Iphone to be released in June or July?

[blancoBronco]

Japanese phones can be used as credit cards, payment for public transport and vending machines, live TV streaming (and recording), and even more than that.

Can an iPhone really be used as a credit card? No.

Can an iPhone really be used to pay for public transport? No. Only if there's an app that's been released by the transport company.

How about payment for vending machines? No.

Live TV streaming AND recording? No.

I can safely say that Japanese phones blow the iPhone out of the water.

The japanese phones being used to pay for stuff isn't the phone's technology; it's the carrier and whatever you're paying for. Take a vending machine for example: you txt or call a number that is on the machine, the machine sends info to your carrier and they put it on your monthly bill. If the carriers and other companies in America decided to do that here, it could be done. so no, the phones in japan don't blow the iPhone out of the water; japanese carriers blow american ones out of the water

 

[tritonj]

When the iPhone first came out it WAS the most technologically advanced phone on the market.
It is the best user experience and will always be (because of the app store and its simplicity) as long as they keep updating it...
But to say it isn't even close to cutting edge "isn't even close" to the truth. It is very cutting edge, its just that some other phones do have better tech.

3 years ago it was cutting edge and that was due to the UI, the actual hardware has never been cutting edge. they took a bunch of tried and true tech, put it into a nice chasis and wrote the best phone UI to date and then marketed it.

 

[Applejuiced]

3 years ago it was cutting edge and that was due to the UI, the actual hardware has never been cutting edge. they took a bunch of tried and true tech, put it into a nice chasis and wrote the best phone UI to date and then marketed it.

Exactly.

 

[SongtotheKing]

3 years ago it was cutting edge and that was due to the UI, the actual hardware has never been cutting edge. they took a bunch of tried and true tech, put it into a nice chasis and wrote the best phone UI to date and then marketed it.

Ok. That makes sense. But would u say it is the BEST phone on the market? And what i mean by that, the most satisfying?

 

[Applejuiced]

Ok. That makes sense. But would u say it is the BEST phone on the market? And what i mean by that, the most satisfying?

To me and many many people it is.
But not everyone has the same needs and theres no one size fits all when it comes to cellphones, cars, etc....
Whatever makes one happy is all that matters.

 

[matttye]

steve jobs said that the next iphone is going to blow android out of the water.

Impossible. Android and the iPhone cater to different users.

Android is open source, allows for heavier customisation (less restrictions - you can even put an entire GUI over Android!), multitasking, etc.

The iPhone, whilst it has less features, is easier to use and integrate with your media. Unfortunately if the iPhone is missing something that you want (like flash, for example), chances are you are going to have to wait a long time/forever because of Apple's stringent rules. It's a walled garden.

 

[winninganthem]

Hey guys,

Was wondering if you could give me a couple examples of "technologically advanced" phones.

Thanks.

 

[matttye]

Hey guys,

Was wondering if you could give me a couple examples of "technologically advanced" phones.

Thanks.

HTC HD2

- 4.3" capacitive touch screen
- 1GHz snapdragon processor
- 5MP AF camera with dual LED flash
- Accelerometer (aka G-sensor), proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
- Integration with facebook, twitter, youtube
- Almost half a gig of RAM
- Micro SD slot for up to 32GB of storage on Micro SD cards. They're hot swappable so you could carry 10 of those with you if you like
- HSDPA/HSUPA/GPRS/Edge/WiFi including tethering
- Tons of bluetooth profiles
- FM radio
- GPS + compass

 

[countrydweller]

Hey guys,

Was wondering if you could give me a couple examples of "technologically advanced" phones.

Thanks.

The Droid, iPhone, ...., and a whole slew of others. All can do many things, some faster, some with less effort, many phones, many differences, get what you want.

 

[Poat84]

I cant wait!

 

[Applejuiced]

Android is open source, allows for heavier customisation (less restrictions - you can even put an entire GUI over Android!), multitasking, etc.

The Android also has restrictions so I hope you dont think its a completelly open system.
Once you root the phone just like Jailbreaking an iphone you can have total acess to it.
So open source does not mean completelly open, theres things you cant do to a stock Android phone just like a stock iphone.

 

[Carniphage]

Chances are you are going to have to wait a long time/forever because of Apple's stringent rules. It's a walled garden.

