10 Common Complaints That Many People Have With Their iPhones

If you're in the know, you realize that the iPhone has generated a lot of publicity lately. Sales are strong and people want to know mmainly two things before buying an iPhone. First, they want to know what the pros and what are the cons of the iPhone. There are many excellent features and benefits of owning an iPhone. However, let's look at a few of the common complaints about the Apple iPhone before you make your purchase.

Your iPhone's Virtual keyboard

With an absence of buttons the iPhone relies on a virtual keyboard used with the touchscreen. Admittedly, this is a neat feature. However, typing can feel tight, especially for those with thicker fingers. There are a few built in auto-features to help typing, but these features do not always get it right. Basically the virtual keyboard does not lend itself easily to fast typing.

Non-Responsive touchscreen

Some iPhones have been returned due to non-responsive dead spots on the touchscreen. For its part Apple has been fixing or replacing such iPhones and says it is working on preventing this problem in the future. 

Service provider issues

AT&T's Cingular cell service is the only provider under contract with Apple. There is an automatic two year commitment of $60 - $120 per month for these two years. Some people have cracked the iPhone making it available on other networks. This really isn't a good idea and could even void your warranty.

Cost too high?

The retail price of a new iPhone is $499 for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB one. This is a bit much for those who are not quite sure about its benefits. Consider also the usage plan's cost and you jump up to around $2000 if you include the cost of the 8GB iPhone. One note, for the extra $100 you get twice as much storage, so it is a better choice.

Camera limitations

 The iPhone incorporates a 2 megapixel digital camera. The camera is strictly point and shoot. Meaning there is no zoom, no focus and no flash. It can be difficult to snap quality pictures with the iPhone camera's limitations. Pictures may end up too dark or blurry. To be fair, pictures that do come out tend to be high quality.

Battery problems

The iPhone battery is not able to be changed directly by the consumer. It has to be changed in the store or sent into an Apple service center. This cost is covered by the Apple Care extended warranty, but if you do not have it, or it has expired, changing the battery will cost you around $80. Some iPhone owners have complained about battery life as well, but with all of the features it supports this is somewhat expected.

Limited ringtones

While it is not a major problem, ringtones on the iPhone are limited to the default choices Apple includes with the device. Even though it seems it would be easy to grab songs from the iPod feature and use them as ringtones, this is not the case.

No Instant messaging

Being a smartphone with web access and a virtual keyboard, it would seem natural that instant messaging would be an integral part of the iPhone. Sadly, it is not. Users have to rely on SMS messaging or email. Perhaps the next generation of iPhone will have it.

Slow Web connection

Without going into a bunch of technical detail, the iPhone's web connection can be incredibly slow. Equaling a 14kbs download speed when not in a Wi-Fi hotspot. Those now accustomed to broadband connections may find such slow speeds unacceptable. This is likely done to minimize the strain on the overall cellular network.

Cut and paste

For easy manipulation of text and for grabbing chunks of information from websites, people typically rely on cut and paste. At this time, iPhone does not have this otherwise standard feature.

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