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Is the iPhone mostly a toy?

I never use my iPhone for games. Can't stand the touch controls...I need analogs. I just bought the PS Vita and it's amazing. It's PS3 quality in a handheld.
 
cynics said:
Nope, your saying an iPad can replace a laptop just cause you can use a keyboard? You can use a keyboard on any smart phone and (dare I say it) use a mouse with Android smartphones and tablets. Neither will actually replace a laptop, not yet anyway.
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I am saying there is an App for everything. You can print, fileshare, type, use a stylus, browse web, make calls. That my friend is called potential laptop replacement. It just boils down to whether you prefer os x or iOS. personally I prefer os x.
 
Yeah I have like 6 games on here. Use them occasionally but those aren't the most used apps on my phone. Calls, FaceTime, messages, IMDB, bank app, instagram, web browsing and tapatalk, and ring tone maker and especially sound hound. Pretty much all the apps I use the most. Not just for games. If you sort through some of the garbage there are some very useful apps.
 
motoleo said:
What is the percentage of apps you actually have on your device, are they games?

Just look at the top App Store- all games.
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I'm sure a lot of iPhone owners download games but you should probably factor in all the people with iPod Touches as well..
 
motoleo said:
What is the percentage of apps you actually have on your device, are they games?

Just look at the top App Store- all games.
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On topic, <5%. and I've only got 40 or so apps. its all about productivity and information collection for me.
 
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The reason I posted this thread is because I often hear people go, "The iPhone is for kids." Mostly from Blackberry users.

And that really gets me fired up. Everyone knows that the iPhone is not necessarily a toy.

You could be at home with your friends gaming like there's no tomorrow, then you could bring it into work the next day and write a spreadsheet and let your boss look at it.

It's very acceptable in medical, corporate, and work environments, and it is also, however, the funnest phone/device on the planet.

sulpfiction said:
...No games huh?..Seems like you might play a little of "Disney's Where's my Water?" once in a while.
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Oh, yeah I'm addicted to that game.
 
motoleo said:
Are any of you willing to tell me, that if you deleted all the games off of your iPhone today- that you would still be able to use it?
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Yup, I have zero games downloaded for my phone. Sorry, I use my iPhone for being a communications device, I use my Mac, Vita and PS3 for gaming.


OMG... does that mean my mac... is a toy???
 
motoleo said:
The reason I posted this thread is because I often hear people go, "The iPhone is for kids." Mostly from Blackberry users.

And that really gets me fired up. Everyone knows that the iPhone is not necessarily a toy.

You could be at home with your friends gaming like there's no tomorrow, then you could bring it into work the next day and write a spreadsheet and let your boss look at it.

It's very acceptable in medical, corporate, and work environments, and it is also, however, the funnest phone/device on the planet.



Oh, yeah I'm addicted to that game.
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So basically, you're listening to people who bought a blackberry because the adverising told them it was the only buisness phone to have, and now have to justify their purchase to themselves by flapping their gums.

Possibly having seen just how many productivity apps are available on the app store, with many, many more games than their platform.

Sounds about right. Insecurity is a helluva drug.
 
Macman45 said:
It's a communications device, not a toy, a multifunctional smart-phone and I use it as such.

I have no games on it at all.
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And I thought I was the only one without any games.

I use mine for communication via messaging, email, and some use as a phone. Productivity apps, Evernote, Dropbox, Catch, & Google services are the general focus that keep me connected to work & personal business while I'm out of the office & don't want to stop at a Starbucks to use my MBP or MBA.

Conversely when on a business trip, I often use Starbucks & one of my laptops when working away from the hotel.

A smartphone is ideal for me.
 
I do a lot of actual work on my phone, including technical writing (albeit in emergencies). I use the iPhone around my lab a great deal, doing everything from calculations to looking up information. Need a way to make calibrated measurements of sound intensity of stimuli used in a neuroscience laboratory? There is an app for that (AudioTools) that can use the iPhone's mic for rough estimates or a calibrated mic that connects via the 30-pin connector for better accuracy. This setup costs about a tenth of a comparable dedicated hardware system....

