Guess what folks? Mark Zuckerberg recently bought an iPhone! But that's not the real news, and the following should be taken with a grain of salt. Reportedly upon his purchase, he took to writing on his Facebook wall, saying that he's already bought a landline, only a mere week after purchasing the unit, according to Business Insider.
In the post he says that he got "four chargers" so he could keep it charged everywhere he went, in addition to purchasing the landline.
One has to wonder though, if he's that disgruntled with the iPhone, why he's still hanging onto it, versus actually taking it back? Perchance, he might actually like some features about it?
Of course, we may have to give him some credit about the dropped calls thing, as we all know with AT&T, but it appears his battery issues may be a little more individually attributed. In another story, he was said to have been scolded by a flight attendant for overusing his iPhone during a flight.
What might be worth noting is that Kim-Mai Cutler with VentureBeat later went on to report that Zuck's device was a pre-release version of an iPhone 4, but he would clarify in later comments that he would be scooping up an iPhone 4 in the future.
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vintagehero
June 17, 2010 at 7:40pm
Zuckerberg was singling out the iPhone and creating the impression that short battery life was a problem saved only for the iPhone. It's a draw back of all batteries. But lets hold judgement until we see the iPhone 4 and how it makes better use of the A4 chip.
I live in Dallas and I have never had a dropped call... ever. Just traveled to Missouri, Washington State, California and Chicago. Not one dropped call their either. Was in New York last year, not one problem making calls. SOrry you are having issues, but that doesn't hold true for everyone.
WHy don't you and Zuckerberg go by a Droid.
VitaminCM
June 15, 2010 at 6:28am
A. The iPhone obviously has some great merits. I absolutely love mine.
B. The battery life on it (and other smartphones) is atrocious.
C. Of all the wonderful things it does, being a telephone is probably the worst. Making phone calls on my iPhone has sucked for two years. I guess I'm lucky that I hate talking on the phone.I don't like Zuckerberg at all; but he is completely right.
vintagehero
June 14, 2010 at 8:02pm
Mark is just pissed because once FarmVille comes to the iPhone and iPad Facebook will begin its descent into oblivion. Hey Mark, Facebook sucks.
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