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Title: iphone rant
Post by: doog on 09 October 2010, 02:41:23
I HATE IT
shit bluetooth shit camera  cant recieve or play mp3's   forward text  messages   recieve picture messages   view flash 
and thats to say nothing of the fact i have sausage fingers and would be as well typing with my forehead  battery life sucks and it drops calls  alot and takes up to 10 mins to sort its self out 
all that i could live with  but then i have to deal with the worst piece of software ever ie: itunes

The sad thing is no other smart phones seem to be any better so i feel kinda stuck

My next phone will have real buttons !!

rant over thank you .....

Doug
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: tango on 09 October 2010, 04:25:17
why cant you forward texts
i can on mine
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: feeutfo on 09 October 2010, 08:03:30
Mms replaced by email? In theory....

Most smart phones have poor battery life and can be quirky. Which can be infuriating at times, symbian can be overly involved which I like some how. IPhone seems a bit "dumbed down" IMO. Which makes it simple to use, and a bit boring maybe...whats on the iPhone is said to "just work" though. Which model? Latest software?
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Plomien on 09 October 2010, 08:08:56
I have no issues with my nokia n97, I have been looking at the newest nokia phone as well which looks good
http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-n8?intc=ncomprod-fw-ilc-hero-con-na-nokiacom-gb-7-ncomheroforn8preord_752x252
ok there aren't as many apps but they are getting more and more now :y
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 09 October 2010, 08:11:12
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I HATE IT
shit bluetooth shit camera  cant recieve or play mp3's   forward text  messages   recieve picture messages   view flash 
and thats to say nothing of the fact i have sausage fingers and would be as well typing with my forehead  battery life sucks and it drops calls  alot and takes up to 10 mins to sort its self out 
all that i could live with  but then i have to deal with the worst piece of software ever ie: itunes

The sad thing is no other smart phones seem to be any better so i feel kinda stuck

My next phone will have real buttons !!

rant over thank you .....

Doug



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rant over thank you


Glad you enjoyed it Doog - you gotta clear the custard every now and again. 8-) :y :y   
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: feeutfo on 09 October 2010, 08:39:49
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I have no issues with my nokia n97, I have been looking at the newest nokia phone as well which looks good
http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-n8?intc=ncomprod-fw-ilc-hero-con-na-nokiacom-gb-7-ncomheroforn8preord_752x252
ok there aren't as many apps but they are getting more and more now :y
N900 reviews where excellent, but the phone is, without doubt, shite! Imo wait until at least a couple of firmware updates have been released before buying any nokia.
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 09 October 2010, 08:45:56
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I HATE IT
shit bluetooth shit camera  cant recieve or play mp3's   forward text  messages   recieve picture messages   view flash 
and thats to say nothing of the fact i have sausage fingers and would be as well typing with my forehead  battery life sucks and it drops calls  alot and takes up to 10 mins to sort its self out 
all that i could live with  but then i have to deal with the worst piece of software ever ie: itunes

The sad thing is no other smart phones seem to be any better so i feel kinda stuck

My next phone will have real buttons !!

rant over thank you .....

Doug

nokia E72 or blackberry
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: henryd on 09 October 2010, 11:58:02
I have an iphone 3gs and am well pleased with it so far,only had it a couple of months so will have to wait and see if problems arise
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: doog on 09 October 2010, 12:08:38
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why cant you forward texts
i can on mine
i can copy and paste but there is no forward option
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: hotel21 on 09 October 2010, 12:12:41
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why cant you forward texts
i can on mine
i can copy and paste but there is no forward option
My one lets you forward texts.  Find your suitable text, use edit button and you then have an option thereafter to delete or forward.
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: doog on 09 October 2010, 12:14:25
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Mms replaced by email? In theory....

Most smart phones have poor battery life and can be quirky. Which can be infuriating at times, symbian can be overly involved which I like some how. IPhone seems a bit "dumbed down" IMO. Which makes it simple to use, and a bit boring maybe...whats on the iPhone is said to "just work" though. Which model? Latest software?
its a 3gs 16gb version 4.1
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: jonnycool on 09 October 2010, 12:33:17
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you gotta clear the custard every now and again. 8-) :y :y   
Hah! That's tickled me, thanks Z  ;D ;D
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: tunnie on 09 October 2010, 14:21:34
shit bluetooth - define shit, what are you trying to do?
shit camera - Its as good as any other mobile phone camera, like all, they are let down by a tiny lens.

But this photo was taken with my iPhone 3G-S, which has 3mp camera, iPhone 4 has a 5mp, its not that bad!?

