Addicted to the iPhone?

[Mint]

Well I got my first iPhone 2 Christmas's ago and got the 3G whenever it came out so I've had my iPhone(s) for 14/15 months now. With it being an 18 month contract, before I got it I was thinking that I would be bored with it after the first 5 months like I am with any other phone but getting a new phone hasn't even crossed my mind untill recently when I wondered what I would do when my contract runs out. But the thing is I am happier than I ever have been with my iPhone and I don't want any other phone. So when the 18 months is up and I don't have a contract then what am I gonna do? If there was a new iPhone coming out I would just open a new 18 month contract with that but if it isn't then I'll have to get the 3G again. But surely Apple will of timed a new iPhone release for all them people that got an 18 month contract around the time that the iPhone was released?

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[Implement]

I agree with you, however my contract runs out this xmas so, i'm gonna' be behind on the new iPhone by a few months (currently on 3G)

gotta admit though, people say they're crap, but really they are an amazing piece of kit. Gonna be even better when 3.0 is out.

And if there is a new iPhone out when your contract is up, just get the new one, it will surely be just as amazin as the 3G.

[Lost]

Why does everyone like the iPhone? I find them absurdly overrated... maybe I should get one and discover this "amazing" experience.

[Implement]

you have to own one for at least two weeks, and have it jailbroken, and know what you are actually doing to actually make the most of it, and know how amazing they actually are.

your probably gonna' say I bum off Apple or something, but really, this was my first apple product (besides old iPods) and I have to admit, it's bloody amazing, don't knock it until you've experienced it for a couple of weeks.

[Mint]

I agree with you, however my contract runs out this xmas so, i'm gonna' be behind on the new iPhone by a few months (currently on 3G)

gotta admit though, people say they're crap, but really they are an amazing piece of kit. Gonna be even better when 3.0 is out.

And if there is a new iPhone out when your contract is up, just get the new one, it will surely be just as amazin as the 3G.
Yeh, they seriously are amazing and it never fails to entertain me. They keep getting better and better as they keep releasing new update software. The next iPhone they release will be exactly the same as the 3G but will have maybe a better cam and "improved connection" which might be a load of crap but who cares. :P

Why does everyone like the iPhone? I find them absurdly overrated... maybe I should get one and discover this "amazing" experience.
I bet you have never been on one though, they really are amazing. If you know someone with one then just ask them if you can have a little mess around on it. If they have some decent apps it will show you how powerful the graphics are, how speedy they are while navigating around, how reactive the touch screen is + many other brilliant things.

you have to own one for at least two weeks, and have it jailbroken, and know what you are actually doing.

don't knock it until you've experienced it for a couple of weeks.
Personally for me it blew my mind on the Christmas day that I got it. Everything about it is perfect.

[Lost]

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Why does everyone like the iPhone? I find them absurdly overrated... maybe I should get one and discover this "amazing" experience.

I bet you have never been on one though, they really are amazing. If you know someone with one then just ask them if you can have a little mess around on it. If they have some decent apps it will show you how powerful the graphics are, how speedy they are while navigating around, how reactive the touch screen is + many other brilliant things.

Yeah I know but i've had a touchscreen before, and it was amazing for the first like 6 months, and then it started to get really annoying. If you pressed like in one place of the screen, it would come up somewhere totally different, and if I was like scrolling down or something, i'd have to make at least 7 attempts before it actually does it. Maybe the iPhone is more updated than that piece of '07 crap I had :P!

[Mint]

Yeah I know but i've had a touchscreen before, and it was amazing for the first like 6 months, and then it started to get really annoying. If you pressed like in one place of the screen, it would come up somewhere totally different, and if I was like scrolling down or something, i'd have to make at least 7 attempts before it actually does it. Maybe the iPhone is more updated than that piece of '07 crap I had :P!

That's the thing though, the iPhone isn't like any other touch screen. It's almost impossible to miss click. It is designed to use with your finger and not a little pen thingy.

