The iPhone 3G is far from perfect, even with the obvious advantages of fast internet access and GPS abilities. Check out the most pressing reasons for you to keep your cash in your pocket, your fingers off that pre-order button, and not bother lining up for the new model on Friday.
1. That weedy camera still needs upgrading
The 2.0-megapixel camera was disappointing on the original iPhone, but a year later, when the handset is crammed full of 3G goodness? 2.0-megapixels?! No flash?! No auto focus?! A half-hearted effort from Apple, particularly when Sony Ericsson’s managed to squeeze 8.0-megapixels into the new C905, soon to be followed by LG and Motorola.
2. No added storage capacity
Most people were expecting the flash storage inside the iPhone to increase to 32GB, however we were rudely told by Steve Jobs at WWDC the new phones would come only in 8GB and 16GB capacities. That’s barely enough space to fit a couple of movies and the Rolling Stones back catalogue, let alone anything else!
3. Video capabilities
The iPhone 3G might be handy for playing back video, but when it comes to shooting it, it’s powerless. Although video-streaming services such as Qik and Flixwagon claim are working on applications to enable live video streaming from the iPhone to the web, Apple’s sure to clamp down on it. Spoilsports.
4. There’s still no MMS
Fancy sending a picture message to your mates? You’ll have to use your previous phone to do it, or e-mail them the photo instead, as Apple still hasn’t built MMS support into the new iPhone 3G. Pretty ridiculous, considering phones in 2004 were capable of embarrassing your mates with grainy 1.3-megapixel shots.
5. No copy and paste
On any other phone, the lack of copy and paste functions wouldn’t be too much of a problem, but on the iPhone, a phone designed for internet browsing and emailing? Ridiculous. Apple’s super-smart engineers might be clever enough to remember all the text they want to copy and paste, but frankly, we’re not!
