Temptation
8 Jun
I still have the first-gen iPhone. No MMS, crummy camera, inferior phoning capability, etc. So I was looking forward to the iPhone 4 announcement yesterday.
Hi, I'm Sssssssteve Jobsssssss...you need thisssssss new phone.
Believe it or not, I still have a $100 Visa gift card from Christmas. I was going to get the 3GS for $99, but getting the iPhone 4 for only $99 after gift card is a pretty sweet deal.
All of the “should I upgrade?” articles I’ve read compares iPhone 4 to the 3G or 3GS, not my trusty (not) 1st-gen.
Pros:
>> A better camera. It stings that this iPhone I currently have takes worse pictures than my old beloved Samsung did. I loved posting photos on the go to Flickr and the blog, but my pictures look like mud unless I run them through one of the CameraBag filters first.
>> App-switching. I do like to hop between Safari and TweetDeck and weather and such.
>> 3G. Even though I really only use the phone when Wi-Fi’s availalble, I don’t have this now!
>> Video. Think of how much more of my banal suburban life I could share if I could take video of it!
>> AT&T. I’m already with them (From back when they were AT&T Wireless, then Cingular, now back to AT&T), so I’m used to the level of suck. Plus, no $18 upgrade charge!
Oh AT&T, thy generosity slays me.
>> iTunes. I’ve already bought a boat-load of songs from the iTunes store that work so nicely on the iPhone. I use the iPhone for my MP3 player at work so if I bought another brand of phone that didn’t support Apple’s .mp4 files, I’d have to bring both my iPod and my newPhone around with me.
>> Longer battery life. I can’t blame Apple for this one, this seems to be the case with all older phones. I charge my phone and get the fully green battery indicator. I take it to work and by the time I get there it’s at half. Then if I don’t charge it again, it runs out the NEXT day while I’m at work. I have all pushing and fetching turned off, too.
Cons:
>> Call quality. I’ve had trouble in the past with my phone dropping calls. Will this phone be better? Most of the presentation had to do with the non-phone stuff, but the longer antenna might help, right?
>> No keyboard. I never got used to the touch-screen keyboard. I typo more on the iPhone than I ever did on my late, beloved Samsung. I swore that my next phone would have keys again.
>> Stupid proprietary Apple earphones w/microphone. Although I hear better with these than I do the hardier bluetooth models, I’ve gone through 3 sets of these with just normal usage. They just don’t hold up to being tossed in my purse. If I go with iPhone4, I’m stuck with buying more headphones for the next 2+ years.
>> Stupid proprietary Apple docks/chargers. My current phone works with the charger & dock that my current (read: old) iPod does. WM’s iPhone 3G does not work with the docks. So I’d have to, at the very least, buy a new charging dock for work.
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Ugh. I’m totally going to end up buying this phone.
there are other companies that make iPhone compatible headphones. you might check them out – some may be twice as expensive but last 4 times as long.
this may help with your touch screen keypad issue:
http://www.iphonebuzz.com/my-touch-keys-keyboard-cutout-screen-protector-for-iphone-252087.php
it has little bumps for “feel typing”
.-= pero´s last blog ..Stripped Down =-.
Yeah, the other Dave is right. I bought a pair of earbuds with a mic for my iPod touch and it works perfectly with Skype. I think they were Belkin and I got them at Marshall’s for $15.99.
I still have three brand new, still-in-the-pack Apple earbuds. My ears must be shaped funny because they have never fit well and even if they did, the sound is dreadful.
As far as phones go, I’ll stick with my new Virgin Mobile plan: $25/mo. for unlimited web, text, and e-mail, with 300 minutes. I’ll keep my iPod touch for the toy that it is
.-= Dave´s last blog ..So Long, Emmett =-.
While I’ll not voice an opinion one way or another as far as a new phone, I’ll offer my suggestion as far as Apple’s crappy earbuds fitting – I switch them, and put the left in my right ear, the right in my left ear, and they fit much, much better.