In this round ofreader questions about the iPhone 4 , we take on a grab bag issuing , from hardware to software to just get your hands on the darn telephone set .
How ’s that speaker sound?Matt Peterman is wondering how the iPhone 4 speech sound . Specifically :
How is the external speaker tone equate to the iPhone 3GS ?
How’s that speaker sound?
In our brief initial testing , the iPhone 4 ’s speaker is quite standardised in quality and intensity to the one on the iPhone 3GS . However , we give the slight border in healthy quality to the 3GS — it ’s not quite as tinny as the one in the iPhone 4 . Of course , unless you ’ve convey the two sitting side - by - side , it ’s improbable you ’d even notice this dispute .
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Will I be able to practice tethering to give my Wi - Fi iPad Internet ?
The crowds may have dissipated at the Apple Stores since Thursday, but that doesn’t mean the iPhone 4 is in heavy supply there.
Apple has n’t yet provided an prescribed answer , butan AT&T representative told TechFlashthat the iPad ’s want of a USB port forestall a pumped-up connection between an iPad and an iPhone .
judge by this question from Tal and Susanne , there still seems to be some confusion as to which existing iPhone users can upgrade to the 16 GB and 32 GB iPhone 4 for the $ 199 and $ 299 prices .
I thought that we could upgrade if we were early adopters . The Apple Store evidence me that I have to expect .
AT&T determines your upgrade eligibility based on a number of ingredient that apparently include when you purchased your phone , the amount you pay AT&T every calendar month , and other factors .
As just one instance , aMacworldeditor who has a dear family part plan , and data plan for two phones , purchased the iPhone 3GS on its day of release just a year ago ; yet , he was eligible to purchase an iPhone 4 on June 24 at the fully subsidise price . However , a ally of that same editor who also bought the iPhone 3GS on the first solar day has a less expensive vocalisation programme and is n’t eligible until subsequently this class .
alas , AT&T has n’t made public the precise details of these eligibility rules .
Jose would just wish to know when he can purchase an iPhone 4 .
For those that did not pre - order and that wait in line but still were unlucky to get one Thursday . When is the next useable Clarence Day to go pick one up ?
There really has n’t been any prescribed word from Apple . In iPhone frenzies of the past , Apple provided an on-line iPhone availability checker that told you whether its retail stores had any earphone in stock . That tool appear to have gone the way of the dodo — its link now redirects you to Apple ’s on-line computer memory , which , as of this written material , is saying that any iPhone 4 order wo n’t ship for three weeks .
The crowds may have dissipated at the Apple Stores since Thursday , but that does n’t mean the iPhone 4 is in sound supplying there . Your best bet may be to call a retail merchant near you . For what it ’s worth , we call three Apple Stores in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday morning — two stores were all out of descent with no indication of when they would be buzz off more phone . The third store , in Pleasanton , Calif. , tell us they had a modified act of phones but that people were already lining up for them . Our advice ? Call early .
Of course , the Apple Store is n’t the only plot in town : Wal - Mart , RadioShack , and Best Buy also are selling the iPhone 4 , though we ’d counsel you to call up the store in your sphere before showing up expecting to find iPhone 4 paydirt .
AT&T has been the most clear about when walk - up customers can get their hands on an iPhone 4 . The company says it will set forth take the air - up iPhone 4 purchases on June 29 . We hate to vocalize like a broken record here , but before you manoeuvre out on Tuesday , you ’d best call the AT&T Store in your area to make certain iPhone 4s are in stock .
Should you be able-bodied to get your manus on a speech sound , Dennis Hagen ’s inquiry — send to us when the iPhone 4 launched on Thursday — might be something to keep in mind when it ’s time to aerate your phone .
Are others waiting hours for activation ? I received my iPhone 4 via FedEx Thursday . I followed the AT&T and Apple activation program line about three hours ago . My iP4 still shows “ no service . ” If you call my earphone routine , it like a shot function to my voicemail . All of my apps , photo , music , moved to my new headphone without problem .
Sometimes activation takes a longsighted time . Sometimes it takes no clock time at all . We ’re not quite sure why . But here ’s one tip : When in dubiousness , keep out your iPhone all the way down ( by make the lock button until you see the “ sliding board to major power off ” option , then slide it ) and then turn it back on . Sometimes that works .
But what to do with that former headphone once everything ’s activated ? That ’s the question that lecturer Patrick wants answer :
I want to use my old iPhone 3 g-force as an iPod tactile sensation with tv camera for the kids , but without signing up for phone service .
respectable intelligence , then — if you ’ve buy a new iPhone and moved your speech sound number over to it , the honest-to-goodness one is essentially an iPod touch already . Pop out the SIM card or put it in Airplane Mode ( and turn on Wi - Fi ) and you ’re good to go .
In case you missed it amid all our other iPhone reportage this past week , Christopher Breen tackled the issue ofwhat to do with an old iPhonein his Mac 911 blog .
We fielded someFaceTime questionson Friday , but Torben Egholm cue us that there was an issue we had n’t covered there or in ourhands on with Face Time .
What happens if someone is call you while you are in the middle of a faceTime session ?
When you ’re on a steady sound call and another call comes in , you hear a sound apprisal , and then you have the choice to hold the current call and answer the incoming one , end the current call to serve the new one , or snub the incoming call . If you ’re on FaceTime , though , you ’ll get a notification alerting you to the call and give you the option to either accept or refuse it . take note that when you accept the Modern call , however , that will end your FaceTime session . In our tests , the FaceTime participant accepting an incoming call appear paused to the other TV chatter before disappear . Our advice ? Decline the incoming call if you ’re not quick to end your FaceTime chat .
We ’ve also dealt withiOS questionspreviously , but something about the Folders feature in iOS 4 is still rag Adam :
Is there a quick room to untie folder or to move apps from one folder to another ?
As we noted in ourlook at iOS 4 ’s folders , once you enter the home - cover - redaction way ( by tapping - and - take for on any app image until all the icons set out to shake ) , you’re able to drag an app out of a folder to hit it from the booklet . you’re able to also drag an app out of one folder andontoanother folder to move the app . As for “ undoing ” a leaflet , assuming you mean get rid of the leaflet , you just remove all apps from it — once a leaflet is empty it melt .
