I do like the iPhone, but $500 with contract is just a bit too steep. They would have been better off with a $399 starting point.
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iPhone is AMAZING
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Sorry, but this thing should COMPLETELY replace my 4 year old 20GB iPod in terms of capacity. There's no excuse for less if you ask me. It should honestly have at least the capacity of the current top of the line iPod.
I am REALLY surprised that this is limited to Cingular users. What's even the point of spending so much time and money to create a revolutionary product if you are going to restrict half the market from being able to buy it?
The price is really high but I would still consider it if I could get it with Verizon. But the price obstacle and the carrier obstacle together are just too much.
The price is really high but I would still consider it if I could get it with Verizon. But the price obstacle and the carrier obstacle together are just too much.
I don't understand why there are any complaints about the capacity...it is called an iPhone not Ipod phone...I don't know of any other phone that has that amount of storage capacity. If you do let me know.
I'm gobsmacked by the innovation and design but a little dissappointed with the small memory, really not enough for me to chuck my QTEK PDA phone and sell my 60GB 'Pod.
I'll still buy one though because I can't stand Windows mobile and the iPhone happens to be the sexist looking PDA I've seen in my life. OSX on a PDA, WOW!
I guess we won't see a large capacity one in the near future because it would require too big a HDD.
And the best part of a year to save up
I'll still buy one though because I can't stand Windows mobile and the iPhone happens to be the sexist looking PDA I've seen in my life. OSX on a PDA, WOW!
I guess we won't see a large capacity one in the near future because it would require too big a HDD.
And the best part of a year to save up
Then they would have had to use a HDD, which would have been heavier and made the phone thicker.
Or alternatively use a 32GB Flash chip which would have made it exponentially more expensive.
It looks cool yeah. I hope the use of touchscreen only will feel good. However, design wise it kinda looks like my Nokia 6233... Except the fact that it is all screen of course. I don't understand the screen resolution. They say it is extremely high and it looks high, but then it reads 240 x 320 or something on Apples site - which is the same as my Nokia 6233. Strange. Another thing is, why doesn't it have GPS or at least the possibility? No mention of it.
People are disappointed because they were promised an all-in-one device that combined the functions of a phone and mobile computer with that of a video ipod. The iphone is a lousy substitution for an ipod, so people are disappointed.
Didn't the keynote say something about Google Maps indicating where you are?
no 3g tho
i on the 3 network in uk.. buggered
Definitely not, this phone is GSM and Three are part of the UK's GSM network, just SOME parts of the UK have 3G networks installed.
The only problem we do have is the wait!
First: http://www.apple.com/iphone/
Read all that it is capable of--then comment. This thing does what every smartphone does...better. And it's OS X so no middle man products to help sync and take advantage of all the applications/ widgets that macs has--and will--offer.
This is revolutionary. And while 8gb seems small compared to a stand alone MP3 plyer it far exxceeds the smartphones available on the market today. And thats what you need to consider and compare to.
You'd be lucky to watch ONE movie on any other phone let alone add tv shows music and have room for other applications to run.
I do have a quibble with the Cingular choice. I was hoping for an unlocked phone--seeing as it'll be 2009 before any other carrier gets their hands on it. That means--for me--come June I'm dropping TMobile like a brick and switching. Unfortunate to have to pay that premium price point and the added cost of switching carriers. Oh well
Read all that it is capable of--then comment. This thing does what every smartphone does...better. And it's OS X so no middle man products to help sync and take advantage of all the applications/ widgets that macs has--and will--offer.
This is revolutionary. And while 8gb seems small compared to a stand alone MP3 plyer it far exxceeds the smartphones available on the market today. And thats what you need to consider and compare to.
You'd be lucky to watch ONE movie on any other phone let alone add tv shows music and have room for other applications to run.
I do have a quibble with the Cingular choice. I was hoping for an unlocked phone--seeing as it'll be 2009 before any other carrier gets their hands on it. That means--for me--come June I'm dropping TMobile like a brick and switching. Unfortunate to have to pay that premium price point and the added cost of switching carriers. Oh well
Because Jobs said a new music player, phone and way of getting on the net. While the iPhone is all that, it is hardly a full iPod substitute. How many more months of "COULD THIS BE THE NEW VIDEO IPOD?! [insert pics]" do we all need to go through?
The fact that it is locked to one carrier in the US is stupid as well, it would be like Apple saying "well...you can only use ADOBE software only with your Mac, switch to Adobe or piss off".
Oh well...new iPods next tuesday!!
I am inclined to disagree. If a user can afford a $2500 plasma TV, $2000 a mac I highly doubt they will have trouble with a grand for both. The Apple TV was designed for widescreen, which is primarly HDTV. Methinks the intended market has plenty of money.
It's... more amazing than I imagined! I'm kinda glad it's not coming until June -- I'm buying a MacBook in a week and need time to save up!
I don't understand the people who want a GSM phone and yet have CDMA service. There's a reason Apple went with GSM - they're introducing it to the rest of the world.
If you have large video, 8 GB is a problem. But looking at my library, I have 32 videos that take up 6.55 GB. I think 10 hours of video is enough for a device that does only 5 hours of playback.
But Cingular. That's just bad no matter how you look at it.
If you have large video, 8 GB is a problem. But looking at my library, I have 32 videos that take up 6.55 GB. I think 10 hours of video is enough for a device that does only 5 hours of playback.
But Cingular. That's just bad no matter how you look at it.
Why the tight integration with Yahoo?
Anyone have a theory as to the tight integration with Yahoo? Yahoo! Of all companies, why Yahoo? More to the point, why not Google (given an owner is on Apple's board)?
Actually, why tie so closely with any so-called content provider? I want to be sure I'm fairly independent as to IMAP servers and whatnot.
The Yahoo business strikes me as a little odd.
I'm pretty blown away though. My one little quibble is with the 2 MP camera. I do hope they upgrade that to a 3 MP camera by June. And this feature request may have to wait for v2.0, but wouldn't built-in GPS be cool?
Anyone have a theory as to the tight integration with Yahoo? Yahoo! Of all companies, why Yahoo? More to the point, why not Google (given an owner is on Apple's board)?
Actually, why tie so closely with any so-called content provider? I want to be sure I'm fairly independent as to IMAP servers and whatnot.
The Yahoo business strikes me as a little odd.
I'm pretty blown away though. My one little quibble is with the 2 MP camera. I do hope they upgrade that to a 3 MP camera by June. And this feature request may have to wait for v2.0, but wouldn't built-in GPS be cool?
Yep. It's true. There's two models available. The one you linked to and a 8GB model.
http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1077782