For everyone complaining about their new shiny iphone 3G

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cparkphoto

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• Jul 17, 2008

• #1

Just took a gander down rumor memory lane and it reminded me of how bad things coulda been... I am very very happy with my phones.

 

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oftheheavens

macrumors 68000

• Jul 17, 2008

• #2

i'm glad they stuck with the same look. those above are ugly

 

Surely

Guest

• Jul 17, 2008

• #3

For the record, the photos you posted are of mock-ups that fans created. They aren't official Apple prototypes or anything.

I do agree with the point you are making though: The iPhone design is truly amazing.

 

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Michael CM1

macrumors 603

• Jul 17, 2008

• #4

There's a good reason every manufacturer is starting to shovel a bunch of touchscreen phones on the market. Problem is, none of them have the OS. What good is a bunch of shiny hardware if it runs -- eek -- Windows Mobile? The iPhone OS leaves a lot to be desired, but it's way more advanced than anything I ever had before (a few Motorola phones). One of the first things I thought when I got one was "THIS is what I was looking for in those old school PDAs I bought a decade ago." That and "die, graffiti, die!"

 

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Michael CM1

macrumors 603

• Jul 17, 2008

• #5

oftheheavens said:

i'm glad they stuck with the same look. those above are ugly

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The bottom left one is a shoddy Photoshop job done by someone with an iPod Mini apparently. Thank goodness Apple has more imagination than us amateur Photoshop users. 🙂

 

MICHAELSD

macrumors 603

• Jul 17, 2008

• #6

The bottom right one could've been a good start, if they launched it around 2003-2005.

 

Me1000

macrumors 68000

• Jul 17, 2008

• #7

Anyone still have the iPhone wireframe from the first ever MacHeist?

I thought that was a pretty sweet design really...

 

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Archie-

macrumors regular

• Jul 18, 2008

• #8

Michael CM1 said:

What good is a bunch of shiny hardware if it runs -- eek -- Windows Mobile?

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Yep. Thank God the iPhone never lags, never spontaneously reboots, and 3rd party apps are vetted, so they NEVER cause trouble on the phone.

When using the iPhone, one can just FEEL how advanced it is. From being able to do simple things like downloading podcasts directly over 3G to being able to listen to iTunes music wirelessly via A2DP, no other phone has an OS that can support such great functionality.

I will be cutting and pasting this comment into a note and after it automatically syncs with my mac, saving it for posterity!

 

Sweetbike40

macrumors 65816

• Jul 18, 2008

• #9

Wow, these mock-ups are terrible. Ugly phones!!!!