Originally Posted by neo6776:
“See this is what i don't get.
Any phone can have a 3g chip and still outlasts the iphone. My question is this...”
You are simplifying a very complex issue.
Find me another phone with a battery sapping 3.5" screen that is super bright and doubles up as a great media player that people
will actually use as a media player but still with better battery life than the iPhone. Its not about 3G or not 3G. Its about 3G + people using it as an iPod + people actually browsing the web for significant lengths of time. My N73 lasts about an hour of using the web with 3G before dying. This is without listening to music.
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“Why didn't apple include 3g and give the user like on any other phone the option to switch it off if not needed?”
I am not in a position to call why Apple make their decisions, but I think the above would have played a huge factor in its inclusion or not.
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“And the size issue cant come into play here as smaller phones seem to manage to fit them in.”
Again, you cant simplify it as a matter of size. If you check the teardown photos of the iPhone it is a pretty damn packed device. Not much can squeeze in there. You have the sensors, the WiFi and a fairly large battery which don't traditionally come in most phones. And those that are feature packed, like the N95 are quite thicker than the iPhone.
Engineering is a matter of compromises. You really can't just throw the best of everything into a device and expect it to run as smoothly, have good battery life or look as good as the iPhone. The different models out there are defined by the compromises they make.