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- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -10/+42@EXreaction
I'm kind of confused as to what your comment has to do with the parent. Why "reply" when you're not going to say anything about what the person said? - Ireland, on 10/11/2007, -4/+29"Why "reply" when you're not going to say anything about what the person said?"
That's digg. - 11arrows, on 10/11/2007, -7/+30Looks like they might actually make their launch date, which is good news. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one.
- judicar, on 10/11/2007, -5/+26Well then I guess you can just buy one of those other phones that have more than 8GB memory, a screen that's larger than 3.5", and a better than 2MP camera ...oh wait...
- edicius, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21That's strange...I don't feel that way about viruses.
- kenvsryu, on 10/11/2007, -9/+28Grab a sleeping bag and charge up your ipod video. The lines will dwarf the ps3 launch.
- jeremedia, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20To those who claim the iPhone is stupid/garbage/waste: you simply aren't considering what IS unique to the iPhone: the interface. Watch this video to refresh your memory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW7or1TuFk
You're right in that other phones do all the same stuff. What's going to make the iPhone this most popular phone ever released is what you see in that video: clear, smooth, fast navigation through all of its huge variety of functions. Other smart phones do all the same stuff, but none of them present those functions in an interface I enjoy using (and have a drawer full of em). My MOM will use an iPhone not because of marketing, but because it makes complex functionality ease and fun to use. Classic Apple: take existing tech and wrap it with a carefully considered and thoughtful interface. - HerrEisenheim, on 10/11/2007, -10/+27Everyone talks about how overpriced the iPhone is, but $499 is the standard price for pretty much any top-of-the-line new phone outside the US. In the US we are just so used to having everything subsidized by the phone companies, that a $499 price tag on something is shocking.
The RAZR cost $499 (WITH SUBSIDY!) when it came out. The same price as the 4GB iPhone. It didn't have any trouble selling. - LoganT, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10It's hilarious how many people complain about the lack of the storage in an iPhone. 4 and 8 GB's is plenty for a phone! Most phones now have an MP3 player, but they include about 32 MB of memory. And to the people who complain that this is not enough space for a video player, here's an idea:
When you get done watching one video, delete it. - CognitiveD, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10I would guess that few europeans will by a phone in that segment that does not use UMTS.
- clarkbark, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I agree with jeremedia. One thing Apple does well is integrating software with hardware. Making complex operations easy.
- HerrEisenheim, on 10/11/2007, -8/+16I won't be surprised if the iPhone becomes the most popular phone of any kind. If the RAZR could do it, then the iPhone certainly can, because the RAZR was as piece of *****. It was also pretty much the same price as the iPhone when it came out. By the time the iPhone is subsidized down to $249, it's all over. It will dominate the market.
- Quix, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10"The iphone will have to do the same thing, but this won't happen because Apple never allows it (the ipod is a good example)." - gcnaddict
A popular opinion among the perpetual Apple critics, but wrong. I paid $349 for my 80G iPod, which has 20G more storage capacity and a larger screen than the original 60G iPod Photo that sold for $599! My old 30G iPod was $399 new, and that had a black and white screen and didn't do photos or video (obviously).
The iPhone will get better over time AND drop in price. Mark it. - fuzzmeister, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10Show me another phone that can do each of those functions (music, video, phone, internet, sms, google earth, camera, etc) to an Apple level of polish, then get back to me. The iPhone is definitely overpriced, however.
- neodorian, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9I'll stick with my Treo for now but it will be nice to see the more advanced features making their way into less overpriced and more versatile phones as they become standard. I'm all about fancy gadgets but I've never been an early adopter.
Besides, I've already got touch screen, full keypad (which I will always prefer to a touchscreen keyboard for typing), web browser, IM, SMS, calendar, media player, can tune internet radio streams, etc. That's plenty of bells and whistles for me and it was a lot less expensive and I could choose a faster and less expensive carrier.
edit: also I can change my battery without sending it back to Palm. - chewy5000, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5sorry, call me immature, but i just had to do the opposite of what you said
- lacronicus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7the ihpone is no more a step in that direction than the gameboy was. your claim that cell phones will become the next laptops are completely unfeasable, since the idea of the laptop is simply that of a portable pc. while the iphone may have the power of a pc, it does not have the usability of a pc. even umpc's, which are more pc's than the iphone can ever be as a phone, still cannot compete with a full sized laptop in terms of usability, since the usability of a pc lies with the full sized keyboard. even those mini qwerty's you see on the smartphones are no match. so until the iphone can get a full sized keyboard in your pocket (which it cant without some serious awesomeness) it will never compete with full laptops.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5iPhone is nice, but I wont want to be tied to Cingular. Apple should have known better than to tie this to one sole wireless carrier. There will be alot of purchases and the a mass series of returns once people with Verizon or other realize they cant use their device. Also, as I understand it, you MUST have a contract with Cingular for *any* of the functions of the device to work. Strange.
- xrisnothing, on 10/11/2007, -8/+12Yeah, I can picture it now.
"Yay, I got my iPhone! Now, I can call people anytime I want and listen to music and watch videos. Wait...I have no friends to call." - snotrokit, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7OK, it is a really cool phone, and has some really cool stuff, and the "Apple touch" to the interface, but for the same price, I can get my choice of Blackberry AND an 80 Gb iPod video.