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs336.ash2/61588_440486031763_506546763_5086132_2069916_n.jpg)

cant recieve or play mp3's - Not sure why you would want to do this? mp3's are generally very big, as for playing them, errr its an iPod too mine plays 1000's of mp3's!

forward text  messages  - Yes you can, press on the message, copy, paste into box, press send, not that hard?
 
recieve picture messages  - Yes you can.... 

view flash - This is the biggest issue, its all down to an argument between Adobe & Apple, sadly, they need to resolve this before its going to be allowed.

Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: aaronjb on 09 October 2010, 15:12:22
I'm guessing if you can't forward texts or receive picture messages then it's probably a 2G that you never upgraded past the original operating system?  ::)
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 09 October 2010, 15:15:49
Actually Tunnie, thats about as poor a photo I have seen from a phone camera, its barely even in focus and typical of the iShite

I seem to recall there are a few apps to support MP3's plus an alternative store for music (because lets be straight, itunes is a pain in arse)
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: tunnie on 09 October 2010, 16:30:49
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Actually Tunnie, thats about as poor a photo I have seen from a phone camera, its barely even in focus and typical of the iShite

I seem to recall there are a few apps to support MP3's plus an alternative store for music (because lets be straight, itunes is a pain in arse)

I find it as good as any other camera phone... its good enough, get a propper camera out if you want decent photos. 

I have a box of all kinds of phones for work use, HTC Desire, Sony Ericssons of various kinds, Nokias too. Older ones include E63's K900i - Blackberry Storms, Curves, everything.

All of them are utter crap, nothing even comes close to the iPhone. I particularity hate the new generation of Nokia's some of them are just unusable, especially Nokia touch screen handsets! 5800 is dire
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: the alarming man on 09 October 2010, 16:31:14
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I HATE IT
shit bluetooth shit camera  cant recieve or play mp3's   forward text  messages   recieve picture messages   view flash 
and thats to say nothing of the fact i have sausage fingers and would be as well typing with my forehead  battery life sucks and it drops calls  alot and takes up to 10 mins to sort its self out 
all that i could live with  but then i have to deal with the worst piece of software ever ie: itunes

The sad thing is no other smart phones seem to be any better so i feel kinda stuck

My next phone will have real buttons !!

rant over thank you .....

Doug

Well i have had 2 so for since febuary...found the camera and the bluetooth one of the better bits..but you are right battery life shocking...funny rant...and i agree my next phone will have proper button...have you tried updating software??  :y
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: TheBoy on 09 October 2010, 18:13:58
The bluetooth is minimal, and the camera is on a par with most phones. Actually, thats probably unfair on the gayPhone, its better than most. The worse part of the gayPhone is undoubtedly the cellular signal strength - all smartphones are poor, but iPhone is one of the worse. The 2nd worse part is gayTunes - that software should be banned from being released.

It is obviously a decent music player - it is just an iPod with an afterthought phone added.

On the upside, it is stunningly stable, and 'just works'.  Something that Windows/Symbian/Android smartphones fall down on.


gayPhone + Vodafone = a whole heap of stress (hence my my voda sim is sat in a box now)
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: tunnie on 09 October 2010, 18:15:19
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The bluetooth is minimal, and the camera is on a par with most phones. Actually, thats probably unfair on the gayPhone, its better than most. The worse part of the gayPhone is undoubtedly the cellular signal strength - all smartphones are poor, but iPhone is one of the worse. The 2nd worse part is gayTunes - that software should be banned from being released.

It is obviously a decent music player - it is just an iPod with an afterthought phone added.

On the upside, it is stunningly stable, and 'just works'.  Something that Windows/Symbian/Android smartphones fall down on.


gayPhone + Vodafone = a whole heap of stress (hence my my voda sim is sat in a box now)

Also add in build quality, its extremely impressive.
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Kevin Wood on 09 October 2010, 19:46:38
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Actually Tunnie, thats about as poor a photo I have seen from a phone camera, its barely even in focus and typical of the iShite

I seem to recall there are a few apps to support MP3's plus an alternative store for music (because lets be straight, itunes is a pain in arse)

Agreed. Doesn't matter how many megapixels the camera has when the image is visibly soft at 0.3 megapixels. ::)

The iPhone is appealing to a narrow cross section of users who worship it. To everyone else, myself included, it's a chocolate kettle. I doubt it would survive a week in my pocket without damage, for a start.

Kevin
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: tunnie on 09 October 2010, 20:09:55
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Actually Tunnie, thats about as poor a photo I have seen from a phone camera, its barely even in focus and typical of the iShite

I seem to recall there are a few apps to support MP3's plus an alternative store for music (because lets be straight, itunes is a pain in arse)

Agreed. Doesn't matter how many megapixels the camera has when the image is visibly soft at 0.3 megapixels. ::)

The iPhone is appealing to a narrow cross section of users who worship it. To everyone else, myself included, it's a chocolate kettle. I doubt it would survive a week in my pocket without damage, for a start.

