Why is my iPhone "not very good as a phone"????

Best phone phone:

Ill be honest and say the battery life in mine is a little pants. But, for what I want its perfect. Call quality is good, even at one bar Ive found. Reception is an issue for me, but it is a network issue rather than phone problem (Orange send the signal out on a set frequency that dosent like old houses or thick walls, same with T-mobile) The phone surfs the net very well, esp with WiFi.

Worst thing is its too reliant on I-tunes, has limited personalisation compared to Google Android, cannot transfer photos taken on the phone to computer without a paid for app, cant back up contacts to sim card, has rubbish battery life and everyone around you goes 'look at you with your Iphone'. Ill forgive all this to have the best quality music player on the market (out of a phone) by a long shot. Some people hate it until they play with one, and until they play with one they dont realise its actually a smart way to work, but people dont like change. As we are the underdogs being British, we often prefer to head with the less popular brands. Surprisingly though I think Nokia have the largest worldwide market share, followed by RIM (Blackberry) and Apple/Google Android following up but it changes so much dependant on the website you read.

CountZero, to be picky its the Iphone 4. 4G dosent technically exist in the UK yet and the Iphone 4 only runs off 3G signal. I think Switzerland has the first full 4G network but its only a matter of time til we get it. It basically will offer faster and more secure internet, making things like mobile banking and augmented reality a sure thing.

Because its just a fashion accessory and made by Apple

Eh? What's a 4G network do then?

Poor trolling effort by Mexican Cab

It's clearly a problem with how the app is coded. On at least one app that I use daily, changing the volume in the app reduces the ringer volume. So it's a programming error rather than a missing feature.

Is that an app that actually produces sound? If the app doesn't use sound, such as this Safari browser I'm using, then changing the volume alters the ringer.

Because its just a fashion accessory and made by Apple

Yes very good. Well it's the most useful and functional "fashion accessory" I've ever owned. 🙄

i took my iphone back because it was awful for texting, oh and bluetooth doesn't work – what a major flaw!

I do get worse reception at home on my Iphone than on my old £50 Nokia. It is still the most useful phone I've ever had though – I can basically run the business for a week while I'm away from home without needing the laptop. Magic.

i took my iphone back because it was awful for texting, oh and bluetooth doesn't work – what a major flaw!

Ah yes that wasn't your fault of course.

Mine is the single most useful gadget I've ever owned it does so much stuff and very well. Battery life isn't great but it suffices.

And yes the **** ringer volume and game/app volume are separate. 👿

Eh? It's great for texting. Full qwerty keyboard, emoticons, spellcheck, auto-correction, copy/paste, full two-way conversation on screen.

Bluetooth works fine for me too

i took my iphone back because it was awful for texting, oh and bluetooth doesn't work – what a major flaw!

Ha! hilarious

The iPhone is fantastic at txt'ing, you should have seen my dads attempts at sending txt's with his old nokia and sony phones, unreadable, with his handed down 1stGen iPhone he is practically writing essays! of course if your 12 and can only speak in txt then yes you might suffer.

As for bluetooth, er… works fine with every headset my parents have tried with theirs and their car bluetooth.

Emoticons? Tell me more. Is this just on the 4?

dooge – Member

…cannot transfer photos taken on the phone to computer without a paid for app…

I just plug it into PC and it appears as a camera. Or you can e-mail pics to yourself full size if that's easier. Would be handy to send the file to PC by WiFi I guess but it's not a major issue for me.

i took my iphone back because it was awful for texting, oh and bluetooth doesn't work – what a major flaw!

Awful my arse! It's a flipping Qwerty keyboard with the best predicive typing and spell checker I've ever had the pleasure of using, for god's sake! And if I can use it with my fat stubby fingers, you should be fine with your little hands! 🙂

Bluetooth is 100% perfect, it links to my Garmin satnav for hands free very smoothly and works perfectly.

That's user error!

cannot transfer photos taken on the phone to computer without a paid for app…

Piffle.
iTunes syncs the pics with any folder you choose.

best predicive typing

see what you did there

(can you get Swype on Igadget?)

I'm on my laptop. Which is a crappy Windoze thing. If I was on my iPhone, it would have spotted that error! 😀

Emoticons? Tell me more. Is this just on the 4?

Nope – all iPhones but it is a bit of a hack.

