The most awaited cell phone of all time was finally launched in India. The Apple iPhone is an internet connected multimedia phone with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface. It has some really good features. The phone includes a camera, media player (equivallent to i pod), voice mail, email, web browsing, wi-fi connectivity and many more. But does it really worth for the money you spend?

Have a look at the things you cannot do with iPhone.

Apple’s 3G iPhone lacks so many features which are found in most cell phones available in market. The features missing are:

1. No provision for video recording: Thinking of re-collecting the memories by recording it in your camera, well, iPhone will disappoint you. So stop thinking of planning video conference in your expensive gadget. This is quite disappointing as video recording option is found in most cell phones.

2. Camera-Flash and zoom is missing: There was speculation that iPhone will go for some what higher resolution, but it has disappointed as it has the same 2Mp camera found in most of the lower end phones.

3. Does not support copy and paste: So next time if you are planning to save some time by copy and paste option, you may end up wasting your time. Imagine that one cannot delete a line of text. Lacks the feature of multi-select. So you need to be patience enough and have lot of time deleting  the mails in bulk.

4. Cannot send MMS and forwards: Many of you will shock after hearing this, but its true. Of all things, one cannot simply forward a text message. Users can only send text messages or snapshots via email. Also, don’t think of sending a SMS to multiple contacts as iPhone has no option for that either.

5. Lacks voice dialing: iphone lacks support for voice dialing which is again found in most of lower end phones.

6. Cannot change battery on your own: If one is having problem with the battery, your problem has doubled here as you cannot change battery of iPhone by your own. You will have to send your phone to an Apple outlet.

7. Cannot synchronize with wireless modem: Apple has no path to support for wireless modem. So get ready to pay heavy amount for the data usage.

8. Does not support the option of bluetooth file sharing: Apple iPhone does not have the option to sync with bluetooth stereo. It is surprising that one cannot share mp3, videofiles and images via bluetooth.

9. Does not support flash files: If you are thinking to view multimedia files that require flash, well you will again be disappointed. While browsing, web pages with adobe flash will be shown as empty spaces with missing icons.

10. Does not support the option to customize ring tone. Almost all cellphones have multiple profiles and option to edit or create more. However, the iPhone comes only with two options: ring or silent. Users cannot download ring tones from anywhere except iTunes.

Half the fun as gone. Isn’t it?

So will you still pay Rs.30K for the Apple iPhone?