25 Things Wrong With the iPhone

-can’t set alarm ringer volume…it depends on what ring style you currently have selected. If the phone is on vibrate, alarm will vibrate.
-can’t sync calendar items back to iCal in different calendars…have to pick 1.
-to do’s in iCal do not sync..everything is seen as an “event”
-the period on the keyboard is hard to get to.

1. Can’t copy & paste text.
AGREE

2. Except for the first and last SMS messages in a session, iPhone text messages lack timestamps.
Isn’t this a limitation of all SMS messages regardless of phone?

3. iPhone’s Safari browser does not support Java or Flash, so you can’t watch videos or see parts of certain websites.
AGREE

4. The on-screen keyboard can’t be used in landscape mode in applications other than Safari.
AGREE - this should have been default behavior for ALL applications on the iPhone

5. Vibrate mode for incoming text messages is weak.
Don’t see this as a problem

6. Incoming text messages appear word-for-word on the screen, which may be a privacy issue for some.
You’ll have to explain that one better

7. No Undo function for when you’ve accidentally erased or mistyped text.
AGREE

8. Scroll bars don’t appear in text fields in the browser, and there are no arrow keys to maneuver through text.
Not sure I understand this one

9. Can’t save usernames and passwords in Safari.
Nice to have

10. The YouTube app does not allow you to view or post comments on videos.
Nice to have

11. Can’t download or save Word or PDF documents. Why not add a My Documents folder for saving important files?
AGREE

12. No spell check feature for web forms.
I thought this was sort of handled with the predictive text, but maybe I am wrong

13. Can’t send more than one image in an email.
AGREE

14. Photos can’t be edited or removed directly from the iPhone. You have to edit photos on your computer and then resync them.
And I can’t select pictures attached to emails or viewing in Safari to be saved in my Photo library.

15. The iPhone lacks a Find function for sorting through contacts, e-mails, calendar appointments and notes.
AGREE

16. Can’t update your Facebook status via iPhone’s Safari browser. Facebook is a fast-growing social network, so I’m sure this is a real bummer for a lot of people.
Not sure about this one

17. No mass edit feature for handling calendar items, notes and e-mails.
AGREE

18. Can’t search within web pages in the browser.
AGREE

19. Its 3-day, expensive battery replacement plan.
I don’t see this as a problem. I have a first generation iPod that still runs like a champ

20. Can’t highlight text.
AGREE - need this for Cut/Copy/Paste to work

21. Limited ringtones. Can’t set songs as ringtones.
AGREE

22. Difficult to rewind and fast-forward through long audio and video files (like audiobooks and TV shows or movies).
I didn’t find this to be a problem

23. No AIM or iChat application.
AGREE

24. One too many steps to dial a contact.
Would love to have 1-touch dialing, voice dialing, and the recent feature to have “dialed” in addition to “all” and “missed”

25. Headphone jack is incompatible with non-Apple headphones.
AGREE, and I think Apple should provide an adapter as part of the kit.

Here are some others:

- Let me configure my own keyboard. QWERTY is good, but should I have to switch between keyboards?

- Update the camera application. Point and shoot is less basic than my Motorola phone

- Speed dial, voice dial, please!!!

- Flash and Java, purdy please!!!

- How about some office applications?

- Video out (universal port to DVI or something!)

- Make the Google Maps application Bluetooth GPS receiver aware — better yet, put a darn SiRF GPS chip in the next revision

Scott, thanks for your comment. All the cell phones I’ve owned in the past have displayed the time that each individual text message was received.

What I meant about the text messages appearing on the screen is this: say you’re showing someone your phone, and you receive a message that you’d rather remained private, the person using your phone will see the content of the message pop up on the screen. I think you should be allowed the option to be alerted when you receive a text message but not have the content of the message display on the screen.

