If you have read any tech news recently, you may have heard of a new little gadget called the iPhone4.  This phone has had more sales voodoo worked on it then Steve Ballmer trying to sell WIndows 1.0.

Now, the iPhone4 has had some hiccups from the start, including the prototype being “misplaced” and finding its way on gizmodo, and  the failure of the getting a wifi connection during Steve Job‘s Keynote at WWDC 2010.

Followed by AT&T’s pre-order system collapsing, leaving tons of people unable to order the highly anticipated phone.

Now, I understand those issues really couldn’t be helped. (I mean, who would have thought that anyone would want to blog from their laptops at WWDC, right?)  But, if you have had such a shaky start, wouldn’t you want to make sure your launch day was problem free?

Guess no one bothered to actually test the latest batch of iPhones though.  There have been reports of yellow screens (which are supposed to clear in a few days, they are claiming it is adhesive that has yet to fully cure.), camera issues, volume button confusion and antenna problems.

Instead of taking a stance of “Opps, there was a flaw in this release, let us fix it”, many Apple sources are taking to “Your not doing it right” approach.

“Antenna problem?  What antenna problem? Your just making that up… Oh wait, your not the only one? You all must be holding it wrong, because I am not having an issue.”

You can read more excuses that have been peddled here for all the various problems.

Now before I get all the Apple fanboys and fangirls all fired up telling me to stop bashing the “Little guy” please take a second to read this link.  Apple has passed Microsoft as the world’s largest tech company.

As always, feel free to post comments and questions below.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am not an ‘Apple Hater’. I had an IPod (IPod Touch to be precises, which was I won at a company Christmas party), and I do not think Microsoft or Google (or any one company for that matter) is the utmost authority in technology, I simply have come to the conclusion that Apple’s Iphone will not be able to fill my needs as a user, with it’s current limitation placed upon it by Apple and AT&T. Below, in no specific order, is my list of issues with the Iphone, and why I went with the Droid by Motorola on Verizon.

1. The Network – I have used AT&T, and Verizon. I like Verizon better, enough said.
2. I want my phone to be a phone first, everything else comes second. So, if you have 32GB of storage, but you can’t get service inside a store, the phone is worthless
3. Apple has been increasingly become big brother. Sure it has a large selection of applications, but what if I want an app that Apple doesn’t approve. Your SOL or you have to Jail Break your phone and install the App, which is against ToS with Apple.
4. I don’t like how Apple treated developers of already approved applications, that made their livelihood off of programs for the IPhone. Simply pulling the Apps out of the AppStore with no warning or prior explanation really hurt my view of Apple as a company.
5. The last reason I will never buy an IPhone is other cell phones are starting to catch up. The Android OS from Google is available on tons of fully functional phones, you can modify them with out breaking Google’s ToS (this is not to say some cell providers don’t have rules against it). You only have 10,000 applications in the Android Market, but the cool thing is you can write your own applications, and even install applications that haven’t been approved by Google, with out having to hack your phone.

Those are just my opinions, you may have your own opinion and that is fine. I am not looking to pick a fight with any fan-boys or fan-girls. I only add this disclaimer because fan boys and girls tend to be easily offended, and flame posts when they are mad.

With that said feel free to post comments.