At a first look at the extremely hyped Apple iPhone, it was amazing. The screen was wonderful. It seemed like everything would work perfect, and it would be easy to use. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Although technologically amazing, it is seriously flawed, just like other first gen phones. I was an early adopter of the N-Gage, so I know stupid designs on first gen electronics. First, I will start with the operating system. It seems very simple, but after using it briefly, it froze many times and it was bug infested. The average user would get extremely frustrated and would have a very hard time using the device. It is also very hard to type on a touch screen, the on-screen buttons are awkward and awfully small. There isn't even any form of an instant messaging client on the iPhone, so u wil only b tlking lyk dis in txt msgs(annoying isn't it?). Every phone I've owned since 2003 had a way to instant message! Next, the iPhone uses an internal battery, which means after a charge every night, the iPhone probably won't even last for an hour within the next year and a half, and the battery can't easily be replaced. It would involve time and money, and hours of customer service(trust me, Apple customer service is not fun to deal with). There is supposed to be five hours of talk time until the battery goes dead, which is below the average of seven hours. The memory is also not upgradeable, so you will always be stuck with 4 or 8gb, which isn't really too bad. To get the iPhone running, you will need to commit to a 2 year contract. Also, because of Apple's activation scheme, if you don't have an AT&T plan or your plan is canceled/ended, the iPhone won't even turn on to go to the main menu, it will only be able to make emergency calls, thus giving you a shiny paperweight. The iPhone doesn't even use standard headphone ports and can't be used with a bluetooth wireless stereo headset for music. It's supposed to be a music phone! That's insane! As expected, you are also only allowed to use Apple's specialized music format, iTunes. The iPhone's web browser uses the outdated EDGE technology, and is very slow. Even over WLAN(WiFi) it is slow. If you have an old phone, you also can't transfer your numbers, because it uses a specialized SIM card, so have fun typing all your numbers in again. That means you can't transfer service over simply either. There is no voice dialing and the sound quality is very mediocre. Apple prices very high, but the next iPhone model(they are always updating models) will have all the kinks worked out, and may be worth the hefty price tag. Although it is a good mp3 player, with the money you could get an 80gb iPod and a phone that does all the same features, but better. After 2 years of the iPhone, the touch screen will be scratched, covered in smudges, and dirty, although the glass is a nice touch. So my opinion is hold out 'til Apple makes a newer model, for the iPhone really isn't worth your dollar. Or 500 of them.
Pros:
-REALLY nice screen, 3.5 inches of a high resolution touch screen that is multi-touch aware
-fun interface for using music
-glass cover on screen, will greatly prevent scratches
-battery life isn't horrible considering how much power the screen takes up
Cons:
-operating system is hard to get anything done with
-flipping through music with the touch screen is fun...for about 5 minutes
-mediocre sound quality
-no Bluetooth headsets or normal headphones without an adapter are supported for music
-overpriced, there are phones that are far superior to the iPhone and hundreds of dollars cheaper
-slow internet
-internal battery and memory
Overall: 6/10
Slightly disappointed,
gotsmartz
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