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everyone sneered at the iPhone 4s when it came out then they proceeded to buy them up in a clip that made every other iPhone before it looked like a warm-up act but that doesn't mean we love everything about the 4s all the time I'm Brian Cooley with the top 5 things we hate about the iPhone 4s according to a recent survey of hundreds of iPhone users done by change wave research number 5 is dropped calls 8% of you say this a fairly modest number but don't go get cocky ATT change way points out this is very much thanks to Verizon entering the market and cleaning up the iPhones image as mr. butterfingers when it comes to holding on to a call number 4 dated coverage and speed 9 percent of you on this one nothing puts that not your stomach like the 3g indicator going off and on when you're surrounded by towers outdoors but 9 percent of you said yep that happens to me and makes me wonder what's so damn smart about this phone number 3 is screen size 11 percent of you on this one iPhone users know the feeling of looking over at the person next to them and thinking wow what a cool little tablet they have until they realize it's just an Android phone then they turn back to their iPhone screw their monocle in their eye socket and squint Apple needs to bump up the screen size to at least compete with the smaller Android phones it's a visual era ample screen size is no longer a luxury number 2 4G or the lack thereof 30% of you point this one out this is big 4G is the most sought-after new feature by people shopping for a smartphone they don't care about the technology itself they just want the phone to work online faster than a PC with a modem assume this will be done when the iPhone 5 arrives if not assume Apple will have its first iPhone flop on its hands before I take you to number one here are the top 5 things people say they love about their 4s led by Siri the world's most popular party trick and followed closely by the still best in the business interface which translates to ease of use it's amazing how much stuff you can sell when folks realize they'll be able to figure it out the number one thing i phone 4s users hate about it is short battery life doesn't matter what your phone does if it isn't on now Apple's long-standing policy on non removable batteries means you can't carry a spare and that's that kludgy pain-in-the-ass anyway but Apple needs to improve this most basic behavior in real life by the way it may not be a problem with the iPhone as much as the fact that iPhone users tend to use their phone more a lot of surveys have pointed that out but that's not their problem it's apples for more on the iPhone whatever generation it is go over to cnet.com and click on cellphones and for more top 5s like this it's top 5 dot cnet.com i'm brian coulis thanks for watching