Is there any way to use bluetooth to transfer photos from iPhone 4 to non apple devices?

dc.soriano wrote:

still, without wifi or an iphone cable, wouldn't it be a boon to have the capability?

You're replying to a five year old post. I doubt Julian will be answering.

However, I'll give you my opinion. I have never been in a situation where I had neither cellular data, wifi nor a computer and need to send a picture. So, no, it wouldn't be a valuable feature to me.

11crapple11 wrote:

"Obviously then you'd miss out on all the other benefits an iPhone offers over other phones"

WHICH benefit? Android has the same and more benefits than the iphone

Privacy, Apple wont sell your data to 3rd parties, Google will. It may not be important to you that your data is not private on Android, but it is to me (and many others)

No, file transfer over BT is not supported directly. You can use e-mail or MMS.

You're welcome. There are apps that can transfer photos for iPhone to iPhone.

I had the same problem and when I sayd to my friends that it's not possible the BT transfer,

they decided never to buy any iPhone.

Too costy but less features...

I am beginning to think the same :-(

If the only reason you and your friends use a phone is for transferring photos to other phones via Bluetooth, then maybe a cheap dumb-phone is better suited for you all.

Obviously then you'd miss out on all the other benefits an iPhone offers over other phones, but as photo transfer via Bluetooth is your priority, I guess you wouldn't miss any of the other iPhone features.

When I buy a Luxury Mercedes I don't ask if the Air Conditioning is included because it's OBVIOUS!

But, if later I discover it I get upset for 2 reasons:

- it's not present and ALL other cars, less and more expensive ones, have it.

- i would pay to have it: I can't have it the same.

If your luxury Mercedes didn't come with air-conditioning, no other alternative is provided by the manufacturer for keeping you cool. The iPhone has many (faster) alternative methods for sharing photos. Bluetooth is slow. It's far quicker to share a photo via multiple methods (email, file sharing apps, facebook etc.) over the internet, especially given the file size of average iPhone photos these days.

In the time you've shared just one photo, with one person within 10 metres of you, over Bluetooth, I could've shared half a dozen photos with an unlimited number of people, located anywhere in the world.

I guess you're happy using 15 year old methods of file transfer. You'll be asking for a dial-up connection to the internet next!!

You are being too defensive on behalf of Apple.

Nope. I'm speaking on behalf of myself, drawing on personal experience, having used Bluetooth on dozens of phones since 2002 (Sony Ericsson T68).

Bluetooth is a very fast technology

Well, that depends on what version of Bluetooth both devices support and your definition of "very fast". Bluetooth only started becoming "fast" with v3.0 which piggybacks on WiFi frequencies to transfer data faster. Still doesn't get around the fact you have to be in physical proximity to the person you want to share a file with.

I will not reply anymore to avoid laughing of reader's.

I shouldn't have wifi available to give a file to the person located few meters from me.

doesn't matter the transfer time, I WANNA GIVE the file.

Apple removed a similar App from the store. I dunno why.

> doesn't matter the transfer time, I WANNA GIVE the file.

Well, YOU CAN'T - so get over it or send feedback to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

And you have been told how to "GIVE THE FILE". If the other phone is a smart phone and you both have the app "Bump", which is available for other OSs, you can transfer photos. As Julian says, and I can confirm, transferring over BT is painfully slow. Emailing or MMS is significantly faster and generally requires no fiddling.

"Obviously then you'd miss out on all the other benefits an iPhone offers over other phones"

WHICH benefit? Android has the same and more benefits than the iphone