5 reasons not to buy the iPhone 4

[Oleh]

The iphone isnt as good as people make out.. only reason everybody bums it is because of the app store.. any phone can have that if the company was dedicated enough. that really is the only feature whats unique and android is catching onto the idea.

[myke]

not one bloody thread can be posted in tech without a ***** fit. ;l

meh, it's an alright looking phone but obvs it has it's drawbacks and I think it was slightly rushed to get it released

[MrPinkPanther]

The iphone isnt as good as people make out.. only reason everybody bums it is because of the app store.. any phone can have that if the company was dedicated enough. that really is the only feature whats unique and android is catching onto the idea.

But the fact is they don't have it. Creating a store as large as the Appstore is no easy task, its driven purely by third party developers and until Android overtakes the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touches userbase by a considerable margin developers won't be as attracted to the platform as they are iOS. Its an endless cycle as it were. People buy iPhones because of the Appstores size but Android can't get a store as large until more people start buying Android devices. Look at it from the developers perspective, do they develop for a platform with standardised devices and a large userbase or a platform with devices with a wide variety of different specs (making it harder both to develop and test) and a smaller userbase? We also shouldn't neglect the fact that Android devices are usually cheaper. The sort of people who buy an iPhone can afford to shell out on expensive and flash applications and whilst this is of course true for many Android owners I don't think it's in the same kind of league. Many fairly average phones run android now, the owners of which may not be so interested in the application store.

Just my two cents

[Sameer!]

mhmm, thanks for the link. I'll go over it.

[Describe]

If you buy a phone based on the number of mega-pixels you're nothing short of an idiot. Lots of megapixels can often be a good thing, but things with less megapixels can often take much better and more clearer photos.

For example the 3MP camera on the iPhone 3GS takes far better photos than a Samsung's 5MP camera.

I know what you're saying Jordy and I agree with the statement you've made but I must defend the Sony Ericsson Satio 12.1MP camera because it's nothing short of brilliant.

@Topic: Yeah, I wouldn't rush in and buy it the first day it came out. Give it a good few weeks for the consumer to lobby Apple with their complaints about technical difficulties with the phone and then give Apple time to fix the errors.

[danzooo]

Mines arrived this afternoon and I'm just waiting on the micro sim to be activated. And whoever said "it's a phone", surely a mobile phone is a piece of technology? it's the same as saying a car is an automobile :rolleyes:

[Robbie]

3GS are only $75 in WalMart, and I'm going Florida very soon ;o

xxxxxxx Yeh... I might just get both tbh, incase one fails, I mean, like what... £45? Not that much for a spare Phone!
But yeah, 3GS are now only $75now in WalMart!

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[MrPinkPanther]

I know what you're saying Jordy and I agree with the statement you've made but I must defend the Sony Ericsson Satio 12.1MP camera because it's nothing short of brilliant.

Yeah, I think its a mix of both Megapixels and other factors. Megapixels play a central role but a Camera is only as good as its lense. I can say for sure that the 3GS takes better pictures than my 5MP Phone but equally my old 3.2 Megapixel camera takes better photos than them all. It all depends on the overall specs.

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Theres really no need for this. He was completely on topic and simply misunderstood something which lets be honest is quite easy to do considering they advertise it as $75 phone.

[GommeInc]

But the fact is they don't have it. Creating a store as large as the Appstore is no easy task, its driven purely by third party developers and until Android overtakes the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touches userbase by a considerable margin developers won't be as attracted to the platform as they are iOS. Its an endless cycle as it were. People buy iPhones because of the Appstores size but Android can't get a store as large until more people start buying Android devices. Look at it from the developers perspective, do they develop for a platform with standardised devices and a large userbase or a platform with devices with a wide variety of different specs (making it harder both to develop and test) and a smaller userbase? We also shouldn't neglect the fact that Android devices are usually cheaper. The sort of people who buy an iPhone can afford to shell out on expensive and flash applications and whilst this is of course true for many Android owners I don't think it's in the same kind of league. Many fairly average phones run android now, the owners of which may not be so interested in the application store.

Just my two cents

Quite a lot of simple people buy iPhones too, and the sheer popularity is a contributing factor, so you cannot mark Android as an OS for simple people because it appears on "cheaper" devices, when not all simple people buy cheap products - cars are an example, loads buy these cars with amazing features but never use them

Android is growing by leaps and bounds, and a lot of App developers create Apps for all types of phones to maximise growth and income, and seeing as it's blatantly obvious Android isn't going anywhere, it's wise of them to do this. Obviously smaller companies may stay with just the one OS, but that's not true for all of them. Heck, Apple saw the fear of these free apps coming about, which is why they created iAds or whatever crappy named feature they brought in recently.

Besides, Android brings in creativity. Alot of these apps and widgets (widgets obviously being a unique feature to the OS and phones), are based around customising the device - home screens and so forth, something you don't really get with iPhones as far as I can tell, and don't forget alot of apps aren't even in the marketplace Swype is the main one, and that's in BETA form, and quite a few games are distributed from the developers website.

[MrGazet]

I like the design of the iPhone 4

I feel quite regretful for buying my N900 too fast ;'(