The “death grip” is real to the extent that when I held the phone in a certain way, I did see the bars drop on the meter – but not down to zero.  I went down from 3 bars to 2.  And with a case on the phone, the problem goes away.

The phone feels noticeably heavier than the 3Gs even though the stated difference is just 2 grams.

The display is fabulous, the camera is now actually worthwhile (at least as far as phone cameras go), video quality is decent, the new processor is really fast.

How come I can’t turn on the “flash” and leave it on so that, for example, I could use it as a flashlight?  Or is there an app for that?

In other words, so far I’m quite happy with it.

On the other hand, iTunes is fucking with me yet again.  After setting up the phone and going back to my PC, iTunes tells me that since the account was accessed from a new device, I have to reconfirm my billing info.  I enter all of the info, double check everything, click “done” and within a fraction of a second it tells me the credit card was declined.  Click a second time, same thing.  Third time and fourth time it tells me there was a network time out.  Fifth time, start all over again.   So I can’t download any updates to anything I’ve already got, let alone buy anything new until this is sorted.   I am relatively certain that this is an iTunes error because the credit card is in my hand, the account is current and paid up, I’m double-checking my typing each time.  Argh.

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