Apple iPhone 3G - user opinions and reviews
- xman
- DIx
I need to get rid of my IPHONE 3G. I have been using Nokia phones (40 series) the last few years (7310 supernova, 6500 classic, 6126, 6131).
I am amazed at the how bad the iPHONE 3G is at making calls and text messages. Here are some specific complaints where the IPHONE 3G function is sorely lacking.
A) font size can not be changed. differnet users have different eyesight. thus NO SINGLE setting can function for all users. I'm used to changing text messaging font size depending upon corrective lens being used.
B) basic functionality requires reading of users manual. most phones I have owned can be learned by looking through menu's. Not so the iPHONE. never are the context sensitive function of the phones buttons are labeled. one must experiment or read and memorize the manual to use the most primitive of phone functionality.
C) highly limmitted choice in activity logs. ie no called number logs. no recieved numbers logs. no sent text message log.
D) text messaging is awful. No choice in input method. No choice in how to view text messages. Only input method does not work (with finger that are not small). Multi step error prone process to move curser. Inability to "touch type" any content at all when not viewing screen. no ability to edit and forward sent email messages. The email application is not a valid alternative to sms .PERIOD.
E) phone require two hands to operate. one handed operations requires sliding the phone forwards and backwards in ones hand to move your thumb from the home key to the icons. thumb pressing icons & buttons is highly error prone making one hand operation problematic when employed.
F) operation degrades rapidly to none in non-ideal enviroments. Fixed font size make low light viewing quite difficult. Touch screen near impossible to operate if one is being jostled. Inadequate volume/noise cancellation destroys voice function if loud.
Conclusion:
I'm used to phone that take 1 hand 1 eye and half a brain to operate. iPHONE 3G requires 2 hands, 2 eyes, and study of the owners manual to operate with 1/2 functionality.
- iLUVZtehIPOWNZ
- mxQ
nick, 11 Nov 2008lol internet streaming isnt the same. it takes up far more battery, takes up data and you cant... moreThen again, we have people, like me, who listen to music, stuff, that you won't ever get to listen on an FM radio.
It's been 15 years since I tuned into FM. I don't get the logic of getting a music phone, and then having an FM transmitter.
Just giving my opinion on the matter.
- nick
- nxw
Anonymous, 11 Nov 2008"9. NO FM RADIO --hah hah hah... you are in stone age."
No, but I've got streaming Internet... morelol internet streaming isnt the same. it takes up far more battery, takes up data and you cant just pluck local radio stations out of the air.
i love my n95 for being able to just listen to the local radio station and listen to charlton athletic commentry at the weekends. there isnt a substitute for a lack of FM radio.
and this is a music phone...
- Anonymous
- nCM
Ezebit, 11 Nov 2008You should buy it... on this website you can compare both and you will notice the difference. ... morethanks i will buy the 3g for sure
- Ezebit
- PbT
Anonymous, 11 Nov 2008i need some one here who used the iphone for some time now and had the 3g after the old one an... moreYou should buy it... on this website you can compare both and you will notice the difference.
I have it and I recommend it... get it...
- Anonymous
- nCM
i need some one here who used the iphone for some time now and had the 3g after the old one and tell me if its worth to buy the iphoen and have no problem at all in at lest a year for useing it ? please i need help to buy it tomorrow .
- Ezebit
- PbT
I have my Iphone 3G and it seems to be that after I sync or use Safari starts to work slowly... can u tell me why?
- Anonymous
- P%n
"iPhone more reliable than the competition
Written by David Neal
vnunet.com, 11 Nov 2008
A new study by independent warranty provider SquareTrade claims that the iPhone is a more reliable handset than similar devices from other manufacturers."
