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Apple Announces The iPhone

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I wonder if Cingular will have one that you can actually look at and play with just to see if you want it?

I don't think they do that with their phones right now. Does anybody know if they do?
 
crazyvato said:
The iPhone looks like a great product. It's just too bad they partnered with Cingular. That partnership practically makes the iPhone worthless as a phone. In the SF Bay area, where I live, Cingular is the worst carrier. Surprising that Apple, being based in Cupertino, didn't note this. Cingular must have paid big $$$ for the exclusive rights.

Since I am not willing to switch phone carriers (I like to be able to actually make/receive phone calls) it would be nice to see this product without the phone capabilities -- basically a widescreen video iPod/PDA. That would be sweet. I would definitely purchase one of those!!! Here's to hoping.
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Not sure how long you've been living in the Bay Area... I've been here almost 4 years and Cingular by far has the best service and reception here. Tmobile is the worst, and Verizon comes in after that. Its truly a matter of opinion. My cingular 8525 gets perfect reception and call quality, and the 3g internet capabilites are great here. I'm sure the iPhone will have excellent call quality and internet service.
 
I don't need this phone, I have a very old phone that works just fine, but that thing is so sexy, I WANT IT! :eek:
 
NewSc2 said:
My only gripe is the 8gb. It's barely enough to work with for videos, mp3s, and PDA, and I have a feeling 16gb is right around the corner.
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Maybe they'll bump the memory up to 8 & 16 before it is actually released. Remember when they bumped the processor speed in pre-ordered MacBooks before they were shipped?

Personally I have been very happy with Cingular - works flawlessly for me in my home town (Chicago), on the road and even overseas. Count me in on the iPhone!
 
I'm wasn't sure until I watched the keynote.

$500 is a lot. But everyone whining about "no mac news" seems to be missing a major point-- the phone is running Mac OS X. I can't think of any reason why we won't eventually be able to have the phone displaying a normal mac desktop. If that's the case, I'm in.

Actually, the visual voicemail function makes it more than worthwhile for me.

But only 4 or 8 GB? That sounds like the achilles heel of this product to me.
 
The iPhone is absolutely amazing. I can't wait for the price to come down. But even when it does, you'll still have to deal with Cingular's rediculous data plans. I hope Apple releases an "iPhone Mini" that only has a gig or two of space along with the awesome interface for less than $150.
 
I already have a great portable music player in the 80GB ipod, and a good mobile phone, which pulls in my emails when away from a computer. Email really being the only additional functionality I require in a mobile.

This new all in one is really not doin' it for me at the moment. :(
 
daysleeper said:
$500 is a lot. But everyone whining about "no mac news" seems to be missing a major point-- the phone is running Mac OS X. I can't think of any reason why we won't eventually be able to have the phone displaying a normal mac desktop. If that's the case, I'm in.

Actually, the visual voicemail function makes it more than worthwhile for me.

But only 4 or 8 GB? That sounds like the achilles heel of this product to me.
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About "no mac", I'm watching the keynote and he says in the opening mins, "we've got some really great Mac products coming in the next few months, but that's not what I want to talk about"

And I believe him :)
 
redskinsf said:
Not sure how long you've been living in the Bay Area... I've been here almost 4 years and Cingular by far has the best service and reception here. Tmobile is the worst, and Verizon comes in after that. Its truly a matter of opinion. My cingular 8525 gets perfect reception and call quality, and the 3g internet capabilites are great here. I'm sure the iPhone will have excellent call quality and internet service.
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I have lived in the Bay Area all my life. Everyone that I know that lives in the South Bay (San Jose, Santa Clara) and has Cingular, complains about the reception and the dropped calls. I had them about 5 years ago and dropped them within 2 months (the early termination fee was worth getting rid of them). I went with Verizon and haven't looked back. The only draw back to Verizon is the limits they put on all the phones (updating the OS with their own). I can understand why Apple did not go with them.

