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list of iPhone problems and drawbacks

iphone-1.pngYes, 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

There's nought wrong with liking the Iphone but if you are gonna reply to critisims of it the n reply with bullets and structured responses you fuck wit apple rent boys

the guy below me is a moron.

nuff said.

the list of problems is pretty lame. Most of the complaints aren't even problems. So it's only a 2 megapixel camera? Buy a friggin' Sony Cybershot, idiots! Or better yes, go by an Instinct. You're a loser!

Agreed that AT&T are the biggest bunch of fucking morons in business taking your money today.

Somebody at apple was smoking crack when they decided to go with this company to run the IPhone.

Apple is definitely changing for the worse.

iPhone is awesome its the best phone i have ever had and i have had a few... sure there are drawbacks but there is with everything

oh god, this phone is a piece of real shits 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 all except call receive via handsfree only.
anyone know how to fix these kinda problem??

I was trying to get installer.app programm to my iphone... when it downloaded and I installed it then my iPhone just kept to show me two kind of pictures or whatever... one is the starting picture where is apple logo on black screen and then it comes this pic where it says me to connect my iPhone with the cable that leads to computer and iTunes logo.. well it's connected to computer with the cable but it doesn't matter because the pic won't change..:S.. and you know sometimes it's going black like a standby mode but after every 10 minutes or something like that
please people I NEED YOUR HELP...
this is the first time that my Iphone is messing with my brains goddamn...
so please if anyone can help me with this problem then I hope you write me back..
I'm sorry for my bad english, but I hope you understand my problem! I would be really gladful!

heres my prob
please if someone can help me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jQWFbkMySQ

my iphone shows only black background and the logo
thats all
and after a while
it shows loading
the it restart
and back to black screen with the logo
and again loading
and restart
plz guys help me

i live in London, and i was thinking to buy iphone, but when i see all these comments, i have had enough... i went on youtube and so many people are complaining.. so i am just looking for alternative phone...

THIS I PHONE THING IS CRAP. PIECE OF JUNK AND IT RUINS YOUR PIECE OF MIND. THE DAMN THING HANGS UP, DOES NOT RECORS VIDEOS, CANNOT FORWARD MESSAGES. STEVE JOBS - YOU CAN DO BETTER, AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK. IF I WAS A 14 YEAR OLD CHIC, ID LOVE 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,
mute button,on/off button and the button that you should slide to unlock.How do you fix that.

hi friends..
i need help...
today suddenly my iphone stop making ne call...i mean calls are coming and evn messaging 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 restore. 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 plug it in. The battery was full. I talked to apple care and they suggested once I get home I back it up and restore again. Done. It won't come on at all. Mailed it to apple and they told me it had water damage. I never had it near water! 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 issue?

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 locked 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 buttons but nothing its just dead, it rings 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 into 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 white text starts scrolling.. please help how to solve this problem............

Hello, I have had my I-Phone since Jan and works fine I have even dropped it and the screen smashed. (Can't afford a new one at the moment!) but anyway everything 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 is a bit of a bummer but hey overall I love this phone.

Nicola

Need some help with my iphone. I dropped the phone and it fell on the stand-by/power button which got stuck. Beacuse of which the iphone kept restarting itself. I have mangaed to solve that problem but now i am facing a problem of the iphone overheating ...... please advice why this is happening and what i can do to solve this problem.

I have had the phone 4 one month and waited so thatmost of the bugs could be worked out. if anyone brought this phone and thought there would be no problems then they should wake up. You never bye the 1st model of something because it always has some sort of problem. so stop whining and enjoy the phone. the next big thing will be coming soon and there will be issues with that to.

my iphone shows continuously the message "This accessory is not made to work with 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 sudden and I cant even slide to unlock my phone, 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 restore it back to my setting. I have even reset it numerous times and it is not helping. What should I do?

Anyone know what the deal is with the battery icon not indicating a charge? It says it is charging when I plug it in, but it stays on the low battery red icon. It must be charging because I use it all day long after charging at night, but it's always red???

Hi,
i bought a iphone 1 month back and it was working fine. Suddenly touch screen doesnt work for first three rows.. Im confused...i didnt know what to do... i tried all tecnhiques but not working. pls help me out. i rebooted that also still same issue

Well guys..here goes..my prb is suddenlt today as I got text messages on my phone 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 this case...???HELP!!!

I also experiencd the freeze..thanks for your comments. Apple should develop long battery life and increase the sound. When someone texting me..i cant hear it even at its high level sound.

I downloaded 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 MISS 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 BACK ON WHEN I TURNED IT OFF AGAIN IT TURNED BACK ON. EVERY SINGLE TIME I TURNED IT OFF IT TURNED BACK ON. THEN THE MIDDLE BUTTON DIDNT WORK SO TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT I WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND AND THEN IT WOULD TURN BACK ON I COULD DO WHAT I WANTED. MUSIC DIDNT WORK, YOUTUBE EITHER, AND WHEN I RECEIVED CALLS OR DIALED CALLS THE OTHER PERSON COULDNT HEAR 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...nothing 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 before yesterday, i suddenly turn off when i was listen to music and then i can not switch it on again,the screen is dark, the body is hot some tiem when i plug it on the dock, any key was useless, what should i do ??

I have had an iPhone basically since it came out. You have pretty much done an amazing job listing all of its "flaws" However when you say

"There's no HOME or STOP buttons on the internet browser, and the period and comma buttons don't appear on the main keyboard screen."

This is fairly untrue. Right next to the web browser you have a refresh or stop button, just sometimes that bar will retract wile you are surfing just like the option to make your task bar minimize on a regular computer... Also the home page thing is semi-correct you need to add your home page to your favorites and click on that or make a link on you actual iPhone 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 is 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 trip out and flash from the home screen to the screen saver back to the solid black screen until it calmed down and begun to work again. I have not had that problem yet with my current iPhone.

