28 Reasons Why Apple’s iPhone Sucks
June 25, 2007 | by Jefferson | Filed Under Tech |
The Apple iPhone is about to hit the market in one of the most-hyped product releases in recent memory. Fanboys across America are getting ready to camp outside of their nearest iPhone sales location so that they can be the first in the nation to give Apple money for this product.
Did you know that it sucks?
Here are some reasons why:
1. At $599, it is ridiculously expensive. (Add in the cost of an AT&T contract and you get close to $1500)
2. Those who want to buy one must sell their soul to evil mega-corporation AT&T.
3. Japan already has technologically superior phones, and they’re far cheaper.
4. Slower internet than the commercials show: “The data experience is going to be very slow. If you’re on a cellular network, [using the Internet] is going to be very slow.”
5. Initial reports indicate that YouTube is slow and crappy using cellular network internet/EDGE. It’s nothing like in the commercials.
6. You cannot remove its battery. Thanks for replicating one of the biggest complaints about the ipod, Apple!
7. The glass touch screen of the iPhone guarantees that thousands of customers who drop their phones will have cracked screens.
8. The touchscreen keyboard sucks, according to those who have used the phone.
9. It can’t send MMS picture messages.
10. The camera has little or no options, and the pictures it takes aren’t very good.
11. It lacks proper support for Flash websites. So much for the internet.
12. It can’t record video.
13. “Pinching” pictures to zoom might look neat in commercials, but many reviewers are saying it actually sucks.
14. It lacks 3G high-speed data transfer.
15. No songs as ringtones.
16. No GPS.
17. It doesn’t work under 64-bit Windows XP / Windows Vista!!!!!!! Thanks for not including that in your Windows System Requirements, Apple!
18. It only allows for a maximum of 1 picture to be attached to each e-mail you send.
19. It doesn’t have a file browser/organizer.
20. Its default ringtones suck.
21. You can not save documents on it: documents can only be viewed as attachments when they’re sent to your e-mail address.
22. No games!!
23. Its “quick list” dialing sucks compared to traditional speed dialing, which it lacks..
24. Long activation waits: many new iPhone users are reporting that they are being told to wait hours or even days to activate service for their phone. Thanks, AT&T!
25. Heat issues: the iPhone can get very hot when it is in use.
26. Deceptive Ads: Apple has been using models with gigantic hands in their advertisements for the iPhone in an effort to trick consumers into believing it is more compact.
27. Many of the positive press reports about the iPhone are influenced by newspapers and TV networks that simply want to profit from the hypefest, or even worse, reporters who are looking to sell books about the iPhone.
28. It creates incredibly annoying iPhone fanboys.
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Totally agreed on #16
It also lacks GPS from what I hear. If that’s true, this machine is truly sucky and primitive.
But hey, that’s their business model!
Thanks for reminding me about that one: the list is now up to 17!
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Does not support high speed wireless data transfer (HSDPA often referred to as 3G or UMTS/HSDPA. Just FYI.
your memory must be short. Vista was just released.
AIM is available as a Web software. (13)
Apple is licensing Microsoft Exchange service for corporate emails. (14)
fine edge is now available (4)
what happens when the embargo on 3g chips goes into effect. now new cell phones with 3g
how expensive is it to get those Japaneses phones to the US (1)(3) you will pay almost as much as the I phone and have signal problems without the NA chipset.
everyone that learned to their finger instead of their thumbs figured out how to use the keyboard (8)
Video, Flash and ringtones can be installed. it is just software. which Apple makes better than anyone else. (11)(12)(15)
I take it that your guys are down on the iphone because your mom wont let you get one.
good read but points 4, 5 are pretty much the same.. as well as 10 and 14 (basically the same argument)
15. No songs as ringtones?
lies
True cost of the iPhone:
http://www.centernetworks.com/true-cost-of-the-iphone
Crap article.
1. For an cell phone, iPod and a web browser and mail client device - that’s cheap.
2. Meh?
3. This applies to almost everything.
4. It can connect to WiFi points for fast Internet browsing.
5. See number 4.
6. And? When did you last replace the battery in your phone? I’ve never had to!
7. Eh? And is that why Apple did those tests already?
8. According to those who have used it? That’s like 200 testers working for Apple and 4 reviewers from newspapers. Did you watch Apple’s video showing how fast it is when you used both hands?
10. It works with Microsoft Exchange.
13. NOT true. There is an iChat/AIM client app written by a third party for the iPhone.
14. Steve Jobs has already announced this is coming in a few weeks.
15. Also NOT true. iTunes 7.3 lets you do this.
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you people are pathetic. it’s Apple’s first attempt at a phone, give them a break. it is a fantastic piece of technology. if you don’t like it, don’t buy it! nobody’s forcing you! it’s just jealous Windows users at their niggling again…
Well the worthless moronic Apple fanboi base has spoken in spitfire’s comment. Now the rest of us who know what pieces of garbage the iphone & AT&T are can continue to flame them.
Can’t see I’ve ever understood the fascination with the iPhone. I’m more than happy with my current mobile phone and see no reason to upgrade to Apple’s over-priced product any time soon.
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It’s over-hyped, and there are better phones out there for a cheaper price.
6. And? When did you last replace the battery in your phone? I’ve never had to!
^^ Consider having your phone on everyday. Consider how much battery power the iphone needs to operate. kthnx.
1. For an cell phone, iPod and a web browser and mail client device - that’s cheap.
^^ Cell phone’s are cheap. iPod with only 8gb space. 30GBIPOD 249.99GOBUYNOW! Other cell phones also have web browsers and mail clients.
