engadget.com — It seems that a common theme in dialogue regarding the iPhone has become, "I'll wait for version 2, thank you very much." The sentiment makes sense in some ways; after all, the first-gen model lacks key goodness (3G radio, open platform, removeable battery), not to mention the fact that companies frequently fail to get the first version.....
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xoinegFeb 23, 2007
The chinese have the latest 4g network...Unfortunately is not about why not use the best network. Is about the money and what sells (or what you can buy in the states)
noliberalbullFeb 23, 2007
mmm... f-orgy
eggoFeb 23, 2007
since you care so little about $500, care to shoot me some cash?
Closed AccountFeb 23, 2007
Wow..when is the last time you have been part if THIS reality? Hot cakes? Have you been payingattention to the complete apathy that has been shown toward the iPhone since about 2 days after it was annoucned?Remember...the ONLY devide that Apple has ever made that has sold like hotcakes has been the iPod. Everything else has sold like pig snouts. No one is lining up to buy this thing. Of course, the people who brag about how little money means to them are hte ones that have so little of it they feel the need to lie. People are are well off NEVER talk about it. They don't want people to know.
Closed AccountFeb 24, 2007
ya, i thought 4G is the new thing...
cleverboyFeb 24, 2007
@mbthompson:Y'know what's interesting? A friend of mine had a Razor, and he was getting the WORST reception. He'd have dropped calls all the time. Then he switched phones, and he's never dropped a call since. Deep inside buildings, through the worst calling areas... he's all aglow these days on how fantanstic his reception is. He's owned many cell phones and tried many providers, but he's completely sold on what he's got now, and I have to be honest, I have Nextel/Sprint, and his reception is MUCH better than mine... I find myself downplaying when I know our dropped call was my fault (my bars vanish). He has Cingular, and has had it through the bad phone and the good. Sometimes people like you act like you know what you're talking about, when you're simply making a limited anecdote like mine. Let's not pretend you know how good or bad Cingular's record is... or what iPhone's will be like on that network.
mbthompsonFeb 24, 2007
Fine, don't trust me, check Consumer Reports. Oh by the way, I've had plans on both Cingular and Sprint, smartass, so I DO know what I'm talking about, unlike you. Buh bye now.
kleptoFeb 24, 2007
It wouldn't matter if it was 3g or 4g, it's not like apple let's you download and install applications that can take advantage of it, i.e. bit torrent clients, ftp clients, etc for large downloads of media. Most of the reason for 3g/4g in an iphone scenario is to download things from their itunes store.