Don't get me wrong, I love my iPhone. I'm addicted to it, and I find it a quantum leap forward in how a phone should look and act. Compared to my other phones, (of which I have many) this is a minuscule list,but it is not perfect. Here are some annoyances you should be aware of before you invest in one.
1) Can't add custom sounds for things like sms, voicemail, etc.
I find this limitation bizarre. I can create all the custom ringtones I want, my phone can play whole symphonies if you call, but for something like a sms? I have a choice of 6, and the least annoying one is the default, so myself and every other iPhone user on the planet choose it. Walking in a crowd I hear that default sound and check my phone, only to look around, see 5 others doing the same, and one person sheepishly tipping their iPhone to let the rest of us know it was him. Is this by design so that Apple can help fellow iPhone users meet each other and lament the lack of sms ringers?
2) How the heck do I turn off SMS notifications on my iPhone? I get allot of SMS, but sometimes I don't have time to pay close attention to them. I can turn off the sound, reduce the preview, but somehow I can't find any way to turn the overpowering notifications of SMS off. This didn't bug me until having to furiously click close buttons for SMS notifications before I could get to the hang up button after a conference call.
But let me be realistic, this is still the best design of mobile phone that goes above and beyond the call of duty to perform many functions, and perform them well. I Just find these items to be particularly annoying in an otherwise great phone. Is there a solution out there that does not include the word jailbreak?
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My next phone will be an iphone, and I hope the rates in Canada have come down by then... I'm going to use myCELLmyTERMS to find the best deal. If everyone did this the rates would come down, across the board.
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