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Apple iphone 4 has just been released and boy, it lands up in  various issues and dissatisfaction from the customers. Tut, tut, this time it didnt worked for Apple.

It seems that customer are really facing issues with iphone. So here is a post which tells you 5 big flaws of the apple iphone 4 (source : Yahoo)

Here are five bruises on the new Apple iPhone that may engender complaint.

No. 5: A Skimpy Camera

As smartphone challengers like HTC, Motorola (MOT – News) and Nokia (NOK – News) embrace the megapixel race with 8-megapixel and 12-megapixel cameras, Apple’s new iPhone keeps it cheap with a 5-megapixel model.

This will be a bigger point of contention this week when Verizon (VZ – News) and Motorola unveil the Droid X Wednesday, the newest Google (GOOG – News) Android phone, which features an 8-megapixel camera. Android phone giant HTC has also been generous with 8-megapixel cameras in its Droid Incredible and Sprint’s (S – News) EVO.

Meanwhile, Apple, always the laggard in cameras, won’t enter the 8-megapixel class until next year when it debuts a sweet Sony (SNE – News) camera in its 2011 iPhone. But by then, who knows where the rest of the pack will be?

No. 4: No Swype

If you’ve seen Swype or used it, you know why this omission makes the list. Typing on a touchscreen is a challenge as the flat glass surface offers few clues to where your fat fingers are precisely making contact. It’s an error-prone process that gives one a longing for the raised keys of the BlackBerry keyboard from Research In Motion (RIMM – News).

But the Swype keypad software helps tame the new medium. Swype follows the pattern of your finger movements to type words or predict words without the usual hunting and pecking.

Apple did wonders with the touchscreen, but Swype makes it more useful for those among us who like to type.

No. 3: Video Calling

Okay, it’s not totally bait and switch, but Apple’s hot new iPhone video calling feature, FaceTime, comes with lots of asterisks and a limited applicability.

Say you want to video chat with someone using the Apple iPhone 4. That someone has to have a WiFi connection and he has to use the same application on his own iPhone 4. You’re looking at a small club of people — not exactly an application of global Skype-like proportions.

No. 2: iPhone 4 Shortages

Strong demand is only half the story for Apple’s iPhone sales debut. Limited supply is the other. A shortage of in-plane display panels, the crucial part of Apple’s touted retina display screens, has forced Apple’s contract manufacturers to cut production rates in half to 1 million iPhones a month.

This means there won’t be enough iPhones on hand to meet the presumably high demand. Though it’s not a terrible problem to have if you are a gadget maker, sellouts and delivery delays will mar Apple’s big iPhone 4 debut. The frustration could push buyers toward other phones.

No. 1: No Verizon iPhone.

A new iPhone is big. But a new iPhone at Verizon? Much bigger.

Apple’s exclusive partnership with AT&T (T – News) has been a point of discord among iPhone owners and it has tarnished the public perception of both companies. It also has done almost nothing for AT&T’s stock.

Investors have been waiting for the Verizon iPhone. But that’s apparently not going to happen until next year, if ever.

So Apple fans who want the new iPhone have to lock in for another two years with AT&T. This scenario is not particularly pleasant considering that AT&T’s new subscriber plans put penalties on people (like iPhone users) who happen to be heavy data users.

(source : Yahoo)

iPhone4 Pre-Orders Stopped

AT&T suspended iPhone 4 pre-orders Wednesday after demand overwhelmed inventory.

Apple and AT&T took pre-orders for over 600,000 of its new iPhone 4. It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken and far higher than anticipated, according to Apple.

AT&T, exclusive U.S. carrier for Apple’s iPhone, said it will resume taking pre-orders when additional inventory becomes available.

“We are working hard to bring the iPhone 4 to as many of our customers as soon as possible,” AT&T said.

Apple’s website was accepting orders for black models only, and only for shipping by July 2.

Apple’s new iPhone went on sale Tuesday for pre-orders — and once again, the company experienced big problems.

Online and phone systems at Apple and AT&T were jammed. Many consumers complained of not being able to get through, similar to launches for previous iPhones.

“Due to extremely high call volumes, we are unable to answer your call at this time,” said a recording on the Apple phone line for purchasers. “Please call back.”

The situation wasn’t any better with online sales, where the websites seemed to be in a state of perpetual crashing, or long waits.

“We apologize to everyone who encountered difficulties, and hope that they will try again or visit an Apple or carrier store once the iPhone 4 is in stock,” Apple said in a statement.