But the walled-garden approach seems to attract many more developers. Revenues for iPhone apps are many times greater than the same app on other platforms.

Ironically, Apple's restrictions directly lead to a greater choice of software than other platforms. Funny eh?

C.

 

[matttye]

The Android also has restrictions so I hope you dont think its a completelly open system.
Once you root the phone just like Jailbreaking an iphone you can have total acess to it.
So open source does not mean completelly open, theres things you cant do to a stock Android phone just like a stock iphone.

What restrictions? (that's an actual question, I'm not saying there are none!)

 

[matttye]

But the walled-garden approach seems to attract many more developers. Revenues for iPhone apps are many times greater than the same app on other platforms.

Ironically, Apple's restrictions directly lead to a greater choice of software than other platforms. Funny eh?

C.

It's the iPhone's popularity that brings the developers. Even if Apple removed the approval process altogether, I don't think there would be a drop in people developing for the iPhone.

It's the app store itself that entices developers, not the stringent vetting process.

 

[Applejuiced]

What restrictions? (that's an actual question, I'm not saying there are none!)

Many things you can do to a rooted android that you couldnt on stock firmware.
You should look it up.
Examples are performance boost, Easy and free tethering over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth,A better keyboard,Multi-touch browsing,Bonus apps and widgets from other builds and phones
1.Full control over your system
2.Ability to alter system files. You can replace many parts of the "Android Core" with this including:
Themes
Core apps (maps, calendar, clock etc)
Recovery image
Bootloader
Toolbox (linux binary that lets you execute simple linux commands like "ls") can be replaced with Busybox (slightly better option)
Boot images
Add linux binaries
3.Run special apps that need more control over the system
SuperUser (lets you approve or deny the use of root access to any program)
Task Manager For Root (Lets you kill apps that you otherwise could not kill)
Tether apps (like the one found at [android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com])
<there are more but I cannot think of any right now>
4.Backup your system
You can make a folder on your sdcard and backup all of your .apk files to your sdcard (helps if an author decides to "upgrade" you to a version that requires you to pay to use the version you just had)
5.Relocate your (browser/maps/market) cache to your /sdcard
6.Relocate your installed applications to your /sdcard
7.Reboot your phone from the terminal app easily (su <enter> reboot <enter>)

 

[NorrisKillsKids]

It's the iPhone's popularity that brings the developers. Even if Apple removed the approval process altogether, I don't think there would be a drop in people developing for the iPhone.

It's the app store itself that entices developers, not the stringent vetting process.

Ehh that's not entirely true. If it was open there would be tons more apps and more substitution apps which means less dough for some.

 

[chargit]

My problem is the price. The unlimited packages that just dropped to $69.99 for Verizon and AT&T are great, but why aren't prices dropping on the iPhone? Just because they don't want them to. I just want a cheaper plan.

I have seen the other comments to your post and I think that if some carriers can do it then they all can. I have 5 phones on my contract with AT&T and only 1 is an iPhone. I would love to be able to provide all my family with the iPhone. its not the cost of the iPhone it is the monthly cost. it would ad $150 to my bill. AT&T would and could lock more people in with a 2 year contract if they would get more reasonable on their prices. cause right now they are losing customers to other companies like t~mobile with unlocked iPhones or other companies and phones all together. Sprint is advertising $42 per month unlimited data and text. they would actually make more by lowering their prices cause they would have more customers!

 

[SongtotheKing]

I have seen the other comments to your post and I think that if some carriers can do it then they all can. I have 5 phones on my contract with AT&T and only 1 is an iPhone. I would love to be able to provide all my family with the iPhone. its not the cost of the iPhone it is the monthly cost. it would ad $150 to my bill. AT&T would and could lock more people in with a 2 year contract if they would get more reasonable on their prices. cause right now they are losing customers to other companies like t~mobile with unlocked iPhones or other companies and phones all together. Sprint is advertising $42 per month unlimited data and text. they would actually make more by lowering their prices cause they would have more customers!

i agree. Apple will lower prices for the 3G very soon. Keep in mind that the original was a 4gig and went for $500! Now the 32gig is $300. Its not the price of the phone that is the problem... AT&T is just really expensive. I really wish they would lower their prices too. I'm sure it will happen eventually (after you are stuck in a 2 year contract paying $100-$150/month)