[Closed] Is it just me or does anyone else hate their iPhone?

Count Zero will be along shortly.

I hate mine too

Android Phone Purchase Fail 😉

I don't have one but both me and my wife hate hers.

I hate the way everyone admires mine when I display it on the desk/table for all to see.

Whole meetings can be lost to people oggling the iPhone on the desk thing.

I wish they did a cut down version, say the same size as the old style ipod Nano.

I dont have a problem with calls cutting out (is your a 4?).
My dad has one now and his texts have become mini novels he finds it so much easier to use, previously youd be lucky if his messages were readable on any of his old phones.

I do have a serious problem with my 4 and its inconsistency when loading websites. Sometimes it will just sit there trying to load, even with full signal, and getting nothing. Ive taken to turning the 3G off and just using edge in the office as clearly the 'full bars' i get dosnt extend to 3G. Very annoying.

Slight hijack, but I've tried on several occasions to talk about the limitations of my iPad on here. It always gets the same over-protective reaction:

"I love it and have no issues when browsing online. I don't need Flash etc."

At least every other call cuts out

What network? Fine on O2 here. Though I'll admit the call quality isn't always fantastic, especially across bluetooth in the car, but to be honest I hardly ever use it for making calls.

..texting is such a faff that my friends now think I'm being curt as my texts have become so short.

Eh?? My texts have got longer and longer since getting an iPhone as I'm now able to use a QWERTY keyboard instead of a dumbphone keypad - I can only assume you're doing it wrong 😀

Mines fine, especially now it's Jailbroken. Custom keyboards, messaging apps, themes, sounds and addons.

I just hate everyone elses. 😀

Been living under any nice bridges lately?

I love mine tbh. But i have noticed calls dropping more other the last 2 weeks or so.

As a footnote I don't really mind no flash on it, i don't watch that much video content on it, but I will not buy an iPad until there is flash on that.

GlitterGary - agree. I think the most annoying thing about it's crap-ness is that everyone else thinks it's great.

I do have a 4. I'm constantly having to switch it off as it won't download my emails or websites properly even when I have a good signal or wi-fi. It's not a signal quality issue that makes it cut out, I tend to have good signal (although won't get started with the annoyance about when my T-mobile 'conveniently' changes to Orange and won't change back meaning I don't get 3G; that's a network thing).

GrahamS - I probably am doing it wrong; maybe I should resort to text speak and stop showing my age by wanting to construct intelligible texts.

Love mine. Not had any issues texting or dropping calls. My iPad is also awesome too.

I do have a 4. I'm constantly having to switch it off as it won't download my emails or websites properly even when I have a good signal or wi-fi. It's not a signal quality issue that makes it cut out, I tend to have good signal (although won't get started with the annoyance about when my T-mobile 'conveniently' changes to Orange and won't change back meaning I don't get 3G; that's a network thing).

Where did you get the phone from? Maybe it's a duffer?

Have had my 4 since Sep and rebooted it twice. Practically everything I "do" is on my phone so to me it's an incredibly capable/resourceful/stable device. End of.

Ownership of an iphone isn't compulsory. Maybe sell it and buy a phone (one that does texting and calling) instead?

Yep, I hate your iPhone, and possibly hate you a little bit too. Although admittedly you've gone up in my estimation for starting this thread.

Old 3g (found in bin and brought back to life!)here.

I have no issues with phone calls (on virgin mobile sim only) - better reception than previous phones in fact.

Texting is a joy - making threads out of texts with the same person, speed of entering (you are turning it on its side to type with a bigger keypad?) makes it so much better an experience than previous normal phones.

I have to say I regard it as a mini computer in my pocket as much as a phone though. I use it as much for checking email, the news, the weather, perusing memory map os mapping, listening to music and audiobook, iplayer or internet radio. It would be weird not having this sort of stuff available in my pocket again.

I'd happily upgrade to an iphone 4 or the next one when it comes along for a better battery, GPS and camera but in comparison to the free one I have the gazzilions I'd have to spend would be better spent on something more real life - it is only a bit of plastic and getting too orgasmic about it would be a bit sad.

