5 major way to improve the iPhone

The iPhone is a great product but there are attributes that need to be fixed or added. This list and supporting videos showcase my concerns and reasons.

1. Third Party Applications need to be available:

   We all know that the release of the SDK a few weeks ago means third party applications on the horizon but it’s time for Apple to step up. Third Party Applications should have been a feature of the iPhone on launch day, none of this web app garbage.

2. Camera:

   With cell phone camera eclipsing the 5 megapixel mark, it’s a shame the the iPhone uses only a 2 megapixel camera. Plus, why you can’t you take videos? This is a high end device that can’t take videos while my ratty old Razr can. To make another comparison, my Razr uses a camera that is only 2 megapixel’s also. This is a high end device, the iPhone should use components that are high end as well.

3. Multiple carriers:

   It’s really ridicules that the iPhone is locked to AT&T. Personally, it makes me angry because there is no competition to offer the best service for the iPhone. I use AT&T and it works for me but in other areas there is little or no AT&T reception so people in those areas can only dream.

4. Price Drop:

   If you do the math, iPhones cost $399 for the 8gb model and $499 for the 16gb model. In the the USA, individual plans cost $60 to $100 and only include 200 text messages. Thats $1440, $1920 or $2400 respectively plus the cost of the phone. What AT&T needs to do is to stop ripping off their customers. It costs them nothing for voice calling and little for data and texts so why are the prices so high? What apple needs to do is cut the iPhone’s price drastically or make the current price points more attractive by adding more storage among other upgrade. However, the most important upgrade is…

5. 3G:

   If you have ever used an iPhone’s internet function, not connected to a wireless network, using AT&T’s edge network you know what I’m saying. The edge network is incredibly slow and relatively expensive. This is my biggest problem with the iPhone because you pay so much money over a two year period and are forced to use an old data network even though AT&T has the 3G available. It’s simply absurd.