Are you looking to buy an iphone? Yes, it looks very cool, and it is! But… let me ruin your day, check out the iphone complaints, you will be impressed with all the cons the iphone have.
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No support for custom ringtones
What?? Yes! You can’t use iphone music as the iphones ringtones, although, there is some hack to do this, because it’s annoying that your iphone sounds “ring, ring” every time someone call you. If you want to have your favorite track as your ringtone, you have to pay 2$…
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Where’s the removable battery?”
That was the first iphone complaint. The iphone has no removable battery, and if it drains, you have to go to the apple store so they can change it.
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Iphone Battery life shorter than promised
The company says the iphone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, and 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback.
Of course, this promise has a big asterisk, saying:
“All Battery claims are dependent upon network configuration and many other factors; actual results may vary.”
So, in conclusion, you can’t wait that your iphone battery lives a lot!
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Iphone Sound volume insufficient
Some iphone buyer, said:
“I can’t even hear when the iphone rings, so the YouTube, movie player also sucks, because the sound quality is bad”
Don’t wait to have a party with the speakers of your iphone 
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Lack of Flash support in the web browser
Yes, although the iphone has a built-in flash player on the web-browser, don’t expect to have a great quality on the videos, because it has lacks.
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Built-in GPS is not user accessible
I haven’t tried to use the gps function, but if it isn’t user accessible, I think its crap again.
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Built-in Bluetooth cannot be used for data transfer
What?? Yes, you can’t share files with friends. Sorry for this big complaint.
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Built-in camera has no ability to be adjusted
The camera is great, but it can’t be adjusted by you.
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Lack of useful applications (SSH, SFTP, VNC, Remote Desktop)
All the applications of the iphone are very cool and different, but they aren’t fast! It’s like a slow computer.
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No games for the iphone
Sorry, when I heard this, I cancelled my iphone order. What is a mobile phone without games? Imagine that you are in an airplane, and it crashes, and falls into an island. What would be of your life without games? (Sorry for that lost episode copy)
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No voice dialing
No, the iphone is not for people that want to call someone without the fingers. It doesn’t have voice dialing feature.
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Keyboard is very difficult to use
Well, this is a little dumb complaint, because with some months of using it, you will be able to write in the keyboard like a pro! But anyway, this is another complaint.
Now, tell me, if you were going to buy the iphone, you are going to buy it now?
Mobile contracts?
yes, at this time you can only have the iphone with t&t if you dont have it unlocked, so the mobile phone deals are not cool! the best mobile contracts with the iphone arent cheap, and you have to have a minimum income too.
Do you have the iphone? What other complaints do you have?
Feel free to tell me that in the comments.
23 Responses to “iphone complaints”
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jim
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2007 at 10:10 am1Reply to this comment.i have another complaint to the list. It cant transfer items to another cellphone.
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diego
Posted: Sep 26th, 2007 at 2:32 pm2Reply to this comment.@jim. Yes, you cant exchange things with friends. as far as i know. i dont know really.
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freddy
Posted: Oct 8th, 2007 at 1:25 pm3Reply to this comment.i was going to buy the ihone now i dont think i will
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mike
Posted: Oct 17th, 2007 at 11:58 am4Reply to this comment.It does not have true bluetooth. It cannot cut and paste. It has no search feature. other than that, i love it. But those are 3 big negatives.
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mark
Posted: Nov 4th, 2007 at 8:02 pm5Reply to this comment.Cannot activate this “darling of technology”, despite waiting 1.5 days to do such. It’s a total ripoff- Too much “over the top technology” versus delivering reasonable value to consumers. I returned this rotten apple.
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Found Wanting
Posted: Nov 13th, 2007 at 1:55 pm6Reply to this comment.Have owned in less then a week, great features, mostly i like the connection and the texting features, what really makes me mad is the battery life bites! charged 12+hours, turned on at 7:30 am, battery was dead in 6-hours, and only having made a single phone call otherwise the phone sat in its holster doing nothing that whole time, all it had to do was be on…whats the point of having a cell phone if you can’t have it on? my business requires that it remain on…a good thing I have a star reporter for a friend…shes getting a great storry about a new phone that is pretty much worthless.
