This is where I believe the iPhone wins at the moment.
It works brilliantly, for me, as a phone. I've not found another smart phone as good so far.
It works brilliantly, for me, as a phone. I've not found another smart phone as good so far.
1. Hit home or lock key 2. Swipe lock slider 3. Touch phone icon 4. Touch dialpad icon 5. Dial number
Vs. a featurephone or keyboarded smartphone
1. Hit unlock key or open clamshell 2. Dial number
What I'd actually like to see is a second slider on the iPhone's lock screen that goes straight to the phone without stopping by the springboard. That would pretty much bring it to parity with featurephone keypads.
I found it terrible. Unintuitive, and hard to use even when you understand what it's doing.
I was thinking, personally, more about it's general usability. Like the easy tabs on the phone app (contacts,history,voicemail,dialer etc), the text messages layout, how accesible the contacts db is (and syncable with Google) and all the other bits.
It's not something specific I can place my finger on but lots of little neat bits that make it a really usable phone.
(edit: if you think about getting into contacts and dialing a number the swipe scroll and touch makes that probably faster/easier than a standard phone)
1) Press middle of the three hardware buttons on the lower part of the phone. Home screen appears. 2) Press icon in lower left part of the home screen, numpad appears. 3) Input the number. 4) Press call button on touch screen or the leftmost of the hardware buttons. Overall, one more action than a non-smart.
Please note that it is not my intention, however, to present 5800 as overall good phone. Most of it is usability nightmare.