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I am thinking about getting an iPhone⦠what are the pros and cons?
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I LOVE my iPhone. I had the very first one, and now I have the newest iPhone 3GS. I highly recommend it.
APPS
There are thousands of applications for everything and anything. I split my iPhone into sections too because I have so many apps. I have my games ones, which a lot of them you can play online against complete strangers, or with your friends next to you in person, or with your friends over wi-fi, my school apps, which has the periodic table, language translator, Chinese words, flash cards, homework reminder, a planner, my news apps, music apps, etc. They seriously have an application for everything you can think of, even some sort of pointless but still addictive ones like how fast you can roll up toilet paper. And if you have a super specific app in mind that they don't have (which is sometimes hard to believe with all of the ones they have already), you can always make it yourself or there are hundreds of people online who ask for projects to do so they can make your app and practice their coding and stuff. Plus, there are so many companies making iPhone apps, if they don't already have one. Like they have MovieFone and Fandango, where you can check out movie times, reviews, and even order your tickets. Qdoba and PizzaHut have apps that allow you to order what you want from your iPhone. RedLaser is a cool app that allows you to scan a barcode of anything, and it'll immediately search online and show you all the prices of different sites online of that exact item you scanned.
GPS / MAPS
I've saved so many printed out pieces of paper of directions from MapQuest and GoogleMaps after buying my iPhone. It's seriously so easy to search locations or restaurants or any place online and then it telling me how to get there from my current location. Plus, if you really want to get the better talking GPS, they have apps for that (I usually switch around between the Maps it comes with and the ones that talk to you depending on where I'm going and how familiar I am with the place).
INTERNET / MAIL
It's SOOOOOOOO handy to have internet on your phone and everywhere you go, especially for checking e-mail accounts too. Like if you're a business person or even have an e-mail for colleges (which is what I'm doing right now), it's super helpful. I link multiple e-mails on my iPhone at once, and it tells you whenever you get a new e-mail. Having internet in general is just really handy, especially in today's life. I can always search stuff on the spot, whether it's for school, or even for fun.
CONS
People who don't have AT&T will say that having to switch over to AT&T is one of their cons. But really, you don't have to if you don't want to. You can definitely get an iPhone and unlock and use it with whatever carrier you choose to (Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) There are also certain specifics that some iPhone users will say they don't like about their phone, but a lot of the applications they have in the App Store fixes them. For example, the copy and paste that the iPhone comes with is very simple, you just select what you want and can copy or cut and paste it somewhere else. But then there's a 5-star app called PasteBot which enhances the regular iPhone's copy and paste a ton. The app runs in the background and saves everything you ever copy into their app, and then when you open it you can organize everything you've copied (including pictures), filter them, e-mail them, sync them, etc. Another example would be the iPhone's camera app. There are a ton of REALLY good iPhone photography apps in the App Store. A lot of them even have a self-timer, can create time-lapses, and even show a grid on the screen so if you want make sure whatever you're taking a picture of is straight or is following the photographic two-thirds rule, etc. Basically what I'm trying to get at is the main cons that do come with the iPhone's standard settings or apps, can easily be fixed by the apps.
Overall, I would just really recommend an iPhone. And you can't go wrong without it. If you have any questions, definitely let me know!
I LOVE my iPhone. I had the very first one, and now I have the newest iPhone 3GS. I highly recommend it.
APPS
There are thousands of applications for everything and anything. I split my iPhone into sections too because I have so many apps. I have my games ones, which a lot of them you can play online against complete strangers, or with your friends next to you in person, or with your friends over wi-fi, my school apps, which has the periodic table, language translator, Chinese words, flash cards, homework reminder, a planner, my news apps, music apps, etc. They seriously have an application for everything you can think of, even some sort of pointless but still addictive ones like how fast you can roll up toilet paper. And if you have a super specific app in mind that they don't have (which is sometimes hard to believe with all of the ones they have already), you can always make it yourself or there are hundreds of people online who ask for projects to do so they can make your app and practice their coding and stuff. Plus, there are so many companies making iPhone apps, if they don't already have one. Like they have MovieFone and Fandango, where you can check out movie times, reviews, and even order your tickets. Qdoba and PizzaHut have apps that allow you to order what you want from your iPhone. RedLaser is a cool app that allows you to scan a barcode of anything, and it'll immediately search online and show you all the prices of different sites online of that exact item you scanned.
