The estimated percentage of cellphones that were recycled in 2007.
The EPA estimated that of the 126.3 million cellphones disposed of in 2007, only 14 million -- about 10 percent -- were recycled. The rest? Landfill heaven. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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The biggest "con" (in both definitions of the word) is the lack of a replaceable battery. All of the iPeople are going nuts over this device, but imagine if ANY other manufacturer tried to see a phone without a replaceable battery? That would not be a tolerable trade-off. So, what we really see is that Apple has secured a nice constant cash flow as the batteries start conching out and the sheep-like minions upgrade to the next version.
The lack of expandable memory also is the same con: force users to upgrade when the 16 GB version comes out next year.
I'd hate to do OTA downloads of music over EDGE, so that is not really a big con.
Lacking any real details on the OS I don't know if it will be expandable at all, or if you will be locked in to buying software apps through iTunes (likely).
So, let's see. An overall impressive device that probably has a great interface and an excellent external design, with some great features, but is hobbled by a few big gripes, at a very high price. People might call this the iPhone 1.0, but I call it the Newton 2.0.