About the text fields, take the comment box on my site for example. Once you write a long message, a scroll bar appears on the screen letting you maneuver up and down through your text, right? Well Safari on the iPhone doesn’t display a scroll bar, so the only way to scroll is to use the magnifying glass, which is very hard to do.

I’d love to see voice dialing (safer for driving) and the iPhone’s camera could use some work, I agree.

Matt, I’ve heard the complaint about the period. I agree, it really should be more accessible, rather than making you switch to the number keys view.

buy a blackberry for a phone then an Ipod 60g for music?

Can’t use I-pod as hard drive storage device unlike regular I-Pods (only available function is to synch automatically - when you have only 8gbs and lots more music that is a downside).

2. it shows them periodically. im not sure of the interval but it is definitely first and last.

16. tried to update the facebook status myself. it was a fairly important status change but honestly people it’s not that big of a deal. a correct complaint would have been “has problems with the following javascript function” etc…not the facebook doesnt work for me wa wa wa. really, come on people.

23. i completely agree. not providing ichat is egregious but i do believe it will come soon

these are my grips. the others really (for me at least) akin to “i dont like the color of the headphones”

I heard we cant send files(ringtones, mp3’s, images) via bluetooth to other devices. Is it true?

I agree with point #14 Unable to edit photos except on computer.
However, this is an amazing device!! It has abilities that are revolutionary on a phone or any other handheld gadget.
The only complaint that I have is not meantioned here, which is the sound quality.
The sound quality of the phone as well as the external speaker is lacking. This is suprising for an “iPod” included device.
I compared the speaker quality to my other phone (Rzr) and the Razer was far superior.
Put better audio quality on this device and the rest of the commetns are irrelevent!
Iphon gets a 9 out of 10 from me…. 1 point off for audio.

No GPS for tracking and turn to turn directions.

You can’t change the sound notifications for your email/voice mail,etc.Its just on or off, very bad. And unless you’re in a totally quiet room you can hardly hear the notifications.

It isn’t the loudest ringing phone in the world, that’s for sure. While on the phone I can hardly hear the other party, even with the phone volume all the way up.

Also I think it’d be great if you could download iTunes stuff directly from the phone rather than having to plug it in and sync.

I think this list is absolutely and obsurd. The iPhone is not a miniature computer. Half of the problems you describe are things that Microsoft Word supplies, not a phone. Step 15 and 24 are the only clearly plausible advancements they could make on the iPhone. Everything else you ask for is absurd.
I mean seriously, “I can’t update my Facebook STATUS.” Who cares?

Anonymous friend, maybe you’d be surprised to know that there are viewpoints out there other than your own.

Over 11 million people use Facebook, most of whom are probably in the market for an iPhone. I’m sure they care.

I care.

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One very important missing function is the ability to sync notes. I keep all my info in notes and now face having to retype them.

I particularly agree with your number 1 - a cut and paste and save option would be excellent.

I would like to know the overall function of the Iphone I read several reviews that state that the Iphone was very buggy on the phone function and had several other simple issues that would make the iphone not as good as let’s say a treo

can’t delete single number from recent calls with out deleting all recent calls, this is a huge problem for me and alot of other normal men, WTF

Let me first say that I love the IPhone even with its flaws. I bought the device with full understanding of some of its limitations…I had a Blackberry 8800 and I never even used half the stuff on it…so to me the IPhone does exactly what I want it to do…it just does it in a very cool package.

Now my one comment would be that it would have been nice if Apple would have let people know about what to do when the phone locks up…as mine did a few days ago, without having to go to the website to find out. Oh…by the way if this happens simply press the home key and the on/off key at the same time for 10 seconds…the phone will reboot. That little bit of info should have been in the box with the instructions.

Russ, my iPhone has weirded out on me a couple times also. Just now I tried pressing the home button and off button simultaneously and the effect was no different than just pressing the off button alone.

In this case it just prompts me to “Slide to power off.”