Kevin

I've had mine about 6 months, use it without a case. Thing to remember, like with any big screen touch phone, is not to put keys or change in the same pocket.

With the case its far too big and chunky!
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: aaronjb on 09 October 2010, 20:10:57
*strokes his iPhone*
Don't worry darling, you don't have to listen to the nasty people
*strokes it some more*
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Kevin Wood on 09 October 2010, 20:38:22
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Thing to remember, like with any big screen touch phone, is not to put keys or change in the same pocket.

Exactly.

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*strokes it some more*


 :-? :o

 ;)

Kevin
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: tunnie on 09 October 2010, 20:52:43
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Thing to remember, like with any big screen touch phone, is not to put keys or change in the same pocket.

Not a problem for me any more, i don't have any money  ;D

Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 09 October 2010, 20:59:01
Lol, Tunnie, walk through that 47 I work on with it in your pocket a few times and it would have no screen left.

Hence why I have something small and compromise on screen size, the I4 is even worse as its got a glass back!

But god, that pic you posted is much worse than any I have ever got from any of my phones.

And strangely, I am yet to re-boot my Android based phone  :-/
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: TheBoy on 10 October 2010, 11:30:00
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I've had mine about 6 months, use it without a case. Thing to remember, like with any big screen touch phone, is not to put keys or change in the same pocket.

With the case its far too big and chunky!
I'm quite harsh on phones, and I do throw them around a bit, throw them in boxes full of other stuff, and bury keys into them.

The gay, admittedly with an Incipio rear cover and a screen protector, shows little sign of any abuse. Minor scratching on the 'chrome' plastic around front face.

Yet I know someone who dropped hers (a new mum - buggy, baby, bag hung on handle thing), smashed the screen rather unexpectedly. Though Pinky and MDTM, take care with yours, as I've now seem 2 X10s with smashed screens.


But gayPhone fanatics, like all gay Apple followers, are always blinkered and do not see beyond the overpriced, limited junk that comes out of China Cupertino, and assume iPhone is the 'best'. My eldest brother (also a gaphone owner after seeing how shite his Gooseberry was at email) is the same with BMW, believing they must be the best.  I suspect a certain Admin here is the same with GM products.

There is no 'best', its horses for courses.  My killer app need is email, web, RDP, Logmein and Citrix, in that order.  I have specific needs around email that only Windows and (later) iPhones can manage well. So I use what is best for me and avoid iTunes (which is a useless heap of junk), gay as that might sound...


...I guess to some, the status symbol of an iPhone (no, I dont understand that either) is more important than what it does for them...
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: jonnycool on 10 October 2010, 11:43:39
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I've had mine about 6 months, use it without a case. Thing to remember, like with any big screen touch phone, is not to put keys or change in the same pocket.

With the case its far too big and chunky!
I'm quite harsh on phones, and I do throw them around a bit, throw them in boxes full of other stuff, and bury keys into them.

The gay, admittedly with an Incipio rear cover and a screen protector, shows little sign of any abuse. Minor scratching on the 'chrome' plastic around front face.

Yet I know someone who dropped hers (a new mum - buggy, baby, bag hung on handle thing), smashed the screen rather unexpectedly. Though Pinky and MDTM, take care with yours, as I've now seem 2 X10s with smashed screens.


But gayPhone fanatics, like all gay Apple followers, are always blinkered and do not see beyond the overpriced, limited junk that comes out of China Cupertino, and assume iPhone is the 'best'. My eldest brother (also a gaphone owner after seeing how shite his Gooseberry was at email) is the same with BMW, believing they must be the best.  I suspect a certain Admin here is the same with GM products.

There is no 'best', its horses for courses.  My killer app need is email, web, RDP, Logmein and Citrix, in that order.  I have specific needs around email that only Windows and (later) iPhones can manage well. So I use what is best for me and avoid iTunes (which is a useless heap of junk), gay as that might sound...


...I guess to some, the status symbol of an iPhone (no, I dont understand that either) is more important than what it does for them...
You have a real problem with gayness...  ;D
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: tunnie on 10 October 2010, 16:46:37
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I've had mine about 6 months, use it without a case. Thing to remember, like with any big screen touch phone, is not to put keys or change in the same pocket.

With the case its far too big and chunky!
I'm quite harsh on phones, and I do throw them around a bit, throw them in boxes full of other stuff, and bury keys into them.

