Should I buy the iPhone? PROS
The iPhone is small but substantial piece of hardware, superbly styled and ergonomically pleasing.
The iPhone has a large display (480 x 320 px) compared to other phones and hand held devices, with excellent definition provided by the 160dpi resolution screen.
The iPhone, when tilted through 90 degrees, has widescreen facility.
The iPhone's touch screen navigation and vitual keyboard provides flexibility.
The iPhone allows you to access your email on the move. The large display allows you to view your emails formatted as they would appear on your computer screen and the iPhone will display most common attachment formats.
The experience of surfing the internet on an iPhone is similar to surfing the internet on a conventional computer browser because the large display allows you to view entire web pages, and you can zoom in on particular areas of the page to view small text.
CONS
The screen picks up finger prints easily
Thumb typing on the virtual keyboad is difficult to get used to
You cannot use your own music and sounds as ring tones
iPhone lacks a speed dial option
iPhone does not support stereo headphones
You cannot pass files back and forth between your iPhone and your Mac or PC, nor can the iPhone act as a modem
iPhone does not supports Flash, which is used on a huge amount of websites to display animation and other content
iPhone does not support file upload via webpages like Flickr
iPhone will not output video to your TV like an iPod
you cannot drag and drop tracks from your Mac or PC as you would with an iPOD
cannot send MMS (like SMS text messages but with an attachment e.g. like a picture or video clip)
There is no instant messaging programme, like windows messenger, on the iPhone.
There is no built in GPS
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