So, you people all paid $600 for a phone and there are some very basic functions that it cannot preform?? The phone that I got for free with my service contract even has voice dial and speed dial. WTF?

Scott you’re right, the phone is missing some key features. But I think the reason people are willing to pay a premium for iPhone is because of HOW it does what it does, and not so much because of WHAT it actually does, though that’s important too.

-EDGE is incredibly slow for its internet service. 3G would have been way faster. For $600 you could at least have updated internet capabilities.

-iPhone lacks features that cheaper phones have: sending picture messages, removable batteries, video camera, as stated before, no instant messaging.

-My girlfriend bought one and is now returning it; it really sucks that apple hyped this phone up and practically screwed thousands of people who dislike the phone and now have 2year contracts with ATT&T. Bummer, but im very glad I read reviews before buying one my self-who is/was a big apple fan.

1)Needs a back button to return to previous screen.
2)Can’t save a photo from a website or an email.
3)Can’t send an attachment with email (except a single photo, but it has to be initiated from the photo!)
4)Needs a period and comma on the main keyboard!
5)The entire system should work in landscape mode if desired.
6)The calendars should be color-coded and be in catagories as they are in iCal.
7)Tasks, memos, and to do lists should be included as they are in iCal (and Outlook).
8)There should be a removable memory card!
9)It should sync via Bluetooth also.
10)You should be able to select a “home” page for Safari instead of it always opening the last page you visited and the option of not always opening another window (so that you don’t end up with too many windows open at one time, and then having to manually close them).

Hi all,
I’m in India. Apple hasn’t launched iPhone here as they’re not getting the service providers. I’d asked my friend in US to buy one for me and we can crack the code here!! Just to know, do u have a slot for inserting the SIM card in it or it works as CDMA thing?
And if iPhone has so many bugs, I need to think again to spend $600!!!

I don’t own an iphone, but I was turned off by the fact that the camera does not have a flash, does not edit, or record. so, if you want to take a picture, it has to be in the daytime, perfectly still.

im suprised you didn’t remark on the iphone’s in ability to buy songs and videos directly off itunes

In response to Madhur the iphone has an already implanted SIM card and from what I’ve heard it is possible to acess it, though not an easy task.
“On the top of the unit is the SIM tray (each unit comes pre-packaged with an AT&T SIM already inserted), which pops out by depressing an internal switch with a paperclip”
-engadget.com

The iphone has a lot of flaws but people like to point out flaws whenever a new product is released. The iphone has flaws, but so does every other phone on the market and I highly recomend it

Will, I forgot to add to my list the fact that iPhone can’t directly download iTunes media, though I did comment about it above.

cannot send mass text messages!

I agree with all the comments. A couple of the main things are
the flash player, camera toys, ring tones, e-mail attachments.
The list goes on. I hope an up grade resolves some stuff.

mass texting is important…it can’t do that?

Good list. I have some more to add:
1. Bluetooth is always on/discoverable - I am sick of every device wanting to connect. Once I connect my device, I should be able to turn off discovery & be able to use my connected devices (like I could in my old PDA phone).
2. I would like to customize the desktop WITHOUT hacking it!
3. There is no Picture or video messaging!! This is a REAL pain. Even cheap $29 phones have this!
4. The camera does not zoom, and there is no video capability.
5. Missing the accent symbol (some names do use it!)
6. Some screens need back buttons, not exit, but back.
7. Some items need single deletions, not ALL.
8. Cannot send multi-receipent text messages.
9. The sync of pictures is horrible. All pictures have to be in the same directory that you want on the phone. You should be able to select pictures from multiple locations.
10. Cannot individually delete music either (you covered pictures).
11. No games - only available via Internet (does not help when flying, or no service is available!!!)

Just discovered a trick for navigating a text area without the scrollbars.

Just drag inside the text area with 2 fingers!

I am using the wing from T-Mobile. and have kicked myself for not waiting for the iphone. the wing does have a stylis that I like. when playing with the iphone this would have been handy. I kept hitting multiple keys with my fingers. in spite of some listed flaws I want it now or it’s next generation.

