Monday, December 10, 2007

The "Super Phone"

The apple iPhone swept the nation. This “super phone” seemed to be flawless. The phone did everything an iPod or mp3 player could do, a laptop could do, a digital camea could do, and a cell phone could do all in the palm of your hand. The iPhone is a touch screen phone… to make a call all you need to do is tap a name or a number in your address book, a favorite list, or a call log. Another new feature is when listening to voicemails you can pick which you would like to hear, as if you were reading emails. This phone legitimately does everything.
The iPhone had overwhelmingly positive feedback. But, at the same rate, there are several disadvantages to this phone. There is no flash or java on the phone, so watching web videos is closer to a miss than a hit. The camera part of the phone is slacking as well. The camera is a 2 mega pixel camera, but there now are 5 mega pixel camera phones available. Also certain kinds of flash and zoom are missing and there is no secondary camera for those who like to take “Myspace pictures” of them. Your MP3s that you may download to listen can only be for your listening pleasure. They cannot be set as your ring tones, only the ones on the phone to begin with can be set as your song. The only game that comes with the iPhone is chess. With all the amazing graphics and potential the phone has….chess is the only game that is equipped on the phone. AT&T is a very good phone company, but not when it comes to the iPhone, AT&T slacks with the internet service. The biggest problem I would believe occurred was with the iPhone, one in ten phones were defective. How do you sell defective iPhones after all the hype and how perfect this phone was going to be? Imagine if you paid $600 for the “super phone” only to find out yours is the defective one?

No comments: