That's the thing with the iPhones. All the hype was actually lived up to, BUT

those of us evangelising were seen as being the usual Apple nutters, so there has been a bit of a backlash against any minor issue with the phone.

I also own an iMac and, while I love it for many functions, I wouldn't go on about Mac vs Windows the same way I would about iPhone vs other smartphones.

All phones have problems, and right now the iPhone (even the 3G ones) are light years ahead of still anything else being produced. Perhaps not the tech specs (for example mine is now 2 years old) and certainly not the camera, but the performance and usability has still not been surpassed.

But you don't hear as much slating of the Android and Windows handsets. Not because they are superior or more stable, but because they are simply less popular and even not Apple. The G1 and the Nexus, for example, were hideous phones. I loved the HTC Touch 2 (I also own one of those) but had it only a month before getting an iPhone and haven't turned it on since.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on August 18th 2010 at 12:34:38

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Board poll - who has an ipad? (General Chat) - shoddy, Aug 18, 10:55:18
- of course, wouldn't be without it (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Aug 18, 22:38:18
- the ladyboys will have one (General Chat) - WalterTheSofty, Aug 18, 20:34:31
- I have one and use it lots...... (General Chat) - NorfolkSteve, Aug 18, 13:41:08
  - Also, my wife is a fussy toilet user..... (General Chat) - NorfolkSteve, Aug 18, 13:43:23
    - Shall I build it for you ? iSlash ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 13:52:04
- I recently bought one (General Chat) - Ben, Aug 18, 11:13:17
  - Bloody expensive for what they are though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 11:16:29
    - depends how it fits in with your computing habits, (General Chat) - Al NCFC4life, Aug 18, 11:40:57
      - And you're single again? (General Chat) - jafski, Aug 18, 12:17:52
      - amongst the 3 years of "you should get an iphone" (General Chat) - pants, Aug 18, 12:16:26
        
        Seriously pants, I was an Apple-phobe for ages, but it's too simple to say (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:21:46
        
        I've got a Samsung at the moment... (General Chat) - Arganth, Aug 18, 12:27:28
        
        That's the thing with the iPhones. All the hype was actually lived up to, BUT (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:34:38
        
        it is just an expensive bloody phone, that is all it is. (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 18, 12:37:00
        
        ^^^ yep (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 18, 12:49:43
        
        But it isn't (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:41:28
        
        you are right it isnt just an expensive mobile phone (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 18, 12:49:04
        
        Bollocks. Where else can you get a piece of kit for only a few hundred that also (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:53:21
        
        And a vuvuzela (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:53:54
        
        And a light sabre (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:54:07
      - I have thought of many uses for it, such as your field research, IF it were (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:06:24
        
        I've got a weatherproof case for my iFoon, for running in the wet and that (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 18, 12:09:27
- had a bit of a play with one here at work (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 18, 11:07:44
- i do (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 18, 11:07:23
  - Retail Business's dream come true (General Chat) - pants, Aug 18, 11:09:58
    - Well that's of course not what they are for, but (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 11:21:34
      - I can get a cheap one for £200 (General Chat) - pants, Aug 18, 11:36:39
        
        Gold iPod. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 18, 11:43:14
        
        Ha ha...... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 18, 11:50:09
        
        For every Levi Rootses there's a Frank Lampard's Gold Plated iPod (WHAT A CUNT!) (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 18, 12:11:11
        
        you do realise they were in aid of the teenage cancer trust (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 18, 12:39:23
        
        only Fat Frank's 'royality' went to Charidy. Which probably amounts (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 18, 13:13:58
        
        What did that twat get one for ? Becks got one for his 100th cap. Fair enough, I mean (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:11:53
        
        Umm. I can't tell if you're trying to whoosh me off or not. But ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 18, 12:13:49
        
        No, missed that. Bit odd though cos they were, as I said, for charidee (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:16:48
        
        Oh, hang on. Just GIYLFed it. It's for charidee though. Shame that (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:12:49
        
        How about this one ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 12:09:21
    - exactly pants (General Chat) - Tombs, Aug 18, 11:13:20
- yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Aug 18, 11:05:26
- Mate of mines got one (General Chat) - pants, Aug 18, 11:05:05
- I know a few with them, but then I work for T-Mobile. Don't have one myself. Have held one (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 18, 10:57:44
- I know someone with one. (General Chat) - Arganth, Aug 18, 10:57:30

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