Finally: 5 Reasons NOT To Buy an iPhone
Everyone seems to be able to dole out twenty reasons why you should buy an iPhone. Forbes has five reasons why you shouldn’t.
The battery. Like any good iPod, the iPhone will probably have a sealed battery compartment (although this has not been 100% confirmed yet) that provides up to 5 hours of talk time – which means you won’t be changing batteries in an emergency. That’s the obvious problem. The not-so-obvious problem is that all batteries have a lifespan, which begins as soon as the battery is manufactured. Charging a battery over and over (and incorrectly charging it) will decrease the lifespan of the battery. So eventually, you’ll have to send in your iPhone or take it to an Apple store (and probably pay a nice fee too).
No 3G. The iPhone supports EDGE, but not HSDPA (3G). To counter the lack of a super-fast connection, it does have an integrated wi-fi/WLAN adapter. To be honest, I don’t find this to be very much of a big deal. But then again, I don’t shell out big buckaroos for unlimited internet every month.
Push email status unknown. No one knows if the iPhone will support Push email out of the box or not, which could be a problem for Crackberry addicts. Of course, moving from a Blackberry to an iPhone seems a little un-intuitive. Apple is tight-lipped as usual about it.
The keyboard. Will the touch-screen keyboard be a boon or a bust? It’s too soon to tell, but judging from trying to touch-type on a Nokia N800 device, it’s more annoying than it appears. What if you’re wearing gloves or a band-aid?
The price. Of course. $499 or $599, depending on storage space required. The iPhone is probably the first phone that’s made people realize that there are other phones besides the “free after rebate” ones. So I suppose Apple gets some credit for that.
Source: “Why You May Not Want An iPhone” – Forbes
Well, I’m not a fan of all things Apple, as some are, but they do have a rep for building quality stuff. If you want sticker shock, go look a some of the higher end Nokias.
As for Crackberry fans, probably the best advice is to just get a newer Blackberry. That’s what I’m going to do.