Also, for me personally, the iPhone seems a bit too big for a phone. Granted, I have not held one or seen one in person, but from the graphics and description it seems big (about the size of a Treo or the Q -- just thinner). That's still too big for me.

Like I mentioned before, it would make a killer device if they made it without the phone capability, but kept everything else -- for those that do not need/like the phone capability.

It still looks pretty sweet though.
 
Why does everyone say this competes with a PDA... I still havent seen anything that indicates calendar functionality.. sure you have the widget ical but what about adding Calendar items and what about ToDo's

Hey I sure hope they have it, cuz I know where my brandy new Treo 680 is headed....
 
Looks amazing!

Ok, I've only just got to see this thing but it looks amazing. I'm still wiping the drule off the floor! I didn't think the iPhone was going to happen but now it's everything I wanted and more.

Too bad about the Europe availability and price (OMG!) - please Apple don't shoot yourself in the foot! YOU CAN BUY A PLAYSTATION 3 FOR LESS MONEY! Also, 2MP camera - are you kidding?!

This will send shockwaves through the mobile phone manufacturing industry though, which means we'll start getting better phones from Sony Ericcson and the like - that'll do me until it gets more reasonably priced. Also, hopefully consumers will twig that this is AN iPOD! The name change will mean that Apple has to do a lot of work again to make this big. That said, Apple has just single handedly killed the PDA and MP3 (except iPod) markets! Zune? Pah! The Apple brand is changing and now has a very positive effect, which will mean more Mac sales...

Oh, did I mention Mac? Good job I did, since Apple seems to have forgotten about it. With the company name change and all I'm hoping they're not going to ditch it.. ;)

And where's my iLife '07?!
 
hmm is it just me or can you not use the phone like a normal phone? cause from what i saw you can use it only like a speaker phone kind of deal or am i wrong?
 
I think there is some misunderstanding in pricing and features, this is how i understand it.

The iPhone costs $499 and $599 with a free 2 year cingular contract, the iPhone is NOT locked so can be used with any other service. Steve did not say it was locked to cingular, he just stated the price and the cingular guy added the free 2 year contract. Its a new way of thinking, its not the phones that will be free but the contracts. An unlocked phone but only for sale with Apple and cingular the first 2 years.

Wifi, GPS, phone, iPod, Route-planner with 3P software, osX :eek:

Think of the possibility's, next year we'll all want the 2e generation for sure. The GPS combination with osX will make for some great apps, it will overturn the global market. :cool:
 
are there any pics of the back of this phone?

I always thought yahoo didn't have much time for apple? Perhaps they will fix messenger now so we can use there chat rooms?
 
KindredMAC said:
... It dawned on me that out of the 295 or so posts so far that are in favor of the iPhone and are saying they are going to buy one AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT, only about 150 of these people are ACTUALLY capable of affording one! And then of that 150, most likely only 85 will actually buy one.

Like I have said, this is a nice, neat little product that, even though it has no use for me whatsoever, will sell big because of the APPLE branding. The thing that erks me the most though is that this is called MACWORLD. There was no MAC item at all today. The APPLEtv is just an extension of the iPod line, hence the product being placed in the iPod Store on Apple.com.

We didn't even get iLife updated today.....

excuse me but isn't os x considered a macintosh? This iphone does have and os x in it. So where in your thinking is it not a mac?

IT RUNS OSX which in my book a mac.
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A FREE Cingular contract.... so those of us who want the phone but want to use it on other networks would think twice and maybe use Cingular - neat trick.
 
Bonte said:
The iPhone costs $499 and $599 with a free 2 year cingular contract, the iPhone is NOT locked so can be used with any other service. Steve did not say it was locked to cingular, he just stated the price and the cingular guy added the free 2 year contract. Its a new way of thinking, its not the phones that will be free but the contracts. An unlocked
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What does free contract mean? No monthly phone bill? Right now any carrier will give you a "free" contract, but you still have a monthly bill to pay.
 
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