There is a Japanese keyboard set called Emoji that offers smilies and other emoticons.
It is hidden by default as it is only supposed to be available of one Japanese network as they hold the copyright. But there are various apps that will unlock it for you. I used "Spell Number". Google for instructions.

If you're reading this on a iPhone then this is a small sample of what you get:
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Folk looking at that with anything else will just see a bunch of unrecognised characters.

Cheers G, I googled it and found it anyway. Superb.

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CaptJon – Member
Best phone phone:

You are so wrong.

It is clearly this:

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Cool!

? even eh clubber?

You're going home in an ?

?? is how you'll look after I'm done with you. ?

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It's like the early days of msn all over.

You're full of ?

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Very good.

The battery lasts a hell of a lot longer than my old N95.

They were weird – people often complained about that but I had one and the battery lasted a good 4-5 days in the worst possible signal area (ie barely enough to get a text, not enough to make a call).

Fragile? Ever dropped a regular phone on concrete?

I flung my N73 down a full flight of hard stairs at work on at least two occasions, and dropped it on concrete loads of times. Corners and edges got scratched, nothing else bad happened. Quality 🙂

GrahamS – Member

Is that an app that actually produces sound? If the app doesn't use sound, such as this Safari browser I'm using, then changing the volume alters the ringer.

It is an app that has sound. It's a game. But as I said for most it works fine.

CountZero, to be picky its the Iphone 4. 4G dosent technically exist in the UK yet and the Iphone 4 only runs off 3G signal.

I know it's the iPhone 4. I also know 4G networks don't exist in any meaningful way. The iPhone is usually refered to by it's generation number, same as the iPod, hence 1, 2g, 3G, 3Gs, 4G, or 1, 2G, 3G etc for the 'pod. It's a convention that some people confuse with network generations, which is understandable, I guess. I know what I'm referring to, and it ain't a network.

Can't save txt conversations to your computer 🙁

Ahem!

Not used it though.

http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/Bobbia/blog/1022-How-to-Copy-and-Backup-iPhone-SMS-messages-onto-Computer/

Slight hijack but is the Ipod touch just an Iphone without the phone bit? I was told it was but don't really know (hence the question)

the iPod touch is a bit of a slimmer design but yes they are the same, 'cept the iPod doesn't connect to the mobile network so no texts, calls or internet except in wi-fi areas.

My 3G works well enough for me, I don't like the fact I can't bluetooth files to no iPhone users (i.e. can only use apps likes bump), don't know if I'll stick with iPhone when my contract runs out, but I certainly like it 🙂

I don't like the fact I can't bluetooth files to no iPhone users

but you can email very easilly, but then i suppose the people youd need to bluetooth to prob dont have a data contract, and what do you bluetooth anyway, smutty videos is all people seemed to use it for anyway.

cannot transfer photos taken on the phone to computer without a paid for app

Plug it in to computer with itunes closed. Just comes up like a normal camera

I like my wife's Iphone, in use it's a tad more polished than my Nokia X6 but I couldn't put up with the crappy battery life, it's also relatively heavy.

Something that does stand out from this thread, if you are a bit thick don't buy an Iphone.

I don't like the fact I can't bluetooth files to no iPhone users

but you can email very easilly, but then i suppose the people youd need to bluetooth to prob dont have a data contract, and what do you bluetooth anyway, smutty videos is all people seemed to use it for anyway.

Why you can't iphoners just accept the limitations sometimes, instead of always trying to turn it into a positive! Arrghh!

All of the basic flaws I would highlight as lacking as a basic phone were completely obsolete after the first few updates when I first got my 3g many moons ago.

I have no issue with it as a phone at all.

What sort of battery life are you all getting? Its never been an issue for me. I have mine turned on 24 / 7 and it charges when I sleep (normally between 12/1am – 7am). I use the phone a lot and have never had the phone die on me once in 3 years.

Oh, and for those with all the volume gripes why don't you just but it on silent by flicking that little switch on the side. Think of it as a mute button. Its all I ever do when playing games.

Something that does stand out from this thread, if you are a bit thick don't buy an Iphone.

Lol, translated into English from fanboi-speak this means it's hard to use 🙂

What sort of battery life are you all getting?

If I use it normally (i.e. Singletrack/web open all day, email retrieving every 15 mins, couple of texts) then I usually have to plug it in by the afternoon.

If I switch stuff off and use it more like a phone then it can last two days.