I love my SonyEricsson more than ever, while Apple will have to appear on the scene to clear up an awesome glitch: iPhone freezes. Yesterday in Atlanta I missed an urgent call from my son Santiago, because my iPhone, with the ATT line that ICE forces me to because of its technological lag, did not come out of its freeze for about 20 minutes, while I turned it off and restarted it several times. It is not the first time that it freezes, and because of this, it is clear that the failure is not a coincidence.
Can you imagine a phone that doesn’t work, freezes or stops working in an emergency? Well, it’s called iPhone, it’s produced by Apple and it saddens me to admit it.
The iPhone is a technological and cultural revolution, an emotion for which I bought it when it was launched, with serious technical problems that have yet to be solved, while those of us who decided to get our hands on the reason for so much fuss are suffering from them. As a pioneer and early adopter of technology, I am used to suffer the consequences of wanting to be ahead of the latest advances. However, no one buys a beer with the fear of missing bubbles, any more than they buy a toast potato with the uncertainty of whether it will crunch when bitten. Much less a phone that won’t answer or won’t dial when you use it.
These are not times for a phone to not work when it receives a call, to freeze the screen when you want to dial or simply not have an immediate response to a small technical glitch. The iPhone interface is a marvel, the screen experience is friendly, logical and intuitive, its virtues are many, and without a doubt, it contributes greatly to the evolution of cell phones in the world, when it does not freeze and stop responding.
The Apple iPhone, in two words, freezes. I am simply disappointed and surprised at such a basic flaw. Meanwhile, back in Costa Rica, I turn on my infallible SonyEricsson and admit I was wrong to have believed that a legendary computer brand that produces iPods could make good cell phones as well.
Freezing iPhone, freacking iPhone…