[[Chris]]

Yeah I know but i've had a touchscreen before, and it was amazing for the first like 6 months, and then it started to get really annoying. If you pressed like in one place of the screen, it would come up somewhere totally different, and if I was like scrolling down or something, i'd have to make at least 7 attempts before it actually does it. Maybe the iPhone is more updated than that piece of '07 crap I had :P!

The iphone has a Glass/Plastic composite screen. It picks up the electrical current from your finger i think, which means that you dont need to press hard.. or barley even touch it at all
i agree, The iphone is a good piece of kit.

[Trinity]

Yeh, they seriously are amazing and it never fails to entertain me. They keep getting better and better as they keep releasing new update software. The next iPhone they release will be exactly the same as the 3G but will have maybe a better cam and "improved connection" which might be a load of crap but who cares. :P


I've heard rumours of a magnetometer and a front facing cam, perfect for video calls :)
If I had an iPhone, I'd probably be addicted too. I was too impatient to save up for a couple more weeks and get one, so I just got an ipod touch instead and it's very addictive :)

[GommeInc]

My only pet hate with the iPhone is that they're clearly an over-rated/poor product because they seem to have the habit of making one, then making an updated model a few months later making it unfair for the poor beggars who've bought the previous model and have to be stuck to it because naturally they'll want the updated one with 3G or a better camera.

It's the same with the iPod and all their other products, it's a clever marketing ploy really.

But other than that, it is impressive, but I simply don't have a need for one :P

[Recursion]

I've got an iPod Touch and there isn't a hope in hell of me getting an iPhone. It's fine as an MP3 Player with additional features, but IMHO, not a phone.

[Jam]

I have an iPod Touch, but since day one of getting it, I've always wanted to upgrade to an iPhone, mainly for the 3G. I think I'l wait til' at most christmas for a new model, otherwise I'l just get a 3G.

[Implement]

I've got an iPod Touch and there isn't a hope in hell of me getting an iPhone. It's fine as an MP3 Player with additional features, but IMHO, not a phone.

Thats like comparing foreplay with sex. Just don't do it rofl.

[Recursion]

Not really, they both run iPhone OS and both have the same hardware (minus the GPS and Phone for the iPod obviously)

[Implement]

And that sir is why you are in complete denial because you really cannot compare the iTouch with the iPhone as they are two completely different things.

[MrPinkPanther]

And that sir is why you are in complete denial because you really cannot compare the iTouch with the iPhone as they are two completely different things.
Errrr, no they aren't? They both run iPhone OS 2.0 they both have the same screen resolution etc. The iPhone is like the iPod Touch but with more features.

[Implement]

Ones a phone, ones a multi-media device, duh.

You can't compare the two unless you own or have owned both, like me. :)

[Indie-Dan]

The thing is with people saying that the iPhone is "overrated" is that it's not overrated at all - it really is that good.

The menus and scrolling through stuff is just so flawless and beautiful, and it is so easy to use and there is so much you can do with it, that being extended further with the release of the App Store.

I've had my 3G since Christmas '08 and I thought the same thing as you, that I'd be bored with it by now. But I'm definitely not, I love it. And people I know who also have iPhones love it too - iPhone isn't just a device but it's almost a community too, which sounds kinda weird but people with iPhones tend to have mutual interests and tastes. I wouldn't change my iPhone for the world. I'm positive they were bringing out a new iPhone for version 3.0 in the summer but if they're not, they'll almost definitely have one in time for Christmas.

[Recursion]

And that sir is why you are in complete denial because you really cannot compare the iTouch with the iPhone as they are two completely different things.

Problem is, it's the truth, and by the way, who calls it an "iTouch"? It's an iPod Touch.


Errrr, no they aren't? They both run iPhone OS 2.0 they both have the same screen resolution etc. The iPhone is like the iPod Touch but with more features.

THANK YOU.


Ones a phone, ones a multi-media device, duh.

