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I know this is a apple forum and everyone here are apple fans, but I've been reading into the iPhone a lot (looking to get one or an alternative) and I found a lot of cons (and pros). Sure it has a beautiful interface, but in terms of functionality, it lacks in certain places. This thread is purely for informational purposes and straight facts, so if you're a nutso apple fan that has nothing *constructive* to say other than "iphone rules bc it's awesome!!!", don't bother posting.
These are the downsides to the iphone that I personally do not like. There were others, but they did not particularly bug me.
- Battery is not customer replaceable and costs $79.95 + $6.95 shipping to get it replaced -- very pricey and crappy that the user cannot replace it him/herself. On top of that, I've heard that the lifespan is not as long as it could be. (possibly a rumour)
- lacks certain major features such as GPS receiver
- lack of third party software support (legally, that is)
- price... $399 USD is pricey esp. with the above points. On top of that, it is not yet available in Canada (which is where I reside) and when it will be available here, I've heard it will be considerably more expensive.
On the plus side...
- it's amazingly sleek and thin/small
- i love the interface
- it has an accelerometer.
Aside from those few pluses, I don't really see an advantage over competing pda phones/touch phones. I've looked into a few (such as HTC) and aside from lacking a sexy interface and accelerometer, most beat the iphone. The one thing that I noticed though is most of the competing phones only support 2gb or 4gb of expandable memory, where the iPhone supports 8gb (although it's not expandable).
I haven't used an iPhone personally, but I've used an iPod Touch, so I know what the interface and navigation is like. Don't get me wrong, IMO no phone can beat the iPhone/iPod Touch's sexy interface, but I'm just wondering if it will be worth shelling out $400 USD to get one.
If you have something constructive to add or contradict, please post.
EDIT: I just wanted to add a few things to the pro list for the iPhone. To add to it's intuitiveness, I think the photo browsing/scaling, music browsing and internet browsing is quite amazing. i don't know if any other devices have matched this functionality, so hopefully ppl can help me out in that respect too.
These are the downsides to the iphone that I personally do not like. There were others, but they did not particularly bug me.
- Battery is not customer replaceable and costs $79.95 + $6.95 shipping to get it replaced -- very pricey and crappy that the user cannot replace it him/herself. On top of that, I've heard that the lifespan is not as long as it could be. (possibly a rumour)
- lacks certain major features such as GPS receiver
- lack of third party software support (legally, that is)
- price... $399 USD is pricey esp. with the above points. On top of that, it is not yet available in Canada (which is where I reside) and when it will be available here, I've heard it will be considerably more expensive.
On the plus side...
- it's amazingly sleek and thin/small
- i love the interface
- it has an accelerometer.
Aside from those few pluses, I don't really see an advantage over competing pda phones/touch phones. I've looked into a few (such as HTC) and aside from lacking a sexy interface and accelerometer, most beat the iphone. The one thing that I noticed though is most of the competing phones only support 2gb or 4gb of expandable memory, where the iPhone supports 8gb (although it's not expandable).
I haven't used an iPhone personally, but I've used an iPod Touch, so I know what the interface and navigation is like. Don't get me wrong, IMO no phone can beat the iPhone/iPod Touch's sexy interface, but I'm just wondering if it will be worth shelling out $400 USD to get one.
If you have something constructive to add or contradict, please post.
EDIT: I just wanted to add a few things to the pro list for the iPhone. To add to it's intuitiveness, I think the photo browsing/scaling, music browsing and internet browsing is quite amazing. i don't know if any other devices have matched this functionality, so hopefully ppl can help me out in that respect too.