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Topic 'iphone, world's worst phone?' in forum 'All Things Macintosh' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23297719 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:32:43 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:32:43 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23326379 --
»hackThatPhone.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23326379 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:58 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23326101 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23326101 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:08:40 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23320226 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23320226 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:37:15 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23313747
I love it and the reception issues I had previously are slowly dying.

Love the iPod, browsing, email, and apps.

Keep it up]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23313747 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:11:24 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23309802
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That was my experience. Threw it in a drawer and bought a Blackberry.
Can I have it, then?
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Yea if I could afford the $200 ETF I'd be happy to pay it.

At least I got mine free (as far as contracts are concerned). it makes me sad that people actually pay for them AND sign contracts :O (The TM506, not the iPhone).

While I would prefer a more powerful phone that can multitask, I'd love an iPhone.
So do what I did. Get an unlocked iPhone and use it on the better network (T-Mobile)! :)

Fbure, perhaps you are onto something. Because I am not using 3G on T-Mobile, I dont see the issues you describe. So perhaps there is a problem with 3G. But to be fair, I found 3G on T-Mobile to be a little more touchy (when I had a 3G phone). Calls dropped a little easier, I thought. I expect like most technology, the 2G version is a little more stable and has had the bugs worked out a bit better.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23309329 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:01:15 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23308942
I've come to believe that it's not AT&T's network that has an issue, but the iPhone OS. I use an HTC Tilt which is also on the 3G network, and I have no issues whatsoever (except when I mess up my network settings and can't get on the internet, but that's a different issue altogether :D ) At the same time, from the same location I try to use my iPhone and I get shitty QoS, and that's even though I have a full set of bars and it says that I'm connected to the 3G network.

The iPhone also has a hard time transitioning from WiFi to 3G and vice-versa. If you happen to be streaming audio or video, and especially if you had a good stream on 3G, as soon as you hit a network that requires secure authentication, that stream is gone. Even with WiFi, the phone can be unable to to connect to the internet (and once again that's with a full Tree - not sure what to call the WiFi indicator)

Sometimes, even though it shows that I have a great connection, I can't connect to anything. It's so bad, that sometimes, I can send out texts or phone either. :mad: The only time I have no issues with my iPhone is when I put it in Airplane mode, and just play games (for hours....don't tell my bosses ;)) The trick for a long battery duration is to turn off Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G, and Roaming, and to set the backlight to automatic. I can actually play for several hours that way.

My other phones (HTC Tilt and BB 8330) don't have any of those issues. My iPhone used to actually work pretty dam good before the 3.0 OS roll out, but I didn't have Cut, Copy, and Paste. I think they screwed up a lot of things with that OS version, and they'll never tell. Also, I seem to be getting a lot more apps that just quit without warning. That never used to happen before. Much like a lot of folks, I absolutely hate my iPhone as a phone, but I love it as a small computer. I'm probably going to wait and trade my iPhone for an iTouch, and I'm going to get the new HTC Tilt II. :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23308942 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:58:56 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23309042
At least I got mine free (as far as contracts are concerned). it makes me sad that people actually pay for them AND sign contracts :O (The TM506, not the iPhone).

While I would prefer a more powerful phone that can multitask, I'd love an iPhone.
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World's worst phone? That'd be my Sony TM506; It's fat, chugs battery life.. and for what? It doesn't have wifi, it's not a smartphone - it IS 3G, but the battery life is terrible for the 3G usage (I can blow through it on 3G tethering in about 3 hours.. no joke). ..

And worst of all, even though it sucks at everything else - it sucks balls at being a phone too. It lags really bad, you can pick a number on your contact list, hit the dial button and count to 100 before it actually starts ringing - and half the time even then your phone won't give you a visual indication that it's connected the call, it'll just sit there lagging...

One time I closed the phone when my friend didn't answer, and found out a little while later that my phone was still on the hook, as it left a like 10 minute long message on their voicemail.

FFS Sony, now I know why you don't release your crap in the US until 3 years after it comes out in Japan - with crap like that nobody in the right mind would want it anyway.
I agree, I had that phone for about six months--what a piece of junk (and I paid $75 for it too). The lagging was a indeed a problem, but even worse was how it would send your callers straight to voicemail when you pulled it out of the phone case--because the stupid thing didnt like a magnetic closure (which many phone cases have). And then mine just crashed one day. Wouldnt restart, wouldnt do anything. Got another one from T-Mobile and it did the same thing a month later.

