Why i wouldn't buy an iPhone?
By spoiled311
@spoiled311 (5500)
Philippines
January 20, 2008 6:01am CST
Do you have an iPhone? if you don't have yet, you might want to read my write up. I wouldn't buy it because of the following reasons. Read what I wrote below...
Yes, I am not an iPhone owner and I wouldn't be one unless the company improves the product. Here's why.
A friend of mine owns one. She got hers in Hong Kong at $700 (roughly 35,000 to the Philippine peso) about a month after its release, being so up to date on the latest trends on gadgets. But when I asked her about this product's performance, she related that she is less than satisfied. Although I was really tempted with the product's sleek design, I decided not to make the purchase on account of the following reasons.
iPhone doesn't have a "Forward" feature, which is needed for our businesses. We sometimes need to forward SMS so that we don't have to retype the whole message. But iPhone doesn't allow that, which makes it cumbersome for the user to write down a message and type the words all over again.
At the same time, it doesn't include the feature "Send to many", which is common among regular mobile phones. This feature is very efficient because we can immediately send a message to a certain group of people, i.e. clients or employees, in just one click. For busy professionals and businessmen like us, sending the same message to at least five people can be very trying, especially if we are on the go, when we can only send it once through other mobile phones.
And here's the hardest part. They have this automatic dictionary correction, which makes it hard for us to compose our messages. In our city, we mix the use of English and our vernacular in our messages. We also have unique shortcuts. So it is very hard to type in our messages without the dictionary correcting our spelling.
For what it is worth, the iPhone is not for the Philippine communication setting. It may be cool for American consumers, but not for us. Hopefully these features may be corrected in the future and maybe when the second release comes, I may decide to check it out.
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6 responses
@krystal85 (71)
• United States
20 Jan 08
I would noy buy because they are through at&t. I dont like that company for alot of reasons. it is also too much to pay for a phone that I know will get dropped or water damage.
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@SixPaulEleven (552)
• United States
20 Jan 08
I wouldn't buy it simply because I'm VERY hard on cell phones. THey get dropped, stepped on, thrown and fall off of things and IMO, the iPhone is too wimpy to withstand anything other than normal use. It's very thin and very small and is not built like a Nextel phone, which I have. Plus the iPhone is not available on Nextel and I like Nextel. Everyone I work with has Nextel, so it's easier on me to just Direct Connect everything and it not count against my minutes.
Plus I dont like following fads. And anyone who stood in line for 3 days to get one needs their head examined.
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
21 Jan 08
that is a really good write up, and I am sure it will be of good use for many on mylot to read. Did you happen to send it to the iphone manufacturer? They would probably appreciate such a well thought out critique from someone in your country - and may even reward you for the effort.
@youless (112358)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jan 08
I won't buy Iphone as right now I already have a very good smartphone. I am quite satisfied with it. And I think iPhone uses a different operating system. That means to say I may not find its software and games easily via the net. And therefore it'll be less interesting.
@lucgeta (924)
• France
20 Jan 08
Not sure these features are more for business or for teenagers. Anyhow, third party software is available for the ones who need it - after more than 10 years never needed - check the link below:
http://www.iphonestalk.com/wetool-v0362-sms-forwarding-multiple-recipients-for-the-iphone/For disabling the auto correction go here:
http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/tips-tricks/how-to-disable-auto-correction-on-the-iphone/If that's all your problem, hope you're served now.
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