Source:-
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2230225/iphone-reliable-competition
- Anonymous
- P%n
Ted, 11 Nov 2008Issues with Iphone
1. No 3g video calls over 3g n/w
2. Bluteooth is only limited to headset ... more"9. NO FM RADIO --hah hah hah... you are in stone age."
No, but I've got streaming Internet radio, welcome to the 21st century.
http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/fstream_brings_free_radio_to_your_mac_iphone/
- Anonymous
- P%n
Ted, 11 Nov 2008Issues with Iphone
1. No 3g video calls over 3g n/w
2. Bluteooth is only limited to headset ... morewtf???
"18.the biggest one- once you are on 3g network, you cannot make calls to a phone on 2g network. so if you want to call a person who is not having a 3g phone, sorry, you have to fing a pco!!!"
i'm on 3g network and call my friends on 2g and landlines all the time.
you obviously have no idea how a mobile/cell phone works.
- Anonymous
- P%n
Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970Why don't you open your eyes?
I've said it before and I'll say it again THIS PHONE RUNS OSX, only one other phone does that (original iPhone).
Now keep whining about what it doesn't do and continue demonstrating your ignorance because obviously you have no idea of the power of the OS.
- therock
- j9@
Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970well said. my thoughts were exactly the same.
- Anonymous
- 3Y5
Expensive toy, and nothing else but best selling :
The NPD Group issued a press release today revealing that the Apple iPhone is now ranked #1 in consumer phone sales for the 3rd quarter of 2008. The iPhone surpassed Motorola's RAZR phone which had been ranked #1 for the previous 12 quarters.
"The displacement of the RAZR by the iPhone 3G represents a watershed shift in handset design from fashion to fashionable functionality," said Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for NPD. "Four of the five best-selling handsets in the third quarter were optimized for messaging and other advanced Internet features."
NPD bases their data on online surveys each month that are projected to represent the entire population of U.S. consumers age 18 and over.
The iPhone and RAZR were followed by the RIM Blackberry Curve, LG Rumor and LG enV2 in the top 5 ranking.
- thunderman
- mV7
Expensive toy and nothing else
- Anonymous
- 0C3
iPhone is just a toy for me that's just a give aways for holidays.
ENJOY UR iPHONES.
harhar
- Realities
- S1Y
I recently bought an iPhone3G handset from a Vodafone Shop, with a very good tariff option. A legendary phone indeed !
- Ted
- R56
Issues with Iphone
1. No 3g video calls over 3g n/w
2. Bluteooth is only limited to headset use (no file transfer)
3. NO camera settings what so ever
4. NO autofocus, NO flash
5. You cannot forward a SMS message, you have to retype it
6. NO copy paste function
9. NO FM RADIO --hah hah hah... you are in stone age.
10. NO video recording
11. Safari web browser does not support flash & java
12. No sync between notes & to do's
13. No office document editor.
14 No AD2P on the Bluetooth
15 No removable battery. (You cannot change battery. Have to send it to apple outlet.. Come on now!!!!...This is not an iPod. Its a phone.
You cannot live without phone for 2-3 days) Emergency gone, ur left utterly helpless...u throw this piece out.
17 Cannot send MMS
18.THE BIGGEST ONE- ONCE YOU ARE ON 3G NETWORK, YOU CANNOT MAKE CALLS TO A PHONE ON 2G NETWORK. SO IF YOU WANT TO CALL A PERSON WHO IS NOT HAVING A 3G PHONE, SORRY, YOU HAVE TO FING A PCO!!!
- Anonymous
- P%n
Anonymous, 11 Nov 2008And if you talking to 5 people how many calls are you making 1 or 5?
Why should you pay for o... moreYou are making 5 calls (minus any that call you) and adding them in to a five way conference call.
It's easy, when you're on a call, press hold, call another number (or answer an incoming call) then press merge (maximum is 5 at once).
I haven't heard anything about only being able to change your number four times, I'm wonder if it's some confusion regarding the above.
- Anonymous
- MJ0
Anonymous, 11 Nov 2008You can add 5 people and all talk at the same time.
How many people do you want to call sim... moreAnd if you talking to 5 people how many calls are you making 1 or 5?
Why should you pay for one call if you calling to 5 persons at the some time- mobile companies are not A SOLVATON ARMY
- RAMAN
- 2ZY
Anonymous, 11 Nov 2008Is that what you mean about the 5 numbers?i mean to say one should use only five different numbers with this device.if somebody uses sixth number the phone will get dead.
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