iLOVE iPHONE

So… i shamefully must admit… i did it. I went back and bought an iPHONE….
yeah, as you may know from a previous blog entry, i bought an iphone before, didn’t like it, and returned it.

Now i gave into the loneliness of everyone else having one, my little blackjack phone from samsung having a tiny screen in compared to my comrades… I felt a certain penis envy indeed.

To rationalize my purchase, I looked at it this way :
The things that i COMPLAINED about before on the iPHONE… i seem to never use on a smartphone. So if i don’t take video, then why does it matter if the phone has it? it seems i’m more of a sucker for design and pretty web browsing than I am about customizing and full features.
Its embarassing to admit that i sold out and became and apple-bitch.

But let’s digress on something else.
Japan cell phones vs american cell phones.
Arguably, the most notable phones in recent history have been the Motorola Razr and the Iphone. These 2 phones in some way or another, have defined the current cell phone market in america.
While these two phones have a cool design, and interesting interface… I’m ashamed to say, that when Apple designed their iphone… I think they never got around to looking just over the ocean into asia as to what a phone can REALLY do.

let’s take a quick summary of what a phone in japan does in order to compete. IN fact, this feature list shows that the american market, while lacking all of these features (well some), is indeed a good generation behind.

Further… while americans are struggling with 2G networks and trying to roll out 3G (the iphone uses 2G)… Japan is NOW implementing 4G and is fully standardized for 3G. ain’t that a kick in the pants for ya…

If you were to take the iphone for all its grandeur and design… over to tokyo… and tried to show it off… the questions you’d get would be :
– does it check email ? yes
– does it trade stocks natively? no… but you can access the browser and navigate to an unsecured page…. where you can have a hacker copy your security settings….
– is it fully encrypted and secure ? no… see above
– can you watch tv? no…. what? tv over the airwaves? in HD!?!??! embarassingly my penis just got smaller….
– can you use it as a credit card? no… but you can hit people over the head with i and steall their stuff… its that heavy…
– can it play music? YES! phenomenally… just as long as you buy them from itunes and follow strict regulations for installing the songs…
– interface with other phones? ummm… no. i can text message! woo hoo… phones from the late 90s could do that…
– act as a portable computer? nooooooooo
– book tickets ? yes… again through the browser… but japanese phones can often do this natively through their interface…
– 3+ megapixel camera? ha! no way…
– record video in HD and send via messages? huh? phones can do that??? obviously not an iphone….
– unlock doors? sure… its heavy… bash it against the door enough times and it might work. seriously, in japan RFID chips in phones allow keyless entry into cars and hotels….
– remotely control other devices? do women who hit on me for my iphone count as devices? perhaps… as they surely are primitive enough to fall for it…. 🙂
– GPS navigation? kinda… you got this weird location thing on google maps that KINDA gives you your location within a friggin 4 mile area…. but in japan you actually get the exact street address of where you are…
– mobile shopping? yes… actually you can…. again through the browser.
– bar code and fingerprint scanner? well… err.r….. i … aaahhh…. no.
– automatically order things from stores by scanning the barcode? hell no…
– push to talk with multiple people? yes. you can. good job.
– video chat and conferencing? no. you need at least 3 G for that…. iphone is 2G
– act as a cell phone? yes! got one! as long as you don’t mind bad call quality.

seriously apple. you suck. yet… oh do i love you, my little iphone… with your big seductive shiny screen. take me now…