The iPhone 4 is the phone for me.

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I purchased my iPhone 4 in August 2010, when the sound and fury that accompanied the phone's release was still in full swing. People were lining up at 1am the night before to get a chance of getting an iPhone 4. Note that I said "a chance". Not the phone itself, just a chance of getting one. Come morning these weary souls would know if they got a chance, and maybe even, if the fates are with them, an actual iPhone 4. I decided that I would rather have a good night's rest and risk having to wait for my iPhone 4, and settled in for what seemed to be a long wait indeed.

Then I went to one of the larger malls in Toronto to run an errand. I stopped at a kiosk belonging to one of the larger carriers and asked, in a moment of reckless optimism, if they had any iPhone 4s. To my surprise and pleasure, they did. And so, pausing only to whip out my credit card like a Western gunslinger going for his sixgun, I bought it and ran it home, grinning like a fool the whole way.

My delight was justified, in the end. The iPhone 4 did not disappoint. The retina screen was a marvel to behold, every picture I put on it looked as crisp as if it had been printed on paper. Pictures taken with the 5 megapixel camera were as good as anything I could manage with a DSLR. The antenna worked better than expected, the dreaded death grip never came to life for me. I still got a free case, though. I'm no fool. I dropped the phone and it didn't shatter or break or take notice of the impact at all. It still runs strong after a year and a half and I am certain it will last for many more.

I was a little disheartened to see the iPhone 4 fall by the wayside when it's more talkative cousin, the 4s, came out. I know the 4s has Siri and a slightly better camera and a slightly better processor. It just seems sad to see something that had attracted so much attention become last year's model, the one everyone looks at now and says, "Ew! That thing is yesterday's news, man! The new one is where it's at! ". Fashion is a cruel master. I will keep my rotten old iPhone 4 and it's underpowered processor, myopic camera and mute operating system. I can still get it to take pictures that win contests, make the odd phone call and check Twitter every 5 seconds, and that's good enough for me.