4. It can connect to WiFi points for fast Internet browsing.
^^ wi-fi isn’t always available to you. when it isn’t, you’ll get owned by phones that are cheaper and have 3g and are faster than you at browsing the internet. EDGE IS SLOW.
my iPhone rocks. It took me the same amount of time of takes to book a flight online to get it hooked up. The textile has a slight learning curve, but so did my sidekick. In my opinion this phone caters to the prosumer that necessarily isn’t a slave to the crackberry, and isn’t concerned about 3g data transfer etc. Movies, music, email, a better version of the interenet? The goods far outweigh the bad.
I just never understand the hatred some of you tech geeks have to bother with things like this. The whole Apple v. Windows v. whoever thing. Don’t you have anything better to do? If you don’t like the phone, don’t buy it. Get a life and go back to MMORPGs or whatever else you chumps do when you aren’t wasting our time with crap like this…
You know what sucks? This website.
Many of the reasons listed about why the iPhone sucks are subjective. I’ll only list a few…
“$599 is ridicously expensive”
For some people it may be, but not for others. Apple has sold 525,000 already. So that’s 525,000 people who disagree with your statement. And believe me, that number is going to increase…a lot. This is not a legitimate reason why the iPhone sucks. It’s like saying “Flying sucks because it costs more than driving.”
“The default ringtones suck.”
They do? I’ve heard them and I think they’re kinda cool. Prove me wrong. Yet you have this as a reason why it sucks. If i were to tell you “The color red sucks” would you consider that a legitimate reason why the color red sucks? Unless you’re Syd Barrett (r.i.p. dude) I would say you wouldn’t. Don’t list subjective reasons for why something sucks unless your intention is for people to prove that your reasons are baseless and invalid.
“Japan’s Phones are more technologically advanced and cheaper”
What else is new? Europe’s phones are more advanced and cheaper too. The US has been behind in cell phone technology for the last 10 years. Yet you list this as one of the reasons why the iPhone sucks?? Then according to your argument, ALL US cell phones suck because all of them are less advanced and more expensive than Japan’s. You might as well have said “The iPhone sucks because you touch yourself at night”. It makes about as much sense.
Advice:
You have a good start to what could be a very intriguing website. People are always looking for other opinions and advice on all kinds of topics. If you were to stop adding subjective reasons why something sucks and start backing up your claims with hard, factual evidence, it will give your reasons a lot more weight, and your website a lot more respect and legitimacy.
And if you would like the same acknowledgment of credibility extended to your brilliant and well-documented comments, perhaps you should consider reading the other articles on this website before tossing around criticism like an enraged fanboy.
I can assure you that all of our topics are heavily researched, with all relevant sources provided, just for adoring fans like you.
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It seems like all the moronic Apple fanbois, or just 1 or 2 using many names, are all trying to contradict the given facts in the list w/ reasons that are absurd to the extreme.
#28 is sooooooo true.
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this reasons that are pure crap.
whoever made this list is just a dying poor man who can’t buy the iPhone so he is complaining.
Get an old fashioned Nokia!
Very nicely spoken
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Us tech geeks and chumps are the ones who always help, solve, demystify and sometimes even save the world at times. Why don’t you try developing a life that exists outside of your own mind and opinion, instead of squawking about ‘tech geeks’ endeavors. I just exercised my fingers and mental voice box at your expense, CHUMP. Now it’s off to appeasing ‘intelligents’ meaning not JAFFO………
Lovely OPINION site, as that’s all this “why iPhone sucks” list, more like gripes for haters, not actual factual information. As a user of Crackberry, who’s owned Treos as well, they’re all fairly expensive, so the whole $599 gripe is, well, uh, BTW, there’s one for $499, about what Blackberry cost and remember the piece of junk Razor? Started at $700 and wasn’t 1/10th of what the iPhone is (had one, total junk). It’s clear this is just a bunch of haters who just don’t get it or don’t want one or are sour grapes types. My Blackberry craps out and I need to shut it off and turn it on constantly, the Treo was a blight of bad engineering, I don’t own an iPhone, but might someday, I’ve given it some hands-on time thanks to a friend who bought one and it, in most cases, blows away every other device. It’s nice that everyone wanted an everything to everyone phone in the iPhone, then again, I’m sure the bashers here are single men, probably living in their mother’s basement, who could never get laid, let alone a clue.
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Hehe, looks like someone couldn’t afford an iPhone. That’s okay, man, you’ll save enough pennies soon enough. In the mean time, I’ll assure you that it rocks. How can you be sure I’m a good source? I’m typing this comment on my iPhone right now. So much for your crappy list with absolutely no credibility. C ya.
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So a person who buys a SUPERIOR japanese phone, and thus gets more options, functionality, and a far better mobile experience is just some poor loser who can’t afford an iPhone? No, you’re an idiot for buying one.
And if they do introduce new features you’ll be shelling out another $600 for the new version. It’s Apple’s policy.
Broken iPod? Want to shuffle your songs? Forget firmware, just buy a new one!
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You guys are fucking idiots if you think the iphone sucks. Just because it is not perfect doesn’t mean you should hate it.
YOu say you hate it because it is not a gps. GIVE ME ANOTHER PHOPNE WITH JUST A SIMPLE MAP LIKE THE IPHONE AND I’LL CONSIDER HATING IT. You guys a fucking morons. It just fucking came out. Give it some time for the price to go down.
Reviewing a technology without having it?
The Iphone does suck. I am typing this on my 8525 right now. Also just a few minutes ago I listed an ad on ebay. Try that with the peice of shit iphone. ohhhh….woops I just got an email via microsoft push. lol. maybe I will store the attachment on my 4GB MicroSD. lol. Steve Jobs, comon now, If you are going to reinvent the mobile industry actually do it.
Apple kids and fanboys…..Do you know that Windows mobile has been doing what the IPhone does for many years ago….Duhhh!!