- MakinBacon, on 10/11/2007, -7/+112. Bury this post if you're NOT getting one (and don't digg up).
- Jazzzzz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I wish they would offer more services than cingular
- turpenine, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3or you can have a pda that has phone capabilities because carrying around a lot is totally nerdy.
- LaSepultura, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2My PSP looks horrible with all the smudges when I am done with it. I can't imagine what my iPhone would look like.
- Quix, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4I agree that the iPhone should have included GPS (that touch screen would have made the iPhone a killer in-car navigation system), but if you think the Meizu software is going to be in the same league as the iPhone you're bound to be disappointed.
There will be many iPhone knockoffs in the coming months that claim more hardware features, but ease-of-use will likely be a joke. Just as there are plenty of DAPs with more functionality than the iPod, the iPod rules the market because it does what it claims to do without hassles. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3This just in. iPhone will be sold at stores. Many are calling it Steve Jobs shrewdest move yet. more at 11.
- highonfire, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3i see the iphone launch being very similar to the ps3 launch (minus the reselling on ebay). They'll be impossible to get a hold of for a month and a half, but after that they're gonna be easy to find and not going to move many numbers. I am not trashing the iphone; It looks like a great piece of hardware, but it is way too expensive for a consumer oriented phone. hell, it's too expensive even compared to most all business oriented smartphones
- chewy5000, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@lacronicus
I agree, except the iPhone is very much a phone. You can ring people and talk on it. - neodorian, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2See, that's what I meant. It's definitely a cool looking phone, but "polish" is worth it to some and not others. The aesthetics are subjective and therefore have a different value to different customers. I'm pleased and satisfied with the aesthetics of my $200 phone (which I already considered a luxury purchase) so for me it's not worth it to switch carriers and get a $600 phone in a shinier package. To others it may in fact be that.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -9/+11The iPhone will be like a virus, once you see someone with it, you'll want one.
- DelMonte, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2gcnaddict:
To add to what Quix just posted, the original 5Gb iPod was $399. Now the iPod nano which has a color screen, more features and is a fraction of the size starts at $149, $199 for the 4Gb model which contains about the same number of songs as the original "bulky" b&w 5Gb iPod (thanks to AAC which the original didn't have.) - frostieDude, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I am a Mac developer and i am attending WWDC this year. I plan to buy an 8GB iPhone at the first chance i get. I also plan to develop for it. If they give me an SDK for it - great. Otherwise, I'm totally hacking it!
- handler, on 10/11/2007, -14/+15Digg me if you are getting one.
- pickupgo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I will also purchase one. I like Apple's products. iPhone is cool!
- uptown, on 10/11/2007, -10/+11I'll stick with a phone that does what I want a phone for ... makes phone calls that sound good. Last time I checked, I didn't need 8gb of memory, or a 2megapixel camera to talk.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3I jerryrigged an iPhone together:
iPod nano 8GB + iScotch Tape + Verizon LG VX5300 = iPhone - danjal, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2any word on the europe release, mainly ireland, i've saved up a wad of cash for this baby
- itsme92, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Another VX5300 user, I see
It's nice to know that there is somebody else out there who doesn't care about getting VCAST on their phone
For that matter, I can't understand the hype over the iPhone or any other cell phone either. Who cares, it's a frickin' phone. - SPECOPS, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Nokia N73 isn't worth $700 - but it does have a nice camera.
- sjbdallas, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Touchscreen = fingerprints + scratches
- SPECOPS, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1QUOTE
I don't know about you, but I don't want phone capabilities in a PDA. A cell phone is for talking, a PDA can do everything else.
/QUOTE
That's what Palm thought too, but you see them integrating phones into their products now. No one wants to carry around multiple devices, if one can do it all, and to it all well, and be small enough not to make a difference. - SPECOPS, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Agreed - but you have to consider the fact there will be times when you want more than one video on the device at a time (e.g. 12 hour flight, long road trip when you're the passenger, etc.) - having this instead of a laptop, on cramped plane, is ideal. Hopefully it will support divX or something to compress the vid with great quality.
- roxas, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1im sure i want one. but its cingular i dont like. .
(i had to pay more than 1000 dollars. . .thats when i went to tmobile)
anyways i have two words for the iphone. . ."that's hot" lol - GeminiAce, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I will believe it when I see it.
- SPECOPS, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0the difference is, this Meizu MiniOne isn't a working prototype. Just a static prop. When there is a working prototype, or even a beta, let me know - there are quite a few of these ideal next gen cell phones on the net, but none committed yet.
- SPECOPS, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Actually once people with Verizon use a non-locked down phone, they will be sold. Joking aside, do you do realize that Verizon, among almost all the US Cell phone carriers, have exclusives phones for a period of time? I mean Verizon had a 1yr exclusive for the Motorola Q before any other carrier got it. These types of deals are common.
- syafthegeek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Now people can't wait for the iPhone
- philcloh2o, on 10/11/2007, -6/+5@fuzzmeister
http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n73
Nokia N73 - thinker1999, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0I hope it comes in brown..
- hackmyballs, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2DIGG POLLS!!!
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WE WANT DIGG POLLS NOW!!!
POLL MY DIGG!!! -
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