***The Definitive iPhone Thread***

[traut]

I must admit, after seeing parts of the Keynote: iPhone is a real innovation, compared to the minor D-Clix idea.

16 hours playtime is not that much - and a price tag of $599 for an 8GB player limits the market somehow.

No FM radio (where Zune offers RDS and where iriver does not even show station names that were edited the hard way in iriverplus, while DVB is not that interesting in this country).

But a real innovative concept behind a 320 x 480 pixel 3.5" touchscreen makes me feel to ask for it, even as an MP3/video player without phone

[studpidlongname]

well, the new iPhone is presented, and they're already j*rking off on www.gizmodo.com

i must say, the thing looks huge, it's way too expensive and i totally don't see what all the fuss is about. it's probably going to end up being crap like the rest of the ipod products (well, they're not crap, but are waaaay overrated). oh and i'm getting a headache from just imagining all of the little accessories that are going to get made for this thing (and of course, all the firms specialized just to make iPod/iPhone products).
i bet it's gonna scratch like hell and it's probably going to be way too expensive in Europe. Like everything is, anyway.

[BBD]

If you spend nearly $500 or $600 on a frickin' phone.... Well, good luck with that, Ms. Hilton! Hope ya have an assistant that knows your scrawny ass from a public utility so you might be able to use it.

Looks cool, but seems pretty standard capabilities.

[Dunno]

there is nothing NEW about a mobile phone that can play mp3, its soooo old hat, i'm amazed that it's touted as an amazing earth shaking development, poor apple zealots, going to pay a fortune for something that is given away by others...

[jeff]

Nothing extraordinary about that except for Apple's keen marketing dept. that will have everyone and their second cousin clamouring to own the phone.

Just buy any of the newer Sony Ericsson phones and you get the same and more really.

[Step666]

I think it'd probably be a damned good phone were it not for the price.

I'm a little interested in how this touch screen is supposed to work, how it 'ignores accidental touches', or whatever it's supposed to do.
But, that's about it, I hardly think 'magical' is a balanced description.

[pachinkoman]

Oh, yawn....oh did Apple announce a new phone? Oh yeah, I guess they did, yawn, stretch.......

[Dunno]

get a phone that can take a smart card, and hey presto instantly upgradeable mp3 player.

[Step666]

Originally Posted by Dunno

get a phone that can take a smart card, and hey presto instantly upgradeable mp3 player.

Not necessarily - a lot of phones' music player functions aren't at all well implemented.

[devyanks90]

apple doesn't own the trademark to iPhone, Cisco does.

[Dunno]

Originally Posted by Step666

Not necessarily - a lot of phones' music player functions aren't at all well implemented.

ahem, my point is that they are available AND they are upgradeable, which the apple phone isn't, with regards to memory capacity.

[Step666]

Originally Posted by Dunno

ahem, my point is that they are available AND they are upgradeable, which the apple phone isn't, with regards to memory capacity.

True but the best you could hope to get for a phone memory card would be about 2GB, the Apple phone goes up to 8.

Is it solid state or HDD?

[Dunno]

Originally Posted by Step666

True but the best you could hope to get for a phone memory card would be about 2GB, the Apple phone goes up to 8.

Is it solid state or HDD?

compact flash is up to 8 megs, so is Sony mem stick

[Step666]

Originally Posted by Dunno

compact flash is up to 8 megs, so is Sony mem stick

Find me a phone that takes a CF card.

As for the Sony Memory Sticks, buy the phone and the 8GB stick and you'll probably end up spending more than if you just got Apple's offering.

[Breakdown]

What is the back made of? The same metal (liquidmetal?) that the Sansas are using or just aluminum?

[Dunno]

Originally Posted by Step666

As for the Sony Memory Sticks, buy the phone and the 8GB stick and you'll probably end up spending more than if you just got Apple's offering.

yes, and in a years time you'll be able to increase the memory capacity.
how much will it cost you to upgrade your memory in your ipod phone ......

hmm maybe I think like i do because i've had the same phone for 6 years a little Sony Z5, little beauty

[Step666]

A valid argument.

I would point out that a lot of people don't stick with the same phone for that long, though a memory card would be reusable in a way the memory in the iPhone wouldn't.
With large memory cards, there's the possibility your phone may not support them (depending on the age of the phone), though by the time you can afford said memory card, you'll probably have a different (newer) phone anyway.

[Nork]

i'm with step - cf cards rock. but this new phone seems interesting, but with the way people go through phones, it doesn't seem plausible, i don't think...

i wouldn't buy one. i don't want a phone/mp3 player/camera. i want a phone, and an mp3 player, and a camera. get me?

[caramelsoul]

I actually think it will do well in the market, although its not for me.

[Dunno]

it doesn't matter what we think, apple shares are up 5% today, someones making money, Yeeehah, ride it cowboy.

[aw614]

500-600 dollars on contract...no thank you. But I my main thing is the touch screen, I've used a few like the MDA and I just dont like it, the tactile buttons for me is what I pefer

[Step666]

Originally Posted by Dunno

it doesn't matter what we think, apple shares are up 5% today

I read 8, even worse.

[Nork]

Originally Posted by caramelsoul

I actually think it will do well in the market, although its not for me.

it probably will. it'll be interesting to see when the first of them start popping up.