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Apple throws the Hail Mary... and unveils the iPhone...

methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2539019,00.html

You guys think the ipod success will extend to the iPhone? I hope not.... Maybe it's just me hating on the majority... But I just dont want Apple to have fricking control over everything that plays music...

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  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    have to say if this goes off they have a long road ahead of them considering all the competitors they would have.

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  • DestroyeronDestroyeron Member Posts: 79
    Idc, I don't want one. I want my phone to do 1 thing: call people. That is it. I don't want music/pictures/games of any of that other crap on a phone. I love my phone, it was the cheapest one they had and so far its taking the beating I've given it and made an excellent pager.
  • methane47methane47 Member UncommonPosts: 3,694

    apple has the iphone website up now..

    www.apple.com/iphone/

     

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  • PhoenixsPhoenixs Member Posts: 2,646
    I personally like it. I have grown tired of all those standard looking phones. Finally something new. And the way of using it certainly looks refreshing.
  • DraenorDraenor Member UncommonPosts: 7,918

    Not interested

    Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.

  • Keebs1984Keebs1984 Member Posts: 1,356

    Not interested and I will tell you why...

    Mp3 phones are not new...there are at least a half dozen phones out right now with ALOT of space for music. The chocolate for one has 1 gb, with more phones coming out soon.

    It is a PDA with phone capabilities. Macintosh recently ingested Palm into its corporate digestive system. Palm is the leading provider of PDA devices, and thus you now have a iPood PDA. No big surprise here. I was never interested in PDA's before and I am still not interested in them.

    I do not trust Macintosh anymore. I once owned a 2nd generation iPood. I was super excited about it and finally nabbed one for my birthday. It was only 15 gbs but still back then it was a lot! Unfortunately after a year I realized that the iPoods had built in obsoletion. My battery was dead and could no longer be recharged, and the only way to fix it was to send it into Macintosh where I had to pay the $100 repair fee.

    Too many applications. I don't want a cell phone that can do 10 other things. I just want a fucking cell phone. All I need it for is to text message and make phone calls. Any other application is completely useless to me.

    It looks to big for me. The Ngage was also a neat idea, as was the sidekick...but both were to big for me. There is no way I'd ever invest in anything that was uncomfortable.

    EDIT: I just read the pricing...its rediculous. For the 4 GB iPhone it will cost you $499 WITH a 2 year subscription plan to Cingular. For an 8 GB iPhone it will set you back $599.

    This is fuckin rediculous. This small thing, which really offers nothing new, is being sold for the same price that a PS3 costs? Actually even more if you factor in the subscription costs that you will be roped into. I can buy a 30gb Zune, nab a free phone with Mp3 capabilities, txt messaging, photo option, and internet for free with a subscription plan, and buy a Nintendo DS for less than what this iPhone does. And all of these things do their individual tasks about 1000% better than the iPhone will.

    Wow...

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  • tetsultetsul Member Posts: 1,020

    Is that what the big deal was about? I saw on the news earlier (paraphrasing) "the world's eyes are turned towards Apple today for a major announcement by Steve Jobs" in what I'm guessing amounts to a REAL slow news day.

    Maybe I'm jaded but I figure a worldwide "major announcement" and "revolutionary item" should be along the lines of a hovercar or a Matrix-like headjack, not a phone or a motorized scooter.

  • n25phillyn25philly Member Posts: 1,317
    depends.  I don't think people are as willing to put up with crap phones as much as they are mp3 players

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  • HifructoseHifructose Member Posts: 308
    The big deal, or rather, the reason it's getting such mention is really only because of the lawsuit from Cisco. I predicted Apple would invent this (not saying that makes me smart or anything), but I was sure that they would use VOIP.  Now I know the reason they didn't; not using VOIP is their only defense against the lawsuit.  They claim it makes it different enough from the planned iPhone Cisco was creating.
  • desnowdesnow Member Posts: 390
    Originally posted by Hifructose

    The big deal, or rather, the reason it's getting such mention is really only because of the lawsuit from Cisco. I predicted Apple would invent this (not saying that makes me smart or anything), but I was sure that they would use VOIP.  Now I know the reason they didn't; not using VOIP is their only defense against the lawsuit.  They claim it makes it different enough from the planned iPhone Cisco was creating.



    Actually the iPhone line has been out for a while now:

    http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WIP320-Wireless-G-Skype-iPhone/dp/B000JI5L02/sr=1-4/qid=1168641514/ref=sr_1_4/104-3667785-3902362?ie=UTF8&s=pc

  • End_of_a_eraEnd_of_a_era Member Posts: 527
    too expensive tbh, if it was $300 then maybe

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  • NathanLateNathanLate Member Posts: 2
    I like that it has a big screen and looks good, but the specs is nothing special, kind of lame i think. And one of the biggest mistakes they make is to not include 3G i think. If I needed a new phone I would certainly buy a sonyericsson, much better memory, cameras,  3G, and nice design too.
  • BaerfBaerf Member Posts: 72
    Not going to be buying one, until the battery life is much, much higher.



    5 Hours of Call time

    16 Hours of MP3 time.



    If you use it for MP3s going to and from work and as a mobile phone during the day.... or maybe watch a video or two, then your going to be charging this phone up each and every day.



    It IS a nice design, but it would p!ss me right off with the battery charging aspect - and given that there´s no swapping out the battery - if im wrong then i apologise, its just want i heard -, then i have to wonder how long the battery would last before having to send the unit back to Apple for a "fix".



    Nah, sounds strange, but the phone is about 5 years ahead of its time.
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