since we have macbook air, do we really need iphone 3g?

[kylelong100]

I am reluctant to buy an iphone 3g because the macbook air is better than the iphone.

I carry the macbook air with me all the time. I have 3g connection using a simple motorola razr.

Besides iphone is always online, is there any other reason to get an iphone if you have MBA with you?

[swingerofbirch]

Hmmm....the iPhone has GPS which the MacBook Air doesn't. It's probably also a better gaming platform ;)

[nick9191]

The fact that one is a phone and the other is a notebook perhaps?

[n0de]

Because one has internet and voice service (nearly everywhere there is GSM service) and zero boot time; the other has a full size keyboard, screen and runs full applications (but needs to be near wifi).

[sanPietro98]

I realize the MBA is small, but it would still be a bit awkward to hold up to your face to make a call. :rolleyes:

[watergun]

I wouldn't use my MBA to access internet on the crowded subway rides...as small and as thin as it is. I would tho with iPhone 3G.

[Techguy172]

The iPhone is smaller lighter, easier just to pull out and check e-mail. It is also a Phone.

[ScottFitz]

silly human...

[NewSc2]

I don't know about you guys, but I love listening through tunes on my laptop. While jogging.

[Digital Skunk]

Kinda lost with this. :confused: :confused:

So, what you are saying is: "It's better to have one product to replace a completely different product that doesn't even fill the other products purpose?"

Not trying to sound mean, but one is a notebook, the other a phone. Apples and oranges.

[ZiggyPastorius]

I don't know about you guys, but I love listening through tunes on my laptop. While jogging.

I do this, actually...though while walking, not jogging.

[JML42691]

I find your point of argument quite pathetic, a computer is different than a phone, can your MBA make calls? And don't feed me some Vonage crap or something like that. And can the MBA fit in the typical person's pocket? Does the MBA have a touch screen? Does the MBA have GPS? ect, ect, ect, it comes down to the point that the MBA is a computer and the iPhone is a phone (and an amazing one at that), these points are nearly endless.

[accrane]

the iphone is nice because you can whip it out of your pocket anywhere such as the waiting room of a doctors office. You wouldnt take your air into such a place...

[Cheffy Dave]

:D:D you look really stupid holding a MBA up to your ear, get an i-Phone too;)

[Goldcard]

Well, should you keep your razr then if you have a macbook air?

According to your point, or lack of a point at all, no.

I hate to sound mean but every day I am amazed at the threads found in the macbook air forums (and iphone). After reading some of these I never fail to think that I will never get these two minutes of my life back again. If only there was some sort of warning in the title! :confused:

[ducatidoc]

hee, hee, hee

of course we need both. without an iphone, how else can we watch youtube?

:-D

[Pixellated]

hee, hee, hee

of course we need both. without an iphone, how else can we watch youtube?

:-D

Good one :D Thats probably why they didn't put flash on iPhones...

[Whorehay]

I actually ask myself the opposite question...

Since I have a iPhone.. do I really need an MBA?

[Alan Taylor]

Well, should you keep your razr then if you have a macbook air?

According to your point, or lack of a point at all, no.


I'm gonna keep mine because I hate facial hair :D

[Digital Skunk]

I actually ask myself the opposite question...

Since I have a iPhone.. do I really need an MBA?

I am still going to carry the portable around. As long as AT&T are behind in their 3G rollout, and the iPhone's battery is better spent using the phone feature, and WiFi is still faster, and the MB screen is 13" not 3.5" there will always be that trusty companion Mac Book around.

[grandeabc]

I have both an iMac and a MacBook Air. Now, here in Japan, I'm thinking to sell my MacBook Air to a friend, then I'll keep only the iMac and the new iPhone 3G. I bought the MacBook Air in february, and the iMac las Week, then I can assume that at home, I'm using 99% of time the iMac only. So, the MacBook Air is a little useless for me, and during the Week, I do not have time and place to boot my MacBook Air. Other hand, if I have an iPhone 3G I will YES use it at the office, or at the trains, etc. This means, the MacBook AIr can be used only a feel times duiring the Weekend, but it's not a good investment only for this purpose. If you use your MacBook Air at the Office, is another history...

[gcmexico]

I don't know about you guys, but I love listening through tunes on my laptop. While jogging.
**
good one!!! it must be a real *itch to constantly have to take out and put back an MBA in your front pant's pocket:cool:

[mikey28]

The question is stupid. Phone and computer. apples oranges.

[JML42691]

The question is stupid. Phone and computer. apples oranges.
But was bumping a thread that was a month dead really all that necessary to say that?

[buccsmf1]

if you were lucky enough to snag netshare you now have a macbook air with 3G :)

[t4cgirl]

I think the answer is an emphatic no!

Why struggle, tapping away in email, surfing iSafari, or using some eBay/social networking widget, when you can open your Air in a jiff and get it done in one tenth the time?

Don't buy into the hype -- it's certainly not worth it for the "gaming platform". It's also a huge phone, as they go.

Other things, like the GPS, the cellular data and whatnot, are available on other phones, if you want them.

I'm speaking as someone who has an Air and an iPhone, and I find myself wishing I had a more practical phone.

