Every time Apple comes with a new iPhone, I try to write a post about why their latest device sucks. It’s stronger than me. I like to be the devil’s advocate. Just like I wrote an article about why the iPad sucks a few months ago, I wanted to write an article about whythe iPhone 4 sucks.
This time though it was slightly different because I don’t really think the iPhone 4 sux. Sure it has a few issues, but does it make it a sucky device? Absolutely not. I guess this article will cater to all the iPhone haters out there.
It has screen problems
If you’ve read just a little bit about the new iPhone 4, you probably came across articles mentioning theyellow spots on the screen. My iPhone 4 screen is completely yellowish, which ispretty annoyingfor a$742.69 device… Apparently, this is just atemporary issuethough.
The screen breaks easily
There has been videos going around the web showing how the iPhone 4 screen, supposedly 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, can be easilyscratchedor evenbroken. So much for the NASA technology that was used to build these screens…
The battery sucks
Every year Apple claims the battery is better than the previous iPhone’s. Every year I findthe same crappy battery lifeon my iPhone. My iPhone 4 battery sucks! It died after just about 24 hours of normal usage: no gaming, no video, just some light internet browsing and tweeting.
The antenna sucks
I haven’t had this issue butapparentlythe iPhone 4 antenna loses signal when then antenna band is touched. This is an isolated issue that has been reported by a few people. That’s still pretty inconvenient for a new device…
The carrier sucks
Unlike every iPhone blogger out there, I don’t have anything againstAT&T. The coverage in my hometown (Encinitas, CA) is excellent, except on the beach where no carrier has coverage anyway. However, it sucks that we are locked to only one carrier in the US. I am pro-choice. I don’t care who gets the iPhone next, I just want to have the option to choose my carrier.
Apple’s multitasking sucks
Apple’s “fake multitasking” sucks for 2 reasons. For one, it’s not realmultitaskingbecause not all apps can take advantage of it. Sure you can argue that multitasking drains the battery, but that’s not the point here. Second reason why multitasking on the iPhone 4 sucks is because it quickly gets ugly in your app switching dock since Apple doesn’t kill apps until the OS deems it necessary. At any time I have between 10 and 20 apps in my app switcher, making it very busy.
Storage limitation sucks
One of the big let downs of iPhone 4 is the storage limitation. Although Apple could have put 64GB of storage in there, they claim they didn’t have the room for it. I think they just want to sell you a 64GB iPhone next year. That sucks because marketing is taking over customer needs.
Do you think the iPhone 4 sucks? Why? Please share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.
