My iPhone 3GS, all cutting-edge shiny less than a year ago, is now heading over the cliff of obsolescence. The iPhone 4‘s sturdy-looking veneer is appealing and I’m sure my, er, foreign film collection would look fabulous on its high-res screen, but I don’t feel compelled to join the fanboy stampede for an upgrade. I don’t have much use for video chat (although it’s worth noting that sign language is featured prominently in this iPhone 4 promotional video) and my current model already does everything I need and several things that I don’t. I’ll probably wait until my contract is up, at which time the iPhone 5 should be available. And it better have a mind control interface or else I’m crossing over to the Android side of the fence. It’s not like Apple hasn’t already invented it. I have it on good authority that Steve Jobs uses his to Force-choke his minions when they displease him.
