Apple iPhone 3G - user opinions and reviews
- Pobinr
- pJC
Having put my sim card back in my N95 & given up with the iphone becuase it's so horrible to use, I realise one of the most annoying things about the iphone is point 8) below.
1) iphone Bluetooth incompatibility with most other devices. I believe this was done deliberately by Apple. That makes me very angry.
2) Can’t switch off predictive text.
3) Can’t enlarge font size in text entry box. Why have a relatively large phone screen then leave the customer with tiny fonts !
4) Cant forward SMS’s
5) Can’t sort order of internet bookmarks
6) Last Incoming & last outgoing calls mixed up in one call log so difficult to distinguish outgoing from incoming calls.
7) Myspace music doesn’t play. Same with other sites where plugins are needed that won't run on Apple platform.
8) Can't use with one hand as with most phones where a little group of selection keys gives access to most functions with a single thumb stroke. The iphone touch screen is too sensitive to the duration of finger stroke. Has to be quick stabs with index finger so thumb doesnt' work well.
9) Any phone screen, including the iphone screen, is too small to use the internet conveniently. I've got a PC at work & two at home. Do I really need the net in my pocket ? No not with a silly little phone screen.
The iphone is very slick & impressive but alas ergonomically poor. The wow factor is there initially but then you find it’s not so nice to use. In fact it's a bit gimmicky & I can't forgive Apple for the bluetooth issue.
I'm happy to be taking my iphone back & switching back to my N95.
- dotun99
- myU
is there any way to record videos on the iphone? Everything else is quite gd.
- Anonymous
- 4TA
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2008WOW you are in denial. You are actualy praising Apple for all the limitations they've put in t... moreWow, you are unreasonable. The iphone does not have every possible features available, and same goes with other phones. What we like with the iphone is its responsive and intuitive UI. Something that other phones do not have. The iphone has better display than any Nokia and Samsuing phone. HTC Diamond has lag issues and unresponsive screen, not to mention small 2.8 display and easily scratched display, also poor visibility under sunlight. Is that what you call ahead of the game, LOL. I suggest you re-evaluate what matters the most with phones. There are more important features and qualities than MMS and SMS forwarding, LOL. You can brag about that all day, but the iphone still offers the best UI, the best web browser, the best ipod, the best screen display.
- Anonymous
- 4TA
Charbz, 13 Sep 2008"Apple makes one of these decisions when introducing a new product 1- Introducing new feature... moreThe iphone does have an application available that supports MMS, I believe it just came out. Its camera takes good pictures. 2mp is enough for a phone. Only cheapstakes would use a cameraphone to take photos of special moments. Pictures still looks better when viewed on the iphone than the N95's small screen. I can't believe they packed the N95 w/ a 5mp camera then gave it a QVGA 2.8 screen, lol. Now that is inferior. As for web browsing, the N95 does not even come close to the iphone's web browsing capabilities. It's much more easier and faster to navigate with the iphone compared to the N95. YouTube is very easy and fast to access with the iphone. And again the videos look much better on the iphone's big screen and better resolution than the N95. So how can the N95 be better in that regards.
- Anonymous
- 4TA
Pobinr, 13 Sep 20081) Bluetooth compatibility extremly poor with other devices. I believe this was done deliberat... moreIn reply to your complaints about the iphone:
My Blue Ant BT headset paired with my iphone with no problems at all, so I believe it does work with non-apple bt headsets.
Yes, you cannot switch off predictive text, but it is very helpful when you text in english, and the predicted words are 99% correct.
Fonts are big enough, if not, you can pinch out and it will enlarge the fonts. Also, get your vision checked.
The iphone can't forward SMS, and so what? A lot of users do not forward sms all the time.
So what if you cannot sort the order of internet bookmarks. Scrolling up and down is a breezed with the iphone, so I don't see this as an issue at all.
Incoming and outgoing calls in the log are labelled, so I don't know whay you're having issues with that as well.
You complain that it does not play myspace music. Too bad. Deal with it.
The iphone touchscreen works well with both hands, and for us, it's worth it because of the beautiful screen. Now if you cannot deal with that, stick with your 2.4 screens from your Nokias or Samsungs.
The iphone has one of the best screens for web browsing. If you still find it too small and would rather use your pc, then why were you complaining about myspace music?
The iphone does not have all of the features, but it does have other features and qualities that other users find more important, like its 3.5 screen, its scratchproof glass screen, its fluid touch UI, tons of helpful applications, very responsive and intuitive screen, real time responsiveness in pulling and zooming pics, excellent web browser, excellent ipod, ample internal memory, excellent viewing of videos and pics, very good quality and built, etc. It's a great phone.
- Anonymous
- mp2
Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970The application is free but i guess mms costs always money to send.............
- graham
- S00
can SDK make cam vid record,
- Anonymous
- mp2
For those that are dieing to send MMS it is aviliable on Iphone now
Just download FLUTTER from the aplication store a a stop complaning ! ! !
- Anonymous
- myU
Does anyone know the app for recording videos?
- Anonymous
- M@T
Amir Mansour, 13 Sep 2008Some try to compare iPhone using our previous experiences on pocket PCs or Media Phones .... M... moreWOW you are in denial. You are actualy praising Apple for all the limitations they've put in the iPhone! Do you realise that your iPhone is mainly rivald by phones made 3-4years ago LOL, newer smartphones like NOKIA N95, N81, N78, N85, SAMSUNG OMNIA i900, HTC TouchDiamond etc. . . Are far ahead of the iPhone. I suggest you wake up and smell the coffee Sunshine! The iPhone sux.
