the iPhone is a mediocre phone at best bro... It is a great media device alone, It's a terrible phone..
Any iPhone user will usually state that they prefer having an iPod touch and a normal phone, The iPhone is just another example of how companies like Apple and Microsoft settle buy Selling Low rate as long as they can and updating (what should have been update already) later to extract money from the unsuspecting people that jsut don't knoww any better..
Just because a company can monopolize the market by slinging around money and empty claims, Doesn't mean it's better..
The iPhone has the best Touchscreen yes and the best color but it's because they went with a different type of Technology on the phone Touchscreen than what usual;ly get's used...
ever seen that Email that has a picture of a Rock and an iPhone and it lists the things that the Rock and the iPhone don't have?
mediocre phone that is the best selling handset in the US, and just surpassed RIM.........I guess all those ppl think its mediocre too. Oh wait, every touchscreen phone ATTEMPTS to be better than the iPhone, and yet they all fall short.
Yeah okay, You've now proven you're jsut a spokesperson for the iPhone jsut like all the other Fanboys that refuse to accept it...
the iPhone is the best selling device in the world.. And all it takes is ignorant people like you, and a brand name of Apple. Of course they can sell computers for THOUSANDS of dollars more than a Built PC and you'll pay out of pocket with glad tidings because it's Apple..
And no Every Touch Screen phone tries to be what it is, But incorporate a better more "finger friendly" GUI than they used to have whiel staying true to their roots.
Without having to stoop to,
Low 3G speeds High markets and pricing for repair for 5 minute jobs No insurance in USA data plan that is gear towards making you pay the difference for what the phone doesn't cost No copy and paste No MMS No applications that will compete with the software on the phone No 1900 Band for outside of US ability No flash, or full Java No removable or Upgradable battery life
You are an idiot dude. Most $50 dollar phones have those features aside from the internet. Wake up
@ Anthony: Popularity does not have any relation to quality. Just look at all the mediocre and piss-poor "music" acts out there that sell phenomenally well. Doesn't make them better artists (or artists at all, for that matter)...it just means that lots and lots of people have been duped out of their hard-earned money.
Ditto...Not every touchscreen phone gives two sh*ts about the iPhone. If I want an iPod and a phone in one device I'll duck tape my Zune to my XV6700(soon to be touch pro) and call it a day.
while i agree with you that the iPhone is overrated, several of the things you listed as flaws really aren't Apples fault. The lack of insurance and the low 3G speeds are AT&T's fault, not Apple's. Also, the only reason that the plans are as expensive as they are is because Apple demands a crapload of money from AT&T for the rights to carry their phone. (Which i suppose is Apple's fault as well, but it is really only AT&T trying to maintain equilibrium and not go out of business.)
No MMS or Copy and Paste is definitely inexcusable, however. Though I will say that most phones do not have a copy and paste. (The only I can think of are WinMo phones and Blackberrys) Also, many phones really don't have the capability to be used anywhere in the world. That is really the Blackberry's main selling point I would say.
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@Anthony
the iPhone is a mediocre phone at best bro... It is a great media device alone, It's a terrible phone..
Any iPhone user will usually state that they prefer having an iPod touch and a normal phone, The iPhone is just another example of how companies like Apple and Microsoft settle buy Selling Low rate as long as they can and updating (what should have been update already) later to extract money from the unsuspecting people that jsut don't knoww any better..
Just because a company can monopolize the market by slinging around money and empty claims, Doesn't mean it's better..
The iPhone has the best Touchscreen yes and the best color but it's because they went with a different type of Technology on the phone Touchscreen than what usual;ly get's used...
ever seen that Email that has a picture of a Rock and an iPhone and it lists the things that the Rock and the iPhone don't have?
Yeah...
mediocre phone that is the best selling handset in the US, and just surpassed RIM.........I guess all those ppl think its mediocre too. Oh wait, every touchscreen phone ATTEMPTS to be better than the iPhone, and yet they all fall short.
Yeah okay, You've now proven you're jsut a spokesperson for the iPhone jsut like all the other Fanboys that refuse to accept it...
the iPhone is the best selling device in the world.. And all it takes is ignorant people like you, and a brand name of Apple. Of course they can sell computers for THOUSANDS of dollars more than a Built PC and you'll pay out of pocket with glad tidings because it's Apple..
And no Every Touch Screen phone tries to be what it is, But incorporate a better more "finger friendly" GUI than they used to have whiel staying true to their roots.
Without having to stoop to,
Low 3G speeds
High markets and pricing for repair for 5 minute jobs
No insurance in USA
data plan that is gear towards making you pay the difference for what the phone doesn't cost
No copy and paste
No MMS
No applications that will compete with the software on the phone
No 1900 Band for outside of US ability
No flash, or full Java
No removable or Upgradable battery life
You are an idiot dude. Most $50 dollar phones have those features aside from the internet. Wake up
@ Anthony: Popularity does not have any relation to quality. Just look at all the mediocre and piss-poor "music" acts out there that sell phenomenally well. Doesn't make them better artists (or artists at all, for that matter)...it just means that lots and lots of people have been duped out of their hard-earned money.
Word
I'm sure Apple doesn't care as long as the cash keeps flowin' in! :-)
Ditto...Not every touchscreen phone gives two sh*ts about the iPhone. If I want an iPod and a phone in one device I'll duck tape my Zune to my XV6700(soon to be touch pro) and call it a day.
@Kenshinffx
while i agree with you that the iPhone is overrated, several of the things you listed as flaws really aren't Apples fault. The lack of insurance and the low 3G speeds are AT&T's fault, not Apple's. Also, the only reason that the plans are as expensive as they are is because Apple demands a crapload of money from AT&T for the rights to carry their phone. (Which i suppose is Apple's fault as well, but it is really only AT&T trying to maintain equilibrium and not go out of business.)
No MMS or Copy and Paste is definitely inexcusable, however. Though I will say that most phones do not have a copy and paste. (The only I can think of are WinMo phones and Blackberrys) Also, many phones really don't have the capability to be used anywhere in the world. That is really the Blackberry's main selling point I would say.