QandAs: Tech

Should I buy an iPhone?

Answer:
I would say if you have $600 to blow on an extremely

fragile less than adequate mini-computer then go right ahead. In all actuality the phone is cool, as cool as any other cell phone on the market but having owned one for almost a month now it is not worth the money.

The address book, calender and ipod functionality are very cool. On the other hand, the safari browser has bugs. More specifically, my browser likes to close itself automatically if a page is too big for it to download. The safari browser only supports java script, this means it's not compatible with anything. The mail client blows, it may be the worse mobile mail client I've ever encountered.

Lets see, the camera doesn't have zoom and the quality is on par with other phones. The youtube feature is dumb, stocks = OK, weather = OK, clock = dumb, notepad = cool and the calculator is good if your 5 years old.

I like the map feature, the ipod and the calendar all of which don't make this phone worth $600. Oh, I forgot to mention this thing is really made out of balsa wood and paper mache. I'm not sure how much this "unendorsed" stress test cost but it's obviouse the phone he's dropping isn't the same model as the production line. The production phone would have some serious damage. My phone took a slight tumble and the screen cracked. It cracked like it was fine china all the way across the middle of the phone. I've dropped, stepped on and kicked Motorolas, and LGs and they never took an ass kicking like this slight misstep.

So should you buy an iphone? Only if you win $600 in a scratcher and have nothing better to do with it. I'd wait until they get more durable, more flexible and less expensive. I called Apple and let them know I was disappointed in the durability of the iphone and they sure were sad that I felt this way but was willing to give me a new iphone for $249. I think I'll see how long this phone lasts, if it craps out I will likely go back to my old LG V .