Currently I am the owner of a Cingular 8525 from a manufacturer known as HTC. Generally, I have had a good experience with the device. Besides not being the most attractive phone I’ve ever owned, the more I use it (about 9 months now) the more I notice dropped calls, etc. Not as much as my Sony Ericsson S710a.
So, here’s what I need the iPhone to do before I buy one…
1) Grow up, and allow 3rd party application development. They’re already bashing the iPhone’s security (or lack thereof) so you may as well get rid of one of the complaints and open up app development like the PocketPC’s.
2) 3G…this one’s obvious. Lack of 3G in the first version of the iPhone was obviously strategic but I REGULARLY use my 8525 as a high-speed Internet connection provided wirelessly (bluetooth) to my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, v.1 iPhone strategy left me out of the loop.
3) User Replaceable Battery
Those are really the primary features I would REQUIRE before purchasing. Secondary features being the following:
1) Removable Storage, my current 8525 takes SD cards and I use it regularly.
2) Voice navigation software…after 3rd parties can develop native iPhone apps maybe TomTom or TeleNav will take the reigns and finish the job!
This is my wish list for the iPhone at the moment. Apple is my favorite platform, Steve Jobs, my favorite CEO, my MacBook Pro, my favorite laptop, maybe they can make their iPhone my favorite cell phone too…
http://www.apple.com/iphone/