Is the iPhone a toy? Only if you want it to be. Does anybody really need an iPhone for any other purpose than being a toy? It depends on who you are, what stage of life you are at, and what you career is.
 
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I rarely play games on the iPhone. Mostly catching up on news, social networking and checking emails. Also a highly used app is UK National Rail train times. This is probably one of the most useful apps on my phone. It has told me platform numbers before they are displayed on the station's own screens sometimes and thus got me a seat on busy trains.
 
I use my phone for work, social networking, texting, internet surfing, listening to music (including Pandora) and it's where I get all my news. I don't have any games on my phone.
 
Nope, just 3 games on my iPhone and I rarely play them. I mostly use my phone as....(gasp) a PHONE! I also use GPS, e-mail, and web browsing. So, no, mine is NOT a toy.
 
motoleo said:
The reason I posted this thread is because I often hear people go, "The iPhone is for kids." Mostly from Blackberry users.

And that really gets me fired up. Everyone knows that the iPhone is not necessarily a toy.
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I don't let that bother me anymore. Blackberry users who say that are desperately clinging to a sinking ship. Even if Rim survives, it's going to be on a completely different OS that looks an awful lot like the Android and iOS platforms they've been dissing as toys all this time. Then they parrot the party line about how secure BB e-mail is, while arguably MORE secure solutions exist out there on other platforms.

People get nasty when the thing they've invested a lot of time and money in has turned out to possible be a wrong choice.
 
I have some games on my iphone, but i can't even remember the last time i played games on it.

I use it for email, maps, sms, as a 3G modem and have (once) used it as an RDP client to get back to our HQ (Australia) from Kazakhstan to fix a VPN server. It was slow and clumsy, but it worked 😀
 
jmgregory1 said:
It really irks me when I hear (mostly BB fans) that the iPhone is a toy. The thing about what Apple has created with the iPhone is that it can be just about whatever you need or want it to be.

I will occasionally have one single game on mine, but I get bored with games. It's not that I use other apps for productivity either, but rather find myself using email, safari, maps, weather, banking app, several travel apps - all those things that help me be more productive with work.

If you want the iPhone to be a social media connection point, you can do that, or you can load it up with hundreds of games, music, videos, picture apps. It's definitely not a toy (unless you want it to be) and is leaps and bounds more productive as a business phone than any BB phone out there.
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bb fans should look at the blackberry app world and see the top app sales there. they are literally ALL just old iOS game ports (angry birds, cut the rope, etc) in the top paid apps. just goes to show BB fanatics are really just suffering from iphone envy.
 
I play only 1 game on my iphone - shadow era (which is excellent for wiling away those spare minutes). However, it drains my battery quite quickly, so I don't do it that often.

Some other uses for my iphone besides surfing internet/checking email and the like.

-dropbox and evernote allow me ready access to critical work-related files. It is great being able to whip out my phone and show that document to a colleague without having to boot up my laptop (or if I am outside without access to it). It's no ipad, but it works in a pinch. 🙂

-keep track of all my news. I used to spend half an hour on the comp each morning before work (4s is my first smartphone). Now, I can do it while walking to my workplace, a great time saver.
-airvideo lets me watch shows at home
-runkeeper for keeping track of my jogging progress. I even used its mapping function in class to explain the concept of perimeter and distance. (I am an elementary school teacher)
-in class, I can use it to keep track of postings on blogs. I find the wordpress app makes this easier than if I keep refreshing the page.
-mobile mouse as a remote clicker
-wireless hotspot to tether my laptop to for the odd occasion my school network is down
-pages in theory lets me do simple word processing, but in reality, I find the small screen makes it extremely difficult. Still, I have used it to make minor changes/updates to emailed documents when I am on the go.
-I can remotely access my home computer (but I need to call my mom to switch it on for me first). 😛

It can do a lot of things. You just have to be willing to explore its capabilities and be creative in some cases.

I say I am getting my money's worth. 🙂
 
It depends what you class as a toy. - I don't use it as a toy.
Yes, I have lots of games on my iPhone, but my business relies on the social networking apps it has too.
 
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