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YAY.

just got meself an iphone. the littler one... cuz the 16Gb is too much money and 8 Gb of [-]porn[/-] music should b enuff for a day.

good riddance to cell c (among other things) talkie walkie network too
 
Gothan said:
So the big question....is it worth it?
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depends what you use your phone for. just to make calls? then no the iphone is too much... it cant send mms' (which i personally think is ridiculous) but then i dont send mms's

is it worth it?

Well it cost less then my iPod 80Gb Classic at the time - the touch screen is absolutely outrageous in that its sick. (works well) browser is pretty sick, itunes on it is sick... fskit its a mac in a phone so yeah its worth it... until you drop it :D

i have not played with mine yet (iphone), but in playing with others its pretty cool. Um... right now it is doing a 237Mb update through itunes... we can only hope that a lesbian pops out the speaker after that update.

anyways my sim card isnt activated blah dee blah.

the hottest selling cell phone, me thinks its worth it.
 
WHO OPENED THIS THREAD...
ONE WORD CHINA...

SHAME
 
halicon said:
YAY.

just got meself an iphone. the littler one... cuz the 16Gb is too much money and 8 Gb of [-]porn[/-] music should b enuff for a day.

good riddance to cell c (among other things) talkie walkie network too
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Congratulations on getting a cellular network!! Maybe one day you'll have a cellular network AND the ability to mms :D

Enjoy the phone, and try not to let any cars drive over it. :)
 
Debbie said:
Sigh... you have obviously never heard of a nokia, they provide you with an mms app FOR FREE!!!!! :D
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I was referring to your statement regarding the "ability" of the phone to send MMS's. The phone is able to send MMS's . Your statement suggested otherwise.

Besides, your speaking to a former Nokia fanboy here..

I really don't like the look of all the new Nokia's.
The GUI is also very ugly compared to the iPhone and nowhere near as smooth..
They also haven't got a proper touch screen Nokia that works as well as the iPhone.
So what, you pay $8 for MMS.. Big deal.... I would pay $100 more for MMS rather than use a Nokia or any other phone for that matter..

I'm not saying the phone is for everyone, but it's definately for me (and all the other iPhone owners I know of)

This is all personal opinion of course..

Anyways, these debates are getting tiring
 
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fxit_man said:
I was referring to your statement regarding the "ability" of the phone to send MMS's. The phone is able to send MMS's . Your statement suggested otherwise.

Besides, your speaking to a former Nokia fanboy here..

I really don't like the look of all the new Nokia's.
The GUI is also very ugly compared to the iPhone and nowhere near as smooth..
They also haven't got a proper touch screen Nokia that works as well as the iPhone.
So what, you pay $8 for MMS.. Big deal.... I would pay $100 more for MMS rather than use a Nokia or any other phone for that matter..

I'm not saying the phone is for everyone, but it's definately for me (and all the other iPhone owners I know of)

This is all personal opinion of course..

Anyways, these debates are getting tiring
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These debates are getting tiring because people insist on taking every comment about one's *chosen* brand to heart. Your iPhone/PS3/os is not an extension of you! :p

Now that is out of the way, I have had a chance to fiddle with an iPhone and I happen to think it is fantastic! I like fiddling with the maps... could be a major time-sapper for me :)
 
anyways... had some time now with my iPhone and let me compare vs my old phone Samsung D900i

Screen is much better on iPhone and clearly visible in the sunlight. D900i also had a superb screen.

I use email a lot on my phone and a web browser. Safari on iPhone is pretty sweet although i am a bit pissed with how it renders MyBB (any iPhone users have a tip here). On the samsung i used Opera Mini which is actually not a bad browser at all... but no comparison in terms of comfort and ease vs the iPhone.

I have not made many phone calls on the iPhone but the ones i have done have been great... No reception probs or clarity probs. In fact almost better then the Samsung, but then i also switched to a real network. Current is Vodacom, Old network cell c.

The build quality of the iPhone is exceptional but still early days to tell - But then the samsung has done some pretty amazing things (like a car driving over it... twice) and still working strong.

The map functionality is awesome on the iphone however the position system is not that great... as in it is fairly accurate and tells you in a block radius where you are. Also what is annoying is that not all road names are labelled. Garmin wins here.

Touch screen does take a while to get used to... the keyboard is awesome once you get into it although you sometimes do lack that tactile response. Would be nice if the phone vibrated each time you pressed a button just to give it some tactility.

But not everything apple makes is perfect (cough Apple TV).

The screen is always messy with fingers marks and with the back being this beautiful black polished surface you scared to put it on or near anything that may scratch it.

