The point is not that 2 Megapixel is poor, but that there are other, more advanced devices out there, which an advanced user would get much more value out of. The only thing Apple has done which is unique is the touch screen UI, but just because its unique does not mean its great either. In the end this is just another phone, and does not deserve the hype.
In fact, the more I think of this phone, the more it reminds of of a tool for less capable people, like the phones we have for children and the elderly, with only a few buttons, large screens and large fonts, and very few options.
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First, on the 2MP camera. Megapixels don't make the camera better. More resolution with crappy optics still makes crappy pics. I don't know the optics on the iPhone. But this is more of a general thing.
Also, I don't use my phone as a camera. I have a nice Sony (with a touchscreen
) to do that. For the rare snapshot I will use the phone. But my phone does not equal digi cam.
Moving on. There is surely more than the UI. Whether it is great or not is an opinion. The tech is fantastic however and it could be implemented in many devices including the rumored widescreen iPod.
Also the look of the OS is far ahead of what we have seen. Call it nonsense, or say it doesnt matter it could look like piss as long as it did what you wanted it to. I would move on the side of things that look pleasing and clean make you more productive. If you want to disagree, why is MS doing Photon which you say will look like the iPhone does now? Why not leave it looking like it does? Because more functionality comes with that.
Why do you hate this device? I have no clue. It is rather sad though, that you can't see the value you here.
I love technology. I am sure when Photon hits and new features show up in those phones I will be like "oh yeah!" Maybe you should try and get back to those roots man. Just because a company comes out and makes easy to use products that don't have all the power features that YOU want doesn't mean it is crap.
Much like the OS X criticism on the Mac. "Its for people who don't know anything" is what people say. I say nay. I know more about computers than the average guy(much more) and I use a Mac. Why? Because it increases my productivity 100 fold. Expose(this is big), dashboard, the performance, it is built on *nix so the extensibility is limitless, apple script, automator, system-wide spellcheck. Spaces and Time machine coming with Leopard.
All those things and more make me more productive, heaps more than XP, and maybe Vista (havent played with it yet) can. This idea that consumer driven products are crap is just that, crap.
And the prouct looks good. If you want ugly brick products have fun. I like my things to look nice. The progression of devices should align with that idea. People want nice looking things. Cars, phones, computers, shoes, shirts, whatever. Obviously that varies from person to person. You may like what I call ugly brick phones. That is fine. But don't discredit great design because you feel it is uneccessary.
The iPod. Why do people hate it? It doesnt support all the codecs, DRM blah blah blah. Consumers don't care. People don't care it doesn't play DiVx or Xvid. They buy it on the iTunes store. THat is the model that works. An end to end solution that works. Not, "heres the player figure it out" why do you think Microsoft jumped on that bandwagon instead of doing what Creative and the others do? That model doesn't work.
Will i buy an iPhone? Yes. Will I feel like a little kid that has a phone with big buttons and its so easy to use? No. I know the quality that went into this product. I could feel the excitement and passion in Steves voice when he announced this thing. You can say "he just wants to sell, blah blah blah," I disagree though. I am sure he loves tech like I do, and just Bill Gates does. That is what it is about.
I think the iPhone is an amazing device. I think its potential will be amazing. Is it perfect? Of course not. There is always something it won't have. 3G for example, for now at least. I support Apple because I enjoy the products they make. Sure it is easy for those who want to use it and go. But for the rest, the power is there. I hope Apple lets a good number of apps on this device. But honestly, for me. It has what I need. I don't have to install a bunch of junk on it to get it to work better or do what I want like my Treo. (Assuming the iPhone works as stated, which I imagine it will)
Sorry for the long post. I am just sick of this "it sucks" attitude. Get over your anti-Apple attitude and look at the device and enjoy it. it isn't for you. So what. It still has high points which as a rational person and someone who seemingly loves tech can admit.