Apple introduces iOS4 & iPhone 4

[3nipples]

I can't imagine lining up for 15 minutes for it, but 11 hours??? Don't you have postal service where you live? Whatever, I'll be curious to read your critique.

 

[partyanimal]

Ok, here's my rant of the day. A few months ago I broke down and bought one of these pieces of overpriced garbage. The apps are junk, I can't do anything without Apple's say so, I can't send videos or video conference, it's slow, and I'm AT&T's slave until I pay an arm and a leg or ride my contract out. If this new abomination Apple birthed is anything like my 3G, the one people have been lining up in droves for hours on end, I do not want or recommend it. I should have gotten a nice blackberry or a motorola backflip, but no, I had to go all trendy. Don't get me started on Apple. I, I, I. I hate them, and they'll f**k you twice. You have to pay once for a song, then pay double on top of that AFTER you download iTunes to make it a ringtone, you can't use your own music they let you put on your phone. I was going to get me a Mac, but I don't even know about that now. As far as apple care protection, don't fool yourself. It's useless, aside from it allows you the privelege to speak with an Apple "expert" if you ever have a question. Great product, great phone company, poor implementation. iPhone could of been such a great thing if Apple didn't get greedy and realized what could of made a good product a great product in the eyes of the target market.
Source: Student of Business.

 

[MercuryJones]

Ok, here's my rant of the day. A few months ago I broke down and bought one of these pieces of overpriced garbage...

Sounds like someone really didn't research before purchasing at all.

 

[partyanimal]

The agents also lie, they're given reason to.

 

[partyanimal]

Sounds like someone really didn't research before purchasing at all.

No I didn't, guilty as charged. The iPhone for me was an emotional purchase.

 

[Corny]

What a day! Le sigh! After waking up at 330 this morning to be in line at the Apple Store here [..]

No I didn't, guilty as charged. The iPhone for me was an emotional purchase.

and for many it is. that's also why they are so quick to dismiss any technical argumentats. it's often more about HAVING one than anything else. see the oatmeal comic

 

[andysayshi]

The apps are junk

Some are, for sure. But some are downright brilliant. AirVideo allow me to stream video of ANY format from my home media server to my phone, over 3G or wifi. EyeTV lets me do the same with live TV, or tell my PVR to record a show remotely. Discover lets me use the phone as an external hard drive. TripView checks my GPS location and leads me to the nearest bus, train or ferry station, and tells me times and routes to wherever I'm going to go. TomTom is my in-car GPS, which allows me to Google search within the GPS. SleepCycle analyses my movement when I sleep and wakes me at the best time in my sleep cycle - i really works! LogMeIn lets me remotely check and control my other computers from anywhere - has saved me many emergency trips back to the office.

I can't send videos

Not sure what you mean, but you can upload videos to YouTube. You can email videos. You can send and receive videos using any number of apps - Discover is a free one, for example. You can stream live video to your phone from lots of apps, including AirVideo which streams any video of any format from any available drive in your wifi network.

or video conference

You're right, but that's the case with almost any phone that doesn't have a front-facing camera. Now resolved with iPhone 4. Trouble is, if you ever made a 3G video call you'll know they absolutely suck quality wise. Video calls have never been a selling point for phones. Apple are trying to build a new, higher quality open standard with their FaceTime thingy. Time will tell if it works.

I'm AT&T's slave until I pay an arm and a leg or ride my contract out.

The AT&T issue in the US really sucks big time. If I lived in the US I probably wouldn't own an iPhone. Here in Australia there are no restrictions.

You have to pay once for a song, then pay double on top of that AFTER you download iTunes to make it a ringtone, you can't use your own music they let you put on your phone.

I agree that ringtone thing really sucks, but it's a limitation forced on Apple by record companies, not by Apple themselves. One of the problems with being the world's biggest seller of music, I guess: their providers get to call the shots.

As a workaround, there are tons of free utilities that convert any audio file to an iPhone ringtone for PC and Mac.

Ultimately, this is one of the biggest criticisms of the iPhone. If you want more freedom, just get something else.

As far as apple care protection, don't fool yourself. It's useless, aside from it allows you the privelege to speak with an Apple "expert" if you ever have a question.

My experience is the opposite. The laptop I'm typing this on is 2.5 years old. The battery died a month ago, took it to the Apple store and got a new battery on the spot. My friend dropped his MacBook two years ago and smashed the screen - they replaced it free.

