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Why you are not getting an iPhone

1. too expensive
2. my blackberry can do everything and more, just not as purty
3. im a student and i shouldnt even have a blackberry, an iphone is superfluous
 
Mainly because the camera is weak, no 3g and the contract is too long with no subsidy. So I'm getting an N95 8gb sim free, not even going to wait for the French launch.

Plus at the end of the day its ONLY A PHONE!
 
CD3660 said:
Er, no it isn't. It is a great deal more than that as thousands of contented owners would explain to you.
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I'm not a big phone person. I am, however, a computer "nerd". The iPhone is perfect for me - well will be after a couple of firmware additions and more EDGE coverage....none of that needs me to change the hardware. I think people in this thread are maybe missing that fact.
 
There is alot of talking going on about the lack fo 3G, but who has 3G on his phone? Ever used it for two or three hours on end?
If so, you have on hell of a battery, because the 3G phones from nokia i've seen and used sofar aren't able to do more than 1 or 1,5 hours with a battery.
That is, imho still useless on an iPhone, as I use my EDGE often for an hour a day, but also need to call about 45 minutes a day and want to play the ipod as well. All in all not possible when using 3G on a nokia.

On the other hand: I do have one, but i'm gonna sell it prob.
Reason? it is to nice for me (i keep on using it instead of working)
I need to keep on showing it off to everryone that spots it while I'm using it, even when I'm on the phone with clients!
thrid reason is that the headset is killing my ears, as are all Apple-earbuds, but on my ipod i can change them without any problem
last reason is the poor reception quality, when not using the headset. I'm suprised not more people complain about it, but my nokia 6300 has much better reception, clarity and people on the other hand don't complain at all.
So I'm gonna get a SureFire EP500 headset for my Nokia and use that instead of the iPhone.
 
I cannot believe the Brits are complaining about their contracts:

Over here in Germany we have to pay more for the phone, the contract runs for 24 months (as opposed to 18) and for your GBP 35,- we get: 100min & 40 texts.

My old contract just expired but seriously people: Could any of you justify these prices?
 
Dembo said:
I cannot believe the Brits are complaining about their contracts:

Over here in Germany we have to pay more for the phone, the contract runs for 24 months (as opposed to 18) and for your GBP 35,- we get: 100min & 40 texts.

My old contract just expired but seriously people: Could any of you justify these prices?
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I wouldn't even begin to try.
 
admittedly, I am more of a business user, but iPhone must have voice dialing (or I'll kill myself trying to drive and dial at the same time) and real GPS with turn by turn voice navigation.
 
Having decided not to get one for many of the reasons in this thread, I have relented and the experience so far is better than I'd expected. Many of the issues mentioned really aren't that big a deal once you use the phone.

Its also worth mentioning that 18 month contracts are more common than you might think and with the wi-fi and unlimited data, the £45 a month plan looks OK to me compared to my previous plan and what some other people I know are paying.
 
1. Because i live in Puerto Rico, although we have AT&T service, APPLE doesnt want to sell this phone on the island. They still think we live under treehouses!:mad:


Rob
 
ascender said:
Having decided not to get one for many of the reasons in this thread, I have relented and the experience so far is better than I'd expected. Many of the issues mentioned really aren't that big a deal once you use the phone.

Its also worth mentioning that 18 month contracts are more common than you might think and with the wi-fi and unlimited data, the £45 a month plan looks OK to me compared to my previous plan and what some other people I know are paying.
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Hehehe... A colleague is with O2 and his contract is just up. He thought about the iPhone, but finally decided yesterday that he would not bother.

Then today he got to play with the (perfect-no-dead-pixels-no-negative-black) iPhone I bought on Saturday. ;)

Now he hates me. He can hear the siren call of an iPhone... Can he resist?
 
i'm not enough of a mug to spend near enough £300 on a phone and then a further £35 per month for 200 texts and 200 minutes.
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+1

The iPhone contracts are a pure joke. As good as the iPhone is it isn't worth being ripped off for. Unlimited data runs at £7.50 a month, so you're paying 27.50 for 200 mins and 200 texts. In other words bend over and take it from 02/Apple for the privilege of owning an iPhone.
 
jeffreyfort said:
admittedly, I am more of a business user, but iPhone must have voice dialing (or I'll kill myself trying to drive and dial at the same time) and real GPS with turn by turn voice navigation.
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Get a JVC BT1 with BT and drive safely. Ever heard of MAPs? A Map book ? or better yet Tom Tom, more accurate that VZNavigator and AT&T's GPS

Also I believe but maybe wrong that the iPhone is NOT business oriented at least at this point in the development
 
well I have an iphone and I have loved it since i got it but lately I have been thinking of switching to verizon since the past several weeks I have been in situtions where mms is needed and free mobile to mobile messaging is usefull and various other things. Everyone I know is also on verizon. I have just been an At&t customer for 7 years with no problems and I honestly didn't think I'd need all the mms and texting features but apparently I do. And I have had more dropped calls with this phone, poor signal, and the battery life is starting to get really bad.

But it would be hard to part with safari and the ipod on it. they have been very useful and so has google maps on it, and youtube has provided entertainment through those boring days. The calender, alarm clock and stopwatch have also been some of the most usefull features over my last phone but VZW's phones all have those anyways.
 
This is why.

GPS
5 Megapixel camera
Carl Zeiss camera lens
Wi-Fi
3G
Video calling
Email
400 minutes
1000 texts
Unlimited calls to o2 mobiles.
£25
Free Phone

Let me introduce to you, Free Nokia N95 on an o2 Online 25.

Only thing is, its a 24 month contract but that doesnt bother me.
 
- No PAYG option; my current phone has a total of 142 minutes for the entire year so far... I could see that going up with data/internet usage, but not to the tune of $35+/month on contract.
- AT&T; spotty coverage where I live and travel.
 
eyemacg5 said:
5 Megapixel camera
Carl Zeiss camera lens
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I think that if you asked anyone who knows something about photography (i.e. not me!) you'd find that with a cameraphone-sized lens and image sensor those two things make very little difference at all to the quality of the final image. Indeed, a higher-MP image can apparently be noisier than a lower-megapixel one at the same sensor size.
 
alFR said:
I think that if you asked anyone who knows something about photography ...
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agreed.

I am not getting an iPhone because I have one. The camera is fine - if you want to take photos, buy a camera (SLR).
 
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