Since the iPhone 4 was launched nearly four months ago and before it the previous generations of the iPhone three years ago, we have not seen objective and fair criticism of it (except Mander) that comprehensively lists the pros and cons of it and mentions what it has and what it is and does justice to its position next to the other smart phones that have appeared So far from various companies.
All the recipients of this latest product in the series of smart phones from Apple are divided between the lover of turning a blind eye to all its negatives, and between the passionate hatred of all the iPhone in terms of principle and does not see any positive in it as long as it is from Apple and as long as it is presented by Steve Jobs.
Between these two teams emerged Point of view It is very objective and in my opinion is the best writing in the critique of the iPhone 4 relatively, by the editor at the site BGR The famous Zach Epstein Zach Epstein (The same site had an issue with Apple about an alleged Steve Jobs email!)

Zack presented a highly objective article that came out of his use of the iPhone, which he described as a loyal user of all his generations that appeared more than three years ago and until now, and that it is the only phone that has remained in his hands for more than a thousand and two hundred days despite all the smartphones that were issued and that he came across It had to try it and left it, but the iPhone did not leave it yet, due to its great suitability for its needs and because of the excellent hardware that the iPhone has, and because of its fluidity and ease in carrying out the daily tasks of its business and life.
The iPhone, from Zach's point of view, is distinguished from other competitors and with it, he agrees on them:
- Made and assembled from the best materials and tools.
- It has the best display screen
- It has the best touch and multi-touch screen.
- It has the best apps and store it includes.
- It has the best user interface.
- Has the best technical support services for customers
But the iPhone, like any other device, is not a complete device free from defects and problems, but rather it must be negatives, and every best has bad things, no doubt, and Zach has listed and explained the negatives and complaints of the iPhone thus:
- The iPhone is the worst smartphone to watch YouTube: Half of the videos are not compatible with the iOS system and therefore cannot be played at all, as for the rest, when trying to play them on a XNUMXG network, despite the high speed, their quality is very poor, either on the Wi-Fi, they do not work or work intermittently, which forces him to leave them! Zack mocks Steve Jobs, who criticizes Adobe for flash, while his company has not been able to provide a better alternative to watch YouTube well, for example.
- The iPhone is the worst smartphone in automatic spelling: Perhaps many of you saw the problems of spelling correction in the iPhone in Arabic and how it brought wonders! But Zach here also criticizes the automatic correction of English, which is the language of the mother tongue, and describes it as the worst thing that a human has invented! And it does not have the intelligence to learn from repeated mistakes (as other intelligent systems do).
- IPhone does not have widgets: They are those interactive small boxes that show you specific instantaneous information, such as the weather, work tasks, calendar and time, etc. It is a point found in other phone systems, but Apple refuses to include it in the iPhone so far! Zack wonders why does he need a click or more in order to obtain a specific information like the previous one without seeing it immediately on the screen!
- In the same case, we cannot turn off the Wi-Fi network Or bluetooth immediately, as in Android with one click, but we need at least five clicks to lock one of them.!
- Multitasking clutter: We know that multitasking remained a subject of criticism on Apple until it included it in version 4 and above of the operating system, but it remained limited to developers with only seven cases or types of multitasking that can be supported in the programming interfaces and in order for the application to remain running in the background. Zak criticizes the current method for preserving the state of programs before closing them, and the way to close them.
- Email application: Zack also criticizes the official iPhone e-mail application, describing it as the worst among smartphones, as it is not possible, for example, to assign a different tone to new e-mails, or to view new e-mails only, and it is not possible to mark or place signs on e-mails, and it is not possible to assign a different signature to each account. Separate email,
- Alerts system: Finally, Zack strongly criticizes the notification system in the iPhone and considers it to be its biggest negative aspect in terms of the way they appear, how they interrupt and confuse the user's work, and the necessity of dealing with them by either responding to them or closing them, as well as the torrent of successive notifications that sometimes cannot be stopped, as you suddenly have calendar notifications, text messages, chat programs, Twitter, and iPhone Islam :) and other dormant notifications such as missed calls and others, which confuses you and puts you in a pile of notifications that you do not know which to pay attention to. This is what Zack calls "I vomit"!
As a user of the iPhone, what do you think of the seven mentioned negatives of the iPhone? What are the negatives that you faced while using it? Will it push you to abandon it?
[Source: Adapted from: BGR]



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