That's not to say the iPhone is a nice thing to have and use for some people, yadda yadda [/anti-flame caveat]

Good luck!

Edit: after reading some of the previous posts more carefully, watch out for those who have drunk the kool-aid! Apparently not choosing an iPhone means no cell phone at all to some of these trolls!

[SnowLeopard2008]

you're comparing two different categories of tech gadgets. its akin to comparing a hard drive to my lava lamp. kind of stupid.. but the MBA has more function, period.

[yetanotherdave]

Hey guys, I have a car, it's usually wherever I am, if I'm at home, it's parked outside, same for work etc.
Do I really need a sofa in my house? I mean, if I want to sit down I can just do that in the car right? It'd be a pain to have to buy both.

[JML42691]

Hey guys, I have a car, it's usually wherever I am, if I'm at home, it's parked outside, same for work etc.
Do I really need a sofa in my house? I mean, if I want to sit down I can just do that in the car right? It'd be a pain to have to buy both.
You could, but are you sure that your car is capable of using all of its features everywhere?

I had to add that to complete the comparison between stories.

[SFStateStudent]

I'm goin' with MBA 1.8/SSD to compliment my 3G 16GB iPhone White...:p

[gibbz]

I think I'm just gonna return my iPhone 3G for a refrigerator. I mean the iPhone can tell me where to find food, but it could be hit or miss. Meanwhile, you go to the fridge and it is a guaranteed thing.

[alphaod]

if you were lucky enough to snag netshare you now have a macbook air with 3G :)

Or a really thick statement.

[mashinhead]

The question is stupid. Phone and computer. apples oranges.

if you think the iphone is not a computer then you are a very literal person

[Apple Ink]

Do you carry your MBA to the loo as well?:p


Jokes apart..... I want both my hands free for most part of the day! And carrying a MBA would be hindrance to that!

[Kittychan]

Umm can I carry Macbook air and send sms and walk around !!! :D

[jgvl79]

one is a notebook, the other a phone...
uh hum...

[effer]

Perhaps what this person needs is an iPod Touch. It is neither a phone nor a laptop, and makes about as much sense as his question.

[w208cab]

I have both MBA and iPhone 3G.

Before I got my iPhone, my MBA used to go with me everywhere I go because I had a perfect match, T-Mobile(free thetering) BlackBerry Pearl. When I'm on the go, I can use my blackberry's browser and email. Whenever I have a place to take out my MBA, I'm online via blackberry. Even while I'm thetering, blackberry would still receive emails and I can still send out emails/or answer incoming calls. I thought I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I looked into thetering on iPhone (using t-mobile ofcourse) but as soon as I got the phone, I didn't feel the need for MBA anymore. iPhone has completely replaced it. I now wait til I get home to do the heavyduty web browsing.

Just my two cents.

[queshy]

What if you need a phone? The MacBook Air is not a practical phone.

[em500]

It seems almost everybody is missing the point of the question here.

- The guy already has a 3G Motorola phone, which can presumably share its internet connection with the MBA
- He already carries his MBA everywhere

Given these facts, would it make much sense to buy an iPhone?

It's really not that simple to answer, and depends almost entirely on personal circumstances. You can use the iPhone in many places where a laptop (even as small as the MBA) simply isn't practical (public transport, or anywhere where you can't sit down). But if you don't find yourself often in such a situation, web browsing, emailing, etc on a MBA is definitely much better than on the iPhone, if you have a place to sit down.

[Insulin Junkie]

Besides iphone is always online, is there any other reason to get an iphone if you have MBA with you?

That's a pretty situation specific question, I'm not quite sure what kind of answer you're looking for.

I suppose the iphone would make sense because it has a longer battery life, I suppose you could use it when the air's battery gives.

[Firefly2002]

This is... really stupid. If you have no use for an iPhone, don't bloody well get it.

If you want a phone that does everything the iPhone does, get it.

Why did you even post this?

[winninganthem]

It's probably also a better gaming platform ;)

Lmao, that's actually pretty true :p

[w00tini]

iPhone 3g + Netshare + MBAir = Road Warrior Bliss :)

[jessica.]

Apples meet oranges.
Clearly you can't be serious when you say you have no need for a cell phone because you have a computer. Sure, you don't need a cell phone and you may not care if you have one, but saying you have one therefore you don't need the other is quite silly imho.

[ismoker]

i have both mba and iphone 3g.
very basic difference:
air is air, iphone 3g is iphone 3g.
they don look same.
Big difference~!

[Hands Sandon]

An iphone without NetShare is like having dead weight to haul around if you have an Air,that's why they called it a Macbook Air!

[cherry su]

silly human...

…trix are for kids?

[/randomness]

well do you want an apple-branded cell phone to compliment your apple-branded ultraportable?

[wordmunger]

the iphone is nice because you can whip it out of your pocket anywhere such as the waiting room of a doctors office. You wouldnt take your air into such a place...

Actually I have taken my MBA to the doctor's office several times. And my doctor has wifi, so it works great! Personally I have no need for an iPhone, but clearly many people do. It's a personal decision.

[minik]

That's interesting. I have a 3.06Ghz iMac and iPhone 3G, but I kind of want something in between. Apple, please update the MacBook Air.