Verizon taking direct shots at the iPhone with new ad campaign

I love when people say "it's better than the iPhone!". From how much I've heard that, there should be about 10 phones better than the iPhone on the market. And yet, it reigns supreme. Keep up the hate!

sidenote: I recently upgraded to the 3gs - it just feels so much smoother/faster than the 3g, I really like it a lot better.

 

LOL. So freaking true. THe only reason the iPhone is so successful because Apple did a good job in hyping up all their products. Make their products look good and charge an arm and a leg. Good software but a POS hardwares.

 

ATT deserves to be made fun of; they are the weakest thing about an iPhone.

The bitter tears, of course, are delicious.

I hate to break it to you, but as a lot of users on this board will tell you, it's actually a very good device.

oh well

 

Hater? Bitter? I own an iPhone here. At least I'm not a freaking fanboy. We are talking about the phone not the services and the advertisement is making fun of the iPhone. Yeah yeah. It's a decent device but lacked so many things and how Apple are holding their users by the balls not giving what people wants. Talking about control freaks.

 

The iphone was the 1st real mobile OS to be really intuitive. WindowsMobile and Symbian OS just felt old and clunky. If they had just spends some time trying to be modern the iphone wouldn't have got the market share it does.

 

iDon't have a real keyboard.
iDon't run simultaneous apps.
iDon't take 5-megapixels pictures.
iDon't customize.
iDon't run widgets.
iDon't allow open development.
iDon't take pictures in the dark.
iDon't have interchangeable batteries.
iDon't support Flash.
iDon't have voice calling(oh, wait. I have to paid to get an App for it?)
iHave to JB my iPhone or else it's nothing but a POS...
ect..

Yeah, it's ATT problem.

 

I'm curious as to see how many people that like to deride the iPhone has actually used/owned the device for at least a year. If so, what was so bad about it? The user-friendly-to-too-simple OS? The lack of real business-like format like BB? I'm just wondering what is so bad about the iPhone that it gets hated on so much. It's nice to have competition in the cellphone market with the likes of the Android OS and the supposedly better Windows Mobile OS.

 

lol. Bebop, you do this same stuff in every iphone thread. PLEASE keep quoting me and proving my point. All you are doing is ranting to yourself.

Everyone is familiar with your act by now.

 

iDon't have a real keyboard.

Wouldn't you attest this to how the end-user uses their phone? I've used my Blackberry 8900 for half a year or so and while it's a great phone, I like the touchscreen keyboard just as well.

iDon't run simultaneous apps.

How many apps do you need to run on a phone? IMO, if you expect your phone to run simultaneous apps, you seriously need to look into carrying a netbook or a laptop around.

iDon't take 5-megapixels pictures.
iDon't take pictures in the dark.

Neither does the Blackberry Storm, or any Blackberries for that matter. As a matter of fact, I think only the SEs, Samsungs, and Nokias have cameras with that high of a resolution. And aside from Nokia's Symbian OS, the OS on those phones aren't anything to write home about.

iDon't customize.

I don't know what you're referring to by customization because this could mean anything. Wallpapers? Themes? Faceplates?

iDon't run widgets.
iDon't allow open development.

How many people, who own an iPhone, would need to have open development handy/available?

iDon't have interchangeable batteries.
iDon't support Flash.

I do have a gripe about the lack of Flash and the non-interchangeable battery is a weakness but, unless you're a business user (which, if you are, you really need to look at something else other than an iPhone entirely), how many times do people change their batteries? I've used countless nokias, a couple SEs, and my BB8900 and the only time I've actually taken the battery out is to put in my SIM card.

The MAJOR gripe that anyone (meaning EVERYONE no matter how they use their phone) should have against the iPhone is that the features that Apple trickles into its phone every summer should have been in the phone years ago. MMS, 3.2 camera, copy and paste, etc...those are things that should have been there from the get go. These things that you nitpick is just that--nitpicking. Most people that have an iPhone knows what they have and don't have or should know. If they wanted a 5 MP w/ Flash, open-OS phone with a physical keyboard then they would buy one. I doubt people are dumb enough to want those things but would sacrifice them just because they want an iPhone.

