This will probably hurt me more than, say… seeing my best friend’s testicles being chopped off or having her breasts and ovaries removed due to cancer.
Yes, I will be giving you reasons why you should srsly reconsider skipping the iPhone 3GS.
10. There are so many douchebags using it. The cool factor is just being raped up, down,left, right, centre.
9. Maxis (Malaysia) also wants to rape us with the overpriced (RM 100 – 155 p.m.) plans, on top of the RM 2 – 3k equipment fees and 24 months contract (720 days). By the end of the contract, you’ll be paying RM 4-6 k total for it. Imagine if a newer, faster, better model (or iProduct 1,1) being released in January 2010, and you’re ineligible for an upgrade (until September 2011) cuz you’re contracted. Mmmm…
8. The compass only works for a while before loses its bearing (literally). The demo units in the Maxis store didn’t last long before losing out due to interference.
7. Sans games, the “Tens of Thousands” of applications on the App store is repetitive and replaceable or has a Android equivalent. What that means is beside from games and fart-button apps, 90% of useful, productive apps (That you actually use) has its equivalent on other major mobile platforms.
6. In Malaysia, the iPod touch is 1/2 the price but does almost everything the full blown 3GS does. Rumor has it by September, a newer faster, better, stronger version of the Touch (32/64GB capacities) with Video Recorder will be made available, for the same pricepoints (RM 1.2 / 1.6k no contract!)
5. Wanna play video? You got to play nice with Apple’s formats. And that is mp4 (.mov) strictly. You got a DivX or AVI or RMVB file? You’ll have to waste hours converting to their proprietary format using 3rd party apps or Quicktime Pro.
4. Music playback: Apple claims 24 hours. If you keep browsing the songs selecting songs you like on-the-fly, expect it to last 1/4 of that time!
3. Google Voice / Skype being rejected by Apple. So unless you hack it, voiding your warranty, the best shit on the mobile world will not be “approved by Apple”.
2. Fragile. Can’t use it while hands are wet / dirty (unlike most cheap phones!), drop and its almost dead, 3mp camera? er.. that’s so 2007!
1. Anti-social factor. When going out with friends, you’ll be typing away like a geek, prolly on Facebook or Gtalk. Or playing your Tap Tap Revolution game. You’ll be left in isolation with your “toy”, go through severe depression, and worst of all, not get laid!
I guess we should wait for iProd 1,1 (9to5mac.com, theiphoneblog.com, arstechnica.com) or srsly consider Android phones. I have more faith in that platform now, despite Apple having a huge lead.
