iPhone was the 4S. Previously was the Blackberries. 4S was when they introduced Siri. Hence some folks said where why the S. Also the S could be for Steve Jobs. I still have my 4S and use it a few times a year. That is going to be buried with me along with my iPhone 5, 6 Plus, iPad 1, and Apple Watch 1.
That's a good point you make as I thought the same, the S being for Steve, as the 4S was the newest and last iPhone at the time of his passing.
*Steve Job's last legacy right thru there*
If this was relaunched in a today ‘s format I’d buy one! Compact, looks great, good screen size. In its day it had a HUGE screen! Weight is far better too.
13 mini perfect for u
This phone when in brand new condition still feels fresh, you know that feeling when you have an electronic device thats a few years old and it just feels old compared to new stuff, this doesn't give off that vibe for some reason
The 4S was my first iphone and the excitement I felt was through the roof. I owned every iphone with the 11 pro max being my last as the excitement just fades away lol. Switched to samsung.
I loved my 4s. Recently gave it to my son-in-law for him to enjoy.
The iPhone 4S was my first ever iPhone and I was obsessed with it. Such a great phone!!
iPhone 4S is the first iPhone that i used, i buyed it in late 2011, and i used it for 3 years, i love this iPhone!
This is off topic but the 1st gen SE was the best phone I ever owned because it felt and looked like an older phone while having much more powerful hardware on the inside and it had long lasting battery life and it was compact and durable like you could scratch the back of it all you wanted and drop it and it still wouldn’t break! It’s a great phone I would still recommend today lol!
this phone was so revolutionary at the time. the 4 through the 5s really were the best. I have a 13 pro nowadays though, and enjoy the boxy design again
Your right.. the iPhone 4s was perfect… that’s why I have 2
I started with 3Gs and continued to upgrade yearly for almost 10 years and the iPhone 4 was the first and only time that someone stopped me and noticed the new model. The nostalgia for me is in that first iPhone though it felt so different,today I have 15 pro max 1T
lol Ironically I wrote this 3 days ago and then last night the lady at the barbershop cutting my hair said omg is that the new iPhone 15 so now TWICE in my life someone has noticed the new model. Anyways just wanted to share that. 😉
...apart from it's system updates
iOS 9🥵🥵🥵
iOS 9 was trying it's best lol
@@iClassicit still ran and did it crash?
@@LibbyMia-rz8gk not really I have an iPhone 4s on IOS 9 and it’s never crashed in all the years that I had it.
@@SonOfABith exactly what the hey were people complaining about. I have the Nokia 1.3 and even droid go crashes on in on the daily. So bad that before the 4s was outta service I had to find a replacement. Currently stuck with a icky samsung but at least it doesn't crash I suppose. If only it was 4g then I'd never have had to make the painful decision to leave it in the draw.
That’s why I really enjoy my iPhone 12 Pro. They brought back that boxy square design that made me fall in love with the iPhone 4
iOS 9 beat the 4s 💀
sad, true and funny 😭🤣
Hi, me 😊
iPhone 4 was a huge leap that is unseen today. The liquid retina display, the camera and the shape destroyed the competition.
Petition for 4se? Am I the only one?
No you’re not! I want the old phone and old program back! These new programs suck!
The iPhone 4S was the first Apple hardware I owned. It locked up within the first 24 hours that I owned it. I had to go to a PC and Google how to deal with a locked-up iPhone (press and hold the Home and Power buttons until the phone reboots).
I just picked up a 4S last week from ebay. It is still runnning iOS 6.1.3 AND with the original battery with only 328 charge cycles. It's almost mint and really , really clean.
Last phone Steve Jobs had a Keynote speech on. Made sure I kept mine. Was my favorite phone as well.
Prime for prime, the iPhone4s had the best prime among all iPhones (except for maybe the first one).
On the flip side, the Galaxy Note 3 had the best prime for Android phones.
I've always wanted to see more tech TH-camrs make retro/throwback reviews like this.
The 4S is what opened the gates for wider carrier availability. My first iPhone was the 4S because my family was on Sprint
Yeah. I got the 5S which was my very first iPhone that I ever bought. Still have it to this day. I'm currently using iPhone 13 Pro. The 4S came out under the leadership of Steve Jobs and I think the 5 or 5S was the last one before Jobs passed away. I can't remember. Love that iconic design. Won't be another one like it. EVER.
The iPhone 4S was introduced just one day before Jobs' passing, if I remember correctly. You can see the influence of this design because the iPhone 12, 13 and 14 series of phones owe a lot to the iPhone 4/4S design with its wraparound radio antenna. And it appears the iPhone 15 will look a lot like the iPhone 14 models.
@@Sacto1654 I agree.
I was in 8th grade at the time reading a magazine in the library that had a 4S ad on the back pages. I never wanted a phone so badly in my life. 2011 was such a great year, times were simpler back then.
3GS and 4S were my first two iPhones. Those were the days.
I ordered one of these on Pre Order day back in 2011 - it was a RUSH - like buying concert tickets! My favorite iPhone form factor of all time!
I still have mine! But currently using the 12 mini.
2:01 "create a free apple ID" for a second I read "create face ID"
I had an iPhone 3GS back in 2013 and the interface of this phone just brought me back to my teen years.
I used to have an iPhone 4 and being honest, I still highy regarded it as one of the best designs I had ever seen for a phone and remains timeless today. It was my first iPhone and came out when I was 13.
My very 1st iPhone was the iPhone 5C. I have always loved the glossy glass design of the iPhone 4. To this day, I wish I had owned a iPhone 4s
The iPhone 4S was my first-ever iPhone.
Since then, I upgraded/updated each year until the last few years, when I’ve been upgrading once every two years.
The iPhone 4S is my favourite iPhone.
I have two ios 5.01 iPhone 4s phones. One black and one white. Amazing piece of tech history.
I still have the original iPod 4th Gen on iOS 6
Hello, @iClassic ! So I’ve recently both and iPhone 4s on iOS 5 and I am wondering will it update automatically if I turn the Wi-Fi on? I know that you turned on yours but mine like shows me that there’s an update and I am worried to turn on the Wi-Fi on this phone. Can you give me an advice, please?
Currently using a 64gb iPhone 4S jailbroken on iOS 6.1.3 as my main music device and I love it so much.
This iphone looked really snappy when opening apps, makes me want to use it just to text and make calls like a work phone.
The most beautiful iPhone. A friend gave me his white one a while ago in pretty good condition. I was able to buy music with iTunes on it, I use it for sports.
That’s nice 👍🏽
I kinda miss the skeumorphic os design. It still holds up well these days. And that size, that was all we needed back then. Why are phones so big now. The small ones are only budget phones now.
I still have a 2011 iPhone 4S that was a hand me down from my younger sister which was handed down from my older sister. I will probably have to jailbreak it sometime to be able to get back into it. Not sure if it’ll work with the current 5G cellular towers, but will specifically use it for recording videos since it’s a lower resolution which takes up less storage. I believe I can still airdrop since that’s what the 2 iPads (one of them is from 2014) and the newer iPhone SE can airdrop as well.
My favorite phone ever, now I have mini 13 but I want the 4s size 😢
Real af. Give me an iPhone 5 with a glass back in 2024 please Apple!! ❤️