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- willgonz, on 08/14/2008, -9/+62You have to admit the iPhone has a lot of skills. You know like accelerometer skills, downloadable apps skills, multi-touch skills, and graphics skills. I am just waiting for a sweet role playing game to come out with wizards.
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -10/+50Why are so many people buying this phone? You know, you would think that people would run from the phone due to all the supposed problems and I say "supposed" problems because a lot of these articles are just speculation. I know plenty of iPhone users who have good reception and a couple who don't. It really depends on (a) where you live and (b) whether you have 3G turned on or not. But the more important thing many Apple Hater forget is that the iPhone is just the best portable multi-media device ever made.
It's just that simple. 95 percent of the time I'm not on the phone or even the internet. I'm either listening to music, playing the new games or watching movies. If the iPhone did nothing but make calls and get on the internet, maybe more people would be upset, but the so-called problems with the phone are like a couple of sour grapes in a bowl full of the most delicious tasting fruit you've ever eaten. - Ellrick, on 08/14/2008, -5/+26What a coincidence, thats the same amount of Apple stories Digg averages a day!
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -4/+19why do so many 1st gen owners hate on the 3g just because they still own a 1st gen
- iDiggYa, on 08/14/2008, -0/+15I put on my robe and wizard hat.
- imnojezus, on 08/14/2008, -4/+17I've had one from day one. 3G is fast, I've never lost service, and my case is in great shape without ever being stuck in a protective sleeve. I know at least 3 other people who can attest to the same thing. I'm not suggesting that's the definitive end of your argument, but it should be noted that someone who complains gets a lot more attention than someone who is happy and says nothing.
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -13/+25This is outright laughable *****.
The apple insider's source? One dude named Munster
95 per day? That's strange seeing as ATT doesnt see the same results!
"Munster's model assumed an average of 12 hours of sales per day based on 8 percent of the stores being high-traffic "flagship" locations"
Which translates into the LARGEST APPLE STORES with THE MOST TRAFFIC = 8% of those equals what every other store is experiencing.
This is utter and statistical *****! Do you guys read any of this and believe it? Seriously?
The only method to go by is the total and cumulative sales per month not by the largest and busiest Apple stores which I would believe average about 95 per day. - mpobri, on 08/14/2008, -1/+12Well we's plurals idiots are sure happys to has ones.
- jorichter, on 08/14/2008, -4/+14I seriously find those figures hard to believe. Very hard. Nothing against the iphone, just those numbers are a joke. Per store? Seriously?
- sq2shooter, on 08/14/2008, -3/+13That is crap. While I don't own an iPhone (no way i am going to AT&T), I have a handful of friends that do. Only one of them even owns another Apple product other than an iPod. So pretty much all of them have no loyalty to the company at all. Must be another reason why they bought them.
- wtmoose, on 08/14/2008, -1/+10Some of us own Apple stock
- diggmaddy, on 08/14/2008, -2/+11I have owned the first gen iPhone for a while now (didn't get the 3G due to the AT&T bug in it). Before that, I've used all kinds of phones, including the antiquated 2 line monochrome LCD phones through high end Widnows Mobile PDA phones.
Even if you don't care about the online capabilities of the iPhone, it is a great pleasure to use and Apple has done a great job of rethinking on how people want to use their phones. The phone/contacts feature itself is amazing and very fast, being very easy to use at the same time. And in a phone, that's all that matters for some people. All other multimedia and online capabilities are a HUGE bonus. If you haven't until now, I hightly recommend that you at least try it out in an apple store for a few mins. I did that last september, and half an hour after playing with it, I walked out of the Apple store with a brand new iPhone :).
FYI, this was my first Apple gadget EVER (and I was 24 at that time), so you guys can't blame me for being an Apple fanboy. - divisional, on 08/14/2008, -3/+11For me, it's all about usability. About 6 different devices consolidated into one. iPod (music & video), GPS, email and true websurfing (as opposed to that joke of "internet" access on my last phone) gaming, and music making (via the Beatmaker application) and of course, my cell phone. By far, for my anyway, the most used, cost effective and stable gadget I have ever used. People can claim the iPhone "sucks" for whatever reason, but I totally disagree.
- athinnes, on 10/01/2009, -0/+8"It's only now that they're becoming more and more mainstream"
Welcome to 5 years ago. - Darkaged, on 08/14/2008, -3/+11Girls like cell phones with skills.
- ha3er0, on 06/16/2009, -9/+17Apple is doing good with Iphone. Good for them, it's a very good product. But why is it a "yeah!!" moment?
Why are we rejoicing the success of multi-billion dollars corporation making millions of dollars a day?
Why is it a "yeah" moment every time they are breaking some kind of sales record? How are we benefiting from this? - rblancarte, on 08/14/2008, -1/+9So that was the creepy guy outside of the Apple Store the other day.
- diggmaddy, on 08/14/2008, -2/+10Biggest bug of all in the iPhone is AT&T, and only time will fix that one, unfortunately. :(. Till then, I might have to just stick with my first gen unlocked.
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -0/+7You sad *****. Why would you be so angry about what OTHER people choose to buy?
Me, I like quality products and am prepared to pay slightly more for them than bottom of the range garbage that you love so much. - drlha, on 08/14/2008, -1/+8bromac: Garmin's phone is vaporware right now, but their one and only annoucement so far (in January) did get coverage. Samsung's touchscreen phones simply aren't as good as the iPhone I'm afraid.
- divisional, on 08/14/2008, -0/+7Samsung? Are you serious "bromac?" Have you actually USED both the Samsung and the iPhone? If you HAD you wouldn't make ignorant comments. The iPhone blows my Samsung out of the water. Literally NO comparison... even the "touchscreen." See, you just make an assumption that the iPhone is some kind of copycat because some other phone has a touchscreen, but you haven't a clue. Are you new here?
