Why you should not switch to iPhone 4

The new magical iPhone 4 is here and the bitten fruit company has already sold millions. Fan boys of the fruit company claim that it is the next best thing technology can bring to you, however I have different views. I would rather suggest to stick to your iPhone 3GS and update it to IOS 4 if you have one or try an Android device.


Here are top 10 reason why you should not switch to an iPhone 4.




1. iPhone 4 is not a 4G phone: don't get confused by the name but the newest iPhone still relies on 3G connectivity. Wimax or 4G is still not widely adapted and only a couple of phones from HTC and Samsung using this technology are currently available.

2. Design Flaws: iPhone has become famous for Grip of Death. Users have reported that calls get disconnected and signal drops at the very moment you hold it in a certain way. However, the fruit company does not accept this as a flaw and advises users to "avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases". It's not about the way you use your phone but the way Mr. Jobs thinks you should.

Also, there are reports of yellow tint on the screen due to material used for bonding the iPhone glass screen. Usual reply from the fruit company is to wait until it completely dries up and goes away after few weeks of use. However, no one complains as fan boys always take a new fruit's flaw as another innovation. Steve Jobs can never be wrong!

3. No support for flash: iPhones and iPads do not supports flash because Mr. Jobs thinks that flash is useless. However, Androids does it, Symbian runs it and the new Bada plays it well. Open a webpage with flash on it and all you see is blank boxes on your newest generation iPhone as you did before.

4. No Mobile hotspot: Most of the new Android and even Samsung Wave which runs Bada can act like a Wi-Fi hotspot to share your 3G Internet with devices like your netbook. However, Fruit company thinks this is a useless feature and one should instead buy a USB data stick.

5. Video Chat: yes, you have heard that right! you may say that iPhone 4 boasts FaceTime which allows users to video chat phone-to-phone, but has major limitations. You can only use this feature on Wi-Fi and only call another iPhone 4. There are many applications for Android devices that work on 3G.

6. Bluetooth: Fruit company does not allow it's phones to make use of bluetooth to transfer files. Even the most basic phones do this.You can apparently use bluetooth on your iPhone to connect a headset only.

7. Battery: iPhone 4 is touted to have a bigger capacity battery than the previous version however, you still get only one day of battery life under normal circumstance with voice, casual Wi-Fi and 3G Internet use. And thanks to Mr. Jobs who thinks changing battery is a complex thing, you need to visit a Apple store in case you need to change the battery as it is sealed inside.

8. Storage: iPhone does not support microSD cards. You will probably say why should it have a microSD slot when you have 16 or 32 GB memory on board, but sorry you cannot use that memory as USB mass storage to store data from your computer. Others can do it easily.

9. No FM radio: Although fruit company markets its iPhone as the best music and multimedia phones around, they still do not offer a basic FM radio functionality.

10. No hardware shutter key for the camera: the newest generation iPhone does not have a camera key because Mr. Jobs thinks it is easier to take pictures with the camera user interface. Other manufacturers are dumb enough  to still include a camera key for ease of non fruit fans.