| Name |
Views and Comments | Date |
| iPhone Owner |
Also I'd like to add a couple of things after reading Preet's comment. Obviously, Preet has never owned, held or even used and iPhone by the looks of his "anti-Apple" comment.
Due to the iPhone 3G's smartphone nature, additional functions can be added. When jailbroken, the functionality is extended much much further. You can add MMS support, Bluetooth OBEX functionality (means you can send pictures and files, etc. using the iPhones bluetooth 2.0 chipset), haptic feedback and video recording with the built in camera. A 3.0 firmware update is coming out in June 2009 and this will add most of the mentioned features without the need of jailbreaking.
Jailbreaking is pretty much risk free. It is extremely and I mean extremely hard to stuff up your iPhone during the jailbreaking process. As for the warranty, you can simply restore the phone back to it's previous state.
For the app store apps, it is the developer's decision to whether you have to pay for the app or not. Apple is just providing a place where you can easily find the app you are looking for.
Preet, you have also mentioned that you cant use mp3's as ringtones. This is correct although you can go one step further and use video ringtones, even video wallpaper is possible but this also requires jailbreaking.
Cannot insert any other sim card? Excuse me but I own an UNLOCKED iPhone 3G and I am very happy to say that my vodafone, 3 and optus sim cards work without a flaw.
Now for it's camera. 2 megapixels, this straight away makes you think "bad", "low end", "old school!". Well megapixels isn't everything. The iPhones 2 megapixel camera produces pictures that are pretty good in terms of quality. Now phones may have higher resolution sensors from 3.2 to 8 megapixels but this certainly doesn't mean that it will be a good camera. A good camera will depend on the size of the light sensing sennor and the quality of the optical lenses.
As for the bill, when getting and iPhone, be sure you change your plan to a "data" one meaning that you get "X" amounts of internet data to use so that you won't end up getting a high bill.
Now to sum up, unless you are a hardcore Apple hater, you will be quite pleased with the iPhone's functionality. The highly customizable operating system, OS X, is simply one of the best of it's kind. The iPhones multi-touch compactive touchscreen makes it a breeze to use, especially when browsing the internet on mobile safari which is the web browser it comes with. The "pinch" to zoom makes it soo easy to use. There is no phone that I have used that comes close to this one that has a better OS. Sure there are some missing features but with the 3.0 update comming soon, most these features will be added. |
4/10/2009 |
| iPhone Owner |
Without a doubt, the iPhone 3G is the better one of the both. It is much more expandable in terms of functionality due to its smartphone nature whilst the F480 is stuck with java based applications. The only real let down with the iPhone is its camera although the picture quality isn't quite as bad as people think assume. |
4/10/2009 |
| P |
iPhone Is The Best Phone On The Merket, Look At The Market Share, iPhone is way up there, just in two years as well...Well Done Apple... |
10/7/2008 |
| Preet |
BEWARE OF BUYING iPhone 3G!
Friends... those of you in India planning for iPhone... THINK TWICE
BEFORE MAKING A DECISION... The short comings of iPhone are
endless...
No video calling,
no AD2P on the Bluetooth,
CAN'T share ANY (mp3, images,videos. ...) files via bluetooth,
can't use as a wireless modem, (you pay ridiculous data charges to
activate internet on your phone, but cannot connect it to your PC and
browse when you are at home)
no copy and paste,(cannot copy a part of a... say... email & send
it...have to type it out yourself)
no 3.2 or 5 megapixel camera,(the 2MP camera it carries is worst
camera i've ever seen... photos look like they have come out of a
VGA camera)
no video recording with camera,
no front camera,
no flash.
no JAVA support
No physical keyboard (BELIEVE me! this alone is a dealbreaker.
..touch keyboard as good as it looks...once you use it then only you
come to know about the importance of having a hard keypad)
No 3G network yet in India..so why pay for expensive 3G phone if you
cant use its 3G services ... so, for India, iPhone 2.0 is no better
than its first version
No removable battery. (You cannot change battery. Have to send it to
apple outlet.. Come on now!...This is not an iPod. Its a bloody
phone. You cannot live without phone for 2-3 days)
No haptic feedback and
cannot send MMS,
can't use as external storage device (16 GB of utter waste..next time
you go to your friend's house & find some interesting songs, movies,
etc...sorry you cannot connect your '16 GB' phone and share it!
Apple apparently has a solution.. " BUY MUSIC & MOVIES FROM iTUNES
STORE "... Give me a break will you APPLE!)
no FM radio,
can't use your mp3 files as ringtones,(This is heights man!)
cannot insert any other SIM card...
completely tied to iTunes... Connect to your friend's iTunes & you
risk erasing everything on your phone.
list goes on & on & on...
We Indians are used to these features. Most of our phones already
have these features. we cannot do with out them... i mean can you
imagine paying so much for a phone with which you cannot transfer
files via bluetooth. what age is this ...STONE AGE?
Some features may be activated by jailbreak.. But why the hell should
you risk losing your warranty after paying so much.
And want to add third party softwares?. . YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM FROM
iTUNES STORE ONLY! . (Shell out more money). Apple is a bloody
control freak. Dont surrender your freedom to it.
Its good for american market (who have no idea what mobile
freedom/choice is) which is in stone age compared to asian/european
markets. When they want to buy a phone, they have to go to network
operators and buy only those phones that are available on that
network. & stick to that company till their contract expires. You
want to change carriers? Not before paying damages, & buying another
phone on the other network again.
On the contrary, we in India have so much freedom. We go to handset
shops & buy which ever phone we like. Then go to carriers.. checkout
the plans & buy SIM.. Dont like the plan or rival carrier came up
with a better plan? EASY .. just remove & replace the SIM.
Apple are trying to IMPOSE THEIR MODEL ON US riding on the hype
iPhone has created in the US (yes it was a flop in Europe.thats why
Apple never talks about its sales in Europe).
Dont fall for the subsidized price of iPhone... CHECKOUT THE DATA
PLAN ATTACHED TO ITS SIM ..they will recover the cost through
ridiculous data plans. Bill might come to around Rs 2500/month.(
ATLEAST AMERICANS PAY THAT MUCH)
Let me clear one thing though.. iphone is the best looking phone (its
touch interface is nothing like you have ever seen ), best browsing
experience out there no doubt ... ( others are fast catching
up..check out the android demo at Google IO 2008)... BUT AFTER A FEW
DAYS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO FUNCTIONALITY. ..
Those of who buy it... You will be most happy for atmost a week...
then, MARK MY WORDS...YOU WILL START REGRETTING IT!
Thanks and Regards, |
9/28/2008 | |
