MOBILE ‘DUMB’ PHONES OF 2009
Friday February 26, 2010
2009 saw some unbelievably fantastic handsets hit the market but we haven’t reached our technological peak yet. The last year of the decade also saw some phones that really should have stayed at the drawing board, but instead either snuck out or were released amid a huge amount of praise and marketing, only to severely disappoint customers. Here is our top three of the worst devices of the year.
Sorry Apple fans. Whilst there isn’t actually a great deal ‘wrong’ with the phone, the main reason it makes this list is because it was unnecessary. While other manufacturers release successive phones with different designs and features, Apple decided to buck that trend and instead just offer some mostly minor updates. This would be fine, except that the iPhone 3G also did this, as did the firmware updates, and the 3GS came with a hefty price tag. So what was different? The most advertised difference was the speed and the camera was slightly updated…And that’s about it.
Beyond that, MMS and video capabilities were on the 3G model. Apple still missed the fundamental points that were absent from the previous models though: a good camera (3GS saw it upgraded, but it still lacked. It wasn’t a 5MP Carl Zeiss dual-LED flash now was it? No, it wasn’t), flash, video calling or at least a front-facing camera. You could also look at the 3GS all day long and you would find no noticeable changes to the appearance of either the device or the OS – the homescreen still being utterly pointless other than to have a wallpaper. The battery remained fixed in place meaning there’s no chance of carrying a spare should you be out while it dies (which it probably will) and more annoyingly if the battery had a fault or the life of it drained over time – as is a normal and expected occurrence, especially on a 2 year contract – you couldn’t simply replace it, but had to send it for repair or get a replacement handset. That’s just not good enough, Apple.
News Source: http://www.simbasics.co.uk
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