iPhone – Give me a break Apple!

I wanted to speak out about iPhones just a tad. I own an iPhone and I absolutely love it so don’t get me wrong here. However, if you are an iPhone user you most likely feel a bit like i do about it…a love/hate relationship. I mean here Apple gives us a technology that has great potential to be a very powerful tool and entertainment device and they cripple it to death! Yes, that’s right, I said it out loud. Well, at least in type I said it but same effect. Alright, I want to explain my thinking here so that you non-iPhone users and those iPhone users not yet enlightened so let’s try a list.

Great things the iPhone has to offer…

• GPS tracking, locationing, and mapping
• Built-in camera
• Built-in video
• I can play video games that are amazing for a handheld device
• The size of the screen for viewing video is perfect, not too big (which would make a cell phone much too large) and not too small that I would have to squint to watch.
• Viewing text is easy, just pinch and spread with fingers to zoom for the perfect size for me to read
• The sound quality is awesome, very impressive for a handheld device
• Applications, how can I say enough about applications. They are so many to choose from and the prices are very acceptable in most cases. Everything from handy utilities to gaming and even health is available at a touch of a screen.

Things I feel ripped off about…

• Ok, so we have to wait how long to upgrade? Don’t you want us to buy a new phone? I mean the whole idea is to make money when you sell a product right?
• Wait a minute, I pay for unlimited bandwidth, texting, GPS mapping, and who knows what else but I can’t use my iPhone to tether to my laptop for brief Internet access?
• Ok, the camera is nice but the resolution could be a bit higher guys I mean come on.
• Alright, I’m ok with someone making a buck sure…but why are you raping me Apple? I mean all these price levels for different amounts of space to store my apps, music, and movies? Ever hear of a memory card for cell phones? What do you mean you would lose money? It would only get even more people interested in buying a new iPhone in my opinion, increasing it’s marketability is always good right?
• Now I understand why Apple went under contract with AT&T in the begining with the whole 3G network thing and all, but AT&T is not the only game in town anymore when it comes to broadband for cell phones and handheld devices. How about opening up the market already! Do you realize how many more would buy your product if they could use any service they wanted? I mean it seems lately everybody in town finally gets it and has gone to lower, flat rate pricing but not the “Blue Guy”. Oh no, the “Blue Guy” would rather take advantage of us with their contract to the soul of the iPhone.
• Water…alright so water and electronics don’t mix, I understand, makes sense. Hey, you know what else makes sense? The fact that we actually DO have the technology to make things like this waterproof or at the very least water resistant in this current day. Apple puts in a water sensor instead to detect if the device had water damage…Gee, thanks. In fact, what good is the water detection device if nobody wants to insure my expensive iPhone to begin with? I mean, what’s the point? Give us protection against water…
• How to manage all these apps, music, and movies? I really think the iTunes software could be improved for interaction and management of all these things. If I buy a song, app, movie, ebook, or whatever I want it to be easier to manage them and keep track of what I paid hard earned money for. If I lose it shouldn’t I be able to redownload it? I mean I legally have a right to own a copy…
• Ringtones, so I can use virtually anything for a ringtone which is awesome! Wait a minute…what do you mean I only have a handful of provided tones to use for text alerts? What do you mean I can’t asign custom sounds to other alerts? I mean I am using the awesome Apple product and yet windows handhelds can do this and iPhones can’t?

My Conclusion…

I think the iPhone is a wonderful product and I still love my iPhone but I really want to see a lot of changes going on with the product. It really can be such a powerful technology it is such a shame to see it crippled so very much. If they opened up more things my guess is there would be no need to jailbreak or get possibly dangerous apps from places other than the Apple iStore.