Anybody else just really disappointed with iPhone 3GS?

Question

so i just traded up my 3 year old sanyo katana (sprint) flip-phone (which worked perfectly, without a hitch, ever) for a new iphone 3GS (at&t) and frankly i'm pretty dissatisfied with the switch. yeah, it's a fun toy, but phone service and coverage is poor and i'm experiencing most of the problems/issues posted on this forum: ridiculously poor battery life, overheating, app icons going haywire, car charger not working, crappy compass performance, inexplicable crashes and reboots/restarts etc.
if this thing worked precisely as advertised it'd be the best electronic/consumer product i've ever purchased, but as it stand now it's just sort of a nuisance. why advertise a revolutionary product, with revolutionary capabilities if everybody (including the manufacturer, apple) is telling you to turn off all it's revolutionary functions and capabilities just to keep the battery charged more than 6 hours?
weak. just weak.
i just want a functional, as advertised iPhone. is there an app for THAT?
Message was edited by: d.c.1

Answer 1

Well, I also have had no problems with mine. But, comparing this to small flip phone is really unfair. We have to remember that this phone is a small computer and has many uses and functions that it dose over your basic small flip cell phone.
Compare it properly against another touch screen smart samsung phone and you will see that it is much more stable and easy to use.
I have compared it to nearly every other smart phone and it always shines brighter. The more a device can do the more that can go wrong with it.
I father just recently bought one of those sit down and drive lawnmowers and it has had many problems, while he still loves that his old push rotor lawn mower works like a charm.
Check yours out at apple and see if there's something that can be done, and peroidicaly power off and on your phone.