Chrysalis~
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I ordered my iP4 on the 29th and got it today. In the last 8 days I've been 'educating' myself via this site and others partly to maximize the productivity of the device and partly because I'm just excited to play with it. All the pictures and all the reading didn't prepare me for the experience of holding it in my hand. The new design in which they eliminated the rounded back feels much less comfortable in my hand. I'll use the analogy of a palm stone, a rounded smoothe stone you can hold in your hand and move in your grip. That's how I handled my 3G, spin, slide and glide. Not this brick.
If Apple needed to eliminate the rounded grip in order to realize a new more powerful antenna design, okay. That doesn't appear to be the case. So...did they redesign the phone to feel like I'm holding an axe head in my hand for no reason? The new design will undoubtably reduce the number of accidental drops because it has more 'staying' power. Perhaps this was the catalyst. I'm surprised noone has addressed this very notable change in design. I can't be the only one...
If Apple needed to eliminate the rounded grip in order to realize a new more powerful antenna design, okay. That doesn't appear to be the case. So...did they redesign the phone to feel like I'm holding an axe head in my hand for no reason? The new design will undoubtably reduce the number of accidental drops because it has more 'staying' power. Perhaps this was the catalyst. I'm surprised noone has addressed this very notable change in design. I can't be the only one...