Happily Returning iPhone & Getting Blackberry Back...

[GQmacguy]

I wasn't going to comment, but I can not help it. On the removable battery complaints, in all the years of having cell phones, I have NEVER once needed to purchase a new battery. By they time the battery dies (if ever), I'm ready for a new phone. I don't need an extra battery to carry around for long flights; that's what portable power adapters are for.
My battery has been doing great with constance use. I've only fully charged it twice and it is still performing great.

But to each his own. If it is not working for you, buh bye. Seems the BB is better for your use.

[Gman]

Originally Posted by AppleLA

I am so disappointed with the iPhone. How Apple managed to take such a pretty looking device and screw it up so bad is just awful.

The email program is absolutely awful. Checking only 15mins...not being able to select multiple emails for delete...on top of that, having to then go into the Trash folder and AGAIN, delete one by one...no copy and paste...etc.

I dont think i am being picky. These are functions that PDA's have had for YEARS!!! Its like Apple decided to take a step backwards with the email program.

Additionally, the battery life sucks. Why its not removable is just stupid. Another way for Apple to make more money off us. $80 for a replacement once a year. Forget that!

The keyboard...not even going to get into it. If you have an iPhone, you know my frustrations. In todays world, we email and text in cyber-slang. Almost every email i have written, it has changed the word i meant for it to be, to something completely different.

I havent been waiting 5 months for this device...i have been waiting over 5 years, since the Newton, for Apple to come back out with a handheld.

Wasted time.

there is a refresh button you can click....umm, just my two cents.

http://web.mac.com/wolfiemac/iWeb/iP...3FE648F5D.html

[GQmacguy]

Originally Posted by Gman

there is a refresh button you can click....umm, just my two cents.

NO DOUBT MAN! That's what I keep wondering! Who cares about the AUTOMATIC refresh at 15min; I'm refreshing mine constantly (actually every time you click on a mailbox to read the mail it refreshes) The only wait I've had is on the mail servers themselves.

[daviddogma]

Originally Posted by TrippalHealicks

Agreed. You can read some of my interventional posts, here on the board, and see that I am a major grammar and literacy ****.
lol

Then you should have not added that additional "that" before "I am a major..."

Keep patting yourselves on the backs. You guys are so smart.

[daviddogma]

Originally Posted by TrippalHealicks

I think the phone is awesome, myself. I don't understand ppl's complaints about it. All i hear is "the phone is weak" and no one ever says why they think that way....

Because the speakerphone is unusable.....

[daviddogma]

Originally Posted by GregMcMuffin

I've been in an Apple Store 3 times this week, spending long periods of time interacting with the iPhone. I want to love this phone so badly but...

It obviously was not ready for prime time. Apple over promised and under delivered. There are so many shortcomings with this product. Watch the next few weeks for all the other people speaking up about their disappointment.

First of all, for all those saying "this is a new product, don't expect it to be perfect... Apple will be providing software updates... etc" that is unacceptable. The device is $600 and you're paying a minimum of $60/month. Email communication should be very sophisticated and flexible on the iPhone -- besides making a phone call email is the next most important feature for people away from their home or office. Getting email 4 times an hour maximum is simply not frequent enough. There should be push email for sure ala blackberry. Here are some of the other shortcomings:

-- Safari crashes frequently. It crashed 3 times in one 15 minute session I had with the phone
-- Some apps you can rotate, some you can't. You end up guessing, and oh surprise it won't rotate the view. Sometimes there is long delay. One video I went to on Apple's website didn't play and I just got a black screen. Some consistency would be good there.
-- if you're browsing the web, calls go directly voicemail. why?
-- expensive headphones won't work without an adapter.
-- no realtime ichat
-- can't update any info on the phone through bluetooth connection with your main computer. Lame.
-- the so called third party apps can't be stored on the phone itself. You have to bookmark them and can only get them while online. Jobs calls them "Web 2.0 applications" but there is another name for them: "websites". That is all they are. HTML/Javascript/AJAX. Not very sophisticated. No Java, No Flash, No games.
-- maybe I missed it but I couldn't find out how to search the music library with keywords like we do with iTunes on the desktop. Sometimes still the fastest way to find a track.

On the good side:

--beautiful industrial design and user interface.
--multitouch very innovative. Although constantly pinching and stretching web pages in Safari to get them how I like them to appear was a constant amount of work. Get's tedious after a while. Still better than all other phones but not perfect either.
-- great iPod features.

And yes I'm a mac nut. I have an 8 core mac pro, a 17 inch macbook pro, 30 inch Cinema Display, 3 ipods, Final Cut Studio, Aperture, and just about every other Mac accessory. Apple makes fantastic products but the iPhone just needed more time. 12 months from now it will be great. But now it is a double instead of a home run. For those that love it -- awesome. For those that are disappointed -- you're not alone.

Well put...

[TrippalHealicks]

Originally Posted by daviddogma

Then you should have not added that additional "that" before "I am a major..."

Keep patting yourselves on the backs. You guys are so smart.

Hey, you're right!
Now, going forward, I will take this into account, and use this lesson to my advantage! I said I was strict about it, not perfect. I can appreciate the opportunity to learn from my mistakes.

[Romanesq]

Originally Posted by beaken

Why does everyone complain about the deletion of multipul emails??? You just swipe your finger over it and tap delete and move on. Its a whole ONE finger swipe its not like 40 steps to delete it. Its crazyness what people complain about.

Like most, I have more than one email, but some folks have way too much spam on an email account. They want to be able to delete a hundred at a stroke.

Sounds like some folks need a new email account. But that's the reason for the complaint.

[jpmihalk]

Seems pretty narrow minded to think that the iPhone is the end all for every single user in the whole world. The iPhone ISN'T for everyone... and there is nothing wrong with people wanting what they want, especially for a premium price. I certainly understand that.

[ben1380]

STFU dude. Take your iPhone back so we can all hear you cry when Apple releases an update to fix everything you just complained about.

You're dumb dood. And if you can't get used to the keyboard you are a noob. Sorry you can't type english.