Show the klein group and <i> is not isomorphic

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One part in particular that I'm stuck on (other than the whole thing, so seeing the solution will help) is why is order 2? To me, it should be 4 as {1, i, -1, -i}.

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$<i>$ is cyclic $i, i^2=-1, i^3=-1(i)=-i, i^4=1$ but not is the Klein group which is $\mathbb{Z}/2\times\mathbb{Z}/2$.

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The order of $i$ is $4$, you are absolutely right.

On the other hand every element of the Klein four-group is of order $2$. Hence they cannot be isomorphic.