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- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -8/+686. The keyboard sucks. It gets slightly better after the iPhone "learns" you, as the employees said, but even then, it's not a device you can use with one hand comfortably, much less without looking.
7. You can only send one picture at a time in an email.
8. No custom ringtones (yet, as we were being told) and the alert tones can not be changed whatsoever.
9. The default ringtones are incredibly lame.
10. The only form of customization outside of a lame default ringtone is the wallpaper, which you'll only see when you need to unlock the device or when you get a phone call.
11. "Picture pinching" or using two fingers to zoom on any content is certainly fun to play with, but not practical whatsoever. This operation depends solely on using the device with two hands.
12. No document editor or native viewer. You can not store documents on the device to be viewed, they can only be viewed as attachments when they're sent to your in an email.
13. Visual voicemail is laggy and reacts about the same way as pushing the fast forward and rewind buttons on traditional voicemail systems. The only advantage is for those that get that many voicemail messages a day that they need to sort them according to priority.
14. NO games. None.
15. No voice dialing.
16. No speed dialing (which can be made up by the "quick list", but getting to that quick list isn't as fast as holding a single key on a real keypad).
17. No video.
18. No MMS. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -9/+641. Bluetooth is ONLY good for connecting a headset. That's it.
2. There is no file browser on the device at all. Data must be organized (if at all) in the appropriate application.
3. The camera is a simple application that has ONE button: the shutter. Pictures come out okay on the device, but nothing too fancy on a monitor, especially if it was an attempt at a macro shot.
4. SIM card is damn near impossible to open, if at all. I didn't look into it extensively.
5. Web browser is slow, even over WLAN. Even the simple OneList web app that was created takes around 20 seconds to load over WLAN. You can not highlight, cut, copy, or paste and text from a website, and you can not save any images you find from a website either. The only nice thing about it is the tabbed browsing, which crashed on me when I went to Engadget and YouTube on two tabs. This is the only application that allows you to use the keyboard in landscape mode. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -12/+5520. It only takes around 2 hours to explore every menu without any options for expandability except to scrounge around for new web apps that will load slowly and nowhere near as smoothly as the native apps.
This device looks like it was aimed at the general consumer who has the money to spend on such a flashy device, but it leaves so many basic features behind that it's almost impossible to consider it a success as a mainstream device. It encourages the advanced user to move away from MMS and into email to send images, but leaves out any advanced features advanced users would be accustomed to, and still retains a huge price tag on top of it.
It's certainly pretty and Americans will buy it because of that simple UI, but anyone who's familiar with other operating systems would be appalled. This phone needs to be unlocked and cracked WIDE open to make much better use of the multi-touch system. That, or it needs an immediate update in iTunes to rework every feature. - pnmoore, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16So is the Zune, but didn't stop every Apple fanboy on the planet from slamming it the same way...generation one is not an excuse. The product should be ready for prime time BEFORE launching.
I haven't touched an iPhone, so I don't know what is true and what isn't, but don't use lame excuses if these things are true. - lieutenantmudd, on 10/11/2007, -8/+21Did anyone else get the impression he wrote the conclusion to the review before getting his hands on an iPhone? (confirm)
- scheming, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13your comments should be posted as a digg article on their own. these are all things i did not know about the iPhone and i have been reading news about it almost daily since it was first announced. This thing barely sounds like a cellular phone after reading your concise list. THANKS!
- hoddrofnir, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Yeah dude, totally blog this somewhere, so it can be Dugg as a review on its own. But sadly, Apple did get already your six hundred bucks...what the hell do they care about what you think now.
- 1jaxstate1, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14What I can't understand, with the push on Youtube support, you'd think they would have added a frickin way to record video, and load the video to Youtube. How silly of them not to be able to record video.
- gcnaddict, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14***** excuse.
- chrisc262, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9remember when the razr came out and it was $299? now its played out...
- pplude92, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10It continues like this, there is only going to BE one generation.
- EzarKun, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12oh so u apple fanboys flame on the zune even thou its their Gen1 stuff, but even thou this iPhone is gen1 stuff it gets great praises, even thou its lacking incredibly.
apple products are cool, but the logic going thru u apple fans minds is brain splitting. - magus91, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I used to work for cingular and the razr was $499.99 w/2 year when it first came out.
- dysonlu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Wow. You almost convinced me. NOT.
No option for ringtones is a good thing? Were you just kidding or are you retarded?
"I love the no option for ringtones because it makes the phone simple and not annoying. its a phone! " You think most people ready to spend 600 bucks only wants a simple phone? If this thing was supposed to be only "a phone", then what's that list of picture, video, music, application-related features that are on the spec sheet? - UnlnvlslblE, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I think he's trying to say they crippled Bluetooth so you can only use it for connecting to a headset and not use it for any other feature. I've had Verizon do this to a few of my phones only to have to hack them to get full functionality back to the way it should be.
- Aitese, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7You don't get it...Blue-tooth on THIS device has been limited so you don't go sharing music using it...get it? You didn't actually think the same thing holding back the Zune's "social" was going to be suddenly solved in this device...the labels DON'T want you sharing...end of.
- stupergenius, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5He can return it...I hope.
- revvolutions, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6So this is Jobs' "Jack of All Trades, Master of None?"
