Rich`s Other Blog

It`s hard to move without people praising the iPhone.  It really is a nice piece of kit, but I thought I`d list some things I don`t like about it.  Controversy!

1. The Camera is pretty awful.  A little 2MP job that may have been acceptable 2 years ago now looks pretty bad, especially when compared with something like the LG Renoir.
2. Battery life is not very good, with a plethora of Internetty communications going on all the time, leading to…
3. It is a lot of hassle to disable 3G / wireless, involving  jumping in and out of menus – why not the option of adding a button to the main screen?  tap the button to toggle 3G, tap another button to toggle wireless
4. Bluetooth support is .. up there with Sharp`s older flip-top phones .. very limited, especially if you`ve used recent Nokia or Samsung phones and are able to connect up and transfer anything you like between the phone and another phone / computer
5. The brightness control (in settings) more often than not bounces up and down the screen instead of moving left or right – there seems to be a little too much sensitivity there, probably due to it being the only control on the screen
6. Password masking seems to be dangerous – type in a password and the letters remain on screen just a little too long before being masked out, especially given the keyboard popping up large print copies of what you`re typing.  Same goes for the screen lock pass code – the on-screen buttons light up!  It wouldn`t be so hard to stand over someone`s shoulder and grab passwords galore
7. Lockdown – Apple has made it more difficult to get files to and from the device, leading to lots of third party apps, some free, some paid for, to allow you to use the phone as storage – again compare with Nokia who are happy for you to store anything you want on their recent phones

All in all, that`s not so bad, I guess, and there are some super little (free) apps available.