Opinion: 8 Reasons to Avoid the iPhone 3G

[Guest]

"Finally, the iPhone heralds the beginning of another personal technology revolution: touchscreens."

"We’ve saved the best for last: on the lower side of the iPhone 3G, next to the loudspeakers and microphone, there are two tiny screws. They’re Philips T0s, and they make it possible to dismantle the iPhone. Added to this is the fact that the battery is no longer welded to the memory card memory card of the iPhone, so it has become conceivable to replace it with another one if it ever malfunctions. This is very rare to find in a cell phone cell phone !"

WTF? Has this guy been living under a rock or something? It's either that, or the only phone he's seen is the iPhone (or he's a fanboy, but won't admit it). Ancient Handspring Treo's already sport a touchscreen. And finding detachable batteries as a rarity on cellphones? Please... ALL cellphones I know (apart from iPhone and some ancient Treo series) have detachable batteries. Even my old Nokia 5110 (which came out a decade before this Jesus Phone) had a detachable battery. In fact, I won't ever buy or even recommend a phone if you can't change its battery easily by yourself. There is no way I would send back my phone to Nokia/Motorola/Sony Ericsson/anyone else just to get the battery replaced.

 

[Guest]

the reviewer is whining too much here, come on, "it can't transfer files over bluetooth, please, ugly graphics? the 3d on this phone is nothing short of amazing

 

[Guest]

two words look them up has none of these problems

TOUCH DIAMOND

 

[Guest]

They must be doing something right. In the 3rd Qtr 2008 they are outselling Blackberries. In light of the criticism, you fail to see the innovation and uniqueness. Perhaps a lack of creativity to see beyond the negative point of view??? Go back to school and take some journalism classes or just stop wasting time.

 

[Guest]

Sorry about my rude comments earlier. This was a really good article and your views were accurate and does not detract from the overall quality of the product. Perhaps give a little credit next time for the effort it took to take a bunch of new ideas and create a wonderful product.

 

[Guest]

Personally, I wouldn't touch with iPhone with a ten foot pole because I'm well aware of the vendor lock-in associated with it and the limitations that I couldn't live with. However, I do like the iPhone for one reason, and one reason only: It gave other cell phone manufacturers a awake-up call that they can't ignore and will now force them to focus more on the look and feel of their UI's.