Don't Buy the IPhone...it is a PIECE of SH!T

[fattony69]

1. I'm being told by a friend who is a COR Manager in Philly that There is going to be specific IPhone Plans with a base starting price of over $100/mo. No customization, No choosing your features, No early N&W, NO FAN DISCOUNTING ALLOWED!!!!! Apple is Making a 60% margin on this phone!!!! Plus they get a piece of this special plan. GREEDY

2. Price: $600-$800 with a 2-yr contract. You could by 2 8525's for that kind of money.

3. If the Iphone breaks(and it will) Cingular will not help the customer out even through XBM. The customer will have to go to an Apple store (Good luck finding one) to exchange it (with a $100 deductible) or mail it away and wait up to 2 weeks for a new one(no phone for 2 WEEKS. AHHHHHHH)

4. It's pretty big for a phone . bigger than the Treo 750, BlackBerry Pearl & 8525.I TS HUGH(imagine holding a phone to your head that's almost 2x as big as the 8525) - Also were will you carry it (Wont fit in your pocket)And who wants a phone sticking out 4 inches from there waist on a clip???(The Blackjack fits in your shirt pocket)

5. The design places too much emphasis on the product as a phone, and not enough on PDA features (entering new contacts or appointments), iPod features (not enough memory), or data connectivity (EDGE instead of a true 3G network?)

6. Apple says there is only a 5 hour talk time. (so as we all know with all phones cut that in half) and that's if you DON'T use the music/video player or Internet. AND NO REMOVABLE BATTERY SO YOU CAN'T EVEN SWAP THEM OUT - There goes the Power Users

7. NO 3G - AHHHH WHAT??? - So no Cellular Video or downloading LARGE attachments from Email

8. 2MP camera (but its a low end optic so pictures look just as bad as a VGA Camera)

9. No expansion Slot so there is no way to add additional memory once you fill up the built in memory

10. Apple has come out stating that there will be " no 3rd-party apps" going into the iPhone, citing stability concerns as the primary reason. A "SMARTPHONE" with NO ability for expansion programs, what's so "SMART" about that. (Windows, Palm, Blackberry & Symbian OS's have thousands of expansion programs) - There goes the Road Warrior customers(especially realtors)

11. No support for excel or PowerPoint - There goes the Business Customers

12. NO IM Client (That right no AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ or even the APPLE IM Client Ichat) - There goes the Teen market

13. This Phone was NOT made for texters (How are you going to text quickly on a touchscreen) - There goes the Teen market Again

14. The phone supports POP3/SMTP & IMAP mail servers, but not Exchange or Blackberry servers. So no automatic PUSH email you actually have to ask it to check your email - There Goes the Business Customers Again

15. Google Maps, yay, but no GPS functionality? Come on - if you're going to 'reinvent' the phone, GPS should be in there. Several high-end phones have it, so why not the iPhone? So what's the point - 8800 has it built in (Half our other phones can use GPS with the telenav puck)

16. No support for MP3 only Apples proprietary ITUNES AAC format (So you got to spend HOURS converting our MP3 collection into Itunes before you can load any music on the phone)

17. If you want to purchase music you HAVE to do it from ITUNES for $0.99, our windows devices allow you to purchase music from multiple companies for as little as $0.59 or Rent all the music you want for only $14.99(With a free year on the Sync or Blackjack

18. CANT USE ITUNES AS RINGTONES

19. NO removable SIM card(WHAT?????) so if SIM goes bad you need a new phone

20. Screen is Made of a semi-plastic material that will scratch easily(AKA IPOD) and will not stand up to demands of modern life.

21. Fingers constantly smudging the screen. Yes, we're sure the touchscreen UI is wondrous, but watching video on a screen covered in fingerprints… great! and who wants to watch movies with fingerprints all over the screen

22. Will not work one Handed at all. The Iphone is designed to be held by one have and controlled with the index finger on the other. (isn't the whole world used to dialing with there thumbs....)

23. NO AIRPLANE MODE (IE you Cant turn off the transmitter like you can in all our other PDA/Smartphones SO you cant use it for music or movies when on a plane. FAA Will not allow it)

24. NO voice Command (so good luck dialing on a touch screen when driving Again not designed to be dialed with your thumb)

25. The most important feature of the included browser (Safari) seems to be that it zooms in and out, but many phones have browsers, so this is not a big deal

26. NO JAVA support. Apple's commercials seam to claim that you can view any website (Well most use Java, so NO YOU CANT)

[DEWWWWWWWWWW]

damn some of these sound ridiclulous


the SIM cant get taken out thats such bullshit

[ChriS]

=O
i had high expectations!..RAZR!!!FTW!!!

[DoctorAngus]

thx for the write up i was thinking of purchasing one myself, but on second thought i will prolly stick with my RAZR

[SkeTToIsTheReUp]

Originally Posted by fattony69

20. Screen is Made of a semi-plastic material that will scratch easily(AKA IPOD) and will not stand up to demands of modern life.

