3 Reasons why you Should or Shouldn’t buy an iPhone
So my mother asked me the other day to give her three reasons she should buy an iPhone and three reasons she shouldn’t.
Reasons For
1. it is made by apple
Apple make some of the best products in their market and are always pushing the envelope.
2. Apple has been good about adding features to the iPhone. They just released an update the other day which added GPS like functionality to Google maps, the ability to rearrange your icons, add bookmarks to your springboard (the iPhone’s desktop), and the ability to send a text message to multiple recipients.
3. It is fun to play with. Flicking through and zooming in and out of pictures, browsing the web when you need a quick answer to some trivia, listening to your favorite tunes, watching movies on a plane, and text messaging with a full keyboard while the whole conversation is displayed on one page.
Reasons Against
1. it is made by apple
Apple is always pushing the envelope so it will be outdated within a year.
2. Apple’s updates are a bit behind the third party applications that require you to “hack” your iPhone. Apple will be opening up their developer platform for the iPhone in February. Some of the functionality will likely be crippled so some the third party apps won’t be as robust as their “hacked” counterparts.
3. It is fun to play with. Meaning that when your playtime may be cut short when your battery dies (only has happened to me 3 or 4 times) or you may get frustrated when you are away from a wi-fi hot spot and have to search the web on AT&T’s slow edge network.
My mother also asked me another very important question which should be answered the same way throughout time.
“So and So wants to get a new (insert apple product), should he/she wait until after Macworld?”
Always wait until Macworld is over if the product you want hasn’t been updated in the last 6-9 months!