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list of iPhone problems and drawbacks
Yes, the feedback on the newly released iPhone has been overwhelmingly positive but for those of you who aren’t happy unless you’re unhappy, cheer up! Here’s a list of software, hardware, and Tupperware letdowns that prove the iPhone falls a wee bit short of perfect.
(And if you have anything else to add to the list, feel free… because doing my job for myself is so very inconvenient.)
1)The Barry Allen disappearance; there’s no Flash, or Java for that matter; making watching web videos more a miss than hit on iPhones.
2)Pixel envy – you’ll have it with your iPhone camera. The 2 megapixel camera is a little bland with 5 megapixel camera phones now available and the other kind of flash and zoom is also missing. There’s also no secondary camera for self portraits, so you can’t get narcissistic with your bad self.
3)You can ring my bell; but only 25 different ways. You can’t import more or use your MP3s as ringtones, meaning you’re at the mercy of Steve Jobs’ personal taste AND he still hasn’t secured the rights to Beatles songs. Be afraid, be very afraid.
4)He got game and it be chess. That’s the most graphics heavy game included with the iPhone; what was Pong too complicated?
5)There’s no third party applications allowed on the iPhone; with Steve Jobs suggesting that developers use the Safari web browser and AJAX to simulate them on the internet. Yes, he actually claimed that was just as good as allowing third party applications with a straight face.
6)I’m not saying AT&T’s ancient EDGE network is too slow for internet browsing, but there are unsubstantiated reports that the dinosaurs when extinct waiting for a page to load on it.
7)Something like one in ten of the initial iPhones bought was defective. While that number will obviously go down after the initial launch; that really sucks for the people who were waiting in line nine hours.
8)Gizmodo is reporting how many AT&T stores were trying to make you buy at least two or three accessories before they’d through in the iPhone; as AT&T representatives could get written up if they didn’t sell between $60-$65 of accessories per person. In contrast, Steve Jobs last Thursday just promised all Apple employees a free, no strings attached iPhone.
9)A lot of people have had trouble activating their iPhone on the AT&T Cingular network, which is done through iTunes. Apparently in the six month leading up to the launch it never occurred to AT&T that a bunch of people were going to be logging on at once and it might overload their system. In case you haven’t picked up on it yet, AT&T are idiots.
10)There’s no wireless synching with your Mac, no video recording or video output, or microSD memory card capabilities, though the iPhone does already come with 4-8GB of onboard memory.
UPDATE: There's more! Click here for part II of iPhone problems.
UPDATE II: Here is a list of iPhone problems specific to the new iPhone 3G.



Comments
guys please help me
my iphone's sc reen suddenly went black as if it were t urned on. but it you could still call it and it would not ring
please help me
i cant turn my iphone on or of f.
i cant do anything with it.
i had my phone for 3 months only
I got the iphone 11th may 09. On the day for return if u don't want it. The phon e stops working. I went home thinking th e battery was dead,even when I charged it it shows no signs of charging. I call ed 02 and the told me I can't return it Because it's not working.I called carpho newarehouse the tolded me they don't re cognize my number. And guess what as soo n as 5.00 came the phone start to work t hat's when customer service is closed A nd all the stores are closed
There's nought wrong with liking the Iph one but if you are gonna reply to critis ims of it the n reply with bullets and s tructured responses you fuck wit apple r ent boys
the guy below me is a moron. nuff said.
the list of problems is pretty lame. Mos t of the complaints aren't even problems . So it's only a 2 megapixel camera? Buy a friggin' Sony Cybershot, idiots! Or b etter yes, go by an Instinct. You're a l oser!
Agreed that AT&T are the biggest bun ch of fucking morons in business taking your money today. Somebody at apple was smoking crack when they decided to go wi th this company to run the IPhone. Apple is definitely changing for the worse.
iPhone is awesome its the best phone i h ave ever had and i have had a few... sur e there are drawbacks but there is with everything
oh god, this phone is a piece of real sh its of problems. some days before my 8gb iphone freezed up the lower touch areas and after that, i restored. but now, i m pissed off. it's not working now at al l except call receive via handsfree only .
anyone know how to fix these kin da problem??
I was trying to get installer.app progra mm to my iphone... when it downloaded an d I installed it then my iPhone just kep t to show me two kind of pictures or wha tever... one is the starting picture whe re is apple logo on black screen and the n it comes this pic where it says me to connect my iPhone with the cable that le ads to computer and iTunes logo.. well i t's connected to computer with the cable but it doesn't matter because the pic w on't change..:S.. and you know sometimes it's going black like a standby mode bu t after every 10 minutes or something li ke that
please people I NEED YOUR HELP...
this is the first time tha t my Iphone is messing with my brains go ddamn...
so please if anyone can h elp me with this problem then I hope you write me back..