Unable to connect to SMTP servers that use self signed SSL certificates to send emails from Apple Mail. Though reading IMAP with Self signed certificates is ok.

1. Can’t copy & paste text.
-This can be very handy in some situations.

2. Except for the first and last SMS messages in a session, iPhone text messages lack timestamps.
-Yeah this is a slight problem, not a huge deal though.

3. iPhone’s Safari browser does not support Java or Flash, so you can’t watch videos or see parts of certain websites.
-This is supposed to be on it’s way.

4. The on-screen keyboard can’t be used in landscape mode in applications other than Safari.
-This needs to work in the txt messaging

5. Vibrate mode for incoming text messages is weak.
-The sounds all together for VM, txt messages,etc are weak! Could we please have the ability to change what sound is played when we get a txt or a VM?????

6. Incoming text messages appear word-for-word on the screen upon receiving them, which may be a privacy issue for some.
-Yes this is a huge flaw in the design! This happened to me. Nothing personal, but I don’t want ppl seeing my txt (and everyone wants to see my phone)

7. No Undo function for when you’ve accidentally erased or mistyped text.
-Hmmm isn’t that what the auto correct feature is for (which i must say works GREAT)? And with no copy fucntion you couldn’t select a large amount of text my mistake and accidentally delte it. Don’t understand your complaint here.

8. Scroll bars don’t appear in text fields in the browser, and there are no arrow keys to maneuver through text.
-Yeah this needs to be fixed.

9. Can’t save usernames and passwords in Safari.
-Don’t matter to me.

10. The YouTube app does not allow you to view or post comments on videos.
-WTF cares about this? Some of your points are sort of petty!

11. Can’t download or save Word or PDF documents. Why not add a My Documents folder for saving important files?
-Yeah they need a way to d/l and save files.

12. No spell check feature for web forms.
-Are you that bad of a speller? But yeah their auto correct should work universally throughout the phone.

13. Can’t send more than one image in an email.
-have not played with this yet?

14. Photos can’t be edited or removed directly from the iPhone. You have to edit photos on your computer and then resync them.
-The iPhone display is beautiful! But really what type of editing are you going to do on the phone? Give me a break!

15. The iPhone lacks a Find function for sorting through contacts, e-mails, calendar appointments and notes.
-Yeah can we get something like spotlight.

16. Can’t update your Facebook status via iPhone’s Safari browser. Facebook is a fast-growing social network, so I’m sure this is a real bummer for a lot of people.
-You are kidding me, you are complaing about this???? Get Real!

17. No mass edit feature for handling calendar items, notes and e-mails.
-Not an issue for me.

18. Can’t search within web pages in the browser.
-This would be usefull.

19. Its 3-day, expensive battery replacement plan.
-Yeah, why not just do it like all other cell phones. We are smart enough to replace our own batteries.

20. Can’t highlight text.
-Goes back to copy/paste function.

21. Limited ringtones. Can’t set songs as ringtones.
-You have possible ringtones at your fingertips in the iPod, but can’t assign them. Thats weak. I want to see this with an option to “crop” a song down to like a 5 -10 sec clip so you could assign just a part of the song.

22. Difficult to rewind and fast-forward through long audio and video files (like audiobooks and TV shows or movies).
-havent found this to be a problem.

23. No AIM or iChat application.
-doesn’t matter for me.

24. One too many steps to dial a contact.
- There are only two steps. My old phone had about the same. (But where is voice dial!!!!????

25. Headphone jack is incompatible with non-Apple headphones.
-other companies will make headphones for the iPhone i’m sure.

iphone sux cant do anything it dosent have gadu-gadu

cant replace the battery
cant add memory
cant send any pix/filx mesg or recive

cant multi text (mass text)

meaning i can’t message all my friends with an event invite easily.. i have to send hte message several times , plus it breaks super easy..

