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Who uses, recommends or left iPhone 4, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Developer and podcaster; created Instapaper and Overcast, co-founded Tumblr, and co-hosts the Accidental Tech Podcast.
loved

I love the iPhone 4, especially for the high-resolution display. Its camera is so good that I don't think I'll carry a point-and-shoot again.

His written "Uses This" interview, from when he was CTO of Tumblr and making Instapaper at night.

2010-10-10·usesthis.com ↗

Founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, and author of A New Kind of Science.
uses

I currently use an iPhone 4 as my main mobile phone, and I'm now carrying an iPad 3G around to use as my instant-on system.

His Uses This interview, describing the setup he runs as a remote CEO.

2010-08-17·usesthis.com ↗

Designer, illustrator and writer; author of The Shape of Design and of widely read essays on design and the web.
mixed

I have an iPhone 4. This is my side-kick, and makes me feel like a superhero. It is also, unfortunately, my pacifier.

His written "Uses This" interview, describing a deliberately mobile studio.

2011-04-18·usesthis.com ↗

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.