6 Issues with the new Apple iPhone 3G: 3rd party app solutions

Steve Jobs is known for his attention to detail and that shows in all of Apple’s products but with all good products you do get flaws and today we highlight 6 Issues with the new Apple iPhone 3G. These problems with the iPhone 2 will mean very little to some users but they will disappoint other people.

First up is the lack of voice dialing; This is a must for many cell phones but the new iPhone has no voice dialing and that means tapping in the number in what can be very awkward situations sometimes, personally this has not caused me any major problems of yet.

Second we have the problem of cut and paste, this is something I use everyday on my home computer and with iPhone 2.0 firmware supporting saving images to the iPhone, we really need cut and paste as well. This will not be a feature on the iPhone 3G come July 11.

Third is multimedia messaging and the fact that the iPhone 3G does not have it, yes Apple want you to go online to look at photos that have been sent to you and they love to give the iPhone the ability to do this almost anywhere. This is great but we would still like the ability to multimedia message directly from the phone and not visit a web page.

The fourth problem would be the lack of Flash as standard, nearly all web browsers support flash but the iPhone web browser lacks this very important feature that is needed for all browsers that want to be just like a desktop.

The fifth problem is with replacement batteries and just like the Macbook Air, the iPhone 3G does not have batteries you can replace yourself. This does not matter if you do not need to replace the battery but as soon as you need too then you will find it a big problem.

The Sixth problem comes in the form of video recording, and the fact you cannot do it as standard like you can with even some of the most budget cell phones. This again may not be an issue with everyone but it still makes the iPhone 3G look bad for such a simple feature.

Now if we think about the amount of applications that are being made for the iPhone 3G then you will see that many of these problems have been fixed already with 3rd party apps. The 6 Issues may only need some software to give the iPhone those abilities. You can see from the video below that the video recording issue has been fixed with a 3rd party application.

The question is: would you want a phone with limited features or one that can be vastly expanded like the iPhone 3G?

Source: Phones Review

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