Why I'm not buying an iPhone
The iPhone is release here in the UK on Friday, and while it is incredibly tempting to get an iPhone, for a few simple reasons I wont be:
The storage space is to small. Now I know I still iPods that have a 20GB hard disk on occasion, if I'm going to take advantage of that big screen, I need more space than the iPhone offers.That big screen is nice, but on a phone, it makes the unit huge, and I like something small enough that will fit in my pocket without feeling to uncomfortable when I sit down.The camera on it is way to low quality. I never thought I'd say this (I avoided buying a camera phone until last year), but I love the 3.2 megapixel camera on my K800i, and I'm already considering upgrading to the K850i for the 5 Megapixel camera.The call pricing plans are a joke. No, honest. They are terrible in the UK at the best of times, and while O2 have sensibly offered the same unlimited Internet access as available in the US, they are at a price which is still more than I'm prepared to pay when I can get a cheaper tariff, on a better phone, at a time when I spend most of my time in the home-office anyway.
With all this in mind, I am considering getting an iPod Touch for use around the house as more portable solution than the MacBook for some basic web browsing and reading. I doubt I'll use it for playing music, except that I might use it in the lounge or the kitchen as a more interactive alternative than the iTunes Express solution.
But back to the iPhone, I don't doubt that to some it it is invaluable, and probably I would be included in that group if I was more mobile, but I would still have to think hard about that camera resolution and the overall size before committing myself.