All Apple's 3G iPhones cons at once...
Now be serious...
What did they fix since 1st iPhone version (points in gray color were not reviewed yet)
General:
- Two-year commitment required for activation (whatever country you get it)
- Except in France where you can buy it on retail version (For more than 1000$)
- Most of Operators contracts will not allow illimited Data with iPhone
- What they usually call illimited are in fact limited (read your contracts)
- No third application allowed (until famous SDK in february)
- Not so open...
- No build in Instant Messenger Program
- Chat substitute uses expensive SMS (Web alternatives available but don’t signal on incoming chat invite)
- No Java support
- No Flash support
- No built in Games
- No webpage reformat by Safari (for convenient viewing like Windows Mobile IE's one-column view)
- No Landscape mode in all applications
- No full-screen view in browser (Large button strip always present)
- The mobile version of OS X or whatever it is the iPhone runs takes up 700MB of the device's capacity
Business/Office:
- No way to Edit Excel/Word/PDF/Powerpoint files (just a viewer)
- No Exchange/Blackberry servers support (only Pop3/Smtp and iMap)
- Did not sync your exchange tasks and notes
- You can't use personal data AND corporate data on same phone...
- No Text Select, Copy and Paste between applications
- Spelling errors are not flagged in text
- Cursor positioning inside editable text is difficult
Communication:
- No 3G (Only EDGE). We know you know, but still, it hurts man.
- No GPS functionality (Google map is not a GPS application)
- Some improvements but no turn-by-turn support (will have to click on screen to get next direction.... do not do that when driving)
- No Wifi/OTA Sync With iTunes or other iPhones
- No Sync/Printers/Keyboards support over blueTooth
- No way to download, upload, or store data thru Web apps
- Except from Apple App store
- No way to save Web pages for offline viewing
- No VoIP support for Wi-Fi
Settings:
- No way to use mp3 as ringtones (even if you spent hours to convert them thru iTunes)
- No airplane mode
- No voice dialing; full hands-free operation impossible
- No External mute button
Hardware:
- No removable battery
- No High resolution camera (2 MP only)
- No expandable memory
- No A2DP (Bluetooth stereo) support
- No TV out
- Headset jack not phone standard
- Now use standard 3.5mm jack
- Not addressable as USB storage
- Phone audio quality subpar
- Its Storage Capacity is low (Rivals iPod Nano and Touch, not iPod Classic)
- iPod Nano (4GB/8GB)
- iPod Classic (80GB/160GB)
- iPod Touch (8GB/16GB)
- TouchScreen not so accurate:
- Can't adjust parallax (finger/screen offset)
- The Keyboard is Unproven (not for SMS addicts)
- You need 2 hands to make it work (held by 1 and controlled by the other)
- iPhone pairs with MacBook Pro Bluetooth, but offers no supported services
- No buttons = No way (with actual accessories) to browse songs without getting your iPhone out of your pocket
- Not ecological (see greenpeace articles about apple)
Media:
- No video capture
- Quality of camera is poor:
- No digital zoom on camera
- Focus distance limited
- No exposure control
- No mp3 support (you have to convert them thru iTunes)
- No MMS support
- No streaming audio/video support
To conclude there are still a lot of space for improvements and maybe a third version of Apple's iPhone (not that others are now running fast => see HTC, Android, Nokia...)