I think Scott Moritz likes to stir up the honeypot for page views more than anything. This is the same guy that was spreading Verizon iPad rumors and calling it a “flop.”
Today’s ridiculous bait story is about the iPhone 4 and how there are ‘big blemishes.’
I’ll just touch on each silly point briefly.
No. 5: A Skimpy Camera – He talks about megapixels. Oooh. 5mp vs 8mp. I invite you to read The Megapixel Myth. Here’s a sample from the Droid Incredible with its supposed superior camera. And now here’s one from the inferior iPhone 4. Blemish #1: Busted.
No. 4: No Swype – Swype ships on a small handful of handsets on the market today. The Android version is a public beta, released only two weeks ago. And..Swype is working on an iPhone app. Blemish #2: Busted.
No. 3: Video Calling – It’s currently iPhone 4 and Wifi only, but that’s not Apple’s fault. They’ve made FaceTime an open standard, and it’s only a matter of time before we see apps using it. The WiFi restriction is going to be a carrier one, but that too should go away. Skype wants to use their own stuff, but they want in on iPhone 4. Blemish #4: Busted.
No. 2: iPhone 4 Shortages – Really? He really listed a manufacturing shortage as a problem with the iPhone 4? Come on. Let’s be realistic here. Apple and AT&T faced unprecedented demand for this product. They’re making them as fast as they can, and I’d hardly call the shortage a ‘blemish’ at all especially when it doesn’t reflect on the actual product in a negative light. Blemish #4: BUSTED.
No. 1: No Verizon iPhone. – Oh boy. Here we go again. This has nothing at all to do with the actual product. The “Verizon iPhone” has been nothing more than an investors dream and clever way of manipulating stock prices. As part of an FCC deal, Verizon is dumping off a lot of the old Alltel network to AT&T which will add plenty of room for new iPhone customers in areas previously unserved by AT&T. Verizon has also hinted that it may end unlimited data plans as well. But the bottom line is that his No. 1 “blemish” has nothing to do with the actual iPhone 4 itself. Blemish #1: BUSTED.
So far, the biggest complaints about the iPhone 4 have been that you can lose some signal if you hold it a certain way (this is not new with cell phones) and the glass can break, just like many things will if you drop them onto a concrete floor. The other reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, and the folks that I know that were lucky enough to get one love it so far.
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