And by the way it does it with far superiority and with far more third party sources…OoOhh! And I forgot to mention it’s free. After all Microsoft owns Apple……….
Anyone who says that the iPhone or any Apple product is stupid is a mentally challneged wintel fag who has chosen to believe the RIDICULOUS myths about the mac. If any of yall actually picked up and iPhone and used it you would see that it is a great phone. who cares if it has no removable battery u can return it for the same price as a replacement battery basically.
Sincerely,
Mac Fan
maybe ur hating a little too much. but most of i enjoy and agree with.
thumbs up!
Most of the people who purchased the iphone were not gadget or pc savy. They saw a sleek phone and decided to leave a good service to link up with AT&T. Their reception is as bad as Sprint! And how does a $600 phone NOT come with GPS?!! I’m glad they didn’t sign a contract with Verizon.
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I have had an iPhone for about 4 days now and it indeed SUCKS.
The set up with iTunes and AT&T was a disaster. AT&T is hopeless.
The keyboard on the iPhone is the worst ever. Unless you have fingers like an alien from Close Encounters, you will NEVER send a message or email that types out correctly the first time.
I feel like an idiot for spending 600 bucks on this thing.
I just bought the iPhone 24 hours ago. I love it!
In regards to the above-mentioned complaints and gripes, many of them are inaccurate.
This morning I did a speed test on dslreports.com with my iPhone. The EDGE system is akin to dial up But, most people have WiFi access anyway. So, who cares? I get 3,500kbps download speeds on my iPhone with WiFi! I never thought it would be this fast. Wow!
To change my T-Mobile number to AT & T… it took under and hour. I think the problems most people experienced were during the first few days of the iPhone release (when AT & T received a surge of new activations).
Japan has far superior phones? Uh. I took a look at those phones. They are not far superior. Maybe less $$.. but nothing like the iPhone.
I love the speed dial, pinching photos, etc. I’m not sure who is complaining about these features.
The keyboard? What do you expect on a cell phone? Who wants to carry around a full-size keyboard? All cell phones have tiny keyboards. Apple’s, however, is a touch screen & is amazingly easy to learn. I am doing things with my iPhone (SMS and e-mail) that I never did with my last cell phone.
I love the instant and constant syncing with my multiple e-mail accounts. This is amazing.
The screen is fragile(glass), yet gorgeous. Wow.
The iPhone is eaier to use than I expected… and more fun.
I also wish it had GPS. But, you can only put so much technology (phone, PDA, camera, MP3 player, internet browser, touch screen, etc) in something so small and new. Maybe in 2 - 3 years? Probably will happen.
if u can find me a phone that fixes all of these problem IN USA than ill agree, but till than, the keyboard is easy to use, the internet is fast, youtube works well, i don’t know what ur bitching about, maybe u r a mac hater, most people are but what ever ur problem is, sure theres flaws but its not like its perfect, they will make a different one i know and i bet it would fix these problems.. oh and GPS? wtf why would u want that, i have my own gps and y would u use it on a phone, um lets c, at&t isn’t what ever the hell u called it but i have it and it works fine, its cheep and all, and my plan went up 20 bucks a month for the phone….OH SO MUCH MONEY FOR POOR PEOPLE but for people who can aford stuff, its pocket change, and who plays games on a phone? i got my self a psp, a ds, a xbox, i got it all, and don’t start me on gaming, im one of the biggest halo fans in the world so i know alot about gaming and phone isn’t the way to go, and for songs as ring tones, u wold have to worry about that if u had xingtone ringtone maker, just make ringtones out of any audio file and send it via txt message and download it to ur phone, i do it all the time, not hard, and all ring tones phone companys give u suck, i never use them, and they get soo annoying that everyone has the same ring tone and its always the one named like “cingular tone” or “verison tone” i mean common, one phone goes off and u have to get ur phone out. and about saving files well…. GET A LAPTOP sure iphones are fun but there not a laptop, other wise they would b 2 time bigger and 3 times expensive… iphone isn’t a replace ment for a computer, so get laptop, use that, maybe u wan’t b as bitchy about it than, well w/e iphones gots its down but its certianlly gots its ups
#29 you cannot take out the GSM chip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWkkWe8U_n8
IPHONE really SUCKS
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**Apple= GARBAGE IN….GARBAGE OUT!!!!** hahahahahaha
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The iPhone does not possess Flash support, because Apple does not support giving Adobe the monopoly over internet video. You Tube converted from Flash to H.264, which is open source - just for Apple. This is a good thing. It means that your internet video will stay open, and free, instead of closed and sponsored.
Anyone who has used an iPhone knows that it’s a superior mobile device. If it’s not for you, then that’s ok. But, I don’t see a single valid reason listed here. Even when I zoom. On a real webpage. On the real internet. On my iPhone. Does your CRZR do that?
And to the Apple bashers…I’d pit any Apple product against any similar non-Apple product…in any test, anywhere, any time.
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Cell Phones Tracer…
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…
Yeah the iPhone is definitely a piece of shit.
My friend stood in line for 4 hours and bought this phone and two weeks later he fuckin hates it and ran it over with his truck on purpose. He is currently in $800 debt with AT&T. My nokia e70 made his phone beg for mercy; I pay $65 a month for the good package and paid $250 for the phone to begin with. Apple merchandise totally blows. The people that willfully purchase their merchandise and praise them to no end as if they are obviously nothing but committed brainwashed dipshits. They must be getting their cocks sucked by Steve Jobs. That is the only explanation that I can fathom.
I have taken a sledgehammer to an iPod I received for christmas. No joke.
I can’t believe no-one has mentioned the nokia N95 8GB. It will kick da a$$ of that rubbish iPhone any day. Dunno why anyone would get an iPhone, it sucks.