The app store is very reminiscent of the ole Yahoo widgets site in that there is a whole bunch of useless things. For some reason i cant access iTunes Music Store (any help here would be appreciated)

No MMS or custom ringtone (unless you SSH your way there), which to me is an oversight on Apple's side. Every modern phone should have customisable ringtones and atleast the ability to MMS.

Wi-Fi is pretty solid in that it is not finicky (like my ancient Imate Kjam was).

The thing that blows your mind with the iPhone are the little things. Auto brightness for your screen. Why other mobile phones dont do this is beyond me. The touch screen itself is awesome. So intuitive and easy to use. I like how it turns off when you raise the phone to your ear...

The accelerator/angle detector is pretty cool. Wish it would change everything depending how you hold the phone. Suppose next gen will do that.

I am a bit pissed that you HAVE to use iTunes, cuz lets face it. iTunes was made by Satan to piss us all off.

Hard to gauge battery life as it is running down pretty fast cuz I cant keep my hands off it every moment i get.

I investigated Jailbreak for it, but I do not see the point except maybe to be able to send MMS or something.

Anyway. Iphone - do I regret it yet? No.
 
halicon said:
anyways... had some time now with my iPhone and let me compare vs my old phone Samsung D900i

Screen is much better on iPhone and clearly visible in the sunlight. D900i also had a superb screen.

I use email a lot on my phone and a web browser. Safari on iPhone is pretty sweet although i am a bit pissed with how it renders MyBB (any iPhone users have a tip here). On the samsung i used Opera Mini which is actually not a bad browser at all... but no comparison in terms of comfort and ease vs the iPhone.

I have not made many phone calls on the iPhone but the ones i have done have been great... No reception probs or clarity probs. In fact almost better then the Samsung, but then i also switched to a real network. Current is Vodacom, Old network cell c.

The build quality of the iPhone is exceptional but still early days to tell - But then the samsung has done some pretty amazing things (like a car driving over it... twice) and still working strong.

The map functionality is awesome on the iphone however the position system is not that great... as in it is fairly accurate and tells you in a block radius where you are. Also what is annoying is that not all road names are labelled. Garmin wins here.

Touch screen does take a while to get used to... the keyboard is awesome once you get into it although you sometimes do lack that tactile response. Would be nice if the phone vibrated each time you pressed a button just to give it some tactility.

This is available through Jailbreak - app called iVibrate

But not everything apple makes is perfect (cough Apple TV).

The screen is always messy with fingers marks and with the back being this beautiful black polished surface you scared to put it on or near anything that may scratch it.

I would recommend Scratch Guard as your screen protector from Incredible Connection. Or a GelaSkin sticker to protect the back, also available from IC.

The app store is very reminiscent of the ole Yahoo widgets site in that there is a whole bunch of useless things. For some reason i cant access iTunes Music Store (any help here would be appreciated)

South Africa doesn't have it's own iTunes MUSIC Store yet, only app store, which is very limited compared to US store.

No MMS or custom ringtone (unless you SSH your way there), which to me is an oversight on Apple's side. Every modern phone should have customisable ringtones and atleast the ability to MMS.

MMS is available from Cydia. Everyone uses E-mail these days anyway. Custom ringtones came be made with a little application available in Cydia as well.

Wi-Fi is pretty solid in that it is not finicky (like my ancient Imate Kjam was).

The thing that blows your mind with the iPhone are the little things. Auto brightness for your screen. Why other mobile phones dont do this is beyond me. The touch screen itself is awesome. So intuitive and easy to use. I like how it turns off when you raise the phone to your ear...

Very clever! So you don't accidentally end the call with your cheek.

The accelerator/angle detector is pretty cool. Wish it would change everything depending how you hold the phone. Suppose next gen will do that.

I am a bit pissed that you HAVE to use iTunes, cuz lets face it. iTunes was made by Satan to piss us all off.

iTunes runs super-fast on Mac OSX :D

Hard to gauge battery life as it is running down pretty fast cuz I cant keep my hands off it every moment i get.

I investigated Jailbreak for it, but I do not see the point except maybe to be able to send MMS or something.

Anyway. Iphone - do I regret it yet? No.
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You clearly didn't investigate well enough to come up with a conclusion like that.

Please go here:

http://thebigboss.org/why-jailbreak-iphone/

If I didn't have a jailbroken iPhone, I would rather not use it at all.... So re-consider...

Many AWESOME applications are not allowed in the AppStore due to certain Apple restrictions. For i.: biteSMS -> This allows you to forward SMS, send contact numbers via SMS and delete individual SMS bubbles and type an SMS in landscape mode.

Please move over to the Tips/Apps/Tricks thread - all your answers will be found there....
 
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