Apple iPhone (8 GB) Smartphone
- Screen Size (Diagonal): 3.5 inch
- Installed Memory: 8 GB
- Operating System: iPhone OS (iOS)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB, WLAN, WiFi
- Design: Mobile
- Style: Smartphone, Touch Screen
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It is an okay product with some design flaws
Pros
Apple product, interfaces well with my Imac and Powerbook. Cool looking and sleek.
Cons
The speaker phone feature doesn't work well for listening to voicemail messages and conference calls
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
A good fit for Apple users it does have more weaknesses than I would expect from Apple. If you don't use Apple products research it well.
I feel as thought the iphone, while beautifully designed and with an extrememly innovative interface faces an extremely critical design flaw. the battery is soldered directly to the motherboaed of this product. this may not seem like a huge deal to many, but how many of you have had a phones battery life slowly decay over time. In the past you could simply purchase a battery from the manufactorer, however with apple you are forced to physically send the phone away to be worked on, prehaps at a greater fee.
Furthermore this flaw makes the phone much much more susceptible to water damage, especially coupled together with a touch only interface. Under normal circumstances the most prudent action when faced with a submersed electronic item is to turn the item off, remove its source of power and allow it to dry for an extended period fo time. Unfortunately with the iphone, it asks for a confirmation in turning the phone off, by using an on-screen slider. So your once simple task of powering the phone down and removing the batter becomes a much more difficult task. Finally to complete the policy side of this flaw; apple will not cover any submersion damage under warrently, period. In other words no matter what the extent of the damage, weither it be one small damaged diode, or a water damaged battery, or in more negitive circumstances, a shorted or corroded screen/digitizer assembly, apple will not even offer you the option of having it refurbished, or paying repair fee's. They will simply tell you to go get a brand new phone, losing much of your data on the previous phone in the process, (except for contacts with are stored on the sim card obviously.)
Many of you may scoff, and simply say 'well, then dont be silly and keep your phone away from water!' until you find yourself the one that forgot to take it out of your pocket before diving in the pool, or prehaps dropping it in a cup of tea or coffee around a busy office, and prehaps someone else drops a cup of coffee on you. Regardless of the circumstances, apple's only responsible will be 'sorry, submersion damage isnt covered under warrenty'.
I should also point out that AT&T does not offer phone insurance on the iphone, the one phone you would think they would definately offer some form of investment protection in.
Furthermore this flaw makes the phone much much more susceptible to water damage, especially coupled together with a touch only interface. Under normal circumstances the most prudent action when faced with a submersed electronic item is to turn the item off, remove its source of power and allow it to dry for an extended period fo time. Unfortunately with the iphone, it asks for a confirmation in turning the phone off, by using an on-screen slider. So your once simple task of powering the phone down and removing the batter becomes a much more difficult task. Finally to complete the policy side of this flaw; apple will not cover any submersion damage under warrently, period. In other words no matter what the extent of the damage, weither it be one small damaged diode, or a water damaged battery, or in more negitive circumstances, a shorted or corroded screen/digitizer assembly, apple will not even offer you the option of having it refurbished, or paying repair fee's. They will simply tell you to go get a brand new phone, losing much of your data on the previous phone in the process, (except for contacts with are stored on the sim card obviously.)
Many of you may scoff, and simply say 'well, then dont be silly and keep your phone away from water!' until you find yourself the one that forgot to take it out of your pocket before diving in the pool, or prehaps dropping it in a cup of tea or coffee around a busy office, and prehaps someone else drops a cup of coffee on you. Regardless of the circumstances, apple's only responsible will be 'sorry, submersion damage isnt covered under warrenty'.
I should also point out that AT&T does not offer phone insurance on the iphone, the one phone you would think they would definately offer some form of investment protection in.
