iPhone 4 Review

Like many folks, I am a big fan of technology. Most Realtors nowadays stay up with technology or they fall behind. Today, I am reviewing the new iPhone 4. This is my second iPhone as I bought the first one when they first came out a few years ago. Although I loved the original phone, at my home here in Pearland, my service...how do I put it politely...sucked. This is the main reason I got rid of it after a year or so.

The other day, I bought the new iPhone 4 as it does several things I wanted in a phone. One of the main reasons is it shoots High Def video. This is useful in my field as I am implementing it on all my listing as part of my service. Now, it is pretty easy to post a video of each home on youtube. This along with a new feature call "Facetime" that allows you to see the person you are speaking to, influenced my decision. Now, Facetime only works within a broadband wireless connection but is still really cool.

That solved all of my issues with the exception of the service. So, I have now found another AT&T product called MicroCell which will set you back about $160 bucks. Some naysayers will say it should be free as I am having to fix AT&T's bad service. Well, this is true, but it also fixed my problem. My phone already worked well everywhere but my home and now that I have spent more money, it works well there too.

Now, on to the review. I find the phone very sleek looking with a very good, clear screen. The phone surfs the net with blazing speeds with your wireless service and is not too shabby when using it's own 4G network. Of course, the best apps are made for the iPhone so real estate apps like Zillow are of particular interest to me. There are hundreds of apps to choose from many that are free as well as many more you pay a few dollars for.

All in all, despite the $199 price tag for the phone (with a 2 year contract) and an additional $169 for the Microcell, I find the phone well worth the money. So far, I haven't noticed any dropped calls from the antenna being on the side of the phone, but AT&T is now giving iPhone customers a free case. I took mine, but probably won't use it. It would be a shame to spend this much money and then cover it up.

I hope you find this useful and feel free to comment.