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iPhone has definitely become the new RAZR

LordOBoogie said:
I have about five coworkers with the iPhone 4. Besides them and my Mom, I haven't seen anyone else with one.
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Again, he was saying a lot of people have an iPhone, not just iPhone 4, which I agree with. I see them everywhere now.
 
james92se said:
The thing that always amazed me about the insane popularity of the RAZR was that the RAZR was a crappy phone. The display on that thing was horrendous, the camera was terrible, etc. I couldn't believe anybody ever loved those, even in their heyday. I mean, was being thin THAT cool?

Sony Ericsson's were always much, much better phones even during the RAZR heyday. I couldn't believe ANYBODY would choose the RAZR over the w810i's and whatnot I was rockin at the time.

I live in Dallas, TX and haven't seen anybody here yet with an iPhone 4 other than me. The only person I've seen publicly to date with an iPhone 4 was actually in Madison, WI at a bar earlier this month
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the w810i came out like 2 years after the original V3 Razr...when the original razr dropped it was revolutionary in the north american market. a flip phone that was a 1/3 the size in thickness than anything else on the market...damn phone cost 500bux back in 05...I got it before any carriers had it and it became the "free with contract" phone. Never diss the Razr, it was magical...

side note, sister's fiance still uses a v3i Razr
 
bunnicula said:
The RAZR was indeed a crap phone. I tried to get people not to buy it when I worked part-time at that AT&T store (I was in grad school). But, they HAD to have it.

I had a SE 610. I loved that phone.
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I had a SE T616 (pretty much the same as the T610 IIRC). That was my first "cool" phone back in the day. I loved that sucker, and I still have it and use it in between iPhones :D

I had a W600 and then the W810i as well. I thought I'd never have a non-SE phone, but then the iPhone came out :p
 
Cynikal.Mindset said:
the w810i came out like 2 years after the original V3 Razr...when the original razr dropped it was revolutionary in the north american market. a flip phone that was a 1/3 the size in thickness than anything else on the market...damn phone cost 500bux back in 05...I got it before any carriers had it and it became the "free with contract" phone. Never diss the Razr, it was magical...

side note, sister's fiance still uses a v3i Razr
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Yeah, I realized after I posted.

But I had the SE T616 and the SE W600 around that time, and would have traded neither for the crappy RAZR
 
Well, the RAZR was pure trend. There was very few benefits having a razor opposed to any other dumb-phone, aside from it's thinness. The iPhone's features speak for themselves.

While I think the form of the iPhone sells itself to many, the functions far surpass the looks of it.

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To me the "phone that everyone had" will always be the Nokia 5110. That was *the* phone to have when mobile phones became ubiquitous in the UK in '98. I reckon they had more market share then than the iPhone (of any flavour) does now.

Now what really surprises me is that I've seen half a dozen people in the last week with the original iPhone, impressive given that it was never officially available here (Switzerland).
 
rcp27 said:
To me the "phone that everyone had" will always be the Nokia 5110. That was *the* phone to have when mobile phones became ubiquitous in the UK in '98. I reckon they had more market share then than the iPhone (of any flavour) does now.
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This is probably so true. EVERYBODY and their mom had the Nokia 5110. Heck, it was my first cell phone when I was a teenager. I thought I was so cool getting a red face plate for it. :D

My mom, brother, and probably 90% of my friends all had this phone.

Heck, my mom still used her Nokia 5110 until about 2 years ago.

I remember being about a sophomore in High School and seeing some kid with the Nokia 5110 phone playing that snake game in the back of class, and I was soooooo jealous :p

I have 2-3 of these still sitting around. I tried to charge one up a couple months ago just to see if it still worked but I couldn't get any of them to turn on
 
topmounter said:
As of 7/21, I've yet to see an iPhone4.
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The only iPhone 4s I've seen are the ones in the AT&T store. Then again I'm not a socialite...
 
james92se said:
Yeah, I realized after I posted.

But I had the SE T616 and the SE W600 around that time, and would have traded neither for the crappy RAZR
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w600 and t616 came at least a year after I had my razr cuz I had the w600 too when if first came out along with the samsung d500 and d600. I'm talking about the original grey Razr...not the newer gunmetal ones or pink etc. I went from the moto v600 to the razr like late 04 or early 05.
 
