In Forum: Apple Operating Systems
By User: Derf
"Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD"
^This [censored] has to stop. Seriously. It's almost as bad as the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G.
A couple niggles about the iPhone:
1. Too light. A little heft goes a long way in the perceived value of a phone. My $150 (new) Nokia E73, for example, feels like a high-end phone, despite the low cost, simply because things such as the stainless steel battery cover give it a fair amount of heft.
2. So much for "Retina Display" being a buzzword. It's got the lowest resolution of the bunch. Ouch.
3. No NFC. This is a disappointment, because if Apple put NFC in the iPhone you could bet your ass it would take off. With their omission, it kind of puts a damper on the whole shebang.
4. Not on T-Mobile >:|
On the other hand...
1. The display is the highest DPI of the four due to the small size.
2. It has the highest built-in storage of the four.
Yeah, not exactly the revolution everyone wanted, but it's more or less equal with the current Big Four (though I still think the Nokia is the best for camera, build quality, battery life, and the fact Nokia has amazing customer support).1) Ever hold Galaxy S III in your hand? Not only is it light, feels like weak, elastic plastic. I can imagine the iPhone's glass and aluminium will give it a sturdy build without being too heavy.
2) The "Retina Display" brand name never, ever had anything to do with resolution - only DPI.
3) Eh, NFC would have been nice but it hasn't taken off like it perhaps could have. To be honest we might be feeling the pain of this one in say a year or two, but like 4G LTE was on last year's iPhone, it's just too early for it to be too big of a deal.
4) Blame T-Mobile's GSM bands here. They don't yet support the 3G bands that the rest of the GSM market, including Canada, AT&T, Europe, etc. follow. Apple would have either had to make a model iPhone specifically for them, which surely wouldn't be cost effective, or put out this iPhone and only have (extremely limited) LTE and 3G support, with the vast majority of areas reverting to an unacceptable EDGE.