Convince my dad not to get an iPhone...

Given the criteria is 'it works' I would say an iPhone is pretty much spot on and will suit him very well :)
 
Eric7 said:
The N900 is the way to go!

At least that's what I shall be getting soon enough.

Tried using an iPhone for a bit, but the battery life is absolutely abysmal, no multitasking is just downright stupid and no flash is absurd. It's my phone and I don't want to be told what I can do with it.

The app store is what has made the phone. It's good and very comprehensive, but I just don't think it's worth the hassle.
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While an interesting box of tricks, it's a pretty terrible phone (which Nokia tacitly admit when they say it's primarily an internet tablet). It's just too big to be used comfortably for call frequently in my opinion (I'm not a fan of the iphone in that respect either though).

For what he wants by the sounds of things the iphone isn't a bad choice, consider a blackberry 9700, they're very underrated devices in many respects, even my battered 8900 is still a great device. No touchscreen, far fewer apps but the battery actually lasts more than 12 hours (no criticism of the iphone in particular there, smartphones are universally rubbish in this respect these days it seems, at least the iphone has stuff like the juice pack case I guess)
 
I can see his point though, my Omnia is a piece of crap. But if you had loads of time to spend on it farting around with ROMS etc it would be a good phone.

But why should you?
 
Begbie said:
I can see his point though, my Omnia is a piece of crap. But if you had loads of time to spend on it farting around with ROMS etc it would be a good phone.

But why should you?
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I'm not trying to get him to get an Onmia though, i'm trying to get him to get a Desire.
 
Superewza said:
Well his contract is up next month and he's got his heart set on an iPhone, which is clearly a stupid idea so i showed him the HTC Desire. He then went on to say that he still wanted an iPhone because he knows that it works, 'unlike his old N95 8GB' :confused:

So yeah, if you wouldn't mind showing him the error of his ways? Thanks ;)
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Tell him to get a Google Nexus.

Just get him to look at the speed & features and he'll want one :D
 
skippi90 said:
Most people call it a Hoover but I somehow doubt all mobile phones will become known as iPhones. :p
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So what about people who say 'my n900' or whatever model it is. There is no difference, you just have an issue with iPhone as a term
 
Morba said:
So what about people who say 'my n900' or whatever model it is. There is no difference, you just have an issue with iPhone as a term
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I have never heard anyone say "I'll check it on my n96" or "I dropped my Hero" :p

Unless the conversation requires the model to be mentioned, it shouldn't be. Just iPhag prattling on.
 
I do, plenty of times, same goes for blackberrys.
Same goes for iMacs. They aren't marketed as apple phones or apple laptops, they are iPhones / iMacs / iPods. Clever marketing :p
 
I really wouldn't recommend a iPhone after my poor experiences with one.

If you dad travels around allot as the phone has very poor signal reception and you'll be lucky to get more than 12 hours from the battery unless you don’t use the phone or apps.

I’d recommend a Blackberry if its main use is for email, but a Android phone for anything else
:D

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10801715&#10801715

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2048701&start=30&tstart=0

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Let him get an iPhone, they're more consumer friendly than an Android device. I own a Hero, and although I'd never get an iPhone I can see why non-geeks love iPhones and would recommend them to said non-geeks.

That said, battery life on 'superphones' can be so questionable that I'd be tempted to recommend something else entirely (although I don't know what your dad uses his phone for, so this could be irrelevant)
 
Stringy said:
Let him get an iPhone, they're more consumer friendly than an Android device. I own a Hero, and although I'd never get an iPhone I can see why non-geeks love iPhones and would recommend them to said non-geeks.

That said, battery life on 'superphones' can be so questionable that I'd be tempted to recommend something else entirely (although I don't know what your dad uses his phone for, so this could be irrelevant)
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He's by no means technologically incompetent. For instance, he can program basic Java.

Put it this way - he's been using an N95.
 
To be fair, if he's a bit of a techophobe then an iPhone is probably not a terrible choice (I feel so dirty for saying that :o ).
Personally I'd never ever use one myself, but theres no denying they are incredibly simple to use and aimed at the less technically savvy type people (or more money than sense / fasion victims etc but thats another story :D )
 
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