I had a black razr for 2 years before I switched to the iPhone in 2008. I actually loved the phone, but would not be able to go back to it now if I had to, after using a iPhone.

Buying ringtones and games on it was a chore to do, but still was a good phone for me in that time when the phone was popular.
 
My pastor has one, a female friend has one, and another friend ordered his 3 days ago.

I know I've seen several others as well. Dallas definately has no shortage of them. Of course, I'm sure it matters what circles you run in.

Edit: The examples above are iPhone 4s. I knows dozens of people with iPhones. Seems there are more and more everyday.
 
While all of my friends have an Iphone, I am the only person I know with the Iphone4.

I never had a razr, but my mom did. She also had that Nokia 5110!!! I had to use her old razr for a day when my 3G was having issues and I wanted to cry. I don't see how anyone ever used those things!!!
 
Here is a cool story...
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I had just purchased the RAZOR (circa 2004), I am a phone hore so I got it the first day and payed over $400.00 for it. I was so happy, but then only one week after I got my new toy......

Someone who later became a friend came into my work (BMW dealership at the time) and said oh is that the new RAZOR? I was all proud and like, oh ya its cool do you want to check it out?

He said no, but you should see my new Imate JAM!!! Pulled out a small slab with a big screen and no keyboard!! I was blown away, I ordered my JAM from Europe the next day and have never gone back to a dumb phone again. Its funny that little Jam (sold long ago) was very similar to our iphones :)

ImateJam.jpg

Hey, hes holding it wrong :)
 
Smartphone sales are exploding this year, and as many analysts predicted, this year and the next will probably see the elimination of dumbphones from the market. The big thing to watch is going to be how that affects phone rates and data plans, as everyone is suddenly going to be paying an extra $15+ a month, and the networks are probably going to barely meet capacity for data.

That being said, I have seen ONE iPhone 4 since launch, and Orange County is filled with wealthy people, which is a bit surprising. However, if you are just saying iPhones in general, I would say a majority of people I see have them.

I think once Apple opens the iPhone up to Verizon, T-Mo, and Sprint, so that anyone can buy one, we may seen an explosion similar to the RAZR, where literally everyone has one. I'm scared to think of what the lines will be like when that happens, assuming the iPhone 5 is available on multiple carriers in the U.S.
 
xLucky7 said:
The topic starter said everyone has an iPhone now, not an iPhone 4 :)
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teenwith3i said:
Everyone has a iPhone now, just as with the RAZR a few years back, despite the Antenna design flaw with the iPhone 4, it is as Steve Jobs said, perhaps the best product ever made at Apple.
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Looks like the OP said did mention the iP4, and the comment you were replying to was about someone else replying to a comment about the iP4 not having an antenna issue.
 
Brien said:
Orange County is filled with wealthy people, which is a bit surprising. However, if you are just saying iPhones in general, I would say a majority of people I see have them.
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I know, it's crazy seeing people in Santa Ana with iPhones :eek:

Brien said:
I think once Apple opens the iPhone up to Verizon, T-Mo, and Sprint, so that anyone can buy one, we may seen an explosion similar to the RAZR, where literally everyone has one. I'm scared to think of what the lines will be like when that happens, assuming the iPhone 5 is available on multiple carriers in the U.S.
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I'd say iPhone 5 being on T-mo is the most realistic just because it doesn't require a hardware change and much less people have t-mo v Verizon which means demand will only jump up moderately.

IMO you will see iPhone 6 or 7 on Veirzon/Sprint because by then Apple will run out of upgrades besides the generic more ram, faster gpu, larger storage, more mp thing and will need new carriers in order to keep up the sales boom going.
 
I have very rarely seen an iPhone in the wild and only seen one iPhone 4 since it's launch which is crazy considering the lines at the Liverpool Apple Store
 
Ryeno said:
IMO you will see iPhone 6 or 7 on Veirzon/Sprint because by then Apple will run out of upgrades besides the generic more ram/ faster gpu, larger storage thing and will need new carriers in order to keep up the sales boom.
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You mean like the lack of upgrade ideas between the first gen and the iP4? I think the fact that the Android phones are getting better with each installment, and the fact that Apple no longer needs AT&T will cause the jump first.

When Apple first came out with the iPhone AT&T took a big gamble with a computer company producing it's first phone, but now AT&T needs the iPhone way more than the iPhone needs AT&T.
 
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