Why does everyone hate the iphone?

[orangekid]

no one said they "hated" it, people just brought up some of it's flaws to show that it may not be as good as some other devices.

[NIKKG]

Why do you guys make a big deal with phones. Just get whatever you like, its a free country. I had a TP2, got sick and tired of the constant ROM updates, now I got a Nexus One. T-Mobile 3G sucks, so I'm going to send it back and get the iPhone 3Gs because I know ATT in my area is very good. I love my Nexus but I need service. I used to have a iPhone 3g 2 years ago and it was a great phone.

See, I buy whatever makes me happy, I don't give a damn about loyalty to any company and thats how it should be. The only thing I'm loyal too is myself, not Apple, Google or Microsoft.

[robotphood]

I was never much of an apple fan. They have the aesthetics and intuitiveness down but coming from PCs and Winmo with a love to tinker there wasn't any long term appeal. This christmas I received an ipod touch and now I can't put this thing down. The first thing I did of course was jailbreak and scour the web for random apps. Since I've had it, I've been constantly finding new impressive apps and things to do with it. I've found winmo replacements for just about everything and I usuallyend up preferring them. There are times I do wish it had certain features and functions in the system or apps but usually it's nothing I couldn't live without. And the games are in a class of their own. Nothing comes close right now.

One major downside however is Apple themselves. Updates break jailbreaks. Without a jailbreak half my apps (the ones I use the most) and functionality would disappear. A stock idevice is just too limited for me personally. The 3rd party community exists and is strong, however it doesn't come close to XDA/ppcgeeks in terms of dedication and cohesiveness. Would I get an iphone? I might consider the next gen one. But a lot of what makes the iphone appealing seems to be threatened with android surging and wm7 in the horizon, especially with the hardware making a huge leap. I guess if anything, we have apple to at least partially thank for that. They really forced everyone to up their game.

[robotphood]

Apple does lock everything down a bit too much which is why the JB community keeps growing. But android is still young and you can easily tell if you compare the 2 appstores. There's a lot of junk in both but there are many more quality (or mature) apps for Apple as far as my experience. However they do have the older platform with more users and devs. The major things that need to change for me would be the interface and notification system. There are a lot of hacks for springboard but you're still limited to what you can do. There are some hints of a change in os 4.0 though. And the notification system needs a revamp. It works but you can't help to wish it worked more like android/webos. There is a JB project looking to remedy this but there isn't many details at the moment. As for WM7, it does not look promising so far. However, there's still a lot of time left and we all know XDA may rip it to bits and make it usable. It's an exciting time for smartphones. I'm just glad we have all these options.

[turbochris]

I want a DOS phone. DOS in completely unlocked.

[GirlGoneGeek]

I don't hate it! I have one Guess more people will love it when Verizon announces they ARE getting in in June The announcement is in June, not getting it in June YAY

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by Courtney1985

I don't hate it! I have one Guess more people will love it when Verizon announces they ARE getting in in June The announcement is in June, not getting it in June YAY

Are they getting an actual iphone or that weird mini one? (looked like it had a 2.8" screen or something)

[jerry23]

To be honest alot of people bash on the iphone (not all/ everyone) because they don't have it or they can't buy it. (lol) it hurts but some times its true. Iphone is pretty good but not the best.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by jerry23

To be honest alot of people bash on the iphone (not all/ everyone) because they don't have it or they can't buy it. (lol) it hurts but some times its true. Iphone is pretty good but not the best.

what's the best?

[Noir]

Originally Posted by orangekid

what's the best?

better question is there a best?