iPhone

I finally got to see and use an iPhone. Here's my humble review.

Short Version
Wow. It's incredible. As good as you'd hoped.

Long Version.
Wow. There are three things that immediately struck me about the iPhone.

1. I picked it up and just started using it.

Playing with it, browsing the web, making calls, all without looking at a manual or asking anyone how to use it. Fucking hell it's easy to use. Unbelievably intuitive.

Everything just seems to be where you want it to be. Everything seems to move how you want it to move. Maybe it's because I'm used to Apple stuff, maybe it's because I've seen and read so much about the iPhone - but I doubt it.

The usability is incredible. Breathtaking.

If you don't believe me, think about the time you switched from a Nokia to a Motorola, or the time you switched from a Motorola to a Sony Ericsson. Was that easy? Or was it a little confusing using a new operating system? Finding the contacts - easy? No. Exactly.

This is a new phone by a company that's never made a phone before that does things a phone has never done before and it's possibly the easiest piece of technology I've ever used. That's amazing.

2. It's smaller and sturdier than I thought it would be.

Here's a photo of it next to my 5th generation iPod. I thought it would be bigger than that.

It's also slim and yet surprisingly sturdy. It feels slick and solid and good.

Here's a picture next to my stylish yet practical Nokia 5140.

And here it is next to a Lady Godiva. Another 59 of them and you got an iPhone.

3. It's so new and yet so familiar.

Partly because the usability is so great, partly because I've heard so much about it - it just feels so familiar. It almost feels old. Know what I mean?

It's strange but after five minutes of using it - something so new and so revolutionary feels like I've been using it for years. That's pretty amazing too.

Comments

[april]

Stylish yet practical. Love it.

How good is it too actually see NDG on your phone??

[april]

pardon my incorrect use of the word 'too', I meant 'to'.

Thx.

[TomLR]

Does it look as good if your hands aren't as delicate ?

[Nick]

I really love it too. Although I will say that I'm more excited to see the second and third generations. This product is absolutely brilliant and with a couple of little additions it would be amazing.

Firstly, it's impossible to type on. People say that you get used to it but I think it could be solved by simply allowing people to be able to type in the landscape mode rather than only portrait. The buttons are too small and you can't use your two thumbs.

I also kinda wish that it was the same width as the iPod for web viewing.

But it's beautiful, easy to criticize!

[neilperkin]

I love intuitive design like this and Apple are so good at it