Boy, life is sure hard, isn’t it?

they should figure out something to allow phone call interrupting EDGE sessions on web/email, since you cannot have both simultaneously.

for instance, if you are at the airport or some other place checking emails or surfing the web, people calling in at that moment go straight to voicemail. you have no record of a missed call; you only know that someone called IF they decided to leave a voicemail.

that’s pretty bad in my opinion. i mean my Samsung D807 operates on GPRS and when using media net, if you get an incoming call it prompts you and allows to to accept or reject. it’s annoying that the iphone can’t do the same thing — i pretty much avoid using web or email when i’m out in case i get an important call.

other things i hate about my iphone
1. cant forward text messages
2. cant resend text messages
3. cant send text message to multiple contacts
4. EDGe too slow

iphone can’t read email in landscape mode

I heard that we cant disable the voicemail system in the iphone. If your phone rings four times, then the call will be directed to voicemail or even when i ignore a call, then it will be directed to voicemail. If I want to disable this feature, then is it possible?

6. Incoming text messages appear word-for-word on the screen upon receiving them, which may be a privacy issue for some.

in settings you can choose how many lines to be displayed, and NONE is an option

You can change that..There is a trick for removing that

Can’t disable auto correct (spell check). It is a very nice feature, as long as the text you’re typing is English. Having to text a lot on a different language, the auto correct feature is extremely annoying - slows you down - as it pops up for almost every single word you type.

I agree with the part you wrote, but also some people mentioned: NO MASS TEXT MESSAGES. And NO FORWARDING TEXT MESSAGES! Cannot purchase ringtones, all you can do is pay $0.99 to make a ringtone in iTunes however it must be a song that is purchased through iTunes, and one that is actually compatible.

VERY IMPORTANT: I NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMENTED ON HAVING TO SWITCH KEYBOARDS TO GET TO THE PERIOD.

HIT THE SPACE BAR TWICE. IT WILL INSERT A PERIOD FOLLOWED BY A SPACE!

=)

Calculator needs a backspace. Have to start all over when you press the wrong button. Very frustrating.

id doesn’t record videos

I think apple should set the auto-correct on the keyboard the opposite way, when you are writing, it brings up the suggestion and if you like that suggestion then you tap on X and the system complete it, if you dont like that the just keep writing.

Emails should save a copy in the iphone, at least the last 15 or 25 so if you have to read a email againg it opens it faster since you already opened before, every time i want to re-open an email it takes its time.

My Iphones ringer is soo weak that I miss calls all the time.

You need to be within 2 ft of it to hear it at its highest setting.

My girlfriends Casio can be heard in the net state.

She makes fun of my expensive phone that cant be heard

I am absolutely befuddle with such a pedantic phone. In other words… I think they left out a good chunk of stuff.

Word is as we can all search and see is that there is a major update scheduled for Feb. of 2008.

This will mainly focus on a search app for the widget section that will help users find stuff quicker… well that doesnt seem to be a problem for me. Quickness may be key in a specific situation but I could care less if I have a find app… I know where everything is… I put it there!

My biggest complaint about the theirPHONE is it’s OS design and flaws from text to video to java and flash.

It is already the future and the web master community knows how important it is to support for flash… um… like many of the videos on the web that are to be played using quicktime… the same app on the Apple website… Now, you can view the videos on the apple website sure… but not all quicktime videos on the web.

This can be explained by something as small as time restraints, smooth and seamless use, and programming. Apple didn’t want all these apps cluttering up the initial release JUST IN CASE the phone had major unseen problems.
Now they can sit back without deadlines and write specific code to improve what is there already. Plus adding those softwares choices to the first release will significantly slow things down from web browsing to downloading via itunes, to even your ipod videos…

Stupid reason to with hold what we want but a smart choice nonetheless.