‘Nokia fanboooiiii’!!!!
People…it’s a phone. If you’re obsessed enough to camp outside Apple stores ready to hand over money for an untested product, then you really need to get a life.
Same goes for those saying ‘OMG IPHONE PEOPLE SUCK GO WINDOWS I LOVE BILL GATES’.
Look up the HTC TyTN II and you’ll see why the iphone really isn’t worth the hype. Slow connection (even Jobs admitted this), crap memory, no GPS, no IM as standard (what is this, 1995?), no video recording/calling. It looks fantastic, but with such a lack of features, it’s not worth the money.
Anyone who thinks that it’s something new and revolutionary is mistaken.
Of course, I’m going to enrage the Apple fanboys by daring to question the product of their geek overlord, but let’s face it- the iphone is just a cash cow. Marketing a $200 gadget for over twice that- you’ve got to congratulate the marketing team.
The iphone is going to have great sales- every kid with a rich or gullible parent is going to demand one. After all, you’ve seen the ads: if you don’t have an iphone you’re with WINDOWS and that makes you a DORK! Ironically Windows, as shit as it is, appeals to everyone, yet the Apple users I’ve met (not trying to generalise here) have all been geeks in denial.
I suppose if your internet addiction is wrapped up in a pretty white box, that makes it ok. The same idea applies to the iphone, Apple’s latest offering to wannabe rich kids and closet programmers.
This is the worst list ever, seriously
If you think that the web is all about flash, you need to stop writing web articles and stop using the internet all-together, please
its funny how upset some of you get about electronics. Cheap therapy I guess, but not as effective. My suggestion, join a Luddite religious cult and praise the virtues of the later Cat Stevens albums. Personal wealth through inner exploration dewd.
I am the publisher of a Magazine and a long time apple user. I recently ( August 17th) purchased an i-phone from the apple store in Reno Nevada. I specifically told them that I work in an all apple office and only used apple computers at home and I wanted to be sure I could transfer my phone numbers from my ATT phone - which happens to be an LG. I was told this was not a problem and the ATT store could in fact transfer all to a thumb drive and I could transfer numbers via i-tunes to my phone. It is more than a month later now and I have spent countless hours at ATT store - on their customer service line and on the apple help line as well as at two apple stores and the final outcome is as follows - If you do not have a PC - you cannot transfer your phone contacts from ANY ATT phone to your i-phone. It seems that this is a major oversight on your part, since the current apple users are the first people to buy and embrace your new product. You should also be aware that I have called over 20 ATT stores and have recorded their employees over and over telling me that transferring date from my ATT phone to my apple is “no problem”. Your apple help desk was not even aware of this issue and offered no solutions. I have visited two different apple stores and had over 10 of your “genius” guys tell me - ATT can do this for me - “no problem”.Keep your $100 credit - I want a class action suit - who is with me?
Your list is sucky. The iPhone is awesome. I’ve dropped mine plenty and no cracks. Youtube works great over WiFi
and so does the internet. Even the EDGE is pretty good. Good not awesome. The photos are also pretty nice. Update: plenty of new ringtones. Who cares about the battery. Cell phone batteries are a rip-off anyway.
You should have used your time better.
And I was able to get all my phone numbers transferred over to my iphone. Use the OSX address book.
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For that king of money it shouldnt have any flaws.my old crapy sony ericsson z1010, that i got for FREE, is still better than the Iphone.and its still 4 years old!.
also after 300 charges, the phone is useless and you need to buy a new battery.
“28. It creates incredibly annoying iPhone fanboys.”
Hahaha, fo sho. You should put that one down at ihatemyiphone.com!
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You forgot 29
Apple makes it, so its already bad and doesn’t work
I am an American living temporarily in China. The Iphone unlocked is WORTHLESS over here and I’m guessing other places internationally.
I was told for $60.00 a month I’d have standard service (phone and data) and internationally I could use the phone just for email and surfing the net. Well…good thing I checked my bill because the plan they put me on only allows for 20 MB transfers….and unknowingly I blew throught that in days and my bill was a whopping $350.00. Since I have a wifi in my apartment in China, I figured that maybe that would allow it to be cheaper in terms of downloading data but I was told NOT THE CASE. It is still considered roaming when you are overseas.
Good thing I called AT&T because I found out that I was already over the limit for the next months billing cycle. Now for about a total of $105.00 a month I can get 50MB of downloads/surfing the Internet/email…and that DOES NOT include international calling. RIPPP OFFF !!!!!
All this means that you basically can’t use your iPhone for data very much or you will be billed up the a**.
Though the phone is pretty cool to look at…I found surfing the net is slow and tedious and most sites aren’t made for viewing with an iPhone. The email doesn’t seem to be immediate and unlike the Blackberry, does not seem to have immediate “push” technology. I can’t SMS in China because that is like a phone call and costs a roaming charge.
I can’t imagine a business person even contemplating using the iPhone seriously for business internationally…the Blackberry seems far superior.
Oh have to add that I also noticed the hand model also must have huge hands. Why? Because I am 6′3″ and I have huge hands and I could not recreate the photo in the ad because the phone was too big. I think the photo was doctored as well because of the proportions of the hand are just not normal.
I really am so glad I bought a Sony laptop instead of a Mac. Apple and AT&T piss me off so much and are going to have a huge whiplash effect if they don’t get their acts together and stop overcharging for overpriced crapy service.
