Why I Still Use an iPhone 4

hint: it’s not because I’m hipster like that

People are surprised to find out that a tech guy like me has used the same phone for the past 3 years. Here’s why I’m still rockin’ the iPhone 4:

Smartphones haven’t gotten all that smarter.

The iPhone 4 was a huge leap from it’s predecessors with the introduction of the A4 chip. This chip brings a certain level of performance that suits all of my needs, as I’m not trying to play any graphics intensive games or CPU intensive video editing. Of course the new phones are going to be faster and more powerful (duh), but in terms of actual usage speed, the A4 chip covers my bases.

Not any worthwhile game-changers.

The biggest thing that the iPhone 4 brought to the world was the ability to instantly video chat with its front-facing camera in a seamless experience. This is a huge reason to choose the iPhone 4 over earlier iterations. Not a single model after it has introduced anything as groundbreaking as this, unless of course you count the iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner which will save several minutes every year by expediting the unlocking process! Kidding. But seriously. There’s not a single new feature since the iPhone 4 that changes the way I use my phone.Everything is just icing on the cake, but its the same damn cake that I’m eating.

But Aadil, you’re missing out on XYZ features!

Sure, there’s a few things I wish my phone had. LTE would be cool, but I’m on WiFi 90% of the time so it doesn’t matter that much. A bigger screen would be nice, but the more important screen spec for me is resolution, and the iPhone 4 has the same retina display as the iPhone 5s. Siri would be nifty, but my iPhone is jailbroken so I have it open Google Voice Search when I hold down the home button, addressing my quick searching needs. Better camera? Yeah okay, don’t really take that many pictures and videos, and the iPhone 4 camera is good enough.