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Why isn't there a criticism/controversy section in this article?: While reliable sourced criticisms and controversies can be included in this article, criticism sections themselves are generally discouraged. As a result of this, criticisms of the iPhone have been interleaved throughout the article in the appropriate section. For example, criticism of Apple requiring iPhone owners to pay to have their phone's battery replaced is included in the battery section. See WP:NPOV and WP:CRIT for further information on criticism and controversy sections.
Where are the prices? Is the iPhone available in my country?: Under guideline WP:NOPRICES, street and retail prices are considered trivia items. Pricing concerns over the iPhone, as well as other issues related to carriers are covered in other iPhone-related Wikipedia articles.
Why "the iPhone" and not just "iPhone"?: Dropping the definite article is a marketing technique used by Apple. Unless such terminology is used by a majority of our reliable, secondary sources, our style guidelines require that we use the normal rules of English grammar to refer to subjects, and that requires the use of the definite article when using synecdoche to refer to one subject as if it were the whole group (the iPhone and not iPhones).

Historical false

The following sentence is an historical false. Please remove or elaborate more why this should be part of the article

The dominant mobile operating systems at the time such as Symbian, BlackBerry OS, and Windows Mobile were not designed to handle additional tasks beyond communication and basic functions

One example: well polished version of Tom Tom on Symbian are available since 2005. ^[1]

The iPhone strenght at launch was based on good user experience, ecosystem and advertisement campaign. Not on functionalities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucacutrignelli (talk • contribs) 08:14, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

The second sentence makes no sense. Please fix it / unlock this article.

Suggestion

Apple's iOS should be correctly changed to iOS 6.1.2

Any other uses for the iPhone, where GPS is utilized

Also include a list of other features or functions, where the GPS in the iPhone is utilized.

Interface

Re "The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen..." The user interface IS the multi-touch screen; it is not "built around" the screen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.147.170 (talk) 22:50, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

mount.sh Waiting to Mount...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.2.222.59 (talk) 19:31, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The user interface is the portion of the operating system with which the user interacts during usage of the device. The multi-touch screen is hardware. So the UI and the screen are definitely separate and distinct. So the user interface(software) could certainly have been 'built around the device's multi-touch screen..." 198.99.24.125 (talk) 16:47, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

what is a micropixel?

The article uses the term "micropixel" (or "µ pixel"), but does not define it or provide links to a definition. The term is not in common use. Wiktionary has a entry, but the definition is "a very small pixel". (You can imagine how that guy would define "microwave".)

Is there really such a thing as a micropixel? Or did Apple marketing people make it up? I'm having an emperor's-new-clothes feeling about this. TypoBoy (talk) 17:38, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great question, and I wish I had the answer. Some light Googling reveals talk of "larger" 1.9µ pixels, so I wonder if the "µ" bit ("micro" isn't spelled out in the article) might not be shorthand for micro-something—but what? What unit is used to measure pixel size? Since this refers to the camera, might it also be trying to express the theoretical resolution of the camera's photosensor elements relative to the available resolution on the phone's screen? I really don't know. Rivertorch (talk) 18:39, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

µ = micron = micrometer. In this case, I believe it means the pixels are squares with side lengths of 1.9 micron. Kevin chen2003 (talk) 21:47, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

The number of Iphones sold in total is 421 million Iphones as of November 2013 http://ipod.about.com/od/glossary/f/how-many-iphones-sold.htm

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The number of Iphones sold in total is 421 million Iphones as of November 2013 http://ipod.about.com/od/glossary/f/how-many-iphones-sold.htm 98.164.212.145 (talk) 07:00, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. This should be available from a more reliable source. Also, please specify the exact change you want to make in a "please change X to Y" manner. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 20:03, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Number of iOS versions

The article says "There are seven generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the six major releases of iOS." The table in the article shows seven generations and seven iOS versions. Is this a mistake, or are one of the versions not "major"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.203.8.19 (talk) 23:28, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request of edit

{{edit semi-protected}} In field of infobox: manufacturer please change: [[Foxconn]] ([[contract manufacturer|on contract]]) to [[Foxconn]] ([[contract manufacturer|on contract]])<br> Of IPhone 5S 85% are assembled in China, 15% in rest of the World.<ref>http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/iphone-manufacturing-graphic/</ref><ref>http://financesonline.com/how-iphone-is-made/</ref>
Reasons:

Provide source of Foxconn manufacture
to show how much of this pricy products are made in China
Foxconn have manufactures all of the World, even in the Czech Republic(Europe, union), in fact this means that saying only "manufacturer Foxconn" is not telling important things - something like e.g. "I known that Kansas maybe is in Europe, Southern Am. or Northern Am. ..."

Declining, not because of the nature of your request, but because of where the text is located. It's part of the infobox, which is only supposed to present simple facts without much text; your suggested addition would be too much for the box. If you'd like to suggest a place in the text where it could go, that would be quite different. Nyttend (talk) 03:55, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request : iPhone 4 discontinuation date

The article states that the iPhone 4 has been discontinued on September 12, 2012; this is actually the date is what discontinued in most markets, but it remains being sold in japan.--Amos101 (talk) 17:57, 17 January 2014 (UTC) ^[2]. And its reintroduction in India is also discussed as of January 2014.^[3].[reply]

Hence, the discontinuation date is for me incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.232.230.253 (talk) 07:00, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

iPhone 4 still available

As of today, the iPhone 4 is not discontinued, but still available in China. Therefore this should be marked as available or marked with a special category 'available in some regions' or something like that! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madboy86 (talk • contribs) 12:29, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NSA's kit for iPhone

[1] Article [2] Someone not using his real name (talk) 20:04, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 31 January 2014

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Under the sub-category "Battery," in the fourth paragraph: "The battery replacement service and its pricing was not made known to buyers until the day the product was launched,[125][126] it is similar to how Apple (and third parties) replace batteries for iPods." This is a run-on sentence. Please change the comma to a period and capitalize the word after it. Morncreek (talk) 09:14, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done:. I changed it to a semicolon. --Anon126 (talk - contribs) 21:04, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sales Credit

[The iPhone is the top-selling phone of any kind in some countries, including the United States[22] and Japan.[23]]

Isn't this no longer relevant since a couple years ago? We should probably either removed this or put in an "as of "X" year" there. Japan this might still be relevant but I can't find any current source since 2012.

[1] ttp://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/TomTom_MOBILE_5.php

[2] ttp://store.apple.com/cn/iphone/family/iphone/compare

[3] ttp://9to5mac.com/2014/01/13/apple-reportedly-planning-to-bring-back-8-gb-iphone-4-in-india-to-combat-slow-sales

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