Engadget Reviews the iPhone

We haven’t linked to any iPhone reviews since the device was released last Friday, but I couldn’t help but peruse Ryan Block’s exhaustive look at the device. It’s three long pages and covers virtually everything that a potential iPhone buyer will want to know.

The overall opinion is that it’s a great phone, but there are still a few needless issues, such as a recessed headphone jack that will not work with most headphones available. If you are still considering an iPhone, this is a great way to make your final decision. I’m in no hurry, so I will sit back and wait to see if the issues on the first generation iPhone are fixed in the second, which is supposedly due out later this year.

The fact is, there’s only a very short list of properly groundbreaking technologies in the iPhone (multi-touch input), and a very long list of things users are already upset about not having in a $600 cellphone (3G, GPS, A2DP, MMS, physical keyboard, etc.). If you’re prepared to buy into the hype, and thusly, the device, it’s important that purchase (and its subsequent two year commitment to AT&T) not be made for features, but for the device’s paradigm-shifting interface.

Source: Engadget