The only good thing that happened over this is that AT&T was nice enought to take off my additional charges. After I told the customer service agent that the plan is just not realistically fair in price and I was told I had unlimited data, she took all the charges off and suggested I wait the last day of my billing cycle to remove the international portion of my service and I should just turn the phone off and remove the battery…can you even remove the battery? What a joke! Apple you suck and AT&T you suck just as much.
hahaha… a $140 nokia E61 is enough to put i phone back in its box , better if we dont compare this poor(but overpriced) thing with nokia N95
Ill tell u what… Ill never come to this sh*tty site again for any opinion of any matter. The only reason I would come back is to get a good chuckle at all of the extreme idiots lurking around posting their useless ‘opinions’. Thanks for nothing. By the way..maybe the www.who-sucks.com’s feature post should contain who-sucks?? www.Jefferson-sucks-Apple-iPhone-right-out-of-someones-a**.com
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Love mine.
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I hacked my iphone to make it a lot better…video mms games etc…but i agree that standard iphone sucks
Well whats my biggest beef with this phone you ask? This is the only phone at this price range that i know of that can not save email attachments..I would like to download photos and add to my iphone library..but you cant. How about a real Ichat app instead of using Jive talk via the internet.
this phone really blows.I am returning mine and paying the 175.00 At&T contract
Iphone is not a good buisness tool and is far from a smart phone…its a $500.00 toy.
thanks for letting me vent
This is one of the worst phones I have ever used. No text forwarding or multiple recipients without hacking the damn thing. You can’t even transfer your pone book via your sim like any other phone. Thes are basics any low end phone can manage but this thing can’t. then things you would expect from a phone like this but it lacks compared to cheaper phones, bluetooth file sharing, non apple bluetooth headsets, drag and drop audio files without extra software, custom ringtones without paying for them, video ringtones, video recording etc. it can’t do any of these things.
I really wish i kept my W880i as I would have given this away instead. I guess i will be getting a W960i when my network starts stocking them, as that phone will do everything I would expect this one to do and be a damn site more user freindly.
All i can say is in direct contrast to the likeS of SE walkman phones which are good feature packed phones with a capable adio vidio player aded on, this is at best a gimic of an audio player with very basic phone features added. This si quite simply the worst phone I have ever owned, it’s all looks and no brains (I have put my sim in my old w800i I’d forgotten I still had which is a much more capable phone than this)
Did I also mention I don’t like this phone one bit
This is my opinion about Apple iPhone:
iPhone seems ok and very nice as new mobile telephone if you are willing to stand all the defects mention…but what i want to point out is the VERY BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE Apple has !!!
I order an iPhone some days ago and i still didn’t received any confirmation from apple. When i checked in my bank account the money have been transfered. So i called Apple and after waiting and being charged they said that the reason for not receiving the confirmation email is because the Billing Infromation is wrong ?!?!?! WTF ??? If the billing information is wrong how can you draw money from my account ???
Don’t worry it gets worse……
After this little conversation i decided to abort the purchase order…So i logged in my account to the official apple page and canceled the order…But you know what ??? I noticed that the money that were supposed to be returned were £228 which is not true since i paid £269 for the freaking iPhone…. That is a difference of about £40….
You know what??? I never was an Apple guy and this was my first attempt for an Apple product….and believe me this is definitely the LAST !!!!!
Are you guys stupid?
I do not hate macs (though there tech is outdated compared to other hardware platforms) I hate Mac owners they have got to be some of the most smug shits on the planet with such massive reality distortion fields all powered by steve jobs ego.
Come on, Apple fans. Face the facts. I bought my wife an iphone for xmas, so I’m not talking out my ass here. iPhones are pretty, flashy fashion accessories. My old Cingular 8125 does everything the iphone does. Yes,the iphone does a couple of things better, but the trade-offs, many of which appear in this admittedly biased article, are not worth it. The on-screen keyboard really does suck. No MMS. No expandable memory. Have to buy ringtones for $2 each from iTunes. No video camera. No zoom camera. No GPS. No Stereo Bluetooth!!! Oh, and my wife already had to have it replaced once — sim card error — and now her second one is freezing up. Oh, and no third party software. The Apple iPhone is a Gilded turd.
Okay people. I do not like apple products. However I tried the iPhone and guess what? It is a great phone. This article is not bearing much truth. Let take a look at what is claimed and what is true….
1. At $599, it is ridiculously expensive. (Add in the cost of an AT&T contract and you get close to $1500)
Not any more. The my 8GB model cost me 440 and I renewed my contract. The better cell service provider require a deposit. Bad call on pinning that on the iPhone. Did you know that if you maintain good credit you talk them down into about say 200 bucks? I know from my own experience that you can.
2. Those who want to buy one must sell their soul to evil mega-corporation AT&T.
Because all the other service providers have golden halos. This reason was given has a filler. Weak.
3. Japan already has technologically superior phones, and they’re far cheaper.
However we don’t have them. Make due with you Razor until then.
4. Slower Internet than the commercials show: “The data experience is going to be very slow. If you’re on a cellular network, [using the Internet] is going to be very slow.”
Not if you are in a wifi hotshot. Yes Edge sucks but not to many places you go will not have wifi. Once you are on you fly.
5. Initial reports indicate that YouTube is slow and crappy using cellular network internet/EDGE. It’s nothing like in the commercials.
See above(invalid complaint 4). This is what we have wifi for.
6. You cannot remove its battery. Thanks for replicating one of the biggest complaints about the ipod, Apple!
It’s called a warranty. You get two for like 75 bucks. That warranty covers the battery. Why mess with it.
7. The glass touch screen of the iPhone guarantees that thousands of customers who drop their phones will have cracked screens.
False. The screen is tough has nails. I have had mine since the first of Oct.07. Not a scratch on the screen. This is a bogus thing to write.(My iPhone has been dropped)
8. The touchscreen keyboard sucks, according to those who have used the phone.
For about a day it does. The spell check earns your trust after about day two. Consider the source. Some will like it some won’t.
