Day In The Life of Baz

For those of you who love the iPhone, please ignore this lil’ rant. I’m one who has always been against overpriced electronics (overpriced anything for that matter). But regardless of what I think, and regardless of how cool the iPhone is (I must admit, it is cool. So’s the iPod, but I didn’t feel the urge to run out and buy one either), there are some facts that you can’t ignore:

• There is no SD card or other form of expandable memory for the device. It’s 4 GB or 8 GB, that’s it. You better make your choice right, because there is no going back.
• For all its cool internet support there’s no GPS. Come on now, really.
• There’s no instant messenger. I don’t get it. But I suppose you can always go on the internet and use Meebo.com or something.
• No 3G support. It only relies on EDGE and WiFi. Edge is terribly slow and WiFi isn’t everywhere.
• Only has a 2 MP Camera, no flash, no zoom. I’ve seen crappier phones with a lil’ bit of flash.
• There’s no video recording. Again, I don’t get it. Is it that hard? I mean with all what it already does.
• No voice dialing. This one really pisses me off. Because my current phone doesn’t have voice dialing either. I remember over five (5) years ago when I had a crappy monochrome screen Motorola something or the other, I could hold down a button, say a name and dial a number. Doesn’t this sort of negate some of the benefits of a blue tooth headset? You still have to physically interact with the phone to make a call.
• No Expensive battery replacement. The entire phone is a screen. It has incredible features which you’re going to use a LOT. There is no denying that the battery is going to conk out some time (reportedly 300 - 400 charges). Here’s Apple’s Solution: $79, plus $6.95 shipping.
• It really hurts when you drop it and break it: iCrash Baby Phone.

Even if I was going to get one, I’d wait till iPhone 2.0. Especially after this quote from Steve Jobs himself:
“If you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to buy a new iPod at least once a year.”

Source: iPhone Battery Replacement Plan Details [Gizmodo]
Source: iCrash Baby Phone [AkihabaraNews]
Source: you have to buy a new iPod at least once a year [Engadget]

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