You can't compare the two unless you own or have owned both, like me. :)

1. Your bragging?
2. The iPhone is an iPod Touch with two extra bloody silicon chips in, one for phone and one for GPS (obviously not true, but you get what I mean), both are multi-media devices, both run iPhone OS.


The thing is with people saying that the iPhone is "overrated" is that it's not overrated at all - it really is that good.

The menus and scrolling through stuff is just so flawless and beautiful, and it is so easy to use and there is so much you can do with it, that being extended further with the release of the App Store.

This is why the iPhone succeeded, Apple stole a load of ideas phones have had (and still have but the iPhone doesn't) and made them very nice to use. It's what Apple does and thats fine, I wouldn't say no to an iPhone if I was offered one, but at the same time im just as happy with my T-Mobile G1.




I've had my 3G since Christmas '08 and I thought the same thing as you, that I'd be bored with it by now. But I'm definitely not, I love it. And people I know who also have iPhones love it too - iPhone isn't just a device but it's almost a community too, which sounds kinda weird but people with iPhones tend to have mutual interests and tastes. I wouldn't change my iPhone for the world. I'm positive they were bringing out a new iPhone for version 3.0 in the summer but if they're not, they'll almost definitely have one in time for Christmas.

Now your making it sound as if your married to it or something.

[Indie-Dan]

Now your making it sound as if your married to it or something.


I am :)

[Implement]

just jealous people that's all, to many of em' these days, and yeah, I can brag if I want to, cause guess what, I CAN!!

Hypocrite.

[Jordy]

Thats like comparing foreplay with sex. Just don't do it rofl.


The thing is with people saying that the iPhone is "overrated" is that it's not overrated at all - it really is that good.

The menus and scrolling through stuff is just so flawless and beautiful, and it is so easy to use and there is so much you can do with it, that being extended further with the release of the App Store.

I've had my 3G since Christmas '08 and I thought the same thing as you, that I'd be bored with it by now. But I'm definitely not, I love it. And people I know who also have iPhones love it too - iPhone isn't just a device but it's almost a community too, which sounds kinda weird but people with iPhones tend to have mutual interests and tastes. I wouldn't change my iPhone for the world. I'm positive they were bringing out a new iPhone for version 3.0 in the summer but if they're not, they'll almost definitely have one in time for Christmas.LOL that's the most nonsense I've ever seen in a post, I think that's actually the funniest thing someones said on HabboxForum. Well done for that but be very ashamed for being incredibly short-sighted and you've took it to the stage where it's 'sad' comparing it to 'the world' and 'having sex'.

Blown the whole thing out of proportion, you may well play the 'jealousy' card but I'm pretty sure we'll all be having the last laugh. It's an iPod Touch with a sim card...

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TIME TO TAKE A COLD SHOWER LADS

[GommeInc]

just jealous people that's all, to many of em' these days, and yeah, I can brag if I want to, cause guess what, I CAN!!

Hypocrite.
Oh dear... We've got ourselves an escapee from some medical/mental institution. You clearly got "pwned" by Tawm(u?) and are now rolling around in the only thing you can find to retaliate with, self-pity, anger and is that denial I smell? Why yes, it is :P

You're bragging about owning two things that are exactly the same, except one has an added phone option and 3G. It's like owning a Fiesta Titanium and a Titanium with Bluetooth phone controls... How is he a hypocrite anyway?

[Recursion]

Funny thing is, if my dad wasn't working at T-Mobile then my contract would be the same price as the iPhone's (with a lot more texts etc. may I add) but I would have the G1, which I love.


Oh dear... We've got ourselves an escapee from some medical/mental institution. You clearly got "pwned" by Tawm(u?) and are now rolling around in the only thing you can find to retaliate with, self-pity, anger and is that denial I smell? Why yes, it is :P

You're bragging about owning two things that are exactly the same, except one has an added phone option and 3G. It's like owning a Fiesta Titanium and a Titanium with Bluetooth phone controls... How is he a hypocrite anyway?

