OH! So You Want It To Work Right The First Time?

Perhaps you have heard that the new iPhone 4 is about to come out for Verizon.  If you are a big fan of the iPhone, which I will admit I am, you may have been waiting with bated breath.  Well, you might want to wait a little longer.

With a new phone, new network or major upgrade to anything you may not want to be the first adaptors.  Why?  Because it might not work.  Remember Microsoft Windows Me (Most people, including Microsoft don't); Windows Vista; iPhone 4.0 with the death grip antenna problem?  All of these were somewhat good products that for one reason or another got out the door without an all too important battery of tests to find defects or they were shipped because of an arbitrary deadline set by someone down the line.  A poorly performing product was therefore sent to market without being tested.  Guess what, you as the early adaptor are going to pay the company to be that tester!  Sounds great doesn't it?

Maybe not, especially if you are someone that needs your phone or computer to work regularly.  Being the new kid on the block with the latest toy may be cool, but unless you are a tester or someone that really enjoys doing a lot of backups and restoring of data, changes are you aren't going to enjoy the new product hot off the shelves, regardless of the marketing campaign.

So back to the iPhone 4.0.  It is suppose to have a higher front end cost ($50 more than the competitor ATT); the ability to act as a mobile hot spot (meaning you can connect more than one computer to it and use it's internet signal; and the death grip is suppose to be fixed.  The big pro is that it isn't ATT's network.  Which anyone who has slogged through the nightmare of speed issues can attest.  However, there is a theory that as many as 6.3 million of the 9 million users may opt for Verizon and that with that departure, the ATT network may actually get the speeds they have been boasting about for years.  Only time will tell on that one.

The jury is still out on a lot of the facts associated with the new phone, but because they are out is exactly why we recommend not buying it yet.  You see let those that have the extra money go first.  They will work out the kinks.  No you won't be known as having the coolest, newest phone on the block, but at least it will work.  Give it time, you will be glad you did.