Spec me a reason not to get an iphone!
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As far as I can see no one has actually made an immature comment / useless piece of feedback. The reason that I started the thread was in the title of the thread....its an internet forum where people opinions are asked and are subsequently given..........im not sure what the problem is here.
Fine if you consider comments like 'as soon as you whip it out everyone caughs nob under their breath as the majority of people buy them to show off, although it actually produces an adverse affect' and 'Put it this way, the iPhone is a fashion accessory rather than a tool' and 'I will sum it up in one word: APPLE' to be constructive comments...perhaps you'd be better off asking iphone users what their opinions on the iphones shortcomings are rather than inviting a load of randoms to give their ill-informed opinions...you wouldn't post a thread saying 'spec me a reason not to buy an Xbox 360' in a PS3 only forum would you?
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Its been mostly helpful and positive feedback, surely your being unhelpful by having a stupid little rant right now.
You said a similar thing in a thread I started about the iPhone. Seems like you're a bit hung up on it. Do you honestly believe the majority of people just buy it to show off? And do you honestly believe that the majority of people think "nob" when they see someone with one?
Personally I couldn't care less what phone someone has. When I change phone, which I do once a year I buy something that fits my criteria, at this moment in time the iPhone does that. It might not be everyone's cup of tea but to hung up on an image thing is a bit odd.
Bit over the top?...and completely wrong.
Not at all. It lacks the basic functions i'd expect a £100 phone to have, let alone a phone that, when released, would have cost over a £1000 for 18months usage. Fair enough, it's pretty good looking but it clearly relies on the Apple "i" image to sell, rather than the merits of it's features. The only thing i found good on the iphone was the web browsing (which was seriously good), but apart from that it didn't have anything that made it stand out. Remember, people have paid about double what they would have had to pay if they had bought something like an N95 8GB (a rival when the iphone was released), which has many many more features.
Bottom line is that if it was another make it wouldn't have sold nearly as well as it has done.
EDIT: Also, these days, what kind of company re-releases a phone with its main selling point that it has 3G! I had a phone 3 years ago with 3G!
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cos the N96 does it all and more?!
Agreed although I'm getting a little annoyed with the unreliable and slow OS at times.
1) Fair enough, I personally don't think £100 is a lot when you essentially get an 8gig iPod- but taken on board
2) Again, agreed with
3) You can recieve MMS, you can't send. Although if you jailbreak (2 minutes to do) you can send as well.
4) Again, with jailbreaking there are a tonne of video apps now
5) Personally I think it's fine for a "quick shot". Even the phones with great lenses really don't take great pictures. But again, this is important for some people
6) Apparently there is an app for this now, i'm not sure. But generally this isn't an issue? I use mine for work (sync'd with exchange) and I haven't come across a time where I've needed it
7) Jailbreak and you can use "backgrounder"
8) Who knows!
9) There are a STUPID amount of apps on itunes and even more if you jailbreak, and they are- on the whole a lot better written than say Windows Mobile apps
As you can see if you jailbreak (again, 2 minutes) you can overcome nearly all of the negative points of the iPhone. Even WITHOUT jailbreaking the issues aren't exactly big.
No MMS? I'll just email with an excellent email client?
Can't bluetooth a picture? Oh wait, it's not 1999
Etc...
I've been using windows mobile for a few years, and I loved it. It has "it all", but what it doesn't have is a nice gui and a good user experience.
Using a windows mobile to me is like going back a few years, everything takes that little bit longer and is just that bit more fiddly. (I support Omnia / HTC HD / HTC Touch Pro at work too).
2) Again, agreed with
3) You can recieve MMS, you can't send. Although if you jailbreak (2 minutes to do) you can send as well.
4) Again, with jailbreaking there are a tonne of video apps now
5) Personally I think it's fine for a "quick shot". Even the phones with great lenses really don't take great pictures. But again, this is important for some people
6) Apparently there is an app for this now, i'm not sure. But generally this isn't an issue? I use mine for work (sync'd with exchange) and I haven't come across a time where I've needed it
7) Jailbreak and you can use "backgrounder"
8) Who knows!
9) There are a STUPID amount of apps on itunes and even more if you jailbreak, and they are- on the whole a lot better written than say Windows Mobile apps
As you can see if you jailbreak (again, 2 minutes) you can overcome nearly all of the negative points of the iPhone. Even WITHOUT jailbreaking the issues aren't exactly big.
No MMS? I'll just email with an excellent email client?
Can't bluetooth a picture? Oh wait, it's not 1999
Etc...
I've been using windows mobile for a few years, and I loved it. It has "it all", but what it doesn't have is a nice gui and a good user experience.
Using a windows mobile to me is like going back a few years, everything takes that little bit longer and is just that bit more fiddly. (I support Omnia / HTC HD / HTC Touch Pro at work too).
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The only time this would annoy me is if I dropped it in water and wanted to quickly turn it off. Can't see why else this'd be an issue?
Makes it generally feel a bit more sturdy too I think.
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If 'jailbreaking' is so easy and makes the phone more desirable.... why isn't the phone sold that way?
That is fairly obvious?
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Forgive me but I don't see it.
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I mean, why aren't the features made available via 'jailbreaking' such as sending MMS, background apps etc. as default when sold?
Obviously it doesn't take much work to make them available.
Obviously it doesn't take much work to make them available.
The only time this would annoy me is if I dropped it in water and wanted to quickly turn it off. Can't see why else this'd be an issue?
Makes it generally feel a bit more sturdy too I think.
I agree it may go some way to making the phone feel sturdier, but the fact you have to compromise on a phone (ie. by emailling a picture instead of texting it, by not being able to send files via bluetooth) which is twice as expensive as a phone where you don't have to compromise at all, is mental. If you're paying that much for a phone i'd expect not to have to compromise at all. Why do i have to spend time/effort jailbreaking/downloading apps for everything for my phone, which i've spent hundreds and hundreds of pounds on, to get it to be a bit closer to rival phones?
I know a few people who have had their iphone screen stop working temporarily and all it needed is to be restarted, but instead of just popping the battery out, like you'd do with a normal phone, they've had to wait for the battery to run out. Also, i have two batteries for my phone and it's fantastic to have a backup battery if i'm just about to head out and i've forgotten to charge my phone.
The phone has a lot of features which are very outdated/limited/not present - but the phone is twice as expensive as much better phones without these problems. I honestly don't see how that makes sense. What are you paying for? In my opinion - the brand.
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I agree 100%
I can't see for the life of me why they didn't include them? Maybe it's because they really don't think they are needed. Who knows.