7 Reasons the iPhone 4 Sucks

Sebastien, Jun 24, 2010

iPhone 4 Black & White

Every time Apple comes with a new iPhone, I try to write a post about why their latest device sucks. It’s stronger than me. I like to be the devil’s advocate. Just like I wrote an article about why the iPad sucks a few months ago, I wanted to write an article about why the iPhone 4 sucks.

This time though it was slightly different because I don’t really think the iPhone 4 sux. Sure it has a few issues, but does it make it a sucky device? Absolutely not. I guess this article will cater to all the iPhone haters out there.

It has screen problems

If you’ve read just a little bit about the new iPhone 4, you probably came across articles mentioning the yellow spots on the screen. My iPhone 4 screen is completely yellowish, which is pretty annoying for a $742.69 device… Apparently, this is just a temporary issue though.

The screen breaks easily

There has been videos going around the web showing how the iPhone 4 screen, supposedly 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, can be easily scratched or even broken. So much for the NASA technology that was used to build these screens…

The battery sucks

Every year Apple claims the battery is better than the previous iPhone’s. Every year I find the same crappy battery life on my iPhone. My iPhone 4 battery sucks! It died after just about 24 hours of normal usage: no gaming, no video, just some light internet browsing and tweeting.

The antenna sucks

I haven’t had this issue but apparently the iPhone 4 antenna loses signal when then antenna band is touched. This is an isolated issue that has been reported by a few people. That’s still pretty inconvenient for a new device…

The carrier sucks

Unlike every iPhone blogger out there, I don’t have anything against AT&T. The coverage in my hometown (Encinitas, CA) is excellent, except on the beach where no carrier has coverage anyway. However, it sucks that we are locked to only one carrier in the US. I am pro-choice. I don’t care who gets the iPhone next, I just want to have the option to choose my carrier.

Apple’s multitasking sucks

Apple’s “fake multitasking” sucks for 2 reasons. For one, it’s not real multitasking because not all apps can take advantage of it. Sure you can argue that multitasking drains the battery, but that’s not the point here. Second reason why multitasking on the iPhone 4 sucks is because it quickly gets ugly in your app switching dock since Apple doesn’t kill apps until the OS deems it necessary. At any time I have between 10 and 20 apps in my app switcher, making it very busy.

Storage limitation sucks

One of the big let downs of iPhone 4 is the storage limitation. Although Apple could have put 64GB of storage in there, they claim they didn’t have the room for it. I think they just want to sell you a 64GB iPhone next year. That sucks because marketing is taking over customer needs.

Do you think the iPhone 4 sucks? Why? Please share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.

 
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  • Anonymous

    iphone….The Biggest Trojan Horse in 50 years.
    Ok….my wife talked me into buying this piece of junk. I had the iphone 3gs and was happy with simple standard features in a smart phone, but listened to her anyway and upgraded to this trojan horse. The first few days, I was like….wow…..this is really neat…..Of course I am talking about the main feature of the iphone 4s (in my opinion)……Siri…..I…..like thousands of others were in awe of the this feature and all that goofy non-sensical things you could ask it……ok…..that wore off, and I was actually starting to enjoy the real features of Siri…..Setting appointment reminders…..texting messages, setting calendar alerts……checking traffic and weather…..things that we use in our everyday life….enjoying it….that is….until the last few days……over the last week, I have had many times that Siri returns me the network connection issue….and I have reset it according to posts on the internet, only to find that it still does not work…..Way to go Apple….A#1 screwup….Steve Jobs would be embarrassed by the sorry excuse of a product that Apple has placed on the market place. Oh…you say it is in Beta? Well….where was the caveat that this crap was in Beta on all your television advertisements????? You have sold the market a device that you cannot support…and for that, you should feel embarassed……Steve Jobs would have never let this hit the marketplace in this condition. Your new CEO, whoever he is, should note that he has screwed up big time by allowing this to hit the marketplace before it was ever ready…..Without Siri, iphone 4s is an inferior product to others out on the market place….After this post, I will be contacting my service provider and begging them to allow me to return this atrocious piece of technology and allow me to purchase an Android….. Steve….you can roll over in your grave now…..we miss you and your company will never be the icon it was without you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1634713791 Leahna Slaughter

    I agree te I phone 4 sucks I have one now that I’m responding to this to. The reasons why they do is because okay say you have a problem with your device like you lock yourself out u can’t just go and fix it through your phone you have to go on iTunes and reset your phone it’s such a long process first of all second say you download a movie from iTunes on your computer so you pay ten dollars for the movie just to find out your phone can’t even sync it the way it is to your phone you have to go convert it on your computer then drag it to iTunes then try to sync and then that doesn’t even work and then I call the Verizon people and they say well iPhone says it can just load it the way it is to your phone and I said obviously not if bits not doing it now. For me it’s to complicated and everything has to be down the long way which can be extremely frustrating.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ikhaatface-Facepuns/100003393633315 Ikhaatface Facepuns

    iphone 4 is shit! i got my iphone for 100 euro
    appel you can’t take mhy money suck it :p

  • Edwin Daniel

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    Freaking when your scrolling down and the notification board goes you with your over and over again.. Gaahh

  • http://twitter.com/intelxtreme kill all mexicans

    iphone 4 is the best and better than iphone 4s because the battery life is better retina is amazing android sucks period its like comparing mac to pc

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=789260306 Daniel Pryce

    The only thing that sucks about the IPhone is the storage but everything else is either already fixed or does not apply for me in Canada. My IPhone has survived falls from 4-5 feet, even then it’s only $80 to fix the screen in a apple store. Even then Rogers fixes the phone for free. never had any atenia issues. Multi-tasking not an issue, hey the battery is still better then the blackberry’s.

  • http://www.facebook.com/nick.davies.982 Nick Davies

    Well, let’s see. Superb app functionality and choice, outstanding interface, build quality excellent…sounding like a fan aren’t I?

    Appalling telephone (remember that ancient app that everyone seems to forget these days when writing a review??)…lousy signal reception, battery life unacceptable, and then there are its other faults..predictive text annoying, not as robust as claimed, negligible ring volume, no expandable storage or replaceable battery…….

  • http://www.facebook.com/lindseykdickey Lindsey Dickey

    It sucks ass. First off, I can’t get the damn thing to power off when I want some peace and quiet. 2nd, it does have a shotty battery as you mentioned. Mine lasts about half of what yours does. It will freeze. Sometimes doesn’t want to play sound when I watch YouTube or want to listen to MY ITUNES THAT I PURCHASED. as I type this, I’m on my iPhone and can’t see anything in typing which is strange. I’ve had it 3 months and have problems with it pausing my music or videos. SOS. I want an android and a redund

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