No it's made from glass. Where are you getting your info?

[XxSniper HogxX]

LoL right now there is an ad at the bottom of the page for an iPhone. "The mobile phone just got a facelift." LoL *laughs at phony(PUN) advertisements*

[shake]

Originally Posted by fattony69

3. If the Iphone breaks(and it will) Cingular will not help the customer out even through XBM. The customer will have to go to an Apple store (Good luck finding one) to exchange it (with a $100 deductible) or mail it away and wait up to 2 weeks for a new one(no phone for 2 WEEKS. AHHHHHHH)

There's an Apple store maybe 10 minutes away from me at the longest, so... good luck finding one? Shit, just come to me lol.

26. NO JAVA support. Apple's commercials seam to claim that you can view any website (Well most use Java, so NO YOU CANT)

You don't need Java to view the webpage, in fact, most browsers let you choose if you want it to be enabled or disabled, and I highly doubt they would do that if it would interfere with viewing things.

[Freak]

you should've made the title 26 reasons not to buy iphone

[StlcKs]

Wow, I'm pretty disappointed. This phone was supposed to have it all....

[PhaLanX]

Originally Posted by fattony69

4. It's pretty big for a phone . bigger than the Treo 750, BlackBerry Pearl & 8525.I TS HUGH(imagine holding a phone to your head that's almost 2x as big as the 8525) - Also were will you carry it (Wont fit in your pocket)And who wants a phone sticking out 4 inches from there waist on a clip???(The Blackjack fits in your shirt pocket)

Its a phone.... and you want it to do all this other shit. Of course its gonna be big. FFS... if you want something small. Just get a regular cell phone.

5. The design places too much emphasis on the product as a phone, and not enough on PDA features (entering new contacts or appointments), iPod features (not enough memory), or data connectivity (EDGE instead of a true 3G network?)

iPhone... not iPDA... lets break this down...

i (no idea what the 'i' is for')
Phone (hey! its a phone!)

6. Apple says there is only a 5 hour talk time. (so as we all know with all phones cut that in half) and that's if you DON'T use the music/video player or Internet. AND NO REMOVABLE BATTERY SO YOU CAN'T EVEN SWAP THEM OUT - There goes the Power Users

... again... its a phone. Music/videos etc are the reason we have iPods.

8. 2MP camera (but its a low end optic so pictures look just as bad as a VGA Camera)

... its a phone. Not a digital camera.

9. No expansion Slot so there is no way to add additional memory once you fill up the built in memory

Do you really have THAT many contacts that you would use up all the memory? I dont think Ive even filled up my like 99 contacts.

11. No support for excel or PowerPoint - There goes the Business Customers

... its made my apple. Excel/Powerpoint are by MS... I dont see any surprise here. Not to mention... i dont think ANY business will buy their employees an iPhone, ever.

12. NO IM Client (That right no AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ or even the APPLE IM Client Ichat) - There goes the Teen market

... its a phone. F*cking call the person.

13. This Phone was NOT made for texters (How are you going to text quickly on a touchscreen) - There goes the Teen market Again

See my answer to #12

14. The phone supports POP3/SMTP & IMAP mail servers, but not Exchange or Blackberry servers. So no automatic PUSH email you actually have to ask it to check your email - There Goes the Business Customers Again

This is the only one I agree with... HOWEVER... if you want email features... get a blackberry.

15. Google Maps, yay, but no GPS functionality? Come on - if you're going to 'reinvent' the phone, GPS should be in there. Several high-end phones have it, so why not the iPhone? So what's the point - 8800 has it built in (Half our other phones can use GPS with the telenav puck)

Ever hear of an atlas?

16. No support for MP3 only Apples proprietary ITUNES AAC format (So you got to spend HOURS converting our MP3 collection into Itunes before you can load any music on the phone)

This is common business practice. Not to mention... why do you need music on your phone? Most people have iPods.

19. NO removable SIM card(WHAT?????) so if SIM goes bad you need a new phone

LoL... not that random. Cingular/AT&T are the only providers I know that use exchangable SIM cards.

21. Fingers constantly smudging the screen. Yes, we're sure the touchscreen UI is wondrous, but watching video on a screen covered in fingerprints… great! and who wants to watch movies with fingerprints all over the screen

Cant you watch videos on your iPod? Why do you need it on the phone. I usually only use my phone to call people. Thats what phones are for.

23. NO AIRPLANE MODE (IE you Cant turn off the transmitter like you can in all our other PDA/Smartphones SO you cant use it for music or movies when on a plane. FAA Will not allow it)

*whispers* most people who would buy this technology would already have an iPod. I think those are allowed on planes.

24. NO voice Command (so good luck dialing on a touch screen when driving Again not designed to be dialed with your thumb)

You shouldnt be using the phone while driving anyways. Pay attention to the road.

26. NO JAVA support. Apple's commercials seam to claim that you can view any website (Well most use Java, so NO YOU CANT)

I have a computer for surfing the web.
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Give me a phone that does nothing that call people.