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Paul
Posted: Nov 14th, 2007 at 3:04 am7Reply to this comment.I was asking myself alot of questions about the iPhone and i truly believe it a pr success problem is people have missed the vitals and blindly gone out to buy one thinking its cool to have one?
this phone lacks the very features that are industry standard in mobile technology and use. yes its software is somewhat new and yes its concept is ground braking but they have placed to much emphasis on the new rather than offering the old included.
ther is no caching to help speed applications? theres no sharing through bluetooth. the WiFi has an incredibly weak signal unless your sitting ontop of the transmitter.
data connections are seriously slow in certain area’s of use and safari well judging by the reaction and reviews you would probably need to go on safari to find the page.
i still havent gauged enough from the public wether the software for touch is reliable as i myself think this new technology in mobiles still needs some fine tuning and developement.
its far to early to place our faith in button free phones.
The other totaly irritating thing to me is since when should we have to pay to have our own ringtones set to personal use? there aim is to grab as much money as they can by making you pay for somethings which are free and would expect to be free on all other handsets.
For me Sony Ericcson still offer practicality, ease and pure unadolterated sexy reliable mobiles, I think i’ll stay with them a while. -
Ed
Posted: Nov 14th, 2007 at 1:56 pm8Reply to this comment.Thanks for all the input…
I had my auction bidder set to grab and unlocked Iphone
on Ebay, but after reading your message board, I think
I’ll give’em another year or two before I invest. -
John
Posted: Nov 15th, 2007 at 5:27 pm9Reply to this comment.I thought about buying an iPhone, but after talking with the sales person, it is very difficult, not as easy as just swaping your sim card. Would have to re-enter all of my information. Too much work for this thing. My question is what other option is there? What will be the next piece of tech coming out that will compare or out do the iPhone?
Thanks
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diego
Posted: Nov 15th, 2007 at 8:45 pm10Reply to this comment.@john, another good option is the nokia n95, with gps and wifi, and there is a version with 8gb of memory, thats one of the bests phones i know, im going to review this phone, and will make a post about its complaints too next week.
@ed: yes, the iphone its not the best gadget, try searching another phone better.
@paul: thnks fr ur nice review and fr sharing it with other people!!! i think the same as u, i only bought the iphone cause its cool, and because its 8gb for music with built-in speakers (Cause the itouch doesnt have speakers)
@foundwaiting: theres an external iphone battery, witch let charge your iphone 3 times again.
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Bev
Posted: Nov 24th, 2007 at 12:52 am11Reply to this comment.Just got my iphone…I will be taking it back. The sound
is bad,and its difficult to pick up messages. It takes too
much time to download a message; so if you missed a call..
too much button pushing to hear the message. Its more of
a play toy; not for business. If you watch the instructions
you can see its really for people who want to play with
pictures. I’m disappointed to say the least. My other
phone is disconnected; so I am pretty much out of business
until I return the phone, buy a new one, and change my
plan. Did I mention you can’t hear the ringer, the sound
adjustment is difficult to use, and doesn’t seem to work.
If you want a toy, buy it…it you need a phone for
business; my suggestion is to pass. -
Dave
Posted: Nov 27th, 2007 at 1:24 pm12Reply to this comment.My first apple product is an iphone. worked two days then no power. exchanged it for a new one, lasted 1 day. now i want my money back, however apple wants to charge me a restocking fee. Let me put this another way.
I HAVEN’T HAD A WORKING PHONE IN A WEEK!
APPLE WILL GET MORE MONEY OUT OF ME FOR GIVING THEM THEIR BROKEN PHONE BACK!
Let’s recap, I leave the store without a phone and $40 out of pocket and lost time online and driving and work hours(since this is my work phone)
So no matter what happens with apple products you are stuck with them like it or not! -
todd
Posted: Nov 27th, 2007 at 3:28 pm13Reply to this comment.How did the idiots at crapple forget to allow text messages to be sent to multiple recipients or allow forwarding? I think a go phone from walmart can do that!
