Now for the iHype

For the guy asking about price, the phone has not been announced yet. Officially it does not exist. Can't wait for Monday though.
 
Saw a few of them being sold in compucity in tvalley a while ago. Last i heard was it costs like 7.5k....
and considering this is the new uber duber version... eek is all i say.

Don't expect it to be available to your average contract customer :(

Still wouldn't mind it.
 
I'm hoping that we'll see the introduction of the iTunes store along with the iPhone here, or at least some way to download iPhone-related software.
 
would I be able to buy it from Vodacom, without a contract? I dont care if it's network locked, just dont like contracts.
 
Keeper said:
would I be able to buy it from Vodacom, without a contract? I dont care if it's network locked, just dont like contracts.
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The network lock isn't the issue, that's easily "fixed".
Without a contract, the price of the phone alone will be excessive.
The current iPhone goes for about $400 in the US and for about R7.5/R8k in SA, so I wouldn't expect the new one to be any cheaper.
 
tjunyat said:
The network lock isn't the issue, that's easily "fixed".
Without a contract, the price of the phone alone will be excessive.
The current iPhone goes for about $400 in the US and for about R7.5/R8k in SA, so I wouldn't expect the new one to be any cheaper.
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It depends if Core are in on it - they'd be as greedy as the current "importers" if not more. Otherwise there no reason why it should continue to be that expensive.

I'm sticking with Blackberry regardless.
 
I'm converted so I'll only be buying iPhones until something better comes along, I cant wait to see what options Vodacom will have on offer.
 
Forbes.com has an article about how terrible the new iPhone's talk time is...

The New iPhone's Terrible Talk Time
Brian Caulfield, 06.06.08, 6:30 AM ET

FREMONT, CALIF. -

Phones are supposed to be all about talking. Apple's new iPhone must be something really special, then, because it has an incredible power to make people shut up.

A new iPhone will almost surely be introduced by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs at the company's annual developers' conference June 9. The surest sign: Apple stores have run out of the current generation of the mobile phone/media players.

Even more interesting, however, is that store employees won't say a word about when the next generation of the hot-selling phone will arrive. "We don't know anything about it," says a teenager working at the Burlingame, Calif., Apple store. There aren't any boxes filled with new phones back there? "No," he says, shaking his head.

Just up Highway 101, at Schenker Logistics, the firm that helps handle the gritty details of making Apple products move, they don't have answers, either. "No, I can't shed any light on anything," says Jennifer, after she's summoned by the receptionist when a reporter stops by. "They really don't even tell us what the products are."

Not that would Jennifer likely say anything even if they did. When asked if she could provide a last name and title, or if she'd rather have Forbes.com say she's Jennifer of Schenker Logistics, she replied simply: "Or don't say anything, and leave it at that."

Chris Chou, the shipping manager at the Fremont, Calif., distribution hub for Quanta Computer, an Apple contract manufacturer that may be handling the iPhone, also is keeping a low profile. (See: "The iPhone Stakeout: Part I") "I haven't seen him around," the receptionist said when a reporter stopped by to ask if he could talk. "It's been busy lately; there are a lot of people running around."

Meanwhile, five big-rig trucks roar up to the back of the building in the space of just 15 minutes, as employees load them up with unmarked brown boxes. But were they iPhones? Quanta has many customers. We leave a note asking a simple question: What's in those unmarked boxes?

Quanta employees are a little more talkative when asked about the iPhone as they leave work--but not much more helpful. Are there iPhones inside the building? "No," one employee in the company parking lot says, shaking his head emphatically when queried from the sidewalk. "No." A truck marked "Security" lingers nearby as employees file out.

Other employees give different answers as they head home, however, leaving a reporter no wiser. Have you seen the new iPhone? "Mhmm," one employee says, repeating, "Mhmm," before hustling off to his car.

So is it true that the iPhone is here? "Yes," another employee says. How is it? "Cool," he says, before quickly excusing himself. Cool enough, apparently, to strike most people dumb.
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But I don't actually see anything in the article about them using it, and what the talk time actually is? :confused:

I wonder how the 3G usage is going to impact battery life? esp. if the phone is a little bit smaller than its predecessor.
 
Garyvdh said:
Forbes.com has an article about how terrible the new iPhone's talk time is...



But I don't actually see anything in the article about them using it, and what the talk time actually is? :confused:

I wonder how the 3G usage is going to impact battery life? esp. if the phone is a little bit smaller than its predecessor.
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Typical crappy journo ploy. The title is inflammatory in order to get people to read their content-free article.
 
icyrus said:
Typical crappy journo ploy. The title is inflammatory in order to get people to read their content-free article.
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It's not just inflammatory, it is downright misleading, cos people think they are going to be reading some kind of review, when actually the title is referring to Apple's Public Relations. Shame on you, Forbes!!!:eek:
 
cant wait to get mine :D
been looking forward to this..
 
I have an Ipod Touch 16GB and my friend Iphone. I've played(jailbreak,hacks everything) on both for an extended period now. This is my feeling:

Its like pi$sing in the wind, exciting for about 3seconds then it just leaves you wet and unsatisfied.
Or like forcing a fart for a laugh again exciting for about 1second then it just leaves you wet, unsatisfied and stinky
Without iTUNES or iANYTHING its more like iMFULLOFCRAP&HYPED than a gadget :sick:
 
O before i forget. All you fan boys out there f u! You got me to waste my money on this crap :( now its used and i lost my money. Should have rather taken my gf on a date wit the money :mad:
 
Vegeta said:
O before i forget. All you fan boys out there f u! You got me to waste my money on this crap :( now its used and i lost my money. Should have rather taken my gf on a date wit the money :mad:
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Don't blame us for your bad judgement :p
 
Vegeta said:
I have an Ipod Touch 16GB and my friend Iphone. I've played(jailbreak,hacks everything) on both for an extended period now. This is my feeling:

Its like pi$sing in the wind, exciting for about 3seconds then it just leaves you wet and unsatisfied.
Or like forcing a fart for a laugh again exciting for about 1second then it just leaves you wet, unsatisfied and stinky
Without iTUNES or iANYTHING its more like iMFULLOFCRAP&HYPED than a gadget :sick:
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can't you just install iTunes on your Pc and use that? just because there is no iTunes site here don't mean u can't load stuff on the phone.
 
Garyvdh said:
I didn't... but I would have paid about R2000.00 more than the phone I have for less features than what I have already. :)
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Bull****... plain and simple...

You just hating. I have an iphone and it is the best phone out at the moment....

Stop hating cause you don't have enough money to buy one.

When the Nokia N95 came out it was priced at R7999. My iphone on launch date cost me R5000. Guess what is the better