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Monty9

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Looking at purchasing a new phone and i am considering purchasing an iPhone outright. What are your opionions of them and are they worth it?
 

DannyDamage

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Copied from the other cell phone thread from TODAY.

Buy the cheapest one for god's sake. It's a phone, not medical insurance!

I never got why people have to 'stuff their pants' as it were with gadgets like mobiles. Everyone has one now, they're not special, just use them to call and text people as that's all they're REALLY needed for.

(this goes ten time for iPhones, nothing but fashion toys)
 

blarggles

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DannyDamage said:
Copied from the other cell phone thread from TODAY.

Buy the cheapest one for god's sake. It's a phone, not medical insurance!

I never got why people have to 'stuff their pants' as it were with gadgets like mobiles. Everyone has one now, they're not special, just use them to call and text people as that's all they're REALLY needed for.

(this goes ten time for iPhones, nothing but fashion toys)
That's fine, but on the other hand. The best thing about the iPhone is I can have numerous devices in 1 little package. So I can get my emails, check cinema times, various other things on the move when I don't have access to a PC. Its got a decent MP3 player, since it is basically an iPod Touch. And its a phone all in 1 slim little device. Its not about being a fashion accessory, for me it was the best phone at the moment with the best user interface for what I needed.

I mean think about it, would you rather carry a few devices such as an MP3 player and a phone? Or just one?
 

DannyDamage

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blarggles said:
That's fine, but on the other hand. The best thing about the iPhone is I can have numerous devices in 1 little package. So I can get my emails, check cinema times, various other things on the move when I don't have access to a PC. Its got a decent MP3 player, since it is basically an iPod Touch. And its a phone all in 1 slim little device. Its not about being a fashion accessory, for me it was the best phone at the moment with the best user interface for what I needed.

I mean think about it, would you rather carry a few devices such as an MP3 player and a phone? Or just one?
Your closing statement is good in theory, but everyone I know that has gone and bought an iPhone ALSO have a separate computer\laptop (email & web etc.), MP3 player, camera and games console/handheld.

If you have an iPhone and nothing else, then good you for you. You're one of the minority without 4 gadgets that all do the same job. Still, you over paid for what it actually is and it'll be outdated within the next year, but at least you're cool right? :p
 

Monty9

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I mainly want the iPhone as during Initial Training Phase during my bootcamp for the navy i will have access to my phone but not my computer so this will fill the gap.
 

Monty9

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Going to purchase outright and stay with Optus prepaid. Basically $100 for $1000 and 1 gig of net which is the best plan in Australia atm.
 

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blarggles said:
That's fine, but on the other hand. The best thing about the iPhone is I can have numerous devices in 1 little package. So I can get my emails, check cinema times, various other things on the move when I don't have access to a PC. Its got a decent MP3 player, since it is basically an iPod Touch. And its a phone all in 1 slim little device. Its not about being a fashion accessory, for me it was the best phone at the moment with the best user interface for what I needed.

I mean think about it, would you rather carry a few devices such as an MP3 player and a phone? Or just one?
Then don't get an iPhone.

Read this:-

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone
 

blarggles

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RAKtheUndead said:
Here are my thoughts on the iPhone. As you can tell, I'm not particularly impressed by it.

RAKtheUndead said:
Apple iPhone 3G: The iPhone may be one of the most popular smartphones released in recent times, but the Nokia E71 makes it look like a children's plaything. The solid stainless steel and chrome finish of the E71 makes the plastic finish of the iPhone look like an elaborate toy, and it just goes downhill from there. With an inferior camera, no way to expand the internal memory, low battery life, an unimpressive operating system and most of all, an almost-complete lack of interface which doesn't use the touch screen, the iPhone doesn't endear itself to the business customers which the E71 aims for. The only place where the iPhone proves superior is in its music capabilities, and it only breaks even at best when it comes to the internet and GPS capacities. The so-called "Jesus Phone" will likely sell more units, but the E71 remains the superior phone.
Right so we have half of that based on its looks. Lets be honest....The iPhone looks better.


The E71 is too busy and the keys are so bleeding small it makes it pointless anyway I had an HTC universal before the iPhone and that was a better business phone with better keyboard...yet as a works phone the iPhone wins. Which is the reason so many business are now moving to them. They are much easier to setup quicker to get going and this saves money. Easier to use as well. Browsing is far quicker and the touchscreen interface far more intuitive. Simply pinching and double tapping is much better than having to pig about with tiny buttons.

Yes the Camera is crap...but its a business phone who cares? If I want to take pictures I will use my Canon SLR which even with the crappiest lens I own. Would give far far superior pictures to any phone.

The problem is people look at it being an apple product and automatically hate it. That's it. I used to be the same until I got this one and now it is quite simply the best phone for all uses I have ever used.
 

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I have it and I really like it. I've jailbroken mine so I can get a whole slew of apps, ringtones, skins, etc.

My only dislike is the web browser crashes when loading large pages, but that's something to expect with a mobile device's small cache.

the 3g is damned fast.
 

Rath709

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The only issue I have with the iPhone is the lack of MMS, but I can cope with that. Having 16gb of music in the best kind of iPod available built into an extremely well designed phone more than makes up for the lack of that one feature.
 

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A phone is for calling and being called. Just pick something that doesn't rape your fingers when you try to send a text message or something (I've yet to find a cellphone that doesn't do this, other than the one I've had for the past 4.5 years), the rest doesn't really matter.