Great product, great phone company, poor implementation. iPhone could of been such a great thing if Apple didn't get greedy and realized what could of made a good product a great product in the eyes of the target market.

There's the thing about the iPhone. You want freedom to do absolutely anything you want, to customise to your heart's content, it's not the phone for you. The iPhone is designed very specifically to do certain things really well, really easily and reliably, with the trade-off being customisation.

 

[Corny]

There's the thing about the iPhone. You want freedom to do absolutely anything you want, to customise to your heart's content, it's not the phone for you. The iPhone is designed very specifically to do certain things really well, really easily and reliably, with the trade-off being customisation.

I love how common expectations are always brushed off with "well we intentionally didn't make it that way".

I am waiting for an official statement that the iPhone 4 is not designed to be used by left-handed people.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03PQyWp0mWE[/ame]

https://i.imgur.com/zAJ0y.jpg

 

[AnalblasT]

gosh so happy and get applause after have iphone 4

 

[MercuryJones]

No I didn't, guilty as charged. The iPhone for me was an emotional purchase.

And so you have an emotional outcome.

The product has been available for years. If you didn't check it out adequately you only have one person to blame, yourself.

 

[MercuryJones]

^

Just came back to say that sounded very unkind of me.

I don't care what products anyone buys or likes. I can certainly understand buying something entirely new and regretting it. I guess I am less understanding of not doing a little research on a widely available product and then complaining that it's not what you wanted.

PartyAnimal, I hope you're able to return it or sell it so you can buy something else closer to what you want.

 

[maxpowr9]

Steve Jobs discriminates against left-handed people...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2844

By far a bad PR gaffe.

 

[hotatlboi]

and for many it is.

And for many it isn't.

 

[JB3]

No I didn't, guilty as charged. The iPhone for me was an emotional purchase.

Well then its your own fault. If you did your research you would have never purchased a 3G, and would have understood some of the limitations before hand. I mean, let's get real here; the consumer's responsibility is to choose the device based on your own research and understanding of what the product provides. If you purchase emotionally, you're not going to be happy.

The good news is that you should be able to get at least double if you want to sell your phone on ebay, especially if its in like new condition.

 

[JB3]

Steve Jobs discriminates against left-handed people...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2844

By far a bad PR gaffe.

Or a brutally honest, and blatantly obvious answer to a problem. If you have reception problems when you grip the phone a certain way, don't effing do it! Its common sense people!

That being said, Apple is addressing the issue, which should hopefully be mostly fixed by a software update.

 

[JB3]

and for many it is. that's also why they are so quick to dismiss any technical argumentats. it's often more about HAVING one than anything else. see the oatmeal comic

For me its both. I love it emotionally, but I've also heavily researched it. I got a bit scared by the early bugs, but everything else I've read has been positive. I know what I'm getting with the handset, and I know it fits my needs better than anything else.

 

[JB3]

Droid and HotTimeKidd, looking forward to reading your impressions.

I went by the Apple store and saw the huge lines - both reserved and walk up. We were told the walk up line would be at least 3 hours.

Ah well. I want the white version anyway.

I didn't get one.

They ran out 10 people in front of me. My local store wasn't open last year at this time, so Apple had no idea how much stock to send so they pretty much guessed. My store also had an insane number of preorders (something like 800) coupled with the 200 or so they sold for walk-ups. The downtown Chicago store supposedly never ran out, which was disappointing.

Anywho, I'm on a priority list for the next shipment. When they get it, one of them is guaranteed to be mine.

 

[Corny]

Or a brutally honest, and blatantly obvious answer to a problem. If you have reception problems when you grip the phone a certain way, don't effing do it! Its common sense people!

You mean gripping the phone exactly like it is shown in about every single damn advertising?

https://i.imgur.com/zAJ0y.jpg

Oh and yeah they offer a fix. Buy a sleeve for about $30

 

[T-Rexx]

Microsoft's answer to poorly-designed IE security: "You're visiting the wrong web sites."

Apple's answer to poorly-designed iPhone antenna: "You're holding it wrong."

 

[T-Rexx]

Oh and yeah they offer a fix. Buy a sleeve for about $30

Microsoft's answer to just about every problem they've ever had: "Upgrade to the latest version for $$$..."


Apple becomes more like Microsoft every day.