The gay, admittedly with an Incipio rear cover and a screen protector, shows little sign of any abuse. Minor scratching on the 'chrome' plastic around front face.

Yet I know someone who dropped hers (a new mum - buggy, baby, bag hung on handle thing), smashed the screen rather unexpectedly. Though Pinky and MDTM, take care with yours, as I've now seem 2 X10s with smashed screens.


But gayPhone fanatics, like all gay Apple followers, are always blinkered and do not see beyond the overpriced, limited junk that comes out of China Cupertino, and assume iPhone is the 'best'. My eldest brother (also a gaphone owner after seeing how shite his Gooseberry was at email) is the same with BMW, believing they must be the best.  I suspect a certain Admin here is the same with GM products.

There is no 'best', its horses for courses.  My killer app need is email, web, RDP, Logmein and Citrix, in that order.  I have specific needs around email that only Windows and (later) iPhones can manage well. So I use what is best for me and avoid iTunes (which is a useless heap of junk), gay as that might sound...


...I guess to some, the status symbol of an iPhone (no, I dont understand that either) is more important than what it does for them...
You have a real problem with gayness...  ;D

And he has a iPhone too! Sorry gayPhone!

I a converter, I used to hold the flag for Android, I had one of the early ones HTC Magic. But once i tried the iPhone for work use, I was hooked, the feel, the build, the looks, the fact it always just works!

I am assuming Mark has Sony Experia X10? Thats no better off for cracked screen than iPhone, like them all they are quite fragile. The glass screen is a plus and bad point at same time, its a joy to use, smallest touch and it responds, much better than any plastic screen.

But of course if you drop it....

They are over-priced, same with BMW, thats why i went for the Android, but since i don't pay for my iPhone now it rocks  :P :P
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 10 October 2010, 22:58:29
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Actually Tunnie, thats about as poor a photo I have seen from a phone camera, its barely even in focus and typical of the iShiteI seem to recall there are a few apps to support MP3's plus an alternative store for music (because lets be straight, itunes is a pain in arse)

I do agree on the photo quality.....but hey its a jpg.....and about 0.1MB file...so IMO to be expected...play with 100MB Tif files and you can be critical of image quality/sharpness  :y
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: TheBoy on 11 October 2010, 19:23:42
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I've had mine about 6 months, use it without a case. Thing to remember, like with any big screen touch phone, is not to put keys or change in the same pocket.

With the case its far too big and chunky!
I'm quite harsh on phones, and I do throw them around a bit, throw them in boxes full of other stuff, and bury keys into them.

The gay, admittedly with an Incipio rear cover and a screen protector, shows little sign of any abuse. Minor scratching on the 'chrome' plastic around front face.

Yet I know someone who dropped hers (a new mum - buggy, baby, bag hung on handle thing), smashed the screen rather unexpectedly. Though Pinky and MDTM, take care with yours, as I've now seem 2 X10s with smashed screens.


But gayPhone fanatics, like all gay Apple followers, are always blinkered and do not see beyond the overpriced, limited junk that comes out of China Cupertino, and assume iPhone is the 'best'. My eldest brother (also a gaphone owner after seeing how shite his Gooseberry was at email) is the same with BMW, believing they must be the best.  I suspect a certain Admin here is the same with GM products.

There is no 'best', its horses for courses.  My killer app need is email, web, RDP, Logmein and Citrix, in that order.  I have specific needs around email that only Windows and (later) iPhones can manage well. So I use what is best for me and avoid iTunes (which is a useless heap of junk), gay as that might sound...


...I guess to some, the status symbol of an iPhone (no, I dont understand that either) is more important than what it does for them...
You have a real problem with gayness...  ;D
Nope, not at all.  Just emphasising that crApple products are style of function, hence targetted towards ladies and 'ladies in mens bodies'
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: aaronjb on 11 October 2010, 20:00:58
I was never confused!

*strokes his crApple gayPhone*







Edited by TheBoy to fix a spelling error :P
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 11 October 2010, 21:19:58
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Nope, not at all.  Just emphasising that crApple products are style of function, hence targetted towards ladies and 'ladies in mens bodies'


 ;D ;D ;D Peerless  ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 11 October 2010, 21:24:12
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I was never confused!

*strokes his crApple gayPhone*


Edited by TheBoy to fix a spelling error :P


Annoying advert at the start.


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok6TL1jYfGE[/media]
Title: Re: iphone rant
Post by: aaronjb on 11 October 2010, 21:38:23
lol TB - is that because I made the Tucan joke? :P

And ahh... Julia Sawalha, beautiful. (And a very funny sketch, too)