Don't like the iPhone 4, won't like the iPhone 5 - what should I do?

[revelated]

What do you mean?!

learnt past participle, past tense of learn (Verb)
1. Gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught.
2. Commit to memory

Nice. But you mean LEARNED. "Learnt" is one of those words people made up that then got added under duress due to overuse. Sort of like "conversate". Circa 1996 neither was in any known dictionary.

Nokia profiles were awesome - in the menu you'd set-up about 5 'profiles'. Eg, Loud, Silent, Meeting, Discreet, Alarm and each one would have its own customisable volume/ringtone/vibrate on/off etc etc. With one press of the power button the list would appear and you could quickly select a whole different phone set-up. Great if, like me, you work in TV (or similar) where the phone inadvertently going off is not an option!

Droid Does.

With the iPhone, several times a day I have to go into Settings and individually switch everything to silent which is incredibly frustrating.

Droid Does.

Why not customisable text tones when I can have customisable ring tones? I'm afraid I do expect this from an Apple device.

That's your problem. Oh, by the way, Droid Does.

How is the alarm to work with the phone off asking too much? It's technically possible (my first nokia 15yrs ago did it), so why ever not?

Droid Does.


I don't get it. You bought the 3GS and didn't realize that the LAST thing Apple wants you to do is customize your device? Seriously?

I don't know how many times I have to tell people. If you want a FULLY customizable experience, Android and/or Palm OS are your only two choices. Period. Moreso Android, for obvious reasons. If I were you, I would take a trip down to your local Verizon store and start messing with the Thunderbolt, Droid X, Droid X 2, Fascinate, etc. and see what I'm talking about. You'll question why you even bothered with the iPhone in the first place - based on what you're complaining about anyway.

 

[maclaptop]

Give one a try, you'll like it.

 

[Ach111es]

Wait for the droid x 2 bomb to drop. I love the iPhone and it's compatibility with all my stuff...if I used google calendar and had a real gmail instead of one thru my school-which I now rely on because I made te mistake of using it-I would have probably gotten a nexus.

I love the fact that iOS is so smooth, I hate when I can tell the CPU is maxes out when scrolling thru apps. But I love the htc sense lockscreen and the widgets that droid has.

If the iPhone doesn't keep getting exponentially better as the droid phones have, I'll make the switch. 4G on iPhone is a bitore appealing since it uses a ton of battery-which is one weakness of the Droid.

 

[wordoflife]

Nice. But you mean LEARNED. "Learnt" is one of those words people made up that then got added under duress due to overuse. Sort of like "conversate". Circa 1996 neither was in any known dictionary.

According to my Mac's dictionary (and the internet), learnt is a word, typically used by the British. It there is nothing wrong with the OP's sentence.

 

[johneaston]

Droid Does.

Unfortunately, Droid isn't actually a phone (if we're going by your logic that anything post-1996 isn't recognised).

What I think you've done is confused that fact that the American way of speaking/writing English isn't the ONLY way. Therefore, what you meant to say was: "If you were American you should have typed "learned", but as you're English, you're actually using the language correctly and I'd be quite a arse to correct you on something so trivial when this conversation is about phones and not the correct use of past tense and past participles in the English language."

 

[EddyP]

I know I'm not the only one that has a 3GS and decided to skip the iPhone 4. With rumours that the iPhone 5 will be the same, I'm inclined to not get that either.

I like my iPhone and, obviously, like how is syncs with my Mac, but don't like the iPhone 4 and won't like/want the iPhone 5. However, I could really do with a new phone.

If you're in the same situation, what are your plans?

(Looking forward to all the "If you don't like it, don't get it - see if we care" answers, but would really appreciate some honest suggestions).

I'm in the same boat.

But I'm going to wait until the 5 is real and I know what it actually is/has before I worry about it. Too soon to say I won't like the 5 IMO.

 

[revelated]

According to my Mac's dictionary (and the internet), learnt is a word, typically used by the British. It there is nothing wrong with the OP's sentence.

What I think you've done is confused that fact that the American way of speaking/writing English isn't the ONLY way. Therefore, what you meant to say was: "If you were American you should have typed "learned", but as you're English, you're actually using the language correctly and I'd be quite a arse to correct you on something so trivial when this conversation is about phones and not the correct use of past tense and past participles in the English language."

