Is there an alternative to the I-phone?
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Simple nokia's, blackberry's etc, IPhones are ok 2nd hand as they are cheap and usually comes with free apps (after all who wants a 2nd hand Iphone). I dont know why people buy them, sure they're nice, but a NEW 1 WITH 1048576GB extra internal memory will be out in a month or so. Also if you go other brands, they also have average customer service.
(EG: my Sony Ericsson got broken in a freak dirt bike accident, made a few inside parts of my phone faulty, call up Sony Ericsson for warranty [cose the phone store was a biatch], went to supplier, swapped the phone for another WORKING model, all happened in 4 days)
(EG: my Sony Ericsson got broken in a freak dirt bike accident, made a few inside parts of my phone faulty, call up Sony Ericsson for warranty [cose the phone store was a biatch], went to supplier, swapped the phone for another WORKING model, all happened in 4 days)
I was going to say HTC hero but you beat me to it and then some. Impressive!. The force is strong with you.Skarin said:
Only until you start comparing them to similarly priced alternatives. Seriously, while I'll readily admit I think any phone that costs that much is wank, the iphone seems to be underpowered and under featured wank. There are also a lot of reasons to not buy apple products, anything from not using them again after bad experiences (my reason) to not wanting to associate with the typical douchebag who loves them.NuclearPenguin said:
OT: It depends what you mean by alternative? Do you mean as a smartphone (something which the iphone barely qualifies)? I'm using an HTC touch diamond (which is like a year old now) and it is better in ever way than my brothers iphone 3gs (except for storage space, though I don't see any reason for having so much, I don't use anywhere near my 4gb and as such I'm not sure I should concede that as being 'better' when it's so pointless). Just look around any phone shop, you'll find countless alternatives.
Just to explain why I wont buy apple. I don't like what they make. In my opinion everything apple is some bubbly piece of plastic so ugly that when I see one I get depressed because I wont be able to get my hands on a piece of machinery destructive enough to do the piece of rubbish justice. Also I don't like the fact you have to use things like I-tunes for them to work. Pointlessly expensive. Quite a few rabid fans (I know windows has their own "we are better" crew. If I could find a way to run things in Linux without being slowed by emulators I wouldnt use windows products either). I also don't like their software's interface. Finally I just don't like the amount of the market they hold, I know it's just paranoia but I don't like it when companies gain too much sway in a market.
That and the N97, which I have. While not as powerful as a 3GS iPhone I haven't had any issues with it. I got the N97 over the 3GS because of the memory, replaceable battery and good combination of the camera/video/music/apps.Cpt_Oblivious said:
Oh and the qwerty keypad is tons faster than the iphone's display touchpad.
http://gadgetophilia.com/nokia-n97-vs-iphone-3gs-a-comparative-study/
Edit: just to say why the battery was a reason, I know several people who have had their iphones battery's die and its costly to replace them out of warranty because you need to send it to Apple to get it replaced. Not to mention the wait for it.
Just about every phone out there nowadays is a viable alternative to the iPhone. The iPhone really isn't that great and is actually missing a lot of standard features present on most phones. Web browsing and apps on a phone is old news.Layz92 said:
I've heard the droid is close enough, so it should come down to what technological superpower you want to buy from: Apple or Cyberdyne..I mean Google.
Bollocks, I forgot to add the Nokia N900 [http://maemo.nokia.com/] to that list!.Nick Bounty said:
It's a Linux-based phone. Ooh-rah!.
Too many to list, really. The first that comes to mind is the Droid, but that's only because the ads are everywhere. Though if I were you, I wouldn't bother with a smartphone. Seriously, I just don't think it's worth it.
On the side, what's with all the Apple hate I see in this thread? A lot of which is simple namecalling and flaming without base. They're just a company trying to do what every other company does: make money. Jesus Christ, you're acting like Steve Jobbs rose from the deepest depths of Hell to prepare for Satan's arrival or something. Lay off, guys.
On the side, what's with all the Apple hate I see in this thread? A lot of which is simple namecalling and flaming without base. They're just a company trying to do what every other company does: make money. Jesus Christ, you're acting like Steve Jobbs rose from the deepest depths of Hell to prepare for Satan's arrival or something. Lay off, guys.
I admit I feel like a hypocrite since i criticize Apple all the time and touch an Iphone. For all those people that say the ipod touches/iphone OS if underpowered, you obviously haven't seen what they have done with it. There are some pretty amazing apps and the firmware is pretty damn stable, I've had no issues with my itouch and it's even jailbroken, i have a bunch of Cyrdia apps and it still runs like a charm, and with the backgrounded app i would imagine i would love an Iphone just as much as I love my PalmPre because that's the main reason the Pre was selling, cause it could run multiple apps, but then again so can a jailbroken iphone/touch.