Now, I am a booking agent/promoter/musician in a fast past market with gigs and dates and deadlines and people to inform and day to day hour to hour tasks that must be dealt with or else I lose a lot.

What do I want for Crimmus? FREAKING MASS TEXT!!!

I have 11 associates who I continuously need to text the same message. Lame!
And who has email attached to their ars!?

Besides me.

Peace cats

The worst cellphone I have ever used……….Blackberry is much good rich of function esay to share files by bluetooth not like iphone >>>…..I can’t imagine how Apple invent this shit

When adding a physical address (i.e. 1313 Mockingbird Lane), iPhone defaults to the keyboard rather than the numeric keyboard. It doesn’t make sense because you type the number into the address line first, not the name of the street.

The thing I noticed about some of the complaints is that some of these are problems with other phones too. I think there is about a 50/50 chance of getting a phone that does not leave a time or date stamp on text messages anymore. That’s what I’ve noticed with the phones that I have had. Same with the lack of backspace option on the calculators. Although this is really making me rethink getting an iPhone. I may stick with my N95 or get a Palm Treo when it’s time for a new phone.

Can’t empty trash in mail other than individually deleting each email one by one.

I agree with most of your points. Thanks for making this list. Texting to multiple people is a big one for me. There are third party apps for that now. I’m sure there will be more third party apps and apple updates to address most of these issues.

Other points like video cam and external HD function are nice to have, but the bottom line is- it’s a phone!

If nobody likes their iPhone, sell it!!!
Too many complaints, do your research before you buy a next generation phone.
I think this phone is great!! Peace out : )

You sould email this to apple most of these changes would be very helpful.

I am happy that I found this website. I almost went and bought an iPhone a couple of weeks ago but when I was talking to the representative about the features, it just seemed a better idea to wait first. But now after reading all of these helpful reviews, I believe I’m going to decline on the iPhone. Thanks for helping with the decision.

I cannot receive photos texted to me directly in a text message. The go-online deal almost always doesn’t work. I want to see the photos now, not have to go online sometime, and then be unsuccessful at that.

thanks for listening….you’ve got a good list going…

* Can’t delete all text messages, have to delete them one at a time.

* Can’t delete a single text message alone from a “conversation”. i.e. if you have 10 text messages from the same person, you can not delete one, you must delete them all.

* No Quicknotes, a way of inserting commonly used text into emails or text messages. My favorite one that I miss is “Starbucks?” that I use to send to some friends all the time.

* No way to create folders and move photos from the camera roll through the phone. Perhaps that is possible through iTunes, don’t know. Should be accessible through the phone.

* No voice recorder.

I have a jailbroken iphone I bought in the US and brought to Spain. I really love it, the interface, the keyboard, the browser…For the most part things are going smoothly except:

1. No 3G. In Spain, there aren’t a lot of places with Wi-Fi.

2. My computer thinks the iphone is a camera, and it won’t sync with itunes.

3. Even if you turn off key click sounds, it still makes a sound when you dial.

4. The suggestions when writing text ARE annoying, especially when I am witing in Spanish! (As for the period, though, if you hit Space twice, it inserts a period)

5. I like my calls organized: incoming, outgoing, missed; not all together.

6. I think all functions should be usable in the panoramic mode. It’s really cool, and it would make typing easier.

7. The battery problem: Is it possible to replace the battery yourself like on ipods?

8. Yes, being able to have text messages time-stamped, and being able to delete just one out of a conversation would be nice…

iphone should have a software that supports television like sprint(they use java)

Having to delete each email in trash is a major annoyance and waste of time.
I’ve had it with all the shortcomings. I’m switching to a blackberry.

It would be nice to have a comprehensive manual come with the phone, rather than hoving to hunt it down on the Internet. For a $600 phone, a $1.50 manual shouldn’t be that big of a deal, should it?