***** was too Google searchable, Tawm is a little more anonymous :P

I've always like you Gomme xD.

[Jam]

Errrr, no they aren't? They both run iPhone OS 2.0 they both have the same screen resolution etc. The iPhone is like the iPod Touch but with more features.

They run 2.2 OS actually :P But yeah, they're very compareable.

[Implement]

lalalala, you all crap in the same bowl. :)

just jealousy girls :(

[GommeInc]

lalalala, you all crap in the same bowl. :)

just jealousy girls :(


are now rolling around in the only thing you can find to retaliate with, self-pity, anger and is that denial I smell? Why yes, it is :P
BINGO!!!

Why is it jealousy, and why would we crap in the same bowl?

[Implement]

figure of speech darling.

i don't like bingo.

[Recursion]

Well considering, as said above, I could easily afford the iPhone contract I don't think im jelous? I went with the G1 instead...

[Implement]

now the G1 really do suck.

[Recursion]

Explain how? It runs an Open source OS that is extremely stable... a.k.a Linux. Unfortunatly Apple have a lawsuit against them because of the patenting of the multitouch technology they use and so us G1 owners have to "root" our phones to get at it.

[Implement]

and i should really care because?

iphone k.o's g1.

[Jam]

Maybe he doesn't want two near identical gadgets that are both quite expensive. The majority of my class ask 'Can I have a go on your iPhone?' for christ sake. No chrome and a hole for mic and a camera and 16 less GB is the only difference.

[Recursion]

and i should really care because?

iphone k.o's g1.

I still get people asking "Can I have a go on your Google phone?" and i've had it for months now.

I can run a full operating system on my phone, can you?
I can use 32GB+ memory cards in mine, can you?
I can write apps for it in Java, without buying an £800 Mac or paying Apple fees, can you?
I can sync everything with Google's FREE equivalent to MobileMe, can you?
I have a full QWERTY keyboard, do you?
I can run background apps, can you?
I can update OTA, can you?
My phone has a compass to assist in the GPS, does yours?
My phone can have shortcuts on the "home" screen, as well as pictures, widgets etc., can yours?
I can set anything as my ringtone, can you?
I can get a proper WiFi, bluetooth, USB tether, can you?
I have access to an open source Application Market where sharing is caring (LOL) without Jailbreaking, do you?

The list goes on, now get your head out of your own ass please.

[Implement]

tbh now you're just beating around the bush, if i wanted to i could come up with a list 5x as big as yours, but tbh, unlike someone, i have a life!

and btw, your list is really flawed, nearly all the stuff you mentioned the iphone can already do is going to do in the next update.

so rofl@u.

tbh, now whos bragging?

MY G1 CAN DO THIS OMGZZZZ.

I think these links;
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/showdown-htc-t/
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49299583-12,00.htm

end your pathetic attempt of an argument.

get your head out of your ass, sir.

[Recursion]

tbh now you're just beating around the bush, if i wanted to i could come up with a list 5x as big as yours, but tbh, unlike someone, i have a life!

and btw, your list is really flawed, nearly all the stuff you mentioned the iphone can already do is going to do in the next update.

so rofl@u.

tbh, now whos bragging?

MY G1 CAN DO THIS OMGZZZZ.

I think this link; http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/showdown-htc-t/

ends your pathetic attempt of an argument.

get your head out of your ass, sir.

That wired link is slightly flawed in the fact that a) Google cannot put multitouch in until this lawsuit is settled about it. b) We can playback video now with the 1.5 Cupcake Update.

I have no life? It took me about 2 minutes to type that post, some of us aren't ******ed when it comes to typing.

So actually, shut the hell up.

[Implement]

it's called not being arsed to type with punctuation and perfect spelling as today I cannot be arsed, already had a englit higher exam, r.e exam and biology gcse tests this week, so if you think i'm gonna go mad over my spelling/punctuation on a forum, then you have another thing coming...

and also, i will be reporting your above post.

thank you, sir.