You seem upset that I bring these up - I don’t know about you, but I hate finding problems down that road that I could have prepared for.
I would say, "stating the obvious" is more apt... LOL. It seems you've made a career out of the negative spin rather than preparing for buying the iPhone...
There hasn't been a product ever made in the world that has not had something wrong or needed repair or couldn't have been improved upon. Apple is the same, even though they make the best of products for the consumer. Therefore, even with the best, there is always going to be room for improvement. If this wasn't so, even with Apple producing the best of products, you wouldn't see them getting even better all the time. They would have nothing left to do, if it were all perfect.
But, in your case, I doubt you have a single current Apple product, and instead, simply sling negative spin, instead of putting in suggestions to Apple for improving a product (they do listen to consumers for improvements, and have a webpage for inputting it). So, while I do have an Apple Macintosh desktop, laptop, iPod, and iPhone (along with various Apple accessories and other things), I doubt you have a single one.
So, it seems to be a bit disingenuous to say that you're concerned about problems that you could have prepeared for down the road.... To do that, you have to have Apple products in your possession.... LOL..
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. -- Maybe you're waiting until the year 2525 (remember the song...?) so that Apple will have perfected everything and they can do no better and they quit business because it's all perfect now... LOL
P.P.S. -- And by the way, I do have the iPhone and it's the best thing out there for the kind of product that it is. And I know there is room for Apple to do even better with it, so I'm expecting another year or two to bring out even more improvements and an even better iPhone than what I have right now. But, that's not stopping me from getting the best that we have at this moment. I'll get the better one a year or two down the road, too. :-) [and this one will probably be a "hand-me-down" to someone else in the family, like many other Apple products I've had before..., another great tradition in the Apple family of products...]
“P.P.S. — And by the way, I do have the iPhone and it’s the best thing out there for the kind of product that it is.”
You have to define what “kind of product” means - It is certtainly not the most technically advanced in terms of hardware capabilities, except for I believe, the two finger touch. In every other catagory it is at best equal to others, and inferior to many.
As afr as suggestiions for improving their product - don’t you think pointing out where it is deficient is a suggestion where improvement could be made ?
Apple was not simply stupid when they left out streaming audio, IM and VOIP - they know that these things exist, people use them, and may expect them in a “breaktrough” device. Being software based it costs effectively nothing to include them in the product. They left them out purposely.