Comments on: iPhone 3GS #1 in Consumer Reports New Smartphone Ratings

By: dsjr2006

dsjr2006 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:09:29 +0000

Haha. The Pre can’t even do half the things the iPhone can do so it surely didn’t fill in any gaps. Sprint is worse than At&t and I would have to say the Pre is actually more locked down since they have the ability to force software updates on you to remove things if they want. Not to mention you can’t do anything 3rd party with the Pre right now without getting into complex command-line. LMAO, get your facts straight.

By: will54880

will54880 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:43:05 +0000

At risk of getting ripped apart, I do believe the Pre is a better device than the iPhone. As one website stated, OSX left alot out of it, and WebOS filled in the gaps. Plus, WebOS is not locked down like OSX is by Apple. And, you don’t have to put up with at&t. I have used both devices, in case you are wondering. Pre > iPhone IMO.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:30:25 +0000

Funny how they are mostly touch screen devices near the top. I guess that’s the wave of the future.

By: Waidt

Waidt — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:25:44 +0000

@Waidt Maybe you should try reading the original post more closely before sounding off. I think Jeremy clearly said the list was of the "top 8 devices".

Now, what was it you were saying about incompetency and 16 yr old inattentiveness?

By: Poop Smells Good

Poop Smells Good — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:15:13 +0000

@Truth: I totally agree…..your name says it all.

@ice: You hit the nail on the head. CR isn’t even good for toilet paper. The pages are too glossy.

By: Truth

Truth — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:38:00 +0000

Consumer Reports reviews are just as crappy as the CNET ones except with CR you have to pay to look at the reviews.

By: Waidt

Waidt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:53:16 +0000

Ok, ok: 'TiPb' and 'off' were what i meant. Sorry if I offended.

BTW, why was the volume so low on your otherwise very nice Wed night podcast? And why can I not listen live on my iPhone? It just seems funny that a livecast stream about the iPhone can't be listened to on the device itself. Or am I missing something here?

By: Waidt

Waidt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:40:35 +0000

Come on, Tipb, what are you - a bunch of kids? So you chopped the list of at the Pre without explaining this, then you act surprised when people assume it came in last. I've been seeing this kind of incompetence a bit on your site. Try to be more attentive than a 16 yr old.

And Consumer Reports? What do they really know about anything? My 3GS is far superior to my 3G. I appreciate it's responsiveness and crashlessness (aka stability) more and more with each passing day. OS 3.1 just makes it even sweeter.

By: icebike

icebike — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:18 +0000

@Smells Good:

There other instances where they gave a product a good rating which I knew from experience wasn’t top tier.

I've always thought that CS was good at rating canned peas.

Anything technical, not so much.

By: VDR

VDR — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:14:22 +0000

@Jeremy, thanks for the tip, that explains why there are only 8 phones on the above list.