bad bits.
you can't "send a business card" (you have to "write" the contacts name and number in a text message then send it.....)
you can't send a text message to multiple people (have to write out the same message and send it to each person individually).
i have to charge it daily - but i do have wi-fi enabled continuously and i use it as an "ipod" for 60-90 minutes or so a day.
i have to have the volume turned "one click" down or the sound quality is unacceptable during a phone call.
i don't use the camera- i have a compact - but the camera pn iphone is shite.
if you plug the phone into mains to charge it - it turns itself on and unlocks itself (even though you have a 4 digit security code - the phone will turn on and bypass the code, meaning if someone wants to use your phone all they have to do is "plug it in", even if you have a security code.
good bits.
web browser is brilliant.
syncing data with apple computer is easy to set up / seemless.
writing an email / text message is fine - it's easily as quick as on a "normal" phone - - you just have to learn to trust the spell checking thingy -it's kind of like predictive texting but better - if you miss-spell a word it guesses what you were trying to type and corrects it for you - once you learn to go with it (ie. not delete the word you are typing halfway through - even though you know you have miss-spelt it) it's really quick.....
it saves me maybe an hour a day! (a lot of my business relies on communication via email. i work on site alot...... with the iphone i can respond to emails as i get them / there and then rather than waiting till when i get home that night. i can write a hundred word email easily / quickly on the iphone (see comment directly above) - something i could not do on a conventional phone.
the big screen means viewing documents in emails is easy. the phone can open .pdf word and excel stuff (and a whole load more) without any additional software.
8gb storage is ample. i have a thousand odd pictures and 500 odd tracks and i have not dented the memory.
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in summary.
if you sit at a computer / in an office for the bulk of the day then you don't need an iphone - you need a phone!
if you are not sat in front of a computer regularly and rely on email for work the iphone is perfect - you can keep on top of email correspondance as it arrives and surf the web just as you would on your computer.
i would describe the iphone as more computer than phone - despite the bad points listed above i, wait for it, would have happily paid double for the iphone - thats how good it is for me - - but it saves me at the very least an hour a day being able to keep ontop of my emails......
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