The Apple Iphone 3G is a great phone but there are a lot of things it lacks that prevents it to become the ultimate phone. Here are some of them:
- Sometimes, the text messages you sent and received doesnt display the transaction time, this is really not a biggie but transaction times might come in handy.
- No message forwarding. Its really disappointing that the Iphone, one of the most hyped products in history doesnt have this very basic feature. Yes its possible to obtain this feature on the Iphone but you have to jailbreak it, not an easy task for non techie users.
- Cant insert contact numbers on SMS. Its a real hassle that you have to exit SMS and copy the contact number to a piece of paper just to insert it to SMS. Most cheap basic phones have this feature why wont they put this on the Iphone?
- You cant rotate the screen while viewing your message on the email viewer. Sometimes you receive wide email messages with pictures and its a shame that you cant view it in widescreen mode on your Iphone.
- Short battery life. This is really subjective. If you gonna use the Iphone as a basic phone with a bit of music listening the battery lasts up to 2 days which is fine for me. But if you game and view movies/clips a lot the battery wont last a day. This is one of the reasons why the Iphone wont top the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP as a portable gaming device.
- Old Ipod accessories wont work. Even the most basic accessories like wall charger and car FM transmitter wont work. You have to spend again just to get these basic accessories you got from your Ipod to your Iphone.
- You cant edit your playlist on the go. These feature might come in handy, most Nokia phones have these feature why cant they put these on the Iphone?
- No search function. The 5.5 and later versions of the Ipod have this feature. I wonder why wont they put it on the Iphone.
- In Youtube, the screen will automatically close without prompting you after watching a video. If you want to view that video again, you have to reload that video again and wait for it again to finish.
- No sound and video recorder. These are some of the basic features you'll find on a phone these days yet you wont find these on the Iphone. You can install these but with a seperate purchase or by jailbreaking your Iphone.
- Animated .gifs wont move. The Iphone is the first colored phone Ive ever encountered that doesnt animate an animated .gif, it will only show the first frame. Even the cheapest phone you'll get this generation has these feature.
- No video call, one of the basic feature of a 3G phone. I think this is the first 3G phone that doesnt have this feature.
- Bluetooth, I think the Iphone has the most useless implementation of bluetooth in a cellular phone. Its bluetooth is only used for bluetooth headsets and you cant even pair a stereo bluetooth headset with it!
I think there are still some of them, Ill update this whenever I find some. Its a shame that you spend a lot for a phone yet they cant give you these very basic features they can really put on the Iphone. I hope they will implement these features on their next update. Thanks for reading!
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