AT&T said Wednesday that there were more than 13 million visitors to AT&T’s website Tuesday to specifically check whether they were eligible for a phone upgrade. That’s 3 times more than any previous day.

“The good news for Apple: A lot of people want to buy the product,” says Van Baker, an analyst at Gartner. “The bad news: system glitches that totally overwhelmed the system.”

AT&T told the Associated Press it received reports of customers seeing wrong account information Tuesday but wasn’t able to replicate the problem and was investigating. The company said the personal information users were seeing in one another’s accounts didn’t include Social Security numbers, credit card information and detailed call logs.

Apple had no comment.

Sprint HTC EVO 4G Commercial Debuts on Youtube!

The Sprint EVO 4G commercial has finally hit the internet and the TVs as well. This Android phone is much cooler than the iPhone 4G! Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G is considered as one of the best Android based phones available in the market. The phone has 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and it runs Android 2.1.  The phone, which has 4.3 inch screen with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, has video recording facility with 720p at 25 frames per second. HTC EVO 4G is very first Android based phone having front-facing camera.

Even though Android 2.1 doesnot have built in feature of video calling but there was app called Qik which can be used for video chatting. The app cost $5 per month. As far as price in concert, Amazon show list price as  $499 but shows $199 with Sprint’s service plan contact. Sprint is also selling it for $199 after $100 mail-in-rebate.

Meanwhile, there are many reports that Sprint’s latest phone ws completely sold out within the few days of its availability It was reported earlier that EVO 4G is the fastest selling smart-phone by Sprint.

The Ad is pretty cool, it pretty much wraps up the evolution of technology in just 32 seconds. As you guessed, at the final stage is Sprint EVO 4G.

Check out the AD Below!

There are some very interesting numbers in Apple’s third-quarter press release. Apple has also disclosed more numbers in its conference call which is still in progress. Some highlights:

3.05 million Macs sold this quarter, up 17 percent from a year ago. The overall PC market is expected to grow just 2 percent in the third quarter. That means Apple is taking market share from Windows still. But average selling prices per Mac are down. Sales outside the U.S. were stronger than sales inside the U.S.

10.2 million iPods sold this quarter, down 8 percent from 11 million a year ago. The iPod Touch sales were up 100 percent year-over-year.

7.4 million iPhones sold in the quarter, up 7 percent from a year ago. That’s a new record. iPhone sell through in the quarter was up 38 percent over a year ago.

$9.87 billion in third quarter revenues, up 25 percent ; analysts expected $9.2 billion.

$1.82 a share in earnings per share, up 47 percent; analysts expected $1.42 a share.

273 Apple stores now open, up 15. Apple is spending $400 million a year on stores. It remodeled 72 of them and opened 26 new stores in the quarter. That means some Apple stores closed in the quarter.

45.9 million visitors to Apple stores in the quarter, up from 42.7 million a year ago. Average revenue per store is $7.1 million per quarter, down from $7.6 million a year ago.

Apple has $23.4 billion in cash and short-term investments. With long-term investments included, Apple has $34 billion in current assets, up from $31 billion last quarter.

Expected fourth quarter revenue: $11.3 billion to $11.6 billion Earnings per share in fourth quarter are expected to be $1.70 a share to $1.78 a share.

2.4 million iPhones are in the inventory channel, up 500,000 from a quarter before.

China and Korea are expected to roll iPhones out in fourth quarter. Canada and UK are expected to add a second iPhone carrier.

this post credit goes to   venturebeat.com

iPhone Vs Hackers

Apple’s aim to capture the enterprse market might not actually materialise, claims Joonathan Zdziarski, an iPhone developer and a hacker who teaches forensics courses. Zdziarski had gone on record saying that Apple won’t tell you, but the supported enterprise-friendly encryption included with the iPhone 3Gs is so weak it can be cracked in two minutes with a few pieces of freeware.

“It is kind of like next to the secret decoder ring, I don’t think any of us(developers) have ever seen encryption implemented so poorly before, which is why its hard to describe why it’s such a big threat to security.”

Now this is in complete contradiction with what Apple has said about its 3G iPhones and its encryption system. Apple said that its new iPhone 3Gs is more enterprise-friendly. Zdziarski has also said, “The new iPhone 3Gs encryption feature is broken when it comes to protecting sensitive information such as credit card numbers and social-security numbers.”.

Wonder how iPhone is going to react to this. After all this comes from someone within the company. They will either fire him and claim that he was trying to deframe Apple’s reputation or just release a patch that does nothing.