I do have a 4. I'm constantly having to switch it off as it won't download my emails or websites properly even when I have a good signal or wi-fi. It's not a signal quality issue that makes it cut out, I tend to have good signal

I think the signal issue is an apple problem, the bars only show phone signal strength in my experience, so 3G signal could still be rubbish and unbelievably slow with full bars. However the Wifi issue sounds like a phone problem.

One thing id like them to fix is the lack of flexibility on where data comes from. Often my phone will pick up on a local Wifi thats not actually available for data download, meaning i have to turn Wifi off before it uses 3G and loads the content, annoying. It should be able to tell that its not getting any data from Wifi and switch to 3G automatically!

(although won't get started with the annoyance about when my T-mobile 'conveniently' changes to Orange and won't change back meaning I don't get 3G; that's a network thing).

Cant you turn off roaming?

I do have a 4. I'm constantly having to switch it off as it won't download my emails or websites properly even when I have a good signal or wi-fi.

Sounds ****ed. The only time mine ever gets switched off is when iTunes is upgrading the software - other than that it is on all the time. Email arrives fine.

Have you tried just killing all the background apps (double click and kill)? In my experience sometimes a background app can carry on hogging the internet connection which can make loading websites a bit slow.

GrahamS - I probably am doing it wrong; maybe I should resort to text speak and stop showing my age by wanting to construct intelligible texts.

On the contrary, the full keyboard and spell checker on the iPhone (or any smartphone really) means it is far better suited to writing intelligible sentences compared to getting thumbache on a 12-key dumbphone.

I'm not being a fanboi - I really don't see what is "a faff" about the texting on it.

I have the same problem with my Android Nexus One

I hate it. Screen is inconsistent, keyboard rubbish, texting impossible, calls dropped loads and sometimes it it just refuses to answer one. The only thing I like is the wifi hotspot capability. I'm seriously considering going retro back to a phone that is designed to take calls and text...oh and has a battery life longer than a day.

its not perfect but its a damn sight better than anything that has gone before.

I remember my first smartphone (n95) and the two are worlds apart.

Although admittedly you've gone up in my estimation for starting this thread.

Problem is you have now gone down in mine for appreciating the OP more.*

*Only by about 0.1%, so it is a negligible rate of loss in the real world.

I'm not being a fanboi

snaarrrffff. Mr Graham-steve-jobs-is-my-lover-S

😉

*checks app*

Jamie assuming that's a monthly rate of attrition for man love I reckon I've got another 20 yrs before I'm on the cusp of being on your 'dislike' list.

snaarrrffff. Mr Graham-steve-jobs-is-my-lover-S

I see the faults - I'm not getting all CountZero about it. 🙂 But I honestly don't see texting as a bad point - I think the texting on it is really good.

My only criticism of texting is when I get text notification while I'm playing a game or whatever, it would be nice if I could just quickly reply without swapping to the full texting app.

Just got a Desire to replace my Nokia 5800 - I'm finding the whole Android thing slightly meh, sat nav via Google maps is reet poopy compared to Nokia too

I don't browse for new apps anymore so I guess the novelty has worn off and I have the apps I use/need.

The iPhone is the only phone where I haven't started coveting the latest phones on the market before my contract expires. So I guess I'm happy with it.

The next phone I get will probably be the iPhone 5...but I would like better storage on it so I can do away with my iPod.

I'm not an Apple fanboi...I bought a Macbook once, kept it for a week and took it back. Ended up buying a better Windows based laptop for less money.

2 mates with iphone4s have problems with them dropping calls and cutting out only at home though , definately a signal problem
they are much quicker than my wildfire and a bit more intuitive to use saying that not worth it for the poor phone functionality vs price imho

My only criticism of texting is when I get text notification while I'm playing a game or whatever, it would be nice if I could just quickly reply without swapping to the full texting app.

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Glad to hear that I'm not the only one. I know that people with them, love them, and that most people without them hate them (and their owners), I just didn't know anyone else who had one but didn't like it.

Where did you get the phone from? Maybe it's a duffer?

Sounds ****ed.

Plan A send it back to Apple.

Ownership of an iphone isn't compulsory. Maybe sell it and buy a phone (one that does texting and calling) instead?