It’s not shock proof, my sister dropped it and it took a month and a half for her to get a new

Don’t forget to update # 34! otherwise i agree with everything

Thanks, Collin! It’s been updated.

you cannot receive picture/video text messages or messages that contain sound

First, let me put this review into perspective by saying I am used to a RAZR, which provides bluetooth and speech recognition capabilities that I am heavily dependent upon.

First, I have given up my home phone in favor of being all cell. This has caused me to go running around the house looking for my phone when it rings. To solve this problem, I purchased a Panasonic KX-TH1111. This system consists of a base unit that pairs with my cell phone (and my husband’s as well), and allows me to answer and make cell calls from the three cordless satellite handsets that are attached to the KX-TH111. I merely place my RAZR next to the Panasonic base unit and push a button to link them via Bluetooth. Meanwhile, my car, an Acura TL, has a hands-free bluetooth link to the stereo system speakers. My phone connects seamlessly to the car’s handsfree system when I insert the key into the ignition.
The iPhone tries to work with the Panasonic, but really doesn’t. I can’t answer incoming calls on the Panasonic handsets, and when I initiate a call from a Panasonic handset, it automatically transfers to the iPhone after a few seconds and disconnects the Panasonic handset. And now the iPhone doesn’t seem to want to pair with my car any more.

After some research. I have discovered that I am not the only iPhone customer having trouble in an Acura, and the kind folks at the Apple store have assured me that they too hope this problem will soon be fixed, as it seems to have been introduced in a recent software upgrade.

Meanwhile, Panasonic has announced a new version of their bluetooth-linked phone, model KX-TH1211. I am holding my breath hoping that it will work with my iPhone.

Oh yes, the speech recognition. My Verizon RAZR was able to recognize commands like “Call Don”, where the name was NOT recorded, but just typed in as a contacts entry. This feature was a great boon to me before the Acura handsfree feature. It is actually a perfect match for a bluetooth earpiece; just push the button on your ear and speak the name without taking your eyes off the road. I note that the AT&T version of the RAZR does not have this really handy feature, nor does the iPhone.

So, I’m trying to make myself happy by looking at my pictures and listening to my music on the iPhone. I’d rather have the great telephone features offered by Verizon on their RAZR.

Lack of ability to change sound for calendar (or even duration of it!).

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Cannot have a ringtone for an incoming text message. You have to use their selected sounds for incoming text messages.

If i’m not wrong, you cant do file transfer via Bluetooth, can’t send or receive MMS and the worst one is that it does not have a video cam… I hope that apple will add these functions into the next iPhone update cos its really heartpain to see such a cool phone to be turned into this…

I just read some place that apple and microsoft have an agreement to allow Microsoft applications to be used on the i phone starting in june. anyone know anything more about it? I hope it’s just a software update that we can download to our current phones

Jennifer, from what I understand Microsoft plans to build Office applications using the iPhone software development kit that’s going to be released in June.

As far as I know, it’s not any kind of special arrangement between Microsoft and Apple (someone correct me if I’m wrong).

if you run your finger over the text you typed it will display a magnafine glass and let you drop the curser where you want to fix your text!

Great list! What about this! My battery went dead the other day and I was not near a charger so I tried to call for my voice mails from another phone. I couldn’t figure out how to do it, so I contacted AT&T and they told me that is not an option with the iphone! Even with my first phone in the dark ages I could call and get my voice mail from another phone.

Actually there is a setting for making texts not appear on main screen word for word. Also I can save username/ passwords in safari. iPhone is the shit as far as im concerned. Camera does suck though… No biggy.

I would like it on a calendar event you could set an Alarm instead of Alert. The alert is just not loud enough. The alarm is load keeps going until you acknowledge it. On important meetings I have to set an calendar event & then also set up a seperate alarm.

Am facing some problem with the volume during a conversation . Though i have set the vol to its max during the call, the voice is ery feable . Any idea what wrong . And also when i go to my i pod it automatically goes into the cover flow mode . how do i prevent that from happening .