9. It can’t send MMS picture messages.
Ever heard of email. Most phones are capable. Possibly your only argument that I agree alittle with. It can be maneuvered around how ever.
10. The camera has little or no options, and the pictures it takes aren’t very good.
That is a straight up lie. It adjust well to lighting. No it doesn’t have a flash. You got me there. Guy I better turn on the lights to take a picture. Darn!
11. It lacks proper support for Flash websites. So much for the internet.
And your phone displays a better internet? It doesn’t have to be perfect to be the best. I have tried Blackberrys, the 8525, the black jack, razor, and many other phones that have watered down browsers. Not the iPhone. Try it some time. I am sure that you have an AT&T near you.
12. It can’t record video.
Wow you got me there. The music, satellite maps, hybrid map, personalized home pages(up to 9) automatic email updates every 15,30,45, or 60 minutes, many widgets, and the very sexy phone help me to look over that.
13. “Pinching” pictures to zoom might look neat in commercials, but many reviewers are saying it actually sucks.
I don’t think so. You can also double tap to zoom. You have options on how you browse pictures.
14. It lacks 3G high-speed data transfer.
Believe me it is not slow(see invalid complaint 4 & 5).
15. No songs as ringtones.
Go to iTunes and make your own. I have 23 on my iPhone that I put on there.
16. No GPS.
A web app is due to be out in a couple of weeks. It is made just for the iPhone. It will allow you to use you iPhone has a GPS device.
17. It doesn’t work under 64-bit Windows XP / Windows Vista!!!!!!! Thanks for not including that in your Windows System Requirements, Apple!
Dude, do you know who Apple is? Did you really think that they would let you have a third party app let alone a different OS on it?! Why do you think I am so hard on Apple!
18. It only allows for a maximum of 1 picture to be attached to each e-mail you send.
True. Did you know that if you sync your iPhone you can send all the pictures at once from a PC? That is somewhat of an inconvenient feature.
19. It doesn’t have a file browser/organizer.
LOL. Thats is all I can say.
20. Its default ringtones suck.
Right and most phones do. This is grasping at straws. It’s tones beat the majority of the phones you will buy.
21. You can not save documents on it: documents can only be viewed as attachments when they’re sent to your e-mail address.
How many phones do you that can download and open attachments. Not many.
22. No games!!
There are over 900 games available.
23. Its “quick list” dialing sucks compared to traditional speed dialing, which it lacks..
Not really.It is called favorites. Two touches and you dial. You need to go try one of these. If you are going to write a review then don’t use third party information.
24. Long activation waits: many new iPhone users are reporting that they are being told to wait hours or even days to activate service for their phone. Thanks, AT&T!
I was up and running in no time. I even talked the people at AT&T into setting up my iTunes account since I would be at home till later that night. Try this on for size. In under ten minutes I had an iTunes account and an activated iPhone that was good to go.
25. Heat issues: the iPhone can get very hot when it is in use.
Which phone doesn’t? Come on guy.
26. Deceptive Ads: Apple has been using models with gigantic hands in their advertisements for the iPhone in an effort to trick consumers into believing it is more compact.
It is bigger than some phones. It is smaller than some too! Like Blackberrys, BlackJacks, Palm Treos, 8525 & Tilt. Once again do you know Apple at all? They claim no viruses, no hackers, and claim that they own a big share in the OS market. Lies. Nothing new here guy.
27. Many of the positive press reports about the iPhone are influenced by newspapers and TV networks that simply want to profit from the hypefest, or even worse, reporters who are looking to sell books about the iPhone.
This is true with any phone. Don’t pick and choose here . You can claim this for every product ever made. That includes Vista.
28. It creates incredibly annoying iPhone fanboys.
Once again not a valid reason. Microsoft has been creating pimple faced nerds that live with their parents at 23+ for has long has I can remember. Don’t call names.
Let me state this again…
“I hate Macs, Mac Desktops, Towers, Macbooks, iPods, and about every other product Apple has ever made. However I love the iPhone. It is the best Multimedia phone on the market. Bottom line. Your points were mostly invalid third party reviews. Don’t review a product you don’t own or have used more than three times.
Many of the issues stated in the comments have been fixed with update 1.1.3. With every update the iPhones flaws are getting fixed. Like sending an SMS message to multiple people. Now you can. The freezes are due to user error, RESET YOUR PHONE ONCE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.
After 300 charges some claim it won’t work. Who here has charged it more than three hundred times?
In all truth you had about three issues that could be inconvient. Way the pros and the cons and you come out with a winner.
Well, with LocateMe app. installed on iPhone it can define you coordinates and show you on the google map..
iPod + Phone = Great toy for pimply teenagers.
suckiest=iphone fanboys
half of the reasons you gave there were, X sucks (according to people who have used it). There will allways be people that dislike things because its human nature. And also “Jailbreaking” although it breaks your warrenty gives you countless tools including games.
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My name says it all
Get a life, dude!
Anyone who spends that kind of cash on a phone is out of their damn mind.
I could buy a basic computer with that kind of money….
Iranian Ajax
Thank you to Travis (number 84) for actually thinking. I think we need more people like this in the world to show the rest of the sheep where they are going wrong. I personally dont have an iphone but this person obviously did some research on the pros and cons. The iphone is actually a great piece of technology first of all because it is very thin, it looks good, it works well and generally it is another great innovation from apple inc. who create lots of competition for the rest of the world. Dont get me wrong, though I just feel that if people really want to make an opinion, they must look at all aspects. Thank you very much over and out.
