iPhone iTunes lacks an obvious feature known as "equalizer" - spend $5 for an imperfect app, until it gets pulled when Apple opts to update their ill-conceived player.
Video/camera sensors are too small to capture good quality visuals. Who cares if you can edit it fast; a $600 camcorder will do a much better job - every time. Everybody whined that Windows did everything for everybody and quality suffered as a result. The iPhone is no different.
You might want to web search "iphone fragmentation" as it's been reported some apps won't work on the Verizon iPhone. Oops.
App purchasing is great, no argument. Of course, re-downloading is an issue, Apple can quietly take things away, there are no refunds (unlike Android's app store!), and I prefer videos on DVD. The compression levels render music video downloads blurry and with poor color detail.
Yes, yes, 300,000 apps. 20,000 of which are fart apps. Somebody should do something newsworthy and catalogue every single one of them. It's not how big it is but how it is used.
I've used the notepad. The auto spell check sometimes fails, but the keyboard works. Pity there's no proper delete key (only backspace) and there are no arrow keys to help place the cursor where I want to delete something. In landscape mode. Real smartphones with 4" displays or larger will allow the keyboard to be usable in portrait mode. Apple is going to slip behind on this if it keeps with a puny 3.5" screen.
When mobile, I don't have the time to clean up my mailbox. Just get me the message. I'll do multiple deletes when I get back to my office or at home.
Copy/paste isn't perfect. I've had to drag and click and re-drag a few times. Most people do at some point.
Both platforms do screenshots. So one platform requires 2 steps instead of 3. Not a big point of 'superiority'.
Will iOS allow one to customize the home screen? Put in animated wallpaper? Feature drag-down windows showing latest emails and system events? Allow refunds (within x minutes) for an unwanted purchase?
iPhone isn't better. It's different. But not in a "think different" sort of way, unless "different" means "omissions to features and ideas other platforms have had or do have."
Ways the iPhone beats Android (photos)
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Earlier this week we told you 10 ways that Android beats the iPhone at the smartphone game. And just to be fair, we now offer 10 areas where Apple's device fights back.
At present, the iPhone has the better music player. It has every feature you'd expect in an MP3 player, and its Cover Flow interface can't be beat. We also like the built-in support for podcasts and audio books.
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