I completely agree with the "so over-hyped that the actual thing can never live up to it" idea. However, it's twice as good as my old 3G was, and that was the best phone I'd ever used. There's always gonna be hate but as long as you love the phone you pay for what else matters?
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iPhone 4 - so much hate on message boards
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Its just jealousy period. Apple/AT&T locks your into a 2 year deal...a Droid user can buy the phone & pay month to month. Maybe they don't qualify or aren't willing...I don't know who cares. Service plans for a nice Droid are close to the iPhone unless you go bottom feeder in which please don't even try to compare to the AT&T plan.
Bottom line is the iphone 4 works, the fun everyone had hyping antennagate is over & there's not much left to complain about except the silent cries of "I don't have one!"
All the hate, then something like this comes along and you wet your pants laughing!
Thanks!
The funny thing is that - at work, for instance - I commonly hear that iPhone is so incredibly restrictive and that it's really overpriced and that you'd only contemplate a purchase if you're an easily fooled "style over substance" type of creature.
Sure, you're always going to get it from both 'sides' online and so forth, but in the real world I've only ever heard sniping from those who have decided the iPhone is this appalling, useless creation and as far as I can tell the only reason is because their phone is running a different operating system. I wouldn't dream of telling someone at work how inferior their new thing is, indeed I'd rather focus on finding out what's cool about it and what sort of innovations I could potentially hope to benefit from in future.
Unfortunately, it would be pointless to bother pointing out that I simply want a great device which doesn't require a lot of additional ****ing about to get it to do what I want. Plug in, download and use. It's slick, it's easy, it's a really pleasant experience. I don't need to be able to customise every last thing that I buy to within an inch of its life. I just don't. I'm not going to buy new carpet and draw all over it to make it 'unique'. Sometimes things serve their purpose just as they are.
I like playing games (no, the ability to run emulators doesn't make something a great games console by itself - good native software is far more interesting), and therefore it's the only choice in town. I like the fact that it has a viable non-mobile app store in iTunes which I can search and find things on and not an abomination stuck in the internet of 1994.
I like the fact that it's not completely useless to me as a music player - a lack of true gapless playback is simply unacceptable in this day and age.
And, shallow or not, I like the design. And that screen. It would be impossible to go back to anything less than that possessed by iPhone 4.
I don't even need to mention the antenna issue, which has taken on a mythological life of its own. To believe the chatter, I'd come to the conclusion that - rather than dropping nary a single call - I'd not successfully made one at all.
Oh, and I don't think it is jealousy on the part of the detractors...It's merely insecurity about a really great competing device.
Sure, you're always going to get it from both 'sides' online and so forth, but in the real world I've only ever heard sniping from those who have decided the iPhone is this appalling, useless creation and as far as I can tell the only reason is because their phone is running a different operating system. I wouldn't dream of telling someone at work how inferior their new thing is, indeed I'd rather focus on finding out what's cool about it and what sort of innovations I could potentially hope to benefit from in future.
Unfortunately, it would be pointless to bother pointing out that I simply want a great device which doesn't require a lot of additional ****ing about to get it to do what I want. Plug in, download and use. It's slick, it's easy, it's a really pleasant experience. I don't need to be able to customise every last thing that I buy to within an inch of its life. I just don't. I'm not going to buy new carpet and draw all over it to make it 'unique'. Sometimes things serve their purpose just as they are.
I like playing games (no, the ability to run emulators doesn't make something a great games console by itself - good native software is far more interesting), and therefore it's the only choice in town. I like the fact that it has a viable non-mobile app store in iTunes which I can search and find things on and not an abomination stuck in the internet of 1994.
I like the fact that it's not completely useless to me as a music player - a lack of true gapless playback is simply unacceptable in this day and age.
And, shallow or not, I like the design. And that screen. It would be impossible to go back to anything less than that possessed by iPhone 4.
I don't even need to mention the antenna issue, which has taken on a mythological life of its own. To believe the chatter, I'd come to the conclusion that - rather than dropping nary a single call - I'd not successfully made one at all.
Oh, and I don't think it is jealousy on the part of the detractors...It's merely insecurity about a really great competing device.
I dunno. Maybe people hate because they are bitter because you will one day die and they will have no one to be hatefully bitter to on forums.
It’s been like that since the early PCs/MACs – to some people your choice defines who you are. I suppose that means technically capable (pc/Android) vs someone who accepts things the way they are (mac/iOS) and it’s a lot easier to pick on someone who follows the program…...
I used to love tweaking my WinMo phone but I spent hours doing it and/or finding out how to do it. Screw that, this time I’m happy to just buy a phone and pay for apps that do things I want the phone to do. The iPhone does everything I want and it does them so elegantly. The antenna issue is not really an issue with reception – it’s a way to find a flaw in an otherwise flawless device on the surface. Since it’s so hard to get beneath the surface, if you’re not jailbreaking or developing programs the only thing left for average people to talk about is wallpaper and which app to buy….hence threads like this.
On the other hand I’m glad there’s Android on the market – it makes things so much more interesting and it keeps companies like Apple on their toes. Also, things like Android really puts advanced devices in the hands of regular people and some of them are coming up with brilliant ideas/different ways to do things. It’s the cutting edge….but I have other things to do.
I used to love tweaking my WinMo phone but I spent hours doing it and/or finding out how to do it. Screw that, this time I’m happy to just buy a phone and pay for apps that do things I want the phone to do. The iPhone does everything I want and it does them so elegantly. The antenna issue is not really an issue with reception – it’s a way to find a flaw in an otherwise flawless device on the surface. Since it’s so hard to get beneath the surface, if you’re not jailbreaking or developing programs the only thing left for average people to talk about is wallpaper and which app to buy….hence threads like this.
On the other hand I’m glad there’s Android on the market – it makes things so much more interesting and it keeps companies like Apple on their toes. Also, things like Android really puts advanced devices in the hands of regular people and some of them are coming up with brilliant ideas/different ways to do things. It’s the cutting edge….but I have other things to do.
I've always liked Apple products. My 3Gs was outstanding.
The iPhone 4 is unique because odds are high you will get a defective one. I got three defective ones before the one I have now.
Finally having one that functions right is a huge difference. So to those who have defective ones, I say keep trying. I did and the ordeal paid off. This ones a very good phone.
The iPhone 4 is unique because odds are high you will get a defective one. I got three defective ones before the one I have now.
Finally having one that functions right is a huge difference. So to those who have defective ones, I say keep trying. I did and the ordeal paid off. This ones a very good phone.