First of all i think iphones are pieces of shit. If they were faster than edge i might consider them. I used one in the apple store and i really liked the design and big screen, youtube videos looked great on the it too. After i heard it has edge I realized that its pointless getting an iPhone. The camera is a piece of shit that looks like crap and cant even record videos. What the fuck?… even the worst phones can record videos. Also, if my battery dies I dont wanna wait for them to ship it to fucking china so they can get it replaced. And that wifi is bull shit. Im not just gonna go to a store or restaurant and pray that it has wifi. I have access to it where i live but thats why i have a computer, works much better than iPhone for sure. The only reason they are competition is cuz apple is smart and know how to get you dumb shits fanboys to buy their producs. Apple think they can make phones but they dont know shit exept to fool you into buyng it. Next the prolly gonna come up with a 300$ toothbrush that u cn watch videos on it while brushing your teeth, which would actually be worth 30 bucks for the lcd in it.
apple haters. pc computers are for cheap bitches. i could name far more than 50 reason why pc users suck and why most phones are superior. almost everything in your petty list is something you have to get used to. sure the camera isn’t the best but if you want a real camera than buy a real camera. and texting is easy once you use it. who gives a fuck about watching you tube on your phone. it’s 400 dollars and the at&t plan is not bad at all. lastly you complain about an evil corp. yet you run windows. haha. haters. little bitches who are cheap whiners. there are sites about people hating on pcs like there is on pc people hating on apple. apple is far superior. you can even run windows on macs. fuckin dumbass
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Point number 1 is not valid if you can get the iphone for free. Hence, look at my website www.freeiphone4me.com
On this site: a bunch of butthurt fags that can’t afford the iphone. Enjoy being poor and googling iphone sucks so you can feel better about your shitty non iphones. I will be living it up with the best phone out.
First off I am not a Mac hater - I love Mac, however my N95 8GB does EVERYTHING the iPhone does plus more, It cost me significantly less and I am able to use it on any mobile carrier. The iPhone does not suck — but it is hardly state of the art, it is simply a mobile phone with touch screen and a cool user interface nothing more nothing less
Peace Out
1. $599 is about 387.92Euro
Any other phone like the nokia N series of HTCprofessional series are far more expensive
Name me 1 phone which has ALL the features of the iphone, and is cheaper…
2. My Iphone is simfree, I live in a country (Belgium)where At&T doesn’t even exist…
3. I don’t speak japanese- and I believe I’m not the only one here…and even then: I’ve been looking on the internet before i bought my phone - show me 1 phone that has 16GB storage- I don’t believe you’ll find one- not even in Japan….let alone the cover flow aps , or eyetv possibility…
4. internet connection depends on the cellular network’s speed. When I use my Iphone it’s the same speed as a nokia phone, and wifi works far faster than the nokia N95.
5. youtube works fine.
all video’s on Youtube that aren’t supported can be donloaded and viewed by simply installing a download app from modmyiphone.com
6. I don’t need to replace the battery , because it works fine
the problem with battery life you’re talking about on the Ipods dates from the 2nd generation Ipods.
The 3rd generation Ipods has been launched since end 2007 allready…are you still living in 2006?
7. Why would this phone break faster than any other?
I’ve just trown away my HTC phone because the case broke when I bumped against my desk a work, ahad my phone in my pocket… I’ve got a silicone case around my Iphone and it’s just as strong as any other phone.
8. The keyboard sucks… yeah right- I type faster than on a regular phone on which I have to tap a key 3 times to type the letter “c”…- and that is without the amazing dictionary that’s included - It remembers all words that I use regularly. And just as any other device- practice makes perfect.
9. I can send MMS messages (download swirly MMS app from the internet directly with safari on your Iphone) and I usually send an e-mail: better quality, and faster- also directly from my Iphone…
10. 2 megapixel camera- just as good as any other cameraphone on the market- or no, even better: due to the accelerometer the Iphone knows automatically when you take a landscape picture,and when you hold your phone upwards- so no more rotating pictures when transferring them to your PC.
11. yes it has no flash support- I haven’t seen any phone yet that does…not for 599 anyway!
12. wrong! it can: just google “showtime for iphone”
You can even download apps to edit video on the iphone- haven’t seen any other phone that can do that before…
13. explain to me what other way of viewing websites on a screen of that size is better…
Pinching is wonderfull- not even to mention the coverflow, or slide to scroll trough your libraries of pictures and contacts.
14. True, it has EDGE… rumours are that a 3G model would be released in the near future.
15. Itunes has a unique feature to make custom ringtones from any of your tracks.
16. it has no GPS, but it suports Google maps, which you can use with verizon- and it takes me everywhere I want. works great even though I thought it wouldn’t…
17. It isn’t compatible with my nintendo 64, or my sega either, but I don’t care. technology is the future , stop living in the past…
18. No it doesn’t- it. I can send multiple- it can be the fact when you send it over the cellphone network, and you have a limited data transfer limit- but then you should switch provider…
19. You can use mobilefinder for the iphone - just google (which you can do right from your iphone..)
If you add “iphonedownloader”, you can manage your downloads as well.
20. That is your personal opinion, not a fact
I think they are just as good as any other phone, and as allready mentionned- you CAN customise them easily by using ITunes.
21. Come on man.. have you even seen an Iphone in real life- you know nothing! I can read PDF’s, powerpoints keynotes, anything you want on it. At least test your device before wrinting some crap on the internet!
22. you can download games from itunes.
There are 10x more apps available for the Iphone than for ANY other phone on the market.
Also Check out the keynote presentation from Steve Jobs from march, in which SEGA present “monkeyball for the Iphone” - They clearly state that they had to fly in a developper to enhance the graphics of the games because they were able to build a FULL CONSOLE GAME on a mobile device!
The accelerometer is the same thing that is fitted into your Nintendo WII- get ready for some amazing games in the future, and not just the stupid tetris and sudoku crap you can play on other phones nowadays.