The second I have still not quite got my head around. It has to do with Apple & AT&T's connection. I get more doped calls than I do successful calls. The weird part is I will have full service, the first time I went and got a new sim card... still happened so I went and exchanged my iPhone... and updated everything, still happened. Then I went back and ended up with a third phone this one was even worse and if I did make a successful call it would eventually become impossible for the other person to hear me or vise - versa. I re-donloaded iTunes, Defragged my computer, everything! Then I went and got another new sim and activated it at the actually apple store... still happened. Now I am on my fourth iPhone.

I have decided it is just a glitch with the version I am on even though it has happened with every version I have had it had just gotten worse with every update except the most recent it is actually at about a 20% unsuccessful call ratio. I have decided it is not my actually phone or AT&T but Apple and AT&T's connection and they just need to figure that out.... so I am pretty much stuck waiting hoping people will leave voice mails so I can call them back or text me.

Which it can also take up too 6 hours for me 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 aside from this problem and everything else you listed. I believe half of these things you listed Apple porously left out for when the new version comes around. Very useful list however… there where a few things I though I had just not figured out yet, but you clarified my phone was just lacking.

-Kaity

i just got my iphone a week ago and it freezes on me everyday...
i mean fair enough all you need to do it press the button at the top of the iphone and the home button at the same time for a while then it restarts but a phone that costs £300 should NOT freeze in the first place.
also for that amount of money u would expect it to have all the basics that a normal phone has.. e.g: bluetooth, zoom on camera and flash on camera, MMS, video camera.

personally i think its pathetic how they can sell this phone for so much.
i still have mine but im thinkin of puttin it on ebay and stickin to sony erricsson walkman fones.

they rule! :D

xXx

I got my iphone as a christmas present. What a crappy gift. This thing has dropped calls, locked up, been restored a couple times, and will not sync anymore with my contacts or music. I hate this thing.

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 receive 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 phone 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 that cant send/recieve pictures or videos thats crapp
2. it would be bad@$$ to be able to catch that cop beating that guy on camera but my new iphone doesnt take videos
3. $2 a ringtone screw that marimba will do for now

hi guys,i need help with my iPhone:
everytime i open installer, it automatically closes and i have no idea how to make youtube work.

please help me with the problems

hi guys,i need help with my iPhone:
everytime i open installer, it automatically closes and i have no idea how to make youtube work.

please help me with the problems

hi guys,i need help with my iPhone:
everytime i open installer, it automatically closes and i have no idea how to make youtube work.

please help me with the problems

I bought a new iPhone 8GB in late January 2008. Fifteen days after purchase, the phone completely died. AT&T won't take the phone back after 14 days. I exchanged the phone for a new one at our local Apple store. After only 5 days, it died too. The second time it failed it nearly burned my hand it was so hot. Apple is offering another exchange or refund minus 10% restocking fee. Somehow paying Steve $40 doesn't seem equitable. I've got a better idea. How about I sue Apple and AT&T in small claims court in Buffalo, New York - in February! I'll be seeking damages of $400 plus attorneys' fees at $300/hour. Oh yeah - I put the phone on my Amex card and am instructing Amex not to pay AT&T.

my iphone has been locked

hw to unlock my iphone?

I have been completely unsatisfied with Apple.

Purchased an iPhone my my 15 year old daughter for Christmas @ an ATT store of 21DEC07. On 25DEC07, the iPhone would not sync, so I had to replace through the ATT store it was purchased and was charged a $39.90 re-stocking fee on 12JAN08. Then the replacement's screen went blank. So another $39.9- re-stocking fee. So now I'm into this iPhone for over $480. Scheduled an appointment today @ 1:00pm @ the local Apple store in Jacksonville,FL. Was 2 minutes late and my appointment was cancelled. I was offered another appt. in 2 hrs. Unacceptable.

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 installer and now all my contacts are gone and my phone is just like before. the installer application has gone and the icons have not changed as well. thanks

the iphone is great u say it doesn't have zoom but you can download this now on the iphone's built in installer aswell as many other games and soundsets etc. The 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 problems. The sound on my phone is fine but i do have the problem where when i'm on safari it goes bck to the homepage. But at the moment my phone ran out of battery and when i go to charge it it won't any ideas? I dropped it a few days earlier and it sed no sim but the sim ddnt fall out but then it was working fine could it have anything to do with this?

Worked well until I figured out how to use all the features.

My phone drops calls and fails several times a day. Apple replaced it yesterday and the new one does the same. Never dropped a call with my AT&T Razor phone 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 wake up today and the stupid keys are locked at the bottom of my texts and so is my send button i have to drive 30 mins tomorrow to get it fixed at apple cuz the dumb apple people on the phone cant even help me!!!!!!!!does any one know what to do ????

[...] Originally Posted by 米乐龙 There is one negative though, everyone wants to see how my iphone works, gets a little annoying. I think 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 benefits it

i had every problem that you can have . and i still love my iPhOnE ":":BuT iT dOeS SuCk ":? NOT PiCtUrE tExTiNg " tHe SpEaKer PhOnE bLoWs "thE BaTTeRy lIfE sUcKs " 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...

My boss just got the iphone and indeed at a first glance it was wao! but after some days....we realized that the volume is hopeless..(can hardly hear what callers are saying) moreso it gets so hot you will have to put it down. The headphones aint working and ...to think that she would have to ship it down to the US to replace the battery from Lagos, Nigeria, Africa...

I guess it aint worth it after all....

Olayele Awosika

thanx for the help....

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