Can the iPhone replace a laptop?

[princealfie]

So who thinks that for everyday use that an iPhone can replace a laptop for most tasks?

For me, it would hard to edit photos on the iPhone for one.

but I would love to have word processing on my iPhone someday.

 

[apachie2k]

what do you do with your computer?? use skype only? than yea i guess it could, otherwise to put it in the words of the posters before me....no

 

[CEAbiscuit]

From what I see (and most see), nope.

 

[Osarkon]

Not unless you use your computer for next to nothing, in which case..it's probably going to waste I echo the 'no' vote.

 

[ryguy417]

I've been thinking about this one too. Personally, I use my laptop as a "companion" to my desktop iMac. I mainly use my laptop on trips--check email, browse the web, play a couple of games, but I also use it for working on papers. If the iPhone adds document-editing support, it has a chance of replacing my PowerBook, but it doesn't seem like it's going to happen.

 

[j26]

If it did document editing (Pages, Omni Outliner and there was a nice folding bluetooth keyboard that went with it, then maybe for students in lectures, but it would still be limited.

 

[mattscott306]

Not for a few years at least. (few as in many)

 

[QCassidy352]

maybe.





It depends on why you use a laptop. If it's to stay in email contact, occasionally review documents (pdfs only for now, but you can save other formats as .pdf if necessary until more formats are supported), and sometimes look up information on the go (e.g. maps, macrumors ), then yes.

If you use your laptop to write documents, edit photos, and play games, then clearly not.

Because I think most people with laptops fall more towards the second categore, I'm inclined to agree with "no" as a gneral answer. But, I can certainly see times when I might leave my laptop at home, but would have brought it if not for having (hypothetically) an iphone.

 

[dextertangocci]

No!!!

But I'm still getting one anyway

 

[princealfie]

I'm not quite suggesting replacing all laptop functions with the iPhone but just the basic ones like Mail, iTunes, Pages, maybe Keynote, Safari, etc. etc.

I am NOT thinking about using iPhone to do stuff like Final Cut Pro, Aperture, Logic Pro or pro end apps. Just the normal stuff that I don't want to drag 4-5 pounds of extra metal around everyday...

 

[zap2]

No as having a laptop means having a full computer, the iPhone isn't a computer w/ a modern OS. Its a portable device with a very very modern OS. I hope it will be able to do web and documents well enough to almost replace my laptop, but when I go on trips I'll still want my iBook

 

[smokeyrabbit]

If you are using only 3.5" of your laptop screen for skype then yes, otherwise no.

 

[maccam]

We are missing fetures still, so i think I'm gonna get the iPhone to replace my ibook, and still have a desktop computer. But i'm still like --->

 

[ghall]

Not my laptop.

 

[DA-Steve]

does it support an external monitor

 

[Cepe Indicum]

I am NOT thinking about using iPhone to do stuff like Final Cut Pro, Aperture, Logic Pro or pro end apps. Just the normal stuff that I don't want to drag 4-5 pounds of extra metal around everyday...

I can see why everyone is being so negative on this one, but I think I see where you're coming from princealfie

I guess if you have a laptop that you carry round so that you can keep up with emails, diary, a few notes here-and-there, etc., then the iPhone will take the place of your laptop.

I'm sure if Apple announced iWork integration before launch, there may be a few more positives on this thread

 

[Counterfit]

My keyboard has more surface area than the iPhone's screen. I have big hands. = no phone can replace my laptop.

Heck, even those 10-inchers from Sony and others are just too damn small.

 

[Bubbasteve]

I currently have an iMac and I'm eying a Macbook for portability...but I would really be using it only for iTunes, looking at the occasional website, checking my email, and chatting with friends....

If only the iPhone offered iChat mobile then it would replace my want for a laptop....

but like I said I have an iMac

 

[clevin]

no, a laptop with 8G space and limited function? hell no

 

[iW00t]

Can you make a speed racer out of an Apple branded car with its bonnet welded shut?

 

[dnordstrom]

It's a phone designed for music. I will not replace a laptop.

 

[Nermal]

Yes.

Meaning that I agree with all the Nos

 

[MrMacbookMan]

Maybe if your laptop is just a supplement to your desktop and you are and extremely light user and some more apps are added to the iphone. But besides that, sorry, I'm sticking with no.

 

[BigPrince]

where do people get these thoughts from?

 

[trainguy77]

Well i think it can cover some of the tasks that a laptop also provides. I may be getting one. But I don't have a laptop. It may be able to cover some of the same things as a laptop if you have a desktop at home. But not "replace" a laptop.