Enough of these critic reviews. They are all envious because they know that the iPhone is truly a revolutionary phone and they just try to make it look bad. They want one but can't get one.
I'd say more like, "Enough of these fanboy comments." They're one-sided and irritating. Go away. Some of us want true unbiased reviews, not Apple's unofficial PR department blathering on about nothing.
benlee said:
Some people are really picky but they will still end up buying the phone. People need to realize that there is not way to make a perfect product. especially rev. 1. This is apple's first attempt at a phone.
Then we have the fabled APOLOGISTS, whom are JUST as ANNOYING.
It's like just ADMIT IT, Apple dropped the ball on this one in several areas. There is NO excuse for the lack of such BASIC things as cut/paste, ability to use as a modem with BlueTooth, lack of keyboard in landscape mode except in Safari, lack of disk mode, etc. *EVEN* in VERSION 1. Those are things that will KILL sales (bad for them and bad for stockholders, but the modem thing will be good for AT&T, apparently) and so Apple should be smarter than that.
More to the point, there's an old adage that says you only get one chance to make a good impression and sadly that's not something Apple is very good at.
But apparently we're not allowed to point that out without someone ranting on about how we're negative sissy poos and Apple will rule the world you just wait and see mister! (sticks nose up in air with shoulders crossed).
To EVERYONE ELSE, please keep speaking your minds (honest opinions positive or negative). I want to know about real features and the lack thereof, not PR BS from kiddiez/fanboyz.
Oh wait, we have another great point:
marksman said:
Why did all the iPhone haters pick this particular thread to all jump on?
Why is it in AppleWorld that anyone who has anything to say that is not all postive is a 'hater'? I find the use of a such a term in such a non-applicable way to be offensive. I'm not a 'hater'. I'm a REALIST and I want BOTH sides of the story. Imagine the news if they only covered happy/fluffy things. It'd be like one of those movies where the government controls the media and you never hear about what is REALLY going on ('The Running Man' with Arnold comes to mind for some reason).
As much as I like OSX, I don't want to trade Bill Gates for Steve Jobs as Master of the Universe either. OSX is what Linux SHOULD be, but it's still a closed system (even more so than Windows because the hardware is closed as well) and that aspect is BAD BAD BAD because it means if Apple ever displaces M$, we'll just be trading one master for another. So I use OSX and M$ and HOPE that Linux will one day be truly functional/useful if they could ever agree on a flipping unified standard instead of spending 90% of their time rewriting the wheel all the time.
Yet another one:
dannyallen34 said:
There shouldn't be posts here about how much better other phones are. It's about discussing the iPhone. Discussing the problems is good, but posts bashing and talking about how Sidekicks are so much more functional should be deleted IMO.
I think YOU should be deleted! How's that? You sound like a Communist. Of course people are going to compare phones when talking about a new one. that's the WHOLE POINT. But fanboys think only Apple matters. Only Apple exists. The rest of the mean old world should go away so the rest of us can worship Steve!
I can't emphasize enough how SICKENING this atmosphere is in the Land of Mac since I've started following the Mac. Why we can't have a topic of conversation about something without it devolving into groupie talk is just beyond me. This isn't a Led Zeppelin concert backstage waiting to 'meet' the band. Believe it or not, other OSes do exist and aren't 'all' bad. Sometimes good ideas come from other people than Steve Jobs. I honestly get the feeling there are a large number of Mac users that ONLY use Apple software! (Because everything non-Apple sucks!) Man, Steve must LOVE you to death! You're making him rich beyond his wildest dreams!
jasonbuzz said:
I think Apple left out some features on purpose just to show how easy adding new functionality is going to be....another great marketing move if you ask me.
LOL. That's the best one yet. Forget first impressions. Wait until everyone's written the phone off THEN fix it when no one is looking or listening anymore. And that's a GOOD marketing approach? Priceless.
AppleFre@k said:
You better hope the iPhone is successful, at least for Apple's sake. As I understand it, Steve Jobs is practically betting the entire company on the success of iPhone. They have something like $20 billion invested in it.
It's good to know Steve has all his loyal computer users in mind when he bets the company on gadgets. It really makes OSX feel so...I dunno...'stable' as a platform. I'm glad the new Macs can run Windows also so at least I have something to fall back on if Stevie manages to wipe the company out betting it on loads of gadgets. What's next? OSX on a 'smart' pencil?
Ooh Ooh! I can't wait for the iPencil to come out! Where's the new Macs at? Oh we can't talk about those because we bet the farm on the iPencil and it needs to be hyped to death!