I'm sorry for my bad english, but I hope you understand m y problem! I would be really gladful!
heres my prob
please if someone ca n help me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jQWFbkMy SQ my iphone shows only black backgr ound and the logo
thats all
and after a while
it shows loading
the it restart
and back to black screen with the logo
and aga in loading
and restart
plz g uys help me
i live in London, and i was thinking to buy iphone, but when i see all these co mments, i have had enough... i went on y outube and so many people are complainin g.. so i am just looking for alternative phone...
THIS I PHONE THING IS CRAP. PIECE OF JUN K AND IT RUINS YOUR PIECE OF MIND. THE D AMN THING HANGS UP, DOES NOT RECORS VIDE OS, CANNOT FORWARD MESSAGES. STEVE JOBS - YOU CAN DO BETTER, AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK. IF I WAS A 14 YEAR OLD CHIC, ID L OVE IT, BUT AM A GROWN UP 25 YR OLD MAN WHO DEMANDS HIS MONEY'S WORHT. IPHONE = GARBAGE = JUNK. SORRY FOR ALL THOSE GUYS WHO BOUGHT IT LIKE ME.
I purchased a 8gb iPhone.
The only buttons I can press are:ringer button,< br /> mute button,on/off button and the button that you should slide to unlock.H ow do you fix that.
hi friends..
i need help...
today suddenly my iphone stop making ne call...i mean calls are coming and evn m essaging is working bt wheneva i tried 2 make call it juz ended...please help
I purchased my 8 GB i phone in February. After 3 months of basic use it stared to freeze up. I went to the apple store and they suggested I back up and resto re. Done. It slowly has been giving me more and more problems. On a trip away from home it started turning off on me. the only way to work the phone was to p lug it in. The battery was full. I tal ked to apple care and they suggested onc e I get home I back it up and restore ag ain. Done. It won't come on at all. Ma iled it to apple and they told me it had water damage. I never had it near wate r! This in not under warrenty care now. It's going to cost me $250.00 out of pocket at least to repair. Do I really want to? Has any one else had this iss ue?
iv had my iphone almost 2 months its a kool little phone but just today i was on the internet it started 2 lag so i lo cked it and 30 min later i go and check the time and its dead ive tried charging it,plugging it up to i tunes,all the bu ttons but nothing its just dead, it ring s when i call it but doesnt do anythintg heeelllp me!! plllzzz
i just bought the i phone! its a pretty neat phone but everytime i try to go int o the call list or my contacts it throws me back out?? what do i do?
i was using my i phone for the last five months it was 1.1.2 version i tried to upgrade it to 1.1.4 but it did not work. now when i switch on my iphone some whit e text starts scrolling.. please help ho w to solve this problem............
Hello, I have had my I-Phone since Jan a nd works fine I have even dropped it and the screen smashed. (Can't afford a new one at the moment!) but anyway everythi ng works I live in the UK and use O2 as my network but there is one thing I can' t do is forward text messages on which i s a bit of a bummer but hey overall I lo ve this phone. Nicola
Need some help with my iphone. I dropped the phone and it fell on the stand-by/p ower button which got stuck. Beacuse of which the iphone kept restarting itself. I have mangaed to solve that problem bu t now i am facing a problem of the iphon e overheating ...... please advice why t his is happening and what i can do to so lve this problem.
I have had the phone 4 one month and wai ted so thatmost of the bugs could be wor ked out. if anyone brought this phone an d thought there would be no problems the n they should wake up. You never bye the 1st model of something because it alway s has some sort of problem. so stop whin ing and enjoy the phone. the next big th ing will be coming soon and there will b e issues with that to.
my iphone shows continuously the message "This accessory is not made to work wit h iphone". This message comes more than 20 times a day and sometimes blocks the sound from the music. What is the source and how can one solve the problem?
I also am having problems with my iphone not working. :( Only the top half of my touchscreen is responsive all the sudde n and I cant even slide to unlock my pho ne, text, place or answer phone calls!! I have tried everything! I have synced it to my computer, restored the factory settings and then used my backup to rest ore it back to my setting. I have even r eset it numerous times and it is not hel ping. What should I do?
Anyone know what the deal is with the ba ttery icon not indicating a charge? It s ays it is charging when I plug it in, bu t it stays on the low battery red icon. It must be charging because I use it all day long after charging at night, but i t's always red???
Hi,
i bought a iphone 1 month ba ck and it was working fine. Suddenly tou ch screen doesnt work for first three ro ws.. Im confused...i didnt know what to do... i tried all tecnhiques but not wor king. pls help me out. i rebooted that a lso still same issue
Well guys..here goes..my prb is suddenlt today as I got text messages on my phon e I wasn't able to into the inbox to see them..so whenevr i click on sms icon it throws me back out..what can I do in th is case...???HELP!!!
