08-16-2013, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by spdrun
This week, I was accidentally deprived of my iPhone, so I've been using a "dumb" phone that I bought for my cousin who was visiting from Austria a few months ago. (Alcatel 510a).
The thing is actually a hell of a lot more suited to be a phone than the old iPhone.
(1) Reception is better indoors, and sound is actually better.
(2) It's super light, maybe 1/3 the weight of the iPhone, and 50% of the size
(3) Battery life is measured in days rather than half a day to a day at most. Charging is very quick.
(4) "Boot" takes 5-10 seconds as most, vs about 30 sec to a minute for the iPhone
(5) Response of the screen is instantaneous, no slight lag or occasional freezing like the iPhone.
I think I'm going for either this dumb phone with voice only + a 7" tablet with data only as an iPhone replacement, or going with a Blackberry + a tablet. There is something to be said for more focused devices rather than the iPhone which tries to do everything well and (still) isn't great at it.
Basically, one phone and data (mainly email) consumption device and one full-on interactive device.
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Many have commented that the iPhone is not a particularly good phone. It is a good tool otherwise. I mostly use it with the speaker phone, when I use it as a phone.
Given a choice I’d use the ipad with a voice line and ditch the iphone. The iPhone is too small for most man hands to be able to type or even work with the user interface. Plus, as mentioned, the battery life is dismal. At the time I got the iphone, getting an ipad with a voice line this was not an option.
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