I replaced it with the iPhone, which is about one million times better.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23309035 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:37:04 EDT Here's a suggestion for bad reception. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Heres-a-suggestion-for-bad-reception-23308591 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Heres-a-suggestion-for-bad-reception-23308591 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:16:59 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23308466
I'd doubt Verizon could also handle 2+ million users per quarter signing up and being data users on the order of magnitude that nobody thought would be possible. In fact, I know Verizon would crumble - they were having record adds back in 2004 (of about 2 Million per quarter) and the call problems drove me back to AT&T for personal use.

They all drop calls, they all have garbled voices, miss calls, texts, etc. It's just Verizon markets the best. So when you have those issues with them you gloss them over as they are "the best" and if the best does that, surely "the worst" would be worse.

IMHO AT&T is still suffering an image problem from the TDMA/GSM days. And In My Experience it's not justified.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23308466 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:03:46 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23307256 --
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As for battery life, it's similar to my last phone, the 8100 series Blackberry Pearl. That one ran on EDGE, had a smaller screen, and not as many features and I could rip through the battery in just as much time as the iPhone, which really is a microcomputer, does.

I don't understand the complaints on battery life. I have a charger at home and in my car. If it was really all that bad it'd be carried with me, but have never needed to, even when I was camping and doing a lot of web browsing (ironic, I know).

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And worst of all, even though it sucks at everything else - it sucks balls at being a phone too. It lags really bad, you can pick a number on your contact list, hit the dial button and count to 100 before it actually starts ringing - and half the time even then your phone won't give you a visual indication that it's connected the call, it'll just sit there lagging...

One time I closed the phone when my friend didn't answer, and found out a little while later that my phone was still on the hook, as it left a like 10 minute long message on their voicemail.

FFS Sony, now I know why you don't release your crap in the US until 3 years after it comes out in Japan - with crap like that nobody in the right mind would want it anyway.
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Works great up here on Rogers Wireless. If I didn't like it, I would not have upgraded from my 8 gig 3G to a 32 gig 3GS yesterday. ;) Voice quality is comparable to POTS, my old one had 5+ hours battery life with wifi and 3G on, and it is a great little computer.There seem to be few complaints from Canadian users. As I stated earlier my iPhone works great and I think that is in large part due to Rogers. I'll be travelling to San Diego for a week next month and I'll be taking my iPhone. It will be interesting to see if AT&T is as bad people say it is.

That last time I took my cell phone with me to the US was 4 years ago and I noticed poorer sound quality on my Nokia. I was in Boston and the network was Cingular (now AT&T).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23306021 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:35:01 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305893 said by Mike:

The network has to do with the tiny underpowered speaker and dreadful battery life?
The speaker is far better than the Treo I used prior to my first iPhone. I'm fine with it. As for the battery life, one can never have too much battery life. I wish we had a removable battery, that would solve that problem in a hurry.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305893 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:05:44 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305833 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305833 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:49:25 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305659 --
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The phone itself is not the issue... it's AT&T.
Sager words were never said.

The iPhone is an excellent phone in my experience AND an excellent handheld computer. I rarely drop calls, but that is because for the most part, the AT&T network is well-built here in the Cleveland area. There are some patchy areas of loss (Cleveland Heights where the residents fight all cell towers tooth and nail) but otherwise I am reasonably satisfied.

If you are in an area where AT&T sucks, then the iPhone doesn't meet its complete potential because of the network, in which case.....Verizon Droid for you! That's what I'd do, it's a pretty good device.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305547 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:11:17 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305075 said by MattBC:

said by g4jedi:

The phone itself is not the issue... it's AT&T.

Ding ding ding!

Works great up here on Rogers Wireless. If I didn't like it, I would not have upgraded from my 8 gig 3G to a 32 gig 3GS yesterday. ;) Voice quality is comparable to POTS, my old one had 5+ hours battery life with wifi and 3G on, and it is a great little computer.

Matt
Hear that! I use my Jesus Phone on T-Mobile ;-) No dropped calls, and great voice quality. AT&T is awful in LA and I hear my iPhone using friends complain about dropped calls ALL the time. No, I dont have 3G but whatever, the phone is wonderful. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23305075 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:29:32 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23304711 said by g4jedi:

The phone itself is not the issue... it's AT&T.
Ding ding ding!

Works great up here on Rogers Wireless. If I didn't like it, I would not have upgraded from my 8 gig 3G to a 32 gig 3GS yesterday. ;) Voice quality is comparable to POTS, my old one had 5+ hours battery life with wifi and 3G on, and it is a great little computer.

