Why Is the Iphone So Hated?

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Not great compared to what?

I listed them already.

Sorry, but most people won't know or care what that means. What does matter is the OS is stable, gets frequent updates (which you can download without permission from your carrier) and supports a wide variety of 3rd party applications.

So I can't have my own opinion now?

Can you explain how an open approval system would work? Maybe “more transparent” would be better. Apple clearly had some learning to do and made some mistakes, but with 96% of submissions now being accepted, its really not that bad.

I meant "transparent".

There is a choice: buy another great phone.

That fails because if you want the iPhone, and you don't like AT&T, you shouldn't buy the iPhone? I'm confused on this one.