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5http://www.digg.com/apple/A_list_of_iPhone_dissapointments
- Stalks, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Its nice to have a contrast to the fanboy comments. After months of hype and speculation, now that the iPhone is available for review, its good to be told the facts.
- dysonlu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5If that's supposed to be an excuse, try harder.
- seandfeeney, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4In conclusion, don't buy the first gen apple anything because the second gen is always 3 times as good as the first.
- GamerSDG, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7so it not worth 500 to me it sounds like an over price ipod
- mrkmrk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I like my BlackBerry Pearl, myself. Also, if I had $600 to spend on a phone that touted music abilities as an important feature, I'd want more than a puny 8GB :P.
- gcnaddict, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4How silly of them not to include HSDPA.
- rebelyell2k5, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4mirror captured the down page.
dude did you check the mirror before you posted it? - PJ2889, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4that sounded great in theory, but how many people have over 8GB of music/podcasts/pic/vids on their iPods? If it is going to replace my iPod, it needs to have all the functionality and capacity.
- Chazx, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5It's a knockout after 7 minutes...
- nsamurai, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3If you don't want to have the option to change your ringtone, then you can plainly not change it. How hard is that?
Think of what happens if several people have the same ringtone and they all go reach for their bag, pocket, what have you and are like, "Oh! It's not my phone." That and it can be fun to other people to have a different ringtone. Maybe we like not being generic. - TheLoneWolf071, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Hate to say it, but finally someone posts a comparison chart with the Ocean. All the comparisons and lists I see are like the trio and BB vs the iPhone, but never the ocean. Sad to see that it's down though...
But as someone once said, as long as it has the apple logo on it, it will sell alot... - johnpaul191, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2yeah... the people i know with first generation RAZRs paid more like $500 for those.
- ilgaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2and there is E90 which is 3G and has full keyboard along with installable BUSINESS applications.
http://europe.nokia.com/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_118960
has GPS too - jworkin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I definitely think they had an iPhone before they posted this. Here's their unboxing video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w6S3ALgchow - xtarburst, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The N95 might not have a QWERTY keyboard but you have the option of connecting it with a bluetooth keyboard =).
- DaffyDuck, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2What if I buy one just to use for myself and not to show off? Is it inconceivable that I might want a phone where I can store 8GB of music or watch videos on a relatively large, high resolution screen? Maybe I like the idea of synching photos from iPhoto to the phone and no other phones do that. I'm not getting one now because I really want a touchscreen iPod instead but even thought the Phone is missing some features, it's not inconceivable that the features it does offer and the way they are executed are attractive to many.
Also, find me a decent music phone for $300 with 8GB of memory. The SonyEricsson W960 with 8GB costs $600, FYI.
It's amazing how many people are posting comments with their emotions and not their brains. - gioshe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Yep, people used to show off their devices according to capability and what the devs were capable of doing.
Now its just the flashy design and gradient shadows that make consumers wet.
Don't get me wrong, I really love simple solutions but not for twice the price. - DaffyDuck, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"What I can't understand, with the push on Youtube support, you'd think they would have added a frickin way to record video, and load the video to Youtube. How silly of them not to be able to record video."
Great point. I am sure many of these missing features will show up in future versions of the iPhone but this version leaves a lot to be desired. It has a lot of potential though. - saadghauri, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4The Apple iPhone is retarded limited. But its pretty, and thats probably all that matter to the 'fanboys'. I mean, if making something easy-to-use means ripping out all but the basic features, then screw it. I'd rather have something a bit harder to use but being use worthy
- GamerSDG, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I think Apple should of offer this phone with all the major carries like Sprint, Verizon and AT&T. Lot's of ppl would have to cancel their current contact and would have to pay termination fees, plus on top of that pay all of the at&t fees and buy the phone.
- l0ne, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2The manual clearly shows how to remove the SIM card (you need a pin).
- pplude92, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1How silly to use EDGE
- drworthless, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I think they should have included the Curve rather than the 8800, but besides that it's a great article/resource
- ilgaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Try to see/watch a Blackberry used in business. That will explain why Blackberry is already STANDARD in business.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Check out those people who dugg this article.
Bet they're Apple Fanboyz who praise Steve Jobs..... ahem i mean Steve Jobs "iPhone" - Dannyb2b, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I sense a fair amount of disapointment with this product. I wonder if this will negatively affect the apple brand and its stock price?
- commyostrich, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2See that's what I've been thinking. They are saying oh if you bought both an ipod and a phone like a blackberry or whatever it'd be $300 + $200 = $500 but hey guess what? If you went that way you'd have at least 30 gigs of space for music and movies and not just 4gb. 4gb? I mean come on. that is so weak in this day and age. We've got 4 gig flash cards.
- TheMikeMiller, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1Which product lacks the features in your list?
- piwy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2No video? Care to explain? I remember seeing video's being shown in all the ad's / other iPhone vids.
- ilgaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Comparing iPhone to something like N95 does sound inaccurate in first place. You can't compare a 2007 smart device with an iPod which you can also talk.
Bury as much as you wish. - johnbellone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1File transfer. That's one use no matter if its from device to device, device to computer, device to car, etc. The only other use is Audio/Microphone input (either headset or stereo headphones). Do you have another use for Bluetooth that we don't know about?
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