Comments on: Please fix the iPhone!

By: Fgoetter129

Fgoetter129 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:38:00 +0000

i have an aps i want to deleat , how ?

By: olivier PEYRE

olivier PEYRE — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:54:31 +0000

Hi,
We’ve juste released an update to the PleaseFixtheiPhone site, now with Search tool and Duplicate Management:
http://pleasefixtheiphone.com

Hugs,
the PleaseFixtheiPhone team

By: James Burland

James Burland — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:13:41 +0000

@Dave: Thanks for the tip, I’d give it a go, but I have no 3G at work or home! >_<

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:47:09 +0000

re: James Burland // Oct 21, 2008 at 12:05 pm
My biggest gripe at the moment is battery life.

Turn off the WiFi when you’re not using it. You’ll immediately see about at 50% jump in battery life.

By: James Burland

James Burland — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:05:53 +0000

My biggest gripe at the moment is battery life. With the iPhone being is use almost constantly for one thing or another, I’m only managing about 8 hours. Another 50% battery life would make a massive difference.

Obviously this is a problem that all large touch screen phones have to contend with. Perhaps a fast charge rate would be a solution. If I could charge the iPhone to 90% in only 15 minutes or so, that might also serve as a solution.

By: Matt Radford

Matt Radford — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:47:10 +0000

Thanks for your comment and on reflection, you’re right – the title is somewhat misleading. These fixes are really feature requests that don’t necessarily indicate a “broken” experience. The iPhone software is regularly subject to easy and free upgrades, and is selling well despite lacking normally standard things such as MMS.

As I said, I don’t really want to gripe, and especially don’t want this blog to descend into “want want want”. Rather, at the back of my mind I wanted to highlight Please Fix the iPhone as a way of deflecting that sort of endless wish listing. The perceived lack of features does not detract from the general loveliness of the iPhone. I mentioned the other day that you’re never going to satisfy everyone – and that should not be the goal of gadget makers, otherwise they’ll come unstuck. Apple is devilishly good at leaving stuff out to create a better overall experience.

Just two more things:

(1) I can actually think of very few bugs within the latest 2.1 firmware. I’m not sure that my email is being fetched properly, and there are occasional odd half-tones when I get a text. Every now and again (once every couple of weeks) I get a freeze that requires a restart, but that’s about it. Generally, the user interface is fluid and a pleasure to use.

(2) Give Firemail a try once or twice. Using a different app when you want to compose an email is a bit strange, and also unintuitive in terms of workflow. But that aside, I do find it easier to type in landscape mode, with far fewer mis-hit keys. It’s something that would be a nice addition.

By: chrsfrwll

chrsfrwll — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:07:06 +0000

When I saw the title I assumed you were going to have a rant about some bug or other. While I agree copy/paste, amongst other things, would be nice, it is hardly indicitive of a broken iPhone. It’s been like that since day one. Frustrating yes, but not requiring a fix, but rather needing an improvement (along with editing of Office documents, which I rate as a higher requirement). However, I knew about these limitations when I got the phone, so I’m not going to harp on about their absence and how “broken” the phone is without them. It fills other requirements better than those “low-end” phones that offer copy/paste. (And as for landscape email, how many low-end phones are able to offer this that it has become such a short coming on the iPhone? I can’t think of one. What is so difficult about email in portrait?)

Why do people gripe so much? The phone works beautifully. Yes there are times I wish I could do things I used to take for granted but there is an awful lot more I can do better than I ever could before. Isn’t that why we trade up?