I also experiencd the freeze..thanks for your comments. Apple should develop lon g battery life and increase the sound. W hen someone texting me..i cant hear it e ven at its high level sound. I downloade d a themes but it doesnt work and i cant find any icon on my screen. What should i do? anyaone who can help me?
EVEN THOUGH iPHONES SUCK I STILL LIKE IT . MY iPHONE DOESNT WORK AND I FUCKING MI SS IT. I'VE DROPPED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT IT DOESNT LOOK THAT BAD. I'VE SEEN PEOPLES iPHONES THAT ARE ALL CRACKED AND THEY STILL WORK. I DROPPED IT LAST WEEK NOT EVEN A 2 FT. AWAY AND IT TURNED BAC K ON WHEN I TURNED IT OFF AGAIN IT TURNE D BACK ON. EVERY SINGLE TIME I TURNED IT OFF IT TURNED BACK ON. THEN THE MIDDLE BUTTON DIDNT WORK SO TO DO SOMETHING DIF FERENT I WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND A ND THEN IT WOULD TURN BACK ON I COULD DO WHAT I WANTED. MUSIC DIDNT WORK, YOUTUB E EITHER, AND WHEN I RECEIVED CALLS OR D IALED CALLS THE OTHER PERSON COULDNT HEA R ME. I TOOK IT TO AN APPLE RETAIL STORE AND NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR WHAT I FUCKING PAYED FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
iphone is a nice phone, with a nice GUI to impress nice looking dumb girls...not hing more... for a serious techhny it is a joke...a thing the
please, help me, my iphone does not work anymore, i have got this iphone for two weeks, it work great till the day befor e yesterday, i suddenly turn off when i was listen to music and then i can not s witch it on again,the screen is dark, th e body is hot some tiem when i plug it o n the dock, any key was useless, what sh ould i do ??
I have had an iPhone basically since it came out. You have pretty much done an a mazing job listing all of its "flaws" Ho wever when you say "There's no HOME or STOP buttons on the internet browser, an d the period and comma buttons don't app ear on the main keyboard screen." This is fairly untrue. Right next to the web browser you have a refresh or stop butto n, just sometimes that bar will retract wile you are surfing just like the optio n to make your task bar minimize on a re gular computer... Also the home page thi ng is semi-correct you need to add your home page to your favorites and click on that or make a link on you actual iPhon e home. Pretty stupid I agree. There are a couple more flaws, one major. It has caused me to go through four iPhones and three sim cards attempting to find out the problem. The first more simple one i s my second and third iphone froze quite often and I would have to just let it " chill" for a bit or it would start to tr ip out and flash from the home screen to the screen saver back to the solid blac k screen until it calmed down and begun to work again. I have not had that probl em yet with my current iPhone. The secon d I have still not quite got my head aro und. It has to do with Apple & AT&am p;T's connection. I get more doped calls than I do successful calls. The weird p art is I will have full service, the fir st time I went and got a new sim card... still happened so I went and exchanged my iPhone... and updated everything, sti ll happened. Then I went back and ended up with a third phone this one was even worse and if I did make a successful cal l it would eventually become impossible for the other person to hear me or vise - versa. I re-donloaded iTunes, Defragge d my computer, everything! Then I went a nd got another new sim and activated it at the actually apple store... still hap pened. Now I am on my fourth iPhone. I h ave decided it is just a glitch with the version I am on even though it has happ ened with every version I have had it ha d just gotten worse with every update ex cept the most recent it is actually at a bout a 20% unsuccessful call ratio. I ha ve decided it is not my actually phone o r AT&T but Apple and AT&T's conn ection and they just need to figure that out.... so I am pretty much stuck waiti ng hoping people will leave voice mails so I can call them back or text me. Whi ch it can also take up too 6 hours for m e to get a voice mail, and about half of the time, people will call me and they will either get a busy signal or it will go to my voice mail and not alert me I received a call. Its all crazy, but what can you do? It’s an amazing phone asi de from this problem and everything else you listed. I believe half of these thi ngs you listed Apple porously left out f or when the new version comes around. V ery useful list however… there where a few things I though I had just not figu red out yet, but you clarified my phone was just lacking. -Kaity
i just got my iphone a week ago and it f reezes on me everyday...
i mean fa ir enough all you need to do it press th e button at the top of the iphone and th e home button at the same time for a whi le then it restarts but a phone that cos ts £300 should NOT freeze in the first place.
also for that amount of mon ey u would expect it to have all the bas ics that a normal phone has.. e.g: bluet ooth, zoom on camera and flash on camera , MMS, video camera. personally i think its pathetic how they can sell this phon e for so much.
i still have mine b ut im thinkin of puttin it on ebay and s tickin to sony erricsson walkman fones. they rule! :D xXx
I got my iphone as a christmas present. What a crappy gift. This thing has dro pped calls, locked up, been restored a c ouple times, and will not sync anymore w ith my contacts or music. I hate this t hing.
hi friends...i bought a iphone couple of months back n now accidently dropped it from my table which is around 3ft, from then on the touchscreen doesnt work, i mean i cant unlock the phone, but do rec eive calls, could anyone help me to know what could the problem be?
