New Iphone Buyer

[Soprono]

Hy Ppl

well being stuck on a sh*t Nokia N95 8gb with the 8gb not working and camera packing up now too, iv decided to look into another phone and just use my nokia for mxit and what not, iv been lead to the Iphone and there is no doubt that i want this phone, there is a few things i need to ask you guys and im hoping u can help me with this

1. What is the major difference between the 3Gs and the 3G versions, as there is a price gap, and if its not worth it i dont want to fork out extra
2. Where is the best place to buy a iphone ? (Might not get it on a contract)
3. Where is the cheapest place i can find one ?
4. What will it mean to jailbreak my iphone ? (not worried about warrenty)

And Last but not least

5. Have u guys had any problems in south Africa with the apple app store ?

Thanks guys your advice will be much appreciated

 

[Eyenstyn]

Hy Ppl
4. What will it mean to jailbreak my iphone ? (not worried about warrenty)

From what i have read so far from a Linux mag concerning jailbreaking an iphone, is that by doing so you void the warranty and you wont be able to download legal apps using itunes.

In return you can access the command line on an iphone and type in chmod To access files outside of the root directory. Apparently there are a lot of apps for jailbroken iphones.

My gripe with this is that the iphone is soo expensive, why would one want to screw themselves over by jailbreaking it? This is only aimed at those who dont program.

An alternative solution would be to buy the 2G iphone and jailbreak it. Then why would one want 2 iphones? One jailbroken and the other not because your only going to use one iphone? Right?

 

[bwana]

From what i have read so far from a Linux mag concerning jailbreaking an iphone, is that by doing so you void the warranty and you wont be able to download legal apps using itunes.

I'd forget what that magazine says.

While not 100% sure about the warranty I am certain you can still download apps from the iTS .

Its actually a painless procedure and easy to reverse if you decide it's not for you.

Hy Ppl

well being stuck on a sh*t Nokia N95 8gb with the 8gb not working and camera packing up now too, iv decided to look into another phone and just use my nokia for mxit and what not, iv been lead to the Iphone and there is no doubt that i want this phone, there is a few things i need to ask you guys and im hoping u can help me with this

1. What is the major difference between the 3Gs and the 3G versions, as there is a price gap, and if its not worth it i dont want to fork out extra
2. Where is the best place to buy a iphone ? (Might not get it on a contract)
3. Where is the cheapest place i can find one ?
4. What will it mean to jailbreak my iphone ? (not worried about warrenty)

And Last but not least

5. Have u guys had any problems in south Africa with the apple app store ?

Thanks guys your advice will be much appreciated

1 - This http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/
2 - Vodacom . . . or overseas but then you wont have a local warranty
3 - dunno
4 - It means you can install non apple sanctioned applications.
5 - No.

 

[Mars]

1. What is the major difference between the 3Gs and the 3G versions, as there is a price gap, and if its not worth it i dont want to fork out extra.

See the post above.

2. Where is the best place to buy a iphone ? (Might not get it on a contract)
It depends. There are alot of phones on bid or buy and gumtree. Just make sure its all above board when you buy one, otherwise you might get screwed. You could also buy a new official one from a cellular dealer.

3. Where is the cheapest place i can find one ?
See above

4. What will it mean to jailbreak my iphone ? (not worried about warrenty). - It just means you install a modded Firmware onto your phone that allowes more funtionality. It won't void your warranty because if you had issues you could just restore the original fw and send it back. They wouldn't know any better. It also does not affect your Itunes usage.

And Last but not least

5. Have u guys had any problems in south Africa with the apple app store ?
South african app store is ***. get an American one.

you will find all the answers to your questions here

 

[Rishalin]

Jailbreaking is cool man - anyone who doesnt Jailbreak there iPhone should stick with Nokia ***..

My iPhone had a hardware issue and was jailbroken - the phone was replaced without any hassles.. Apple knows people jailbreak there phones.. so there is no restrictions on iTunes.. you can download legit apps using a jailbroken iPhone.. and ofc the cracked apps not from iTunes..

 

[moosag]

iPhone rocks! There is no better! Period !

 

[Schwartz]

From what i have read so far from a Linux mag concerning jailbreaking an iphone, is that by doing so you void the warranty and you wont be able to download legal apps using itunes.

In return you can access the command line on an iphone and type in chmod To access files outside of the root directory. Apparently there are a lot of apps for jailbroken iphones.

My gripe with this is that the iphone is soo expensive, why would one want to screw themselves over by jailbreaking it? This is only aimed at those who dont program.

An alternative solution would be to buy the 2G iphone and jailbreak it. Then why would one want 2 iphones? One jailbroken and the other not because your only going to use one iphone? Right?

i think you should be banned!

 

[Synaesthesia]

I would recommend the 3GS. It's got double the RAM, so you can multitask much better (open more webpages etc), it can record video, and is much faster.

The 3G is still great, if you can find it cheap go for it.

I'm rocking a 2G, it's awesome, especially if you have access to Wi-Fi

 

[Mars]

i think you should be banned!

Not banned, just educated... or .. summing..

OK - banned.

 

[Schwartz]

Not banned, just educated... or .. summing..

OK - banned.

just straight up ban! To talk such k@k about something he knows nothing about!