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One of my major nitpicks with the iphone is that it can't do file transfers via bluetooth That was one of mine too. I got way too used to transferring via BT as well as tethering via BT (having the phone plugged in charging 15 feet away while your laptop connects to it unassisted is sweet!) with my LG that I finally just went back to it and sold the iPhone. I found that many of the iPhone features I thought were important were mostly a matter of hype-buying and I could definitely live without them. Especially the bulk of the "apps".

Call reception was pretty average but when my wife's old RAZR worked while my iPhone refused to make a call on the same network from the same spot, that was the last straw.

I recognize a lot of the suppressed buyer's remorse in this thread. Hello, I'm Dave and I have a problem...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23303875 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:25:28 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23303682 said by bobrk:

said by Mike:

Some of our Pre users found out that the battery doesn't exactly fit. It's too small. If you put the phone on anything except a pillow it dislodges itself and turns off.

The solution? Crunch up a business card and patch it in there.

OMG that's lame.
It is certainly... webOS is pretty nice and the upcoming webOS 1.3.1 update seems to be pretty nice.. unfortunately the build quality is so shitty...
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Some of our Pre users found out that the battery doesn't exactly fit. It's too small. If you put the phone on anything except a pillow it dislodges itself and turns off.

The solution? Crunch up a business card and patch it in there.
OMG that's lame.
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I don't have any complaints with the service (AT&T) is fine here...5 bars for 3g and 4 to 5 for Edge.
One of my major nitpicks with the iphone is that it can't do file transfers via bluetooth (like my crappy free samsung phone from t-mobile).

So far no dropped calls (can't say the same for T-mobile).
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Some of our Pre users found out that the battery doesn't exactly fit. It's too small. If you put the phone on anything except a pillow it dislodges itself and turns off.

The solution? Crunch up a business card and patch it in there.
My first pre did that! I used a piece of paper.. Pre #2 and #3 didn't do that... sigh... i swear if #4 doesn't work...
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The solution? Crunch up a business card and patch it in there.
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iPhone.. i only made it to #2... would have been #3 but Apple wanted to charge me my first adopted child in exchange for refurbished iphone...
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The iPhone 3G (and now GS) are the only smartphones I've had that after a couple of months of use I didn't want to throw over a bridge.

Do they drop calls? Yes, but so does every other cell phone. But the sheer ease of use of the phone, especially for things like 3-way calling and call waiting are hands down superior to any other phone I've used.

If someone hates their iPhone so much, break the contract, put your hatred and your wallet in sync and get rid of the iPhone (after all, it's cheaper to pay the ETF then to pay for the phone for even 6 months). If you don't do that, and you continue to use it, then one can only surmise that you are either keeping it so you can bitch about it, or you really do like it but are jumping on the cool kids hating Apple/AT&T bandwagon.
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What he said..

That said, it is a good personal hand held computer. Movies, music, games and more. I'll just stick with my ipod touch (which is the iphone w/o the phone) and my BB. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23303179 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:00 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23303034
Ya'll are just a bunch of AT&T haters! AT&t works great in my area.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23303034 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:01:24 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302785 "YOU CRAZY, BITCH!", or "You are crazy!!!".
:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302785 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:08:42 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302777 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302777 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:07:20 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302616 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302616 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:40:22 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302591
Most of them the flip tops have broken, the slide out keyboards either dont slide or are broken, the displays are either cracked or all black, the batteries have long since given out.

All of these were replaced for the above reasons or they just had bad radios.

My iPhone is the picture of simplicity - NO MOVING PARTS, one button.

The phone works as a phone should. It is well integrated into the device (mobile muting of ipod, etc). The voice dialer works pretty well even in my noisy truck. The radio is better than any phone I have had in the past.

Makes me wonder where all the hot air in this thread is coming from]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302591 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:34:50 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302566
The speed of the 3G S is clearly better than the 3G and 2G. I own all three models. The difference is astounding.
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Say What? - Call quality varies call to call. I've had this issue with all but one Samsung phone I had on Sprint which had excellent audio quality. Also, AT&T audio quality is all around horrible with most phones. I use a B&O Bluetooth headset or in Car Bluetooth so it's not a biggie for me.

Dropped Calls and Data Gaps - Again, depends on where you are but the majority of the time I don't have an issue.
I hear other users on AT&T and other networks have similar issues.
I also had more problems with this on Sprint, but again, that would be location dependent.

