Is the iPhone 4 still a good phone and worth buying?

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iPhone 4 is still a great phone.

Now, the iPhone 4 is free with a contract. And the iPhone 4s is only $99. Yes, the iPhone 5 is also out there, with a whole mess of features that you can read about on Connie Guglielmo’s live blog. But is it worth it?

Apple has built the largest company in the world off of an insatiable desire for the newest thing at any cost – “any cost” usually referring to somewhere in the $200-400 range. But every time it announces the next big thing, the last big thing gets way cheaper before being gradually phased out.

So if you can pry yourself away from the hype surrounding a slightly thinner, faster and lighter phone, you can appreciate the fact that Apple has a powerful, functional and good looking phone on the market right now. It makes phone calls, it plays Angry Birds, it takes clear pictures that you can muddy up with Instagram. And it’s cheaper than ever. If you need a phone, go buy it.

Think of it like TV – for me, a television show is often “new” when it arrives on one of the streaming services I use. Likewise, and Apple device becomes “new” when it becomes deeply discounted after a new announcement.


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