Browsed but didn’t see any comments about the fact that you CAN’T ERASE MULTIPLE EMAILS AT ONCE! YOU HAVE TO SELECT AND DELETE INDIVIDUALLY! Drives me nuts! Such a waste of time!

There are solutions for many problems you mention here (f.ex. the auto correction: just install the fix called KB and bang you can enable and disable it, or the ringtones: just install iphoneringtonemaker and bang you can use any mp3 as a ringtone. Wanna send MMS? Just install SwirlyMMS and you can send and receive MMS in no time..) Most of the fixes are on the phone itself via installer it doesn1t require much time to install them. The iPhone is an incredible piece of device, in my opinion its one of the best phones on the market. PDA phones have so many problems, they are slow, they freeze, iPhone doesn’t. Everything you do with it just feels amazing. It’s easy to use and it’s pure quality. Apple improves iPhone pretty often, and very soon a new iPhone will come out in which you will find everything that you missed so far. I’m using iPhone for almost half a year now, and I never seen such an amazing phone in my life before. Even if I found some bugs on it, I was able to find a fix for them on the device itself through WiFi and Installer…it’s amazing how many apps you can find for it without searching the net and installing them through activesync or through other methods. Be little more patient and you’ll get an even better iPhone soon…you’ll see.

You can scroll inside boxes on websites. Use two fingers instead of one and it will scroll inside the box instead of the page.

Text message alarm can’t be set to repeat (so that it can act like a pager)

Can’t foward text messages.

Yes, you can forward teyt messages..install WeTool

How do I change the settings for the texts not to show word for word on the main screen?

Hi Judy, you can’t turn off the SMS Preview feature on the iPhone. That’s a big complaint I’ve had for a while, since that is a privacy concern for a lot of people.

I discovered a sort-of workaround which requires that you put a passcode lock on your iPhone, but it’s not a very reliable solution.

If you have a Jailbroken iPhone you can turn off SMS preview using the Caterpillar app, but it requires a paid subscription.

Thank you for the many comments. I’ve readdressed these issues in a new article: 25 Things STILL Wrong With the iPhone (a Year Later). I hope you’ll add your comments there, too.

My iPhones vibrate button broke off and we went to the apple store and they said they won’t replace it and I said what about the LIMITED warranty
they said since it was under LIMITED warranty they can’t do anything unless we pay a $200.00 fee for them to fix it.Its there fualt that the button just broke off so now I have no ring . So now I miss about 90 % of my calls
Now u tell me who’s getting treated fairly

Yes and half of my touchscreen is not working. Grrrrr even don’t have warranty cause I’m not with the killing mobile plans.

PATHETIC!!! in some countries (like Argentina) ANI (areacode) is identified begining with or without CERO. iPhone retrieve areacode WITH cero in sms but WITHOUT cero in phone calls so: the name of your contact will be displayed in phone calls “” sms….not both

I hate this phone I bought this not even 5 months ago. My camera worked for the 1st week (if that) and won’t work anymore. I called iphone time and time again (hour here 2 hours there) and they don’t know what is wrong with it either I gave up Now I have a cracked screen from dropping it because it always slips out of my hands….too slippery
It also has a mind of its own when it locks out and is blank I push the button for it to light up to slide the bar and guess what? It doesn’t work it looks like it is turned off then when i put on the charger it will light up and then I can call someone before it goes off!but if the light goes off again and then locks me out again in order for me to have it light up I have to take it off the charger
When someone is calling it doesn’t even let me know who is calling nor can I slide the bar to answer
I HATE THIS PHONE AND NEVER WILL BUY ANOTHER ONE I’M GOING BACK TO BLACKBERRY!!!!!at least they have more features!!!

Cut and Paste is the number one thing?
Can your phone cut and paste? Can your phone play flash videos on the net?
Overall after pointing out every little thing thats wrong with the iPhone, it’s still an amazing phone.