I purchased an Iphone and it was working great except the battery life , but the other day I was triing to charge the ph one and it won't take any charge. When I plug it in it makes the noise that it's being charged but the charge bar stay's red can you help?
1. no MMS texts WTF a hight tech phone t hat cant send/recieve pictures or videos thats crapp
2. it would be bad@$$ to be able to catch that cop beating th at guy on camera but my new iphone doesn t take videos
3. $2 a ringtone scr ew that marimba will do for now
hi guys,i need help with my iPhone:
everytime i open installer, it automat ically closes and i have no idea how to make youtube work. please help me with t he problems
hi guys,i need help with my iPhone:
everytime i open installer, it automat ically closes and i have no idea how to make youtube work. please help me with t he problems
hi guys,i need help with my iPhone:
everytime i open installer, it automat ically closes and i have no idea how to make youtube work. please help me with t he problems
I bought a new iPhone 8GB in late Januar y 2008. Fifteen days after purchase, the phone completely died. AT&T won't t ake the phone back after 14 days. I exch anged the phone for a new one at our loc al Apple store. After only 5 days, it di ed too. The second time it failed it nea rly burned my hand it was so hot. Apple is offering another exchange or refund m inus 10% restocking fee. Somehow paying Steve $40 doesn't seem equitable. I've g ot a better idea. How about I sue Apple and AT&T in small claims court in Bu ffalo, New York - in February! I'll be s eeking damages of $400 plus attorneys' f ees at $300/hour. Oh yeah - I put the ph one on my Amex card and am instructing A mex not to pay AT&T.
my iphone has been locked hw to unlock m y iphone?
I have been completely unsatisfied with Apple. Purchased an iPhone my my 15 year old daughter for Christmas @ an ATT sto re of 21DEC07. On 25DEC07, the iPhone w ould not sync, so I had to replace throu gh the ATT store it was purchased and wa s charged a $39.90 re-stocking fee on 12 JAN08. Then the replacement's screen we nt blank. So another $39.9- re-stocking fee. So now I'm into this iPhone for o ver $480. Scheduled an appointment toda y @ 1:00pm @ the local Apple store in Ja cksonville,FL. Was 2 minutes late and m y appointment was cancelled. I was offe red another appt. in 2 hrs. Unacceptabl e. Apple has lost a customer and I plan on spreading the news of Apple's iPhone quality issues and poor customer support . The iPhone is over-rated.
please could you help me as i updated my iphone to the 1.1.3 version of installe r and now all my contacts are gone and m y phone is just like before. the install er application has gone and the icons ha ve not changed as well. thanks
the iphone is great u say it doesn't hav e zoom but you can download this now on the iphone's built in installer aswell a s many other games and soundsets etc. Th e internet goes just as fast as your wi fi so dnt blame the phone. I'm from the UK and i hven't had half the amount of p roblems. The sound on my phone is fine b ut i do have the problem where when i'm on safari it goes bck to the homepage. B ut at the moment my phone ran out of bat tery and when i go to charge it it won't any ideas? I dropped it a few days earl ier and it sed no sim but the sim ddnt f all out but then it was working fine cou ld it have anything to do with this?
Worked well until I figured out how to u se all the features.
My phone drops calls and fails several t imes a day. Apple replaced it yesterday and the new one does the same. Never d ropped a call with my AT&T Razor pho ne but this thing is horrible. Seems to be worse the more features I use (Ipod, notes, calendar ..etc.)
I loved the phone for two days and i wak e up today and the stupid keys are locke d at the bottom of my texts and so is my send button i have to drive 30 mins tom orrow to get it fixed at apple cuz the d umb apple people on the phone cant even help me!!!!!!!!does any one know what to do ????
[...] Originally Posted by 米È 48;龙 There is one negative thou gh, everyone wants to see how my iphone works, gets a little annoying. I thin k what 米乐龙 means to say is that people get a little annoyed with him always trying to show them his phone. Gets a little annoying when they have work to do. While the iphone does offer some limited functionality and be nefits it
i had every problem that you can have . and i still love my iPhOnE ":":BuT iT dO eS SuCk ":? NOT PiCtUrE tExTiNg " tHe Sp EaKer PhOnE bLoWs "thE BaTTeRy lIfE sUcK s " aNd tHe PhoNe GeTS eTrEmeLLY HOT as heLL WHEN YOUR tAlKiNg On It ":? BuT yOu KNOW WHAT >:" iT"s StiLL A cool PhOnE :>. tHANKS ":>
after i updated my iphone, i cannot open it now. pls help me what to do...
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