Originally Posted by
anrkitec
This isn't exactly what they said and their lack of a recommendation for the iPhone 4 is not inconsistent with their overall testing and review.
CR basically uses a points system for each of several categories. What CR said was that certain aspects of the iPhone 4 were so good [screen, camera, etc.] that it's high point total in those categories caused it's overall total point score to raise it above that of all other smartphones,
Right, so all things considered, the iPhone is a better smart phone than any other,
and it drops fewer calls that the 3gs, the phone it replaces.
Originally Posted by
anrkitec
but that doesn't mean that the phone still doesn't have a fatal flaw of sorts, in the context of the review, as CR themselves refuses to recommend the phone.
Fatal flaw? Where is that rolling on the floor laughing emoticon when you need it???
There is no "fatal flaw" in the iPhone 4. There is a perception of an issue, that is really not an issue. This is clear. If it was an issue in the real world then it would have been an EVEN BIGGER ISSUE on the 3gs. But it wasn't, or we would have been having this discussion LAST YEAR.
Originally Posted by
anrkitec
Hey, I hope Apple solves the problem, I may still buy one, but my self-image sure isn't wrapped up in cult-of-Apple or in the concept of simply owning one. It's a tool, not a personal statement. If it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't.
I hope they do something to reducing the hysteria that seems to be running rampant in the country too. The same phone works in every other country in the world. But hey, it just couldn't be the network, I am sure the only commonality is the phone, not that it works on networks in 80 other countries around the world, just not on the AT&T network. But sure, blame the phone, not the network. That makes sense.
Originally Posted by
anrkitec
I know that my questioning of anything coming out of Cupertino probably puts me in the 'hate' crowd as far as you are concerned but the reality is that I approach technology products on a product by product basis and as regards the iPhone 4 I am in the wait-and-see camp...
Not at all, you seem to be fairly impartial, but still buying into the hysteria. Not sure why, but I don't need to understand it.