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jasmine
Posted: Dec 1st, 2007 at 5:35 pm14Reply to this comment.i bought this iphone yesterday, spent a ton of money on it and i cant even turn it on only certain computers can. they said it will be a 10% penalty if i returned it
but i will gladly pay that to get something that works. i have already called all my freinds that were considering getting it and told them not to i have owned a total of four phones and all of them were better than this -
AVERY
Posted: Dec 12th, 2007 at 12:02 am15Reply to this comment.i bought the iphone 2 days ago and returned it for a razr v9. the iphone is beautiful,however, the beautiful headset only last a fraction of the time stated in the manual. this headset cannot be used to place calls. bottom line, this iphone is really an ipod with some phone capabilities. calling it an iphone is not correct, this device should be called and ipod with some phone functions, anyone desiring an ipod would fall in love deeply, anyone who wishes to have a phone will be left completley dissatisfied, the voice dial features are nonexistent. the iphone is really a music device. i would reccomend to apple that us old folks don’t care about all the music stuff. desing an iphone for talkers only,… with pics and weather for us old folks…then sales would rise…have multiple versions of this phone.
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BiGdiCkMan
Posted: Dec 15th, 2007 at 1:57 am16Reply to this comment.The ipHONE is the Best phone ever .. yea it has problems but what phone doesnt
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spyro
Posted: Dec 17th, 2007 at 10:54 pm17Reply to this comment.apple was smart to make it look good when i first saw it i thought it was the best phone i ever saw. but its not it only looks GREAT but once you use it many complaints
thanks guys for warning me i was about to buy it..!!
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kid 2000
Posted: Dec 20th, 2007 at 4:11 pm18Reply to this comment.The Iphone is a great phone, but as you have read it does have some draw backs. The thing i hate the most about the iphone is when you put the unit up to your ear to talk the “mute”, “hold”, “keypad” icons are all there and they are sensitive as well. So, if you are talking to some one you can either put them on hold, mute them, or end the call without even knowing it with your cheek.
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lisa
Posted: Dec 28th, 2007 at 8:34 pm19Reply to this comment.I visited my local AT&T store this afternoon, anxious & excited to purchase an iPhone! I’ve wanted one for quite some time & having recently gotten holiday money, I was going! I was quickly disappointed!
My employment with the city of New York makes me eligible for a discount up to 20% on my monthly service. Being a city employee, this surely helps a lot. I was surprised to find out that if I purchased my new iPhone, the monthly usage discount (called ‘FAN’ in the store) would no longer apply. This did not make sense to me since I wasn’t looking for a discount on the purchase. I just wanted to maintain my monthly discount.
I called AT&T after coming back to my office & they confirmed that there is a deal with Apple & AT&T. Corporate discounts are null & void with the purchase of an iPhone.
I have to say how upsetting & appalled I am at this. I currently own a Blackberry – for personal use. I pay up to $80-$100 a month (inclusive of my current corporate discount). I think it is horrible to rob many of a much needed monthly usage discount. These phones are flying off the shelves. Many buying them this holiday season were municipal employees like me. There are many who purchased an iPhone in my company that would NOT have, had they known @ the voided discount. I will now be sure the tell them. Hopefully the 14 day period will not have passed & they can get a refund.
Today, AT&T/Apple lost $463.00 CASH + $960 a year in usage. They may now lose me as a customer all together.
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iPhone Lover
Posted: Feb 2nd, 2008 at 7:41 pm20Reply to this comment.I love my iPhone, but its Safari web browser *cannot* remember passwords. (It can only remember passwords stored in cookies.)
Although the web browsing experience on the iPhone is by far the best I’ve seen on any phone, this is my one major complaint. It is a royal pain always to have to re-type my passwords into Safari.
If anyone knows of a work-around, please comment.
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donald
Posted: Mar 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pm21Reply to this comment.I just met a few people at a convention and they helped
me fix my iphone (hotmail)and download problems!call Tom or Bill at (512) 894-0453 (713) 863-8564
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Larry
Posted: Mar 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pm22Reply to this comment.I filled out all of the right paperwork to get my rebate for purchase, waited for weeks, then received a Visa money card in the mail. Call the number to activate. Simple, right? Wrong! I inputed the card number and the last four digits of the cel number, wouldn;t activate. Keep tryting No good. Called the phone number on the back. Got sent into computer hell as I was repeatedly asked to input card number and last four phone digits. Still nothing. No live person to help. Anyone else with this problem? I’m pissed!
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user
Posted: May 2nd, 2008 at 6:38 am23Reply to this comment.it does not support 3g calls
it has just one cam
it does not have a GPRS
the enternal speaker is too law so I have to use the earphone all the time
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