GPS / MAPS
I've saved so many printed out pieces of paper of directions from MapQuest and GoogleMaps after buying my iPhone. It's seriously so easy to search locations or restaurants or any place online and then it telling me how to get there from my current location. Plus, if you really want to get the better talking GPS, they have apps for that (I usually switch around between the Maps it comes with and the ones that talk to you depending on where I'm going and how familiar I am with the place).
INTERNET / MAIL
It's SOOOOOOOO handy to have internet on your phone and everywhere you go, especially for checking e-mail accounts too. Like if you're a business person or even have an e-mail for colleges (which is what I'm doing right now), it's super helpful. I link multiple e-mails on my iPhone at once, and it tells you whenever you get a new e-mail. Having internet in general is just really handy, especially in today's life. I can always search stuff on the spot, whether it's for school, or even for fun.
CONS
People who don't have AT&T will say that having to switch over to AT&T is one of their cons. But really, you don't have to if you don't want to. You can definitely get an iPhone and unlock and use it with whatever carrier you choose to (Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) There are also certain specifics that some iPhone users will say they don't like about their phone, but a lot of the applications they have in the App Store fixes them. For example, the copy and paste that the iPhone comes with is very simple, you just select what you want and can copy or cut and paste it somewhere else. But then there's a 5-star app called PasteBot which enhances the regular iPhone's copy and paste a ton. The app runs in the background and saves everything you ever copy into their app, and then when you open it you can organize everything you've copied (including pictures), filter them, e-mail them, sync them, etc. Another example would be the iPhone's camera app. There are a ton of REALLY good iPhone photography apps in the App Store. A lot of them even have a self-timer, can create time-lapses, and even show a grid on the screen so if you want make sure whatever you're taking a picture of is straight or is following the photographic two-thirds rule, etc. Basically what I'm trying to get at is the main cons that do come with the iPhone's standard settings or apps, can easily be fixed by the apps.
Overall, I would just really recommend an iPhone. And you can't go wrong without it. If you have any questions, definitely let me know!
blackberry bold 9900 vs iphone 4s?
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for christmas, my dad said he would buy me a new phone to replace my 6 year old iphone 3G(no, not the 3GS, just 3G). so i'm stuck between the dilemma of the blackberry bold 9900 and the iphone 4s. there were mixed reviews for the iphone 4s, some horrible, some phenomenal. could you help me make some comparisons between the two phones following the criteria here?
-typing
-generally easier to use
-apps (all apps, not just games)
-games
-photography and videography.
thanks sooo much in advance, and if you would like to add to the criteria, please feel free.
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1-(typing) black berry. 2-(easier to use) Tuff one maybe....iPhone 3-(apps) tie, they both have a bunch of apps but I heard that black berry a has a bunch of more free apps. 4-(games) black berry but it's tuff 5-(photography and videography) iPhone plus you can buy a buch of apps to edit videos and pictures. Total= black berry-3 IPhone-2 but honestly there both very good if you get one and not the other you won't regret much. It also depends on ur career like black berry is better for business where iPhone is also good for business but can still offer alot for other jobs. What ever you decide you will have very little to no regrets. And yes britney 4 the win :). - Carter
1-(typing) black berry. 2-(easier to use) Tuff one maybe....iPhone 3-(apps) tie, they both have a bunch of apps but I heard that black berry a has a bunch of more free apps. 4-(games) black berry but it's tuff 5-(photography and videography) iPhone plus you can buy a buch of apps to edit videos and pictures. Total= black berry-3 IPhone-2 but honestly there both very good if you get one and not the other you won't regret much. It also depends on ur career like black berry is better for business where iPhone is also good for business but can still offer alot for other jobs. What ever you decide you will have very little to no regrets. And yes britney 4 the win :). - Carter
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