Seven Reasons Why the New iPhone Sucks

[warren123]

http://www.topnewsblog.info/tblog_10437.htm

Look before you leap before buying the new iPhone. This is the iPhone that all of us have been waiting for. It promised to address the deficiencies of the first generation iPhone, but does it really?

 

[Aeolius]

GPS Features are rumored to be in the works:
http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q208-apple-beta-testing-iphone-21-firmware/

Copy/Paste is rumored to be in the works:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/25/iphone.21.firmware.specs/

As for "native" voice dialing, there are a few applications in the iTunes App Store that might fit the bill.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

http://www.topnewsblog.info/tblog_10437.htm

Look before you leap before buying the new iPhone. This is the iPhone that all of us have been waiting for. It promised to address the deficiencies of the first generation iPhone, but does it really?

That list is just funny, and I say that as someone who's been using a smartphone for years.

1. Too expensive to own.

No, it's not. It's comparable to what it costs to use a smartphone. The iPhone 3G is not meant to replace someone's free-with-contract Razr.

2. Can't use the GPS like a GPS.

Uh, you can't? Google Maps gives me turn-by-turn directions, unless there's some sneaky way this is being redefined. And there are already navigation apps that do more, and according to Apple, even more impressive ones on the way.

3. Can’t tether the iPhone to your laptop.

Smartphones are meant to be the laptop-lite in your pocket, not part of a suite of electronic crap you're carrying around like some Road Warrior extra.

4. Still no cut and paste.

Irritating, but it's coming.

Speaking of email, where’s the spell checker? Predictive typing is fine but spell checkers are everywhere else but here.

Predictive typing IS a spell checker.

5. Wimpy 2 MP camera.
In the world of 5 MP Smartphones and 10 MP point and shoot cameras that you can buy for under $200

Deceptive to blend these two together. Smart phones with good cameras tend to run a lot more than this phone does.

What these hands-off complaints about the iPhone don't ever take into consideration is that while the iPhone actually does a great deal of what Blackberries and Treos do (now that the best-in-show Apps Store is open), it does it a LOT better. The e-mail client is vastly better than the one on the Treo, the chat is slightly better (Treos always had a good client), adding new applications (which crash no more than Treo ones do, and Palm takes months or years between patches, whereas 2.1 is going live before too long) is painless and the variety of even these first-gen apps is impressive and the quality is quite high.

Given what developers are saying about the relative power of the iPhone, we're going to see it discussed as a platform competing with the DS as much as with the Blackberry.

EDIT: Snark removed. If the OP is the blog owner, there are some usability tweaks needed that are pretty much a must for that site, IMO.

 

[jaerdaph]

Wait a minute - there was no cut and paste out of the box, and iPhone is over a year old now too?

*snicker*

 

[Morrus]

Uh, you can't? Google Maps gives me turn-by-turn directions, unless there's some sneaky way this is being redefined. And there are already navigation apps that do more, and according to Apple, even more impressive ones on the way.

Like a SatNav. Google Maps just gives you a list of directions. I have TomTom installed on my phone.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Like a SatNav. Google Maps just gives you a list of directions.

I don't have a SatNav, but the Google Maps on my iPhone doesn't just give me a list of directions. Click on Start and it'll walk you through every turn, and show you where you are on the map (updated live) at all times.

I'm clearly not understanding what functionality is missing here.

In other news, there's now an app available on the App Store, called NetShare, that will allow one to use their iPhone to provide wireless Internet service for their laptop computer, which was Reason #3 in the original post.

 

[Umbran]

I'm clearly not understanding what functionality is missing here.

Realtime detouring is a pretty standard function these days, and I think it is missing. And, does your Google Maps method readjust your route if you step off the pre-determined route?

And, of course, the #1 and #2 reasons to avoid the 3G iPhone don't appear on that list - Lousy (and I mean really lousy) battery life, and the spottiness of the AT&T 3G network.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Realtime detouring is a pretty standard function these days, and I think it is missing.

Not sure what this is, so maybe.

And, does your Google Maps method readjust your route if you step off the pre-determined route?

Not automatically.

And, of course, the #1 and #2 reasons to avoid the 3G iPhone don't appear on that list - Lousy (and I mean really lousy) battery life

I'm going to throw a flag on that play.

Compared to my iPod Touch, the battery life is comparable, including playing music throughout the day, browsing the Web and playing games.

Compared to my Treo 650, which I did a lot less with (games in long meetings, let's be honest, but also e-mail, some Web browsing, lots of texting), the battery life is less.

But I would have to use my iPhone comparably to my Treo to say there's a noticeable difference in battery life. I've had a few days where I unintentionally used it that way, and it's about the same as the Treo as far as I can tell.

Battery life comparisons need to be apples to apples, not "my phone which I use less than that iPhone gets used has a battery that lasts longer" because, well, yeah, obviously it would with less use.

I'm listening to six to eight hours of music a day, automatically checking e-mail every 15 minutes, using it as a Web client (and games to stay awake in long municipal meetings) and so on during the day. It gets low toward the end of the day, but so would the iPod.

On days where it just sits in my pocket, checks e-mail and occasionally sends a few texts, it arrives home after a full day without being below the halfway mark on the charge meter.

and the spottiness of the AT&T 3G network.

Well, this is ultimately a location-specific issue. I'm getting much better results in my home, work and community than I did with my Sprint-based Treo.

 

[jonesy]

I have just one but it's a killer.

No tactile response. You have to look at the thing to use it. And that is frickin annoying in a phone. I can't use a phone that's annoying.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have just one but it's a killer.

No tactile response. You have to look at the thing to use it. And that is frickin annoying in a phone. I can't use a phone that's annoying.

I definitely had that problem when I got my iPod Touch last year. I don't have it now, and that may be because of a year's worth of practice, or this delicious pitcher of Kool-Aid Apple sent over. Either way, I can certainly understand how that'd be an issue. I was concerned about it myself, given that I could accurately type on my Treo without even looking at the keyboard, thanks to the raised dots on the home keys.