- Charbz
- yVg
Amir Mansour, 13 Sep 2008Some try to compare iPhone using our previous experiences on pocket PCs or Media Phones .... M... more"Apple makes one of these decisions when introducing a new product
1- Introducing new features and developing them to the possible borders, so you cant find anything less than perfect in it's products among the competitors
2- For anything less than perfect the feature is put away"
Many of the features are less than perfect - no multimedia messaging, camera is crap (and yes, I've seen many image comparisons and as compared to say, oh, my nokia n95 8gb, the image quality in all situations is extremely inferior), cellular access issues which many carriers weren't prepared for given the obvious and intentional lack of preparation and testing time before releasing the device, a substandard internet browser (again, in comparison to my nokia n95 8gb - by all means, I'm not saying the n95's browser is prettier than the iphone's, I'm just saying that when I want to access a youtube video directly on the site, i don't have any issues).
Seems to me that if, by your logic, Apple really made one of your two decisions when considering a feature, all they would release would be an ipod touch...
I'm not dissing the phone - I think it's great.
I just hate when people make douchebag claims like the one above.
- KAKA
- Pxx
what is 3g
- Pobinr
- pJC
1) Bluetooth compatibility extremly poor with other devices. I believe this was done deliberately by Apple. That makes me very angry.
2) Can’t switch off predictive text.
3) Can’t enlarge font size in text entry box. Why have a relatively large phone screen then leave the customer with tiny fonts !
4) Cant forward SMS’s
5) Can’t sort order of internet bookmarks
6) Last Incoming & last outgoing calls mixed up in one call log so difficult to distinguish outgoing from incoming calls.
7) Myspace music doesn’t play. Same with other sites where plugins are needed that won't run on Apple platform.
8)Can't use with one hand as with most phones where a little group of selection keys gives access to most functions with a single thumb stroke. The iphone touch screen is too sensitive to the duration of finger stroke. Has to be quick stabs with index finger so thumb doesnt' work well.
9) Any phone screen, including the iphone screen, is too small to use the internet conveniently. I've got a PC at work & two at home. Do I really need the net in my pocket ? No not with a silly little phone screen.
The iphone is very slick & impressive but alas ergonomically poor. In fact it's a bit gimmicky & I can't forgive Apple for the bluetooth issue.
I'm happy to be taking my iphone back & switching back to my N95.
- Anonymous
- abF
Amir Mansour, 13 Sep 2008Some try to compare iPhone using our previous experiences on pocket PCs or Media Phones .... M... moreI totally agree with you. People tend to judge which phone is better by looking at which one has the most features w/out even considering performance and quality. Like I would give up my Canon camera just because I have a 5mp cameraphone. I don't think so. And honestly, pictures taken by the iphone looks even better than the ones taken by other camera phones with higher megapixels. I do understand though that for people who do not have a pc, a laptop and a camera, that they need an all-around phone and settle for poor quality and mediocre results, and well, that market is definitely not the iphone's.
- Just passing by...
- pVT
IPhone Takes Screenshots of Everything You Do
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/hacker-says-sec.html
- r
- 0ft
Omnia is coming to ATT. The Iphone will have competition.
- Amir Mansour
- ni1
Some try to compare iPhone using our previous experiences on pocket PCs or Media Phones .... Mistake
iPhone is a new definition for a pocket gadget and is far better than any possible rival
Apple makes one of these decisions when introducing a new product
1- Introducing new features and developing them to the possible borders, so you cant find anything less than perfect in it's products among the competitors
2- For anything less than perfect the feature is put away
Some say why 2MP camera, the answer is clear: All of us know that apple knows more about the image quality and digital photography (Try APERTURE once) even more than Sony, A tiny, Noisy CCD with a fixed Lens and Xenon flash doesn't make a worthy photo, higher Mega pixels without improving the CCD size, Lens Width and the flash results just bulkier photos.
iPhone has the best zooming and loading response (almost realtime by pinching and sweeping) and a bulky photo only causes slower zoom (I think it will totally ruin the sense)
why iPhone doesn't work with files?
I really appreciate Apple for helping us remembering a music as a music, a photo as a photo and a document as a document, not all of them as similar files with different extensions. For me it'd very pleasant to see my favorite musical hits in albums (Like a real collection) and forget about the fact that this music has once been sampled and coded to MPEG or anything, the TAG only contains the info about a musical hit as it has to be
I'm really happy with my iPhone
To be added: iPhone has a disadvantage, by using iPhone more than some hours it's very hard to switch to any other handsets
- Anonymous
- jJe
Anonymous, 12 Sep 2008is there any application out there for the iphone to give it that ability to transfer files ov... moreYes there is. The free application is called Air Sharing. You can transfer files from your Mac or PC to your iphone wirelessly just like BT.
- Anonymous
- pJq
is there any application out there for the iphone to give it that ability to transfer files over bluetooth?
- Anonymous
- jJe
Britt, 12 Sep 2008yes..really if its a 300 hundred dollar phone why cant i bluetooth pics to my girlfriends with... moreYou can email the pics to your girlfriend can't you? As for AT&T, well, deal with it. That's how it works with some other phones as well.
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