It seems neither of you can read. Or you practice selective reading. Both of which are annoying.

Go back and read the post again. I said, Circa 1996, "learnt" was not recognized as an actual word in any known dictionary. It was only later recognized because people kept slanging it around...like "conversate". In any event, both of you blatantly ignored the rest of the post which was 100% relevant to the thread, and went off on rants. Grow up.

If you're pissed at yourself because you keep forcing yourself to think that the iPhone is supposed to work for you and do what you want that's your problem. What I'm telling you is that the phone you want IS an Android and/or Palm OS phone. You'll not be forcing Apple to conform to your way. Deal with the limitations of the walled garden, or go to a different OS. It's that simple.

 

[johneaston]

I said, Circa 1996, "learnt" was not recognized as an actual word in any known dictionary.

Is it possible that 'learnt' wasn't recognised in any American dictionary until around 1996? And if it is now recognised in the dictionary, and therefore is now considered a word, why get so uptight about me using it? I certainly think it's ok that I use it on the world wide web which itself wasn't in widespread use til the mid-nineties.

A quick search shows the following from The Times from 1787. This proves the word has been in use for at least 224 years - I think that's long enough for it to be used on MacRumors Forums.

If you've still got issues with me using the word 'learnt', you need to conversate with someone about it.

 

[Timmbo]

^ omg major win.

 

[twcbc]

I'm in the same boat.

But I'm going to wait until the 5 is real and I know what it actually is/has before I worry about it. Too soon to say I won't like the 5 IMO.

Same here, besides I have a 3G. I'm expecting Apple to improve iOS5 and iP5 A LOT this year. I was disappointed how less improvement of iOS4 had and decided to skip iP4. Maps, notification, lock screen, multi-task of iOS look dated now and need a lot improvement, compared to Android.

I think OP has a point. It's really impressive. If Apple fail to impress me with iOS5/iP5. I won't mind to get a Galaxy S2 or HTC.

 

[johneaston]

^ omg major win.

Exactly what I thought.

 

[revelated]

Is it possible that 'learnt' wasn't recognised in any American dictionary until around 1996? And if it is now recognised in the dictionary, and therefore is now considered a word, why get so uptight about me using it? I certainly think it's ok that I use it on the world wide web which itself wasn't in widespread use til the mid-nineties.

A quick search shows the following from The Times from 1787. This proves the word has been in use for at least 224 years - I think that's long enough for it to be used on MacRumors Forums.

If you've still got issues with me using the word 'learnt', you need to conversate with someone about it.

Dude, really? Are you EVER going to actually reply with something relevant to the topic? I've already given you objective opinions about your flaws regarding your choice of phone. Do I really have to take you back to school too?

Did you know that "ain't" first appeared in 1706, but IS NOT recognized as a word in any known dictionary? Does that stop people from using it? No. But they're using a word that isn't. Doesn't matter if you dig up "learnt" from some old text. Bottom line - and I'll leave it at this - is that it wasn't recognized in any dictionary over 10 years ago and ONLY got added because people kept butchering the English language.

On point:

You need an Android phone. Done.

 

[diamornte]

Dude, really? Are you EVER going to actually reply with something relevant to the topic? I've already given you objective opinions about your flaws regarding your choice of phone. Do I really have to take you back to school too?

Did you know that "ain't" first appeared in 1706, but IS NOT recognized as a word in any known dictionary? Does that stop people from using it? No. But they're using a word that isn't. Doesn't matter if you dig up "learnt" from some old text. Bottom line - and I'll leave it at this - is that it wasn't recognized in any dictionary over 10 years ago and ONLY got added because people kept butchering the English language.

On point:

You need an Android phone. Done.

douche.. i mean touche!

 

[Kwill]

...lack of a file system...

There's an app for that, in fact there are several. The list below is by no means complete. In fact, including a file system seems to be the hot new feature of many apps:

• air sharing
• briefcase
• logmin ignition
• pdf reader
• printcentral pro

But given the list of gripes, it seems like you want jump ship. Perhaps you should investigate the new Pre from HP in June.

 

[Timmbo]

Bottom line - and I'll leave it at this - is that it wasn't recognized in any dictionary over 10 years ago and ONLY got added because people kept butchering the English language..

I was in the library today and looked it up in the Oxford English Dictionary from 1989, and sure enough, learnt was in there. I think I'll try and root around for some older copies.