That's plan B. I'm hoping the proceeds will fund a GPS that I actually can actually use on the trails and a phone that will be reliable in an emergency.

Nice. Yeah like that Jamie, but I really can't be arsed jailbreaking it again.

If the two most important things are calls and txting, you really can't beat a cheapo Nokia.

Robust, decent keyboard (usually) and battery lasts 1-2 weeks rather than 1-2 days.

Nice. Yeah like that Jamie, but I really can't be arsed jailbreaking it again.

New JB for 4.3.1 came out last week and real easy to do.

To be honest if I could not jailbreak my phone and run stuff like BiteSMS, Snappy, SBSettings etc I dunno if I would keep my iPhone.

My works fine.

That's plan B. I'm hoping the proceeds will fund a GPS that I actually can actually use on the trails

Erm.. so what's wrong with the iPhone GPS now?

Nope like mine now the blackberry is a fu##ing bar-steward of a machine been given one by work it's like an iPhone but crap!

Erm.. so what's wrong with the iPhone GPS now?

It works fine. The problem is that I'm not risking attaching it to my bars so it's ok to track routes and have a post-ride reminisce but it's a pain if I want to stop and check where the turning is. It makes going out reccying new routes a pain. I tend to print a page of the relevant map and take it with me which is fine but rather defeats the purpose of a GPS to help navigation.
I do confess that there are some bits of my phone that are good. Namely the GPS tracker that means I can go out and play all day whilst the other half keeps track of my whereabouts. That app just needs updating so it can run in the background so you don't keep having to swap between the tracker and the map/GPS app.

Sometimes when I turn the scroll wheel it jumps past the menu item I want. So I turn it back and it jumps past it the other way! Quite annoying when driving.
Sorry, I've just looked, this is an i[b]Pod[/b].

Personally my Iphone 4 is by far the best phone I've had yet - but most of its predecessors were HTC Windows mobiles, so beating them isn't exactly hard....

This thread is trollery of the highest order.

see the faults - I'm not getting all CountZero about it. But I honestly don't see texting as a bad point - I think the texting on it is really good.

Cooeee!
Agree, it ain't perfect, but it's more perfect than what I had before; XDA Mini, N95, iPhone 3G, (and how sloooooowwww that seems now), ans subsequent versions will just get betterer. Others obviously agree. The call thing's weird, I get calls at work, which is a shonky environment, all steel walls n'stuff, and don't have any issues, and calls I make at home are, generally fine, (there's a mast around eighty, ninety feet from where I'm writing this), but one particular mate often cuts out when I make extended calls to him. Not sure, but I think it's at his end, he lives out in the country where signal strength is a bit iffy. TBH, the phone is secondary, I make few calls, so connection generally isn't an issue. Texting is brilliant, although sometimes word suggestions can be a bit...odd. Why does it capitalise White, when what I want is white? It used to capitalise reading, too, though why Reading should be so important is quite beyond me...
Thing is though, the iPhone does pretty much everything a pocket computer should do, and more, and certainly does things I never even imagined a phone could [i]possibly[/i] do even five years ago. When I got my first iphone, there were [b]no[/b] Android phones; why would I be interested in one now? I have too much invested in the apps I have, and some of those have no Android equivalent. The screen mount for using Copilot in the car wouldn't fit any other phone, so again, why change now? Having the whole of England on the damn thing in 1:50k OS mapping is, something I barely imagined would be possible. Add on stuff like barcode readers, ebook readers, even a spirit level, and a really excellent still and video camera, plus an excellent ecosystem of add-on's, I just love what the damn thing can [i]do[/i], and I make no apologies for being enthusiastic about such a whizzy bit of kit. Just a gadget geek, really, and always have been.

I hate my wife's iPhone...mainly because I've been replaced by it...

I hate typing on touch screens and iPhones are no exception. Blackberry Curve is a joy to type on 🙂

Cooeee!

[i]*waves back and does the super-secret fanboi club symbol*[/i]

Texting is brilliant, although sometimes word suggestions can be a bit...odd.

