Gresso-designed iPhone 4 is a joy to behold
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- suvdaguv
- m55
- 30 Jun 2010
Anonymous, 30 Jun 2010Great features still missing in iPhone 4
HARDWARE:
iPho... moreI just had to scan it to see it was bull.s.h.it
Handwriting on a phone? Who cares, its a phone!
Oh and what a waste of money this Gresso thing is. To spend this amount on making a phone look luxurious it pathetic. To all the dins that will spend big on the luxury of having these special cases, why not buy a £20 case and donate the rest to a charity and help someone else or put a smile on someone elses face? Let your ego relax, its pathetic and really grinds my gears that people would spend so big to boost their ego. I for one would look at a user of the luxury changes in disgust!
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- S3B
- BSe
- 30 Jun 2010
I bay 4g and i dont like . Its much bether HTC desire.
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- appleu
- kgy
- 30 Jun 2010
i have to say im a sad owner of an iphone 4g. Losing signals while is the least of your problems. The video calls freezes up from time to time. And the screen is not as sensitive as it use to be. Double taps on some of the apps are needed. Nice try Apple maybe next time you'll make an actual phone and not a concept toy.
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- Anonymous
- q$X
- 30 Jun 2010
Great features still missing in iPhone 4
HARDWARE:
iPhone 4
Hardware flaws (exclusively in iPhone 4):
External uninsulated antennae that cause dropped calls and slow internet connections.
Screen and back made out of cheap glassy material that both scratches and cracks.
Dead pixels and light leakage on the "Retina" display.
Inverted volume controls on some units.
SIM cards don't work in some units.
Camera doesn't work in some units.
Proximity sensor doesn't work in some units.
Microphone doesn't work in some units
Screen:
iDon't have a touch friendly screen, gloves, pens, styluses and not even fingernails work!
iDon't have neither haptic nor any other type feedback whatsoever.
iDon't have any precision compared to resistive touchscreens.
iDon't have a standard(16:10, 16:9, 4:3) aspect ratio only Apple custom ones(3:2) will fit my screen.
Power:
iDon't have USB charging without a dock adapter.
iDon't have any safety garment for the battery(1) melting is known to occur in Apple products(2)
iDon't have warranty for damage made by "external" force aka. the above.
Connectivity:
iDon't have DLNA (streaming HD content wireless on a HDTV).
iDon't have UPnP technology (automatic WiFi setup) some networks simply don't work.
iDon't have full 3G HSDPA speed (7mb/s vs. 2008 smatphones that have 10mb/s).
iDon't have full GPRS/EDGE speed (CLASS 10 is four times slower than CLASS 33!)
iDon't have a decent GSM/GPS/WiFi signal(1) the connection is far worse than on 3GS(2)
iDon't have standard USB connectivity(1) only custom cables(2)
iDon't give a damn about the environment: short cables but tons of iAccesories.
iDon't have IR, can't control: basic household items(1) TV, HDTV(2) DSLR camera(3) MAC(4)
Media/camera:
iDon't have stereo speakers.
iDon't have radio.
iDon't have FM transmitter.
iDon't have decent camera (small sensor and 72 DPI, which is less than most 5mp phones)
Design:
iDon't eject my sim without a special key.
iDon't have a removable battery.
iDon't have hot swappable memory.
iDon't sell cheap but my value at FOXCONN in China(1), where I am made, is ~190$(2)
SOFTWARE:
iOS 4.0
Web:
iDon't have audio/video streaming for 90% of the multimedia sites.
iDon't offer a real web experience, various sites only offer a phone version.
iDon't have Flash or Flash Lite - flash sites, apps or games simply do not work.
iDon't have push idle so battery drains fast even on push.
iDon't have push e-mail if i'm jailbroken, even if you pay!
iDon't render HTML5 graphics, nor can iHandle HTML5 controls.
iDon't process HTML attachments correctly.
File management:
iDon't have access to my internal folders by any means - no app in the iStore allows this!
iDon't even have access to set mp3s as ringtones.
iDon't have MIDP/JAVA support.
iDon't handle DivX,XviD,FLV native video.
iDon't handle ZIP, RAR or SFX - no app in the iStore allows this!
Connectivity:
iDon't handle videocall via the network, gTalk or Skype.
iDon't A2DP right (BT stereo) right: lags on videos(1) and games(2).
iDon't fully support AVRCP (BT remote)(1) industry standard(2) can't skip tracks.
iDon't support any Bluetooth services when pairing with a MacBook.
iDon't have any BT file sharing my BT is almost useless!
