Hace ya algunos meses que tengo el iPhone y ya va siendo hora de que de mi opinión sobre el aparetejo de Apple, ya que considero que hay demasiada desinformación en cuanto a lo que en verdad ofrece el teléfono, algo normal teniendo en cuenta que su precio es bastante elevado y nuestro orgullo de macho se vería herido si reconociéramos que gastamos todos nuestros ahorros en un chisme del que esperábamos más.
First of all, I think that the iPhone should not be considered a phone, but rather, a computer with telephone functions. This is based on several reasons that I will briefly explain.
I have been making comparisons between the iPhone and a Nokia N70, a phone (in theory) well below the iPhone, and the results have been quite striking.
- Coverage: The iPhone has more coverage problems than normal cell phones, running out of coverage in certain situations when other cell phones still have coverage.
- Bluetooth: The iPhone’s Bluetooth is capped to the point of only being useful for using wireless headphones or a hands-free device; that’s all. You cannot receive or send photos, songs, or “na de na”.
- Messages: On the iPhone messages are saved as “conversations”, which include all the messages we send and receive to a specific person, as if it were a conversation on iChat or Messenger. The problem is that we cannot delete single messages, only entire conversations. Also, another thing I’ve missed is that you can’t call phone numbers that appear in the body of a message (for example, in missed call messages).
- MMS: You cannot neither send nor receive multimedia messages (mms), unless we use a third-party program, such as SwirlyMMS, but we will need to have the iPhone jailbroken.
- Calls: The calls and their quality are much lower than those of other phones. “blank” moments (without any sound being heard) are frequent. cuts in calls are also more frequent (although the latter may be due to the operator).
- Camera: Regardless of whether it only has 2Mp (which can be enough in most cases), it lacks options, so we cannot choose the shutter speed, sensitivity, zoom, or anything. Too simple and limited, although there are programs like snapture to add functionality.
Summing up, and making an assessment of all of the above, it seems clear that if you are only looking for a mobile phone, the iPhone is not, by any means, the best option, since it suffers from important shortcomings even if we compare it with phones that are more than 3 years old.