When the original iPhone launched, there was a lot to complain about. Despite the iPhone being a revolutionary step forward for the entire cellphone market, it still had many shortcomings. No MMS, camera flash, copy/paste, GPS, multitasking, or, even apps to multitask with. Whiners everywhere proclaimed the iPhone a failure because it didn’t have X, Y or Z feature. Over the years, Apple has been slowly improving upon the hardware design and software. Now, even minute details have been covered. Features that few people would use, but complained enough about. Like A2DP or bluetooth keyboard support. Still, there are many that will not concede to the iPhone nor admit its power. This must have something to do with the religious war that is smartphones, except the iPhone is always the victim.

No, no one ever complains that the most innovative Blackberry apps available can crop photos or shorten links. Oooh. Wow. Sarcasm aside, there’s definitely a problem when in order to play Guitar Hero, one must download the track you’re playing for every round. The platform and operating system are dated and stagnant. “Oh, but the iPhone doesn’t do email.” Cool it, I’ve owned two Blackberries and the iPhone does email fine. Just because it doesn’t have a keyboard doesn’t mean email is impossible — that’s absolutely ignorant.

Then there’s the Android folk, whose entire getup is a mishmash of failed attempts to copy the iPhone with the confusing “geeky” (read: complicated) nature of Windows Mobile 5. Nah, Android deserves more credit than that. However, when I talk to people with Cliqs or Droids and they say “My phone is so much better than yours…” I always prompt them with a “Why?” To which I get a fumbled response about it being open or something. Here’s what being open has gotten Android, a collection of poorly ported iPhone apps and a ton of dumb 2D games (also clones). Oh right, and the phone’s hardware will be outdated in a month, and kiss OS updates goodbye.

Okay, so I’m a little on the offensive here, sorry. I just don’t get it. The iPhone does everything. With the impending 4.0 release, there will be nothing to complain about. The phone that didn’t multitask, didn’t have a front facing camera, didn’t MMS, didn’t have GPS, didn’t have 3G,.. will now have everything anyone could care about ever. So, don’t even think to say that your Storm 2 or Incredible can even come close to comparing to an iPhone 4, cause it can’t. Yes, you may like your phone, but attacking the iPhone for what it doesn’t have is entirely hypocritical. Make your statements now, because after this summer, they’ll mean nothing.