You Can't Answer If it Doesn't Ring - For me this is an AT&T issue as I didn't have this problem in the UK during the two months I was there.
I can say this for sure as I hear this complaint from all my work colleagues who are on AT&T. This does happen a lot on other carriers too.

The iPhone Might Burn Your Face Off - Oh come on, that's just a damn childish petty complaint. Please don't tell me similar phones don't have that problem. I see sweat marks on BB's all the time.

iPhone Battery Life - I agree, if you use it the way this person states, it will shorten the battery life. Anybody wondering off into the woods relying on just their phone to get them out needs their head checked.

The iPhone Sucks — So What? - So this person thinks the iPhone sucks, perhaps they should sell it on eBay and get one that he'll like.
And do more research next time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302560 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:27 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302449 said by nokiatech:

I have to agree. I swap between the iPhone and an old Q9h.

The Q gets noticeably better reception than the i.
I third that. Calls get missed about 50% of the time to my iPhone while my other At&t phone rings off the hook (so to speak) without issue. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302449 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:07:54 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302353 said by Crypto_Bug:

I have to agree with others, it isnt really the phone it is the fact that AT&T has such a CRAPPY network. I used an IPhone but ended up dumping it and going to Verizon because AT&T just sucks. I loved the phone but Apples choice of carrier was well lets just say .... was not the right one.
Is is just me, or doesn't anybody understand that the person that wrote the article is not using the phone on AT&T? It's a article from CNET UK, which means they are using the phone on O2 (the British carrier with the iPhone) if it's not unlocked.

I use mine on T-Mobile here in the states, and while I think the article is over the top, the iPhone's phone feature is at best mediocre. Reception and dropped calls are worse then some phones I've used, better then others. The speaker phone is so quiet it's almost useless. But the fact that it is the best hand held computer available mitigates all that.
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I dunno know, used the best Nokia and Treos and the phone part of the iPhone seems fine to me. In fact call quality is generally better than my landline. Maybe the local AT&T network is better in these parts, or we have shitty landline, or I have low standards.
I think you may have hit on an important aspect of the iPhone problems - the at&t network. Call quality in Chicago-land is OK for me, but Pittsburgh is downright poor. The number of dropped calls and calls that never connect, plus the generally dismal speed, makes the phone "experience" horrible.

Then you add in the other at&t network issues such as just now adding the MM Text and still not having tethering, and you can see why the experience can be perceived as lacking.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23302160 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:21:28 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23301874
Now for data and apps, I kind of like it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23301874 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:16 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23301870 said by bassjunky:

Call me crazy.
YOU CRAZY!!! HAPPY now?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23301870 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:44:40 EDT Re: iphone, world's worst phone? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-iphone-worlds-worst-phone-23301726 said by Mike:

It's a shitty phone but awesome little computer.
Yup .... true story. ;)
Might I add that 99,900 of those 100,000 "App's" are crap too!
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said by g4jedi:

The phone itself is not the issue... it's AT&T.

It all depends on where you are.....the location.

at&t is awesome here. Verizon Wireless works like shit.

Other places, it's vice-versa and so on.
Exactly. I have the iphone, and I hardly EVER have a dropped call. And for work we have Verizon dingleberries (the curve). Those fuckin things couldn't suck more balls.

The reception is good. But the phone itself sucks major dong. The keyboard blows, to navigate through it is a pain in the ass. I can't type for shit on the damn thing cause my fingers are too big. So I adjusted the sig on my emails to say, "Please excuse the spelling errors due to email being type on Blackberry Curve"...or something like that.

The phone can only be as good as the network it is on. And the network can only be as good as the area supported. And AT&T is supported very well in my area. Hell, so is Verizon. Sprint however, blows chunks in this area...and pretty much every where else I've been to with those phones.
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I don't have a problem hearing callers. Calls dropping is an AT&T thing and my iPhone is no worse than my previous 3G phones.

The only point I really agree with is the issue about the phone not ringing. But my old phones did that too. I think these are mostly AT&T problems.

With all the moaning about MMS - it's nice to have MMS that actually just works. On my WinMo phones I was usually treated to a red exclamation point and would have to reboot to actually see it. It worked alright on my Motorola V551, but the thing was so slug slow it wasn't really enjoyable.

I haven't had any issue with the battery life either. I can usually go about 48 hours between charges, which is actuallly more than many of my older phones. Of course, the iPhone is so fun to play with you can burn the battery up quick, but that has nothing to with its capabilties as a phone.
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