Apple's 'new' phone - worth the hype?

In one word, no.

In two words, not really.

In lots of words, it seems OK as a upgrade from 3gs but I would be holding out for the iPhone 5 if I already had a 4.

I'll be interested to see how the voice recognition (Siri) works in the real world. Personally, I've had massive mixed responses from the Android version of voice recognition.  From walking down the street and reciting a short text message which came out word perfect (a lovely feeling I can tell you when you just have to hit send) to other occasions where I try to say 'do we need any milk?' and it comes out as 'Dire needs for many ilk'.

Maybe it's my strine.

If Apple can pull it off it's a pretty cool trick.  First phrase I want to try is 'does my bum look big in this'. The answer better be no or the phone won't be long for this world.