User Interface:
iDon't have themes support.
iDon't have a scalable OS, apps on the iPad are simply stretched to fit.
iDon't have a desktop, entire UI is organized as a single "start" menu.
iDon't have parallax (finger/screen offset) adjusting - low precision especially on small objects.
iPhoneOS/SDK limitations:
iDon't have native multitasking(1), apps have to be specially coded for multitasking (1993)(2)
iDon't allow cross compiling.
iDon't allow open development.
iDon't have proper platform security.
iDon't have proper application security(1), any non iStore app can damage your phone(2)
iDon't have any power optimization - the device overheats as admitted by Apple.
Camera:
iDon't have fine detail in pictures, high noise reduction smears the finer details.
iDon't have video stabilization.
iDon't have exposure control (ISO).
Misc:
iDon't handle handwriting.
iDon't have built-in basic functionality like:
sending contact cards via BT, TO-DO application, save web pages, calendar week view, etc.
iDon't have freeware, iTunes treats free applications like purchases + FairPlay DRM wrap.
iDon't have user privacy for: online shopping(1), visited sites(2), your location(3)
via: http://goo.gl/OkAB
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- mdidi
- pKK
- 30 Jun 2010
i've been on the iphone 4 waiting list for a week. my iphone was to be delivered on the 19th of july however i cancelled it yesterday and got a blackbery 9700 instead due to its design flaws, mainly its discoloured screen and loss of reception. oh well!
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- Shaoul
- 4xX
- 30 Jun 2010
Nokia had losing signals only when their phones were terminated. iPhone in encumbered with other maladies.
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- Anonymous
- t7X
- 30 Jun 2010
kiz, 29 Jun 2010he could pay for your next nokia for youis that they can do?a 200 year old black wood fr africa? lol.they can use mahogany wood for this mediocre fone.jaz wait nokia will use kamagong wood strong as iron steel
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- Zobi
- k@U
- 30 Jun 2010
I was gonna buy but I think is too cheap. God forbid I gonna see someone else with the same phone. Is not luxury anymore if everyone else has them.
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- Anonymous
- sF%
- 30 Jun 2010
"Here is the recipe that Gresso used to cook this delicious piece of geek art. Take a luxurious case made of 200-year-old African Blackwood. Add a teaspoon of 18-karat gold on the back panel and as a final touch add a pinch of Swarovski crystals for the ladies. Now charge an arm and a leg your insanely rich customers. Yummy!" - no no no Gresso missed a salient addition.What about a wraparound of "custom baked synthesized polymer with the owner's name etched" bumper as a facade for the antennae fix?That alone spells $100 more on profit.
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- Anonymous
- qJh
- 30 Jun 2010
waste of money
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- Subarno
- K2G
- 30 Jun 2010
People just can't find enough ways to spend money, do they?
It's just a stupid luxury material, it doesn't even boost the internal features of the iphone or something.....
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- JimMy
- 9xY
- 30 Jun 2010
Its disgusts me how steve jobs treats the people who made him. For such a "superior" product,something so simple wasn't even achived by a supposedly brilliant man. Sure, every piece of technology has its faults but this seems ridiculous. But all that aside my main point is when steve jobs says jump, i phone lovers say how high? People, think about this, his off handed comments and putting the blame on the public when we made him who he is today is disgusting. This is nothing more than a very rich man behaving like a spoilt child who has been spoon fed at their every demand.
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- Anonymous
- IaH
- 30 Jun 2010
to think people would waster their money on an iphone...absurd. then they run around and drop all their cash on a blinged version? ridiculous. why oh why? sure, its pretty, but there are heaps of gorgeous iphone covers available, if you really must buy an iphone.
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- Anonymous
- t7J
- 30 Jun 2010
If I had 1 million dollars in my account...why not.
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- Shinigami
- 3V3
- 29 Jun 2010
Anonymous, 29 Jun 2010Does the blackwood sort the antenna issue?Sides remained unchanged - signal loss issue was untouched.
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- Anonymous
- LhU
- 29 Jun 2010
Does the blackwood sort the antenna issue?
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- Eske Rahn
- 0u3
- 29 Jun 2010
Look closely at the four photos in the source link. They are fake!!
The structure/ornaments in the 'tree' are identical!!
So at that price they haven't even made specimens for photo-sessions, merely some mock-ups....
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- Shinigami
- 3V3
- 29 Jun 2010
I guess adding some electricity-resistant glass/paint over the metallic sides of the iPhone 4 was too much to ask for in a $4000 product...
They could have used "you can hold our custom iPhone 4 any way you want to" as a slogan for AD campaign.
I guess fixing problems is too much to ask from a company who's aim is to make money from air...
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- Anonymous
- pV%
- 29 Jun 2010
Wow, this is awesome, such a baaagain.