Too much iPhone coverage, not enough iPhone usefulness.
Have you been caught up in the Apple hype? Do you think that the iPhone is the be-all and end-all?
<rant> Seriously, as much as the iPhone has going for it in terms of unlimited data plans, Google Maps, multi-touch displays, and svelte outward appearances, it will never be enough to live up to all this crazy hype. The marketing machine has gone completely out of control and the irony of it all is that Apple paid for very little of this advertising: so many tech blogs, Apple fanboy sites, and random blogs have talked about the iPhone for the past few months on their behalf. And I’m just as guilty as anyone else for building up this hype… I’ve written a lot of iPhone stuff for Mobile Magazine. I’m not saying that the iPhone is a bad phone, per se, but it will never be enough. </rant>
And now a word from iPhree.
The iPhone is a step in the right direction, yes, but the best phone ever? No.
Apple has a lot to improve on and add to it. Much of that being basic features like recording Video, camera flash, GPS, etc.
Much of said basic features are already avaiable in other Phones on the market, and have been for awhile.
The iPhone has a few advantages, though. Such as multi-touch, a huge screen, the “iPod name” backing it, Video and great battery life.
Now, if they could just combine all the best features from every phone on the market into a phone like the iPhone or put a multi-touch screen on the Blackberry and pimp it out so it’s not so business-y, that would be the best phone ever.
But, nobody’s even close to doing that yet…
I have never been a huge Apple fan, and have read a lot about the downfalls of this phone. It will be interesting to see how it holds up in the long run as well as the updates for the next model.
Hopefully when the iPhone comes to Canada, we’ll get the new model. 😉