So, I’ve made a huge mistake and I’ll be more than happy to describe it. Months ago, I wrote about how misleading the advertising of the iPhone 3G was. More so, I wrote about how this iPhone 3G isn’t the biggest improvement. Well, I’m going to admit that, in the past two months, I have had a big change of heart.
I bought the BlackBerry Storm with my holiday gift money from Verizon Wireless, thinking, “Oh wow … BlackBerrys are nothing but great all-around phones. A touchscreen one could only get better.” At first, I thought the phone was great. The only issue I had was the battery seemed a tad bit weak. No biggie. I also couldn’t sign on to AIM. Once again, I thought, no biggie. I shrugged it off.
So I took a little trip up to Boston recently and was lost. I thought to myself, “Hey, how about I use this nifty VZ Navigator (GPS) and find my way to Boston.” In 10 minutes, it came to my realization that the phone had frozen. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it froze. Not once. Not twice. But three times.
It so happened that an update for this phone came out then. I thanked the higher being above for this miracle … or what seemed like one for the time being.
After running this update five times (the phone froze on four earlier attempts), I was excited to see what new changes could have been made to this plague of a device. It turns out the screen rotates just a tad bit faster and maybe the keyboard is a little more accurate. Besides that, the phone is still garbage.
I think the worst part about it all is the lack of some proximity sensor on the phone. The iPhone knows when it’s at your face. Thus, it turns the screen off. Not the BlackBerry Storm, though. Oh, no. I lost count of how many times I accidentally hit the mute or flash button.
Now, before you say, “Why didn’t he take it to a repair technician?”, I did. It seems as if at Verizon Wireless stores nationwide, they are in a state of denial of how bad this phone is and will say only that updates are coming. Well, that is easy to say to a customer when there are only 30 days to decide whether to keep the phone or not.
The biggest relief I felt in regard to this phone was when I brought it back to Verizon. This phone was more like a burden with such a short battery life and all its shortcomings.
I write this article not to bash another gadget, but to admit I was wrong when I said the iPhone 3G did not live up to its hype. Now that AT&T has finally put 3G coverage in the Binghamton area, I’m happy to take back what I said in my previous article regarding the phone. Apple truly created a product that, even after over two years, cannot be out-hyped.