23. You can set a “favorites” list in you contacts, so you can dail them with 1 tap on the screen- how fast would you like it? It supports voice dailing as well (app downloadable from modmyiphone)
24. Like I told you before- AT&T doesnt exist here in Belgium. What I can say is that i’ve had to wait with my provider long times as well in the past- sometimes phonelines are busy, and that will be the same with AT&T as well - especially when they are selling millions of Iphones, and the have a lot of customers- their employees will have their hands full..But is that a bad thing?
25. I’ve got no complaints about heat…
BTW remember the exploding NOKIA batteries- Heat isn’t that bad then…
26. It’s not larger or smaller than a typical smartphone.
It is half as thin though!- and my hands are normal, and it fits great in my palm…
Are you that kind of guy that complains to the pornstar because his ***** is larger than yours?- hilarious!
27. Objectivity isn’t your speciality either…you’ve done no research and write things you know nothing about- before writing an article like this one; test the device!
28. I think persons like yourself who just write articles about a device they haven’t tested are just as annoying.
I happy with my iphone- which doesn’t mean that I think it’s perfect- A lot of things should be added or enhanced before it’s perfect.
A lot of that should be evolving fast in the near future with Apple releasing the Iphone SDK (if you don’t know what that is - check apple.com)
I do find it very incorrect that you comment a device which you obviously haven’t tested, or about which you’ve done little or no research.
For all the non-believers that still think their Nokia-or-whatever-other-brand phones are better that the Iphone- think again:
I’ve owned a Nokia N95, and an HTC smartphone recently and non of them could do stuff like: store an entire box of “friends” episodes”, play movies troug wifi which were recorded with eyetv and stored on a harddisk in my network, flicker trough fotos with a slide , buy itunes tracks, and play them within half a minute, install additional software, without connecting to a pc or mac…
I tell you: test an iphone - google everything you can about it - check all the apps, and then come back and tell me what it can’t do- I’m sure you’ll find it works just fine and you can do some stuff with it you never would have thought were possible…
I agree with every single one. Some dude up there said some of the reasons are subjective and yes they are. But who cares? I mean, this is HIS opinion. Why r people being so hard on the guy for putting HIS opinion out there. I OWN an iPhone and I hate it. Sure it looks good and the touch screen is huge and cool. But the lack of so many basic features and details that every single phone out there has is very annoying. I’m looking for someone who wants to buy it from me so I can buy another phone. I hate it bcoz of everything this guys says. I actually ended up on this site bcoz i starting to think i was the only one who has hate it for all those reasons. Again: this is MY opinion and it doesn’t matter it my reasons are subjective. I’m still allowed to say it sucks. Just like I’m allowed to say “the collour red sucks” (the dude up there said i wasn’t :p)
look guys, phones are for talking, not for any crap web browsing or an iPod ok and iPhone fans don’t be hatin’ on me cuz I have an iPhone and I have to go outside almost everywhere just to get 3 bars, even in my house!!! Ok if u want a phone with high end features buy a treo, they are reliable trust me and stay away from the evil wrath of AT&T.
They might have their disadvantages but they’re the best product on the market at present.
I actually got the IPhone as a gift for Christmas and I am already over it! The phones wi-fi never works and when there is no wi-fi around then other features on the phone dont work. The only time I can get into itunes is when I hook the stupid phone up to the computer. This phone is seriously stupid and for the price it is so not worth it! I advise anyone thinking about getting the IPhone to not get one and save your money for something better. I mean even the ATT bill is rediculous. I HATE THE IPHONE!!!!!
Hey for the first few hours the iphone needs some getting used to,keyboard etc.
But after that,its a fucking breeze to use.seamless sync with iTunes,fast wifi connectivity..
I am typing this on my iPhone and its become a part of my life,I’m glad to say.
Seriously stop hating,its really good.Apple is not just selling iPods,its selling a lifestyle.
Well no matter what I say people will still hate due to the fact that their phone doesn’t have touchscreen and stuff.
Grow up and learn to adapt and you’ll find life easier.
Go Apple users!
We are much enlightened than you are,seriously.
if anyone wants to change there iphone for something fun-tastic..go with the ” nokia n95 8g ” now that’s a phone …
I am a lead design engineer on the IPHONE 2.0 and would like to share some insight. I can now confirm the rumor that G.P.S will be a part of the new IPHONE. As with all Apple products we have taken it to the next level and you will not find G.P.S like thin in any other device. The new IPHONE will feature thousands of microscopic legs like a centipede, so that it better position its self up your dumb ass. For those of you that don’t know already or have not had the pleasure of testing out a private demo G.P.S stands for Gerbil Positioning Device. I’m sure all of you HOMO’s will love the new IPHONE and its wonderful new G.P.S. CAUTION, always make sure the usb cable is attached when using G.P.S.
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I just tried to update my iPhone for the third time and hoped it wouldn’t go the same way as my past two updates did, but I was wrong. Three updates, three times where EVERYTHING on the damn phone was deleted! FUCK APPLE!
Volumes could be written about ” Why Windows sucks , Why WM sucks, and Why the world cannot come up with a phone to Match Iphone , or can they ? If they can, where is it ? Lousy Windows Mobile units , ugly and uncomfortable !Sure Iphone is not God, comes short of perfect in many ways, but I would take Iphone over this underdeveloped windows garbage any time of the day. My windows days are over, forget ya !
- You don’t have tasks.
- You cannot attach pictures to replies
- You don’t have cut’n'paste
- You are forced to use fuckin’ legacy cable to synchronize. WLAN sync: no, GPRS sync: no, Bluetooth sync: no.
Another crapy part of it
how are you suposed to talk when the mouthpeich is in the front and earphone in the back?
what are you suposed flip it back and forth??
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