Apple iPhone 4S Review: Positives and Negatives After One Week in Stores

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Some forums have claimed that there are issues with contrast clarity as there is a yellow tint. This complaint represents a small fragment of the consumers, but many Apple enthusiasts are good at making their voice heard on the Internet. For one user, the yellow tint turned out to be the fault of himself, not Apple.

"I thought I had a lemon, so I went to exchange it, only to find out I enabled some handicap function for a blind user," said Ryan Reyes, of Los Angeles, who bought the iPhone 4S on Oct. 14, when it hit stores.

"Overall, it's a good phone. It just needs some fine tuning," he added.

Then there's Siri, the voice-activated feature that talks back to you when you direct it to call people, it writes and reads a text message, and gets information. The signature feature on iPhone 4S, Siri has received the most attention in iPhone blogs.

The iPhone 4S poses the Shakespearean question: To use Siri, or to not use Siri? -- that is the question. To some, it's a lazy way to get information and communicate. To others, it's a welcomed relief from having to hit small buttons and is a time saver from having to write and rewrite things.

While many are infatuated with the feature, there are detractors who say that Siri doesn't understand them, and picks up outside noise levels too often. Siri will often tell you that it doesn't understand something when there is music in the background.

However, many people who have some gripes with Siri are the ones who continue to use it. So the feature is far more a positive than a negative for users.

Stephen Colbert had his fun with iPhone 4S and Siri to start his Tuesday show on "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central.

"Write the show," said Colbert, to Siri.