You may enjoy: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/

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I hate typing on touch screens and iPhones are no exception. Blackberry Curve is a joy to type on

I've got a works bumberry curve and I have small hands and yet I still find typing easier on the iphone.

Games centre.

DIE DIE DIE!!!!

The thing I hated most about mine was the lack of any leds on the outside to tell you if you have a message.
That was especially annoying for email, as there is no way of seeing if you have an email without unlocking the damn thing (taking of which, why the **** do i have to slide a stupid thing across the screen to unlock it when I have a passcode that I still need to enter to actually unlock it?!).

Oh, and add to that the terrible pain in the arse that itunes sync is, and I couldn't put up with it for more than 2 months.

Oh, and add to that the terrible pain in the arse that itunes sync is

Plug in, press "Sync", done. Repeat six months later when you want to make another backup. Can't say I find it that arduous.

Agree with your point about it needing lock screen info, that is a daft omission and a common reason to jailbreak, but I wouldn't thank them for an "Email" LED. Complete waste of battery as it would be lit constantly on my phone. And it would annoy the crap out of me when I'm trying to sleep.

You keep your phone by your bed?

[i]Why does it capitalise White, when what I want is white?[/i]

Yeh I got that one for the first time the other day, odd.

Lots of reasons to keep your phone by your bed - alarm, emergency situation at work, etc

Sent from my iPhone.

I would like to think I'm subjective opn this as I don't get on with Apple stuff. (I gave my Macbook air away and went back to a old Dell X1)

However.....

I love mine and I resisted getting one for a long time. (iPhone 4) It's very good at lots of things and overall it's much better than my HTC.

It does have flaws though and things I miss from my HTC.

The iPhone is really bad phone, it just isn't as good as the HTC was
Multitasking is rubbish! and in fact not really even real
You can't swap the battery (used to have 3 for my HTC, very useful)
Calendar sync with Outlook isn't quite there.

But that's it, the rest of the stuff it's a world apart and very good indeed.

You keep your phone by your bed?

Of course. It's my book at night and my alarm in the morning. 🙂

Plus if someone rings me I don't want to havt to go searching for it.
Likewise if there is an emergency.

Multitasking is rubbish! and in fact not really even real

Not sure I get this one. I can surf the web while listening to music and recording a GPS log.
Who is that not "real" multitasking?

Who is that not "real" multitasking?

Damn you autocorrect!

I'll take any of your iPhone's off your hands. I'll even pay postage and packaging. 😆

Not sure I get this one. I can surf the web while listening to music and recording a GPS log.
Who is that not "real" multitasking?

Run two music apps at once then

Run two GPS apps at once.

Granted why would you run two music apps but I used run two GPS apps on my HTC and it let me. (both used to post different results which was weird though)

I'm not saying it's bad but and I think overall it's the best smart phone I've had but perfect it isn't.

It is weird how people are so Marmite about Apple products and feel the need to defend them or completely rubbish them.

Thought my opinion was fairly balanced.

Sorry

Run two music apps at once then

Umm.. okay I can't listen to two songs playing at the same time in two different apps. Nor do I have any idea why I'd want to.

Run two GPS apps at once.

Okay I'm currently recording a GPS log in MotionX GPS while viewing my position on Google Maps. That works fine.

I've not found a way to record two GPS logs if you go out for a run.

I may be wrong though

Also if you get a Text while using Nike + with GPS it pauses your run. Why? why! why should a text have anything to do with my run???

Get a better app. Runkeeper doesn't get tripped up by texts or calls.

Just tried runkeeper and motionX together and they both seem to log.

How are people running with their phones? Always figured they would get all sweaty and knackered. I know I do, hence using a Garmin Forerunner.

Got a Nike armband it fits in quite nicely.

Stick it in an Aquapak

in fact it goes in the Aquapak for running, sailing and bike stuff

I've not found a way to record two GPS logs if you go out for a run.

Not something I've tried before, but I just did and MotionX GPS and Memory Map both claim to be logging my GPS position simultaneously.

Also if you get a Text while using Nike + with GPS it pauses your run. Why? why!

Because the Nike app is crap and doesn't work properly in the background?
Doesn't happen with MotionX so it's not a particular limitation of the iPhone.