 

I think responses like these are weak. Just because you can't think of a reason to do these things doesn't mean it's not a good thing. There was a time where touch screen was probably thought of as a gimmick and same with the accelerometer. GPS in a phone? People who need that really need to think about carrying around a Garmin.
I got my very first iPhone a few months ago, the 3Gs. I really, really like it. But all the criticism is legitimate. Not being able to do flash is horrible. And the camera is indeed crap, etc.

 

I don't really think Flash in a mobile platform is a common thing. I believe Android will be getting it next year. But overall I don't think there are a lot of phones that can do it.

That's one of the reasons it's not a big criticism for a lot of people - it's not something you see a lot of period in a mobile browser. Just getting a browser that creates a 'normal' net environment was a big step. iPhone, Android, new Blackberries - those browsers are pretty far ahead of where they used to be.

 

That's like saying they're not marketing iTunes towards a demographic that wants DRM-free music. That's just not true. Everyone wants flexibility to do what they want with a device they bought. But they will overlook these shortcomings because of how good the iPhone is. Just like iTunes, most people will overlook the DRM thing because of how easy it is to get music. That doesn't mean they don't want DRM free music or an open platform for the iPhone? Jail breaking is one example. More people would jail break if they had technical know-how or if they weren't afraid of Apple voiding their warranty.
And I guarantee you that when they get multiple apps running, Apple would be the first to tout it.
Also, how about things like Google Voice? Them turning down apps like that is what pisses people off about Apple.

 

What's the matter? Got owned by the ad? Maybe there are people who knows what a good smartphone suppose to be instead of a fanboy who are calling some people are either delusional, bitter, jealous, can't afford or because they don't own an iPhone.

It ridiculous I have to go out spend another $50 on a FM radio tuner for the iPhone when other phones been incorporating it for yrs. Took them a year to incorporated copy/paste, bluetooh function and ect..

A crap smartphone is a crap smartphone and it doesn't matter if it's the iPhone or the Blackberry Storm. Can't believe fanboys get insulted when I hate on the iPhone like I'm insulting their mother.

 

There we go. Too easy.

 

That seems more like a Android OS commercial than Verizon. I like it because even the G1 is better than the iphone.

 

rokkit why do you have an animation of me

 

Interchangeable is important to me if the battery is dead. A dead battery on an iPhone is a dead iPhone. Who the hell like to have to return a whole phone when only the battery is dead? Most of the important data might be gone and returning the iPhone is the worst possible way of letting other people privy into your data.

There are many cool websites that uses Flash. Can't access it is a real disappointment.

 

-so many damn dropped calls!
-dead battery => dead phone
-god awful on screen keyboard
-open source development, enough said
-RIGID INTERFACE THAT CAN'T BE DAMN CHANGED (freaking black background and dumb icons that you toggle with a touch of that idiotic button)
-no bluetooth file sharing
-god awful camera
-can't set MP3's as ringtones (you have to purchase the ringtone from apple)
-30 dollar a month fee just for having that idiotic piece of crap

the iphone is the most over-hyped and over-glorified piece of crap I've ever seen in my entire life. For those of you using the argument of its "supremacy" in terms of sales should consider the fact that people who buy it are victims of apple's great advertising. The majority of the iphone buyers are the type of people who whine about windows being "too complicated!" and don't know how to change the ringtone on their flip phones. They want everything "readily accessible!" with minimal customization. The iPhone is great for them, but awful for people like myself who prefer to actually customize my phone to my liking rather than have apple force their layout on me. to each his own I guess, but saying that the iphone is a good device is beyond ridiculous. it's a simple easy device, great for old people for example, great for not-so-technology-savvy people. not so great for people who like to OWN their phone, not apple's phone.

I have an AT&T tilt (HTC TYTN II). great phone with a slide out keyboard. small screen, but isn't really that big of a problem. I downloaded spb mobile shell for it, amazing interface that allows great customization. Heck, I even downloaded an improved iphone-style "unlock" screen (which IMO is the only bright spot on the iphone) that works as a caller ID as well. downloaded a bunch of "apps", like dictionary, full web browser (that allows you to view youtube videos just like a computer ie: without a separate screen), periodic table, super alarm system, etc... oh did I mention I downloaded them FOR FREE?