Back to the iPhone? Just being honest

Well, after what some considered the “biggest” iPhone review, I really tried going back to my previous cellphone. The problem is that like an friend said, when you are not using, and making critics to something new you maybe mistake a little bit what the old one was. So I admit: I was not able to return to my N95. Here goes the why’s  :

  1.  I used the web a lot, and the browser (even being webkit) just feels awkards enough to make me hate it.
    1. It tries to “shrink” the pages, to fit better in the screen. This approach is just not as good as showing the minimap and choosing the section. So using my blog’s wordpress administration was just impossible.
    2. Not enough ram to multitask. the iPhone do crashes a lot, but it’s incredible that I’m able to open 5 or 6 pages on the iphone, while opening 2 on my n95 will make the browser crashes. Actually it looks that some memory is leaking because the behavior is not well predicted. I do make sure nothing was “open” when opening the browser.
    3. Flash is not present in both browsers, but the javascript in the iPhone worked better than in the N95
  2. The music application works fine, but (when on the headphones) the quality is not as good as in the iPhone
  3. Video playblack (specially in the plane) was also better in the iPhone
  4. The email application on the iPhone is simpler, the settings are synchronized and has rich html email that doesn’t crash.

So I still miss the hardware keys for music, the powerful speakers and the better reception as a phone. But I grew dependent on the superior browser, superior email client and the iPod application.

I was really hoping to be satisfied once I returned to my previous, much powerful phone but it really didn’t happen. The iPhone still have all the problems I said in the last review but it also brought the best multimedia and internet suite packed in an enjoyable UI experience.

To close: I’m not saying that the iPhone is a overall superior phone, but as I started the previous post about it I end this one : For a hardcore internet and multimedia consumer it really fits better. And I realized that I just don’t use the phone that much.

Permanent Link » · Written on: 11-19-07 · 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “Back to the iPhone? Just being honest”

  1. norcalbarney wrote:

    Interesting article. I went from an N73 to an iPhone, and then I bought an N95-3. I still carry the iPhone with my work sim in it, and I still prefer it over the n95 for a few things.

    Music playback is good with the stock headphones on the iPhone. Watching videos is great on the iPhone, as it can play my mp4s with reconverting or transcoding. The WiFi works better on the iPhone, as I can’t get my N95 to remember my WPA2 key. The N95-3’s 3.5G networking in San Francisco is fast, and I can tether it to my laptop to use as a modem. But the iPhone does have a better browsing experience than any handheld device out there.

    We’re very fortunate to be living in these times, worrying about differences like this!

     November 20th, 2007 at 9:44 am
  2. handful wrote:

    Hey Barney you just nailed it, there’s good things in both devices, but in the end you need to choose the one that fit’s better you most critical needs. In my case only this week 3G appeared here in my city, and for that I would also prefer the n95 (and mostly because I can connect it to my laptop) but the browser is enough for me in the iPhone so i don’t have to use the laptop.

    But for me you hit it in the end : we are complaing about being torn between 2 of the best phones out there, each one for a different use.

    =)

     November 20th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
  3. Teddy T. Bear wrote:

    I wonder how anyone can like the mail app on the iPhone. You can´t delete all your junk in one swoop, you have to manually delete every single mail! Makes it totally unusable to me.

     November 21st, 2007 at 5:22 am
  4. handful wrote:

    Hi Teddy,

    I agree with you on that, but to be honest I use my gmail there and I have never deleted one message. Maybe this will bother me in the future. I like it because it’s full HTML render engine is there =)

    BUT I do fully agree with you in the UI side, and talked about that and while designing Canola list I was thinking of solutions for faster multiple item downloads and also folder clean up. this is really a drag.

     November 21st, 2007 at 6:25 am
  5. wahlau wrote:

    then i would perhaps go for an IPod Touch plus a nice simple 3(.5)G phone. or perhaps just N8×0 with canola, for example ;)

     November 22nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm

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