- Virgule, on 08/14/2008, -4/+1195 pieces per store per day sure sound good to me. Congrats to Apple.
Can I get my zippy interface back now, please? Seriously, there is very few things with computers that annoy me more than interface lag and lost clicks... - divisional, on 08/14/2008, -1/+8You think so? Obviously you haven't used one extensively.
- bigfinger, on 08/14/2008, -2/+9People are still in line each morning at the apple store near my house. I don’t think this is slowing down anytime soon, Moto, Sony, and Nokia better come up with something sick for $200 if they want to get their market back in the smart phone segment. RIM, Palm, and Microsoft better hope their entrenching holds up.
- jakatak, on 08/14/2008, -1/+7Dude, I am paying the same exact amount as I was for my blackberry. I paid $30 for media plan for blackberry and $30 for iPhone. My family plan also didn't change. So basically I didn't pay a dime more for switching to iPhone.
- rawrzzz, on 08/14/2008, -29/+35If a company released the same phone, with the same firmware, same bugs, and did the same marketing but without the Apple logo, it'd be a failure.
Just saying. - sgtpppr, on 08/14/2008, -7/+13Because it's a cult. Digg is famously anti-corporate to a fault, yet diggers fall in worship to a large corporation that is making piles of money off of them. They make good products, great, but they aren't the new messiah. It's almost like some weird 'my team vs. your team' kind of thing. People want their team to win at all costs. Fortunately for Apple, that means making a ***** ton of money by winning.
- RichUser, on 08/14/2008, -4/+10No, your just sad. You don't deserve a computer.
- Jwoey, on 08/14/2008, -1/+7If such a town existed, I'd move there and run for mayor.
- max1018, on 08/14/2008, -1/+7Thank you for your intelligent in sight into the iPhone there.
- MacParrot, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5Right jabby. The people using a device with about a 1% market-share are the sheep. Check your maaaaaaath.
- wheresjim, on 08/14/2008, -4/+9Christ, when I sold cell phones if you got 55 sales per month you met quota. If you sold 95/month you were making really good money.
- okaroleo, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5It's a great gaming platform for a busy professional on the go like me.
- JeddHampton, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5I can see why people were excited over the iPhone. look at what it did to the cellular phone market. All the top of the line cell phones are trying to compete and adding features. It's making the market better for the consumer.
I don't know why this news in particular is so exciting. - divisional, on 08/14/2008, -3/+8From my years of experience with their products, what you just typed is *****.
- Drizzit, on 08/14/2008, -1/+6Unfortunately the mobile phone industry is doing nothing to compete with the iPhone. Verizon has yet to come up with something close and the new blackberry will do nothing to fix that problem. Rumor is that the browser on the new unit is still far inferior to mobile safari.
- Gee1004, on 08/14/2008, -3/+8How old are you. 5?
- divisional, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5Spoken like a true sheep. Well done ***** :-)
- ToastPop, on 04/17/2009, -3/+7All it needs is nunchuk skills. But I'm sure there will be an app for that.
- massconn, on 08/14/2008, -2/+6As some one who worked in a flagship store, these numbers are totally believable. We were selling about 200 phones per day. It would have been more if we could ring people out faster and got phones in more often. We had to turn people away at 6pm. Again, this is at a flagship store and sold DOUBLE what this guy is estimating.
- max1018, on 08/14/2008, -1/+5The user interface, multi-touch (OK you don't need it, but it certainly is impressive), accelerometer (again, not needed, but handy) the iPod, the App Store and SDK (although bound by the NDA and limitations, sigh), Mobile Safari, Full HTML mail (although you can't send attachments, yet anyway), the little touches here and there and the general feel of the phone.
It is NOWHERE near the perfect phone, but it definitely is an industry mover in terms of user interface and where phones should go. - cthellis, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4Ah, jabberwolf... Can't even work up the stamina for a GOOD troll anymore?
- Rikkochet, on 08/14/2008, -2/+6Apple is expensive, but they sell quality stuff. It's a tax you have to willingly pay.
Dell is *****. You tax another tax when you have to replace it prematurely due to defective construction (eg. the persistent flaw in Latitude and Inspiron laptops where the keyboard connection to the motherboard uses incompatible metals which eventually corrode one another).
If I were to buy a notebook ever again, I think it'd be a Macbook. The Windows laptops are just getting too saturated in the market, and that means the ***** cheap ones are winning.
PROTIP: It's ALWAYS cheaper to buy 2 500GB drives than a 1TB drive until 1TB becomes the de facto standard. - MacParrot, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4Yet another child left behind
- Heaiser, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4The only thing I can think of is that if it had bombed there would be a lot less developers working on applications for it. More sales can lead to more resources put into it.
- drlha, on 08/14/2008, -9/+13*****. If any other company had released the iPhone, the response would have been the same. You're just too blinded by Apple hatred to release that people's enthusiasm from the iPhone isn't just fanboyism.
- chrisc3, on 08/14/2008, -19/+23Iphone is the beginning of something great. Yes, there might be a few bugs now, but it'll all be fixed eventually.
- divisional, on 08/14/2008, -1/+4who told you the iPhone doesn't work? Mine works perfectly, as does everyones I know who has one.
- b0rna, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3How about some mms skills for picture messaging the girlfriend who doesn't want to check her email on her phone?
- willgonz, on 08/14/2008, -1/+4Yeah... BMW's are expensive, but they are still sweet and everyone wouldn't mind one. There are Kia's and there are Mercedes. Duh, one is better and not everyone can afford it.
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