iPhone - Good idea? [Closes 10/02/07]

Shameful imo. They overcharge for ipods, and i would never even consider buying one of their products after the scandal that was uncovered. However, most markets nowadays are conquered by the over-priced, un-designed junk that people try to use as a status symbol. Point of a £300 phone? To beat the jones's thats it, id rather spend £100 or less, get it decent and then spend the rest on good times, or save it for my car (YAY!). Apple as a company are struggling, even with iPod, the mac isnt making enough so theyre trying to expand, which is understandable but pointless. They should just advertise iPod and iMac more, lower the prices, or build them in bigger bulk to lower prices. Its not as bad as windows terrible attempt at a phone/mp3, but it isnt far off. Nokia, siemens and whoever else are decent,, samsung, will catch on, undercut them on price and woohoo > another billion wasted.

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Originally Posted by Pitch

Shameful imo. They overcharge for ipods, and i would never even consider buying one of their products after the scandal that was uncovered. However, most markets nowadays are conquered by the over-priced, un-designed junk that people try to use as a status symbol. Point of a £300 phone? To beat the jones's thats it, id rather spend £100 or less, get it decent and then spend the rest on good times, or save it for my car (YAY!). Apple as a company are struggling, even with iPod, the mac isnt making enough so theyre trying to expand, which is understandable but pointless. They should just advertise iPod and iMac more, lower the prices, or build them in bigger bulk to lower prices. Its not as bad as windows terrible attempt at a phone/mp3, but it isnt far off. Nokia, siemens and whoever else are decent,, samsung, will catch on, undercut them on price and woohoo > another billion wasted.

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No they arent theyre doing much better than they were. I want appleTv too lol.

yahhh, my contract is up in may.

I think they should.

We know its going to look cool which is half the battle there.

And with Apple's high quality we know its going to be good.

High quality? I wouldn't say so. Take these 3 companies, Creative, Apple and Sony. Guess which had the highest sound quality? Sony. The Sony MP3 player has better sound quality than both. Creative comes second and iPod last. The Apple iPods sound quality is best described as tinny at best.

The Mac isn't high quality, high quality would be using an open system OS, but they refuse to because it is obvious it would be filled with bugs.

The only thing high quality is their over inflated ego and arrogance.

I can just see the iPhone being just another "Apple Brand," not something to revolutionise communications. It is an iPod with a phone built in.

They're expanding their market way too fast. You cant go from computers to music to phones in a span of 6 years.

If it works (big if), itll be decent. It probably will be an accident waiting to happen, but it'll be decent. But I dont really see the point. Why combine 2 products that dont need combining? iPods are small, phones are small, you can easily fit them both in your pocket.

if they want to stand in todays market, they need to think bigger than anyone else. thats all there doing, so dont put them down

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Originally Posted by Papershop

if they want to stand in todays market, they need to think bigger than anyone else. thats all there doing, so dont put them down

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Bigger doesnt mean more. It means something better. Quality is greater than quantity.

I think the iPhone is going to be like the PS3, an item that's a miss and over-priced, but everyone will want one because they're extremely hard to get.

As for the iPhone being a success, I can see that happening, I'm not sure about the quality of it, but i'm sure it'll be a success.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

High quality? I wouldn't say so. Take these 3 companies, Creative, Apple and Sony. Guess which had the highest sound quality? Sony. The Sony MP3 player has better sound quality than both. Creative comes second and iPod last. The Apple iPods sound quality is best described as tinny at best.

The Mac isn't high quality, high quality would be using an open system OS, but they refuse to because it is obvious it would be filled with bugs.

The only thing high quality is their over inflated ego and arrogance.

I can just see the iPhone being just another "Apple Brand," not something to revolutionise communications. It is an iPod with a phone built in.

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OS X is high quality because it is made as user friendly as possible. Macs are high quality. Look at the Mac Pro. You cant say that that is one heck of a computer.

Apple hardwear tends to be high quality and more expensive because of that.

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Originally Posted by RedStratocas

They're expanding their market way too fast. You cant go from computers to music to phones in a span of 6 years.

If it works (big if), itll be decent. It probably will be an accident waiting to happen, but it'll be decent. But I dont really see the point. Why combine 2 products that dont need combining? iPods are small, phones are small, you can easily fit them both in your pocket.

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Why not combine 2 products that could be combined. In the future all phones will have music on them. Who wants to have 2 different devices in a pocket if they only need one. The music pauses when you receive a phone call.

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Originally Posted by RedStratocas

Bigger doesnt mean more. It means something better. Quality is greater than quantity.

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That is why one really good iPhone is better then a normal phone and iPod.




My ideas.

I was looking foward to this phone but when I saw that it was only for cingular I knew I couldnt get it.

I am probably going to get like a chocolate which is a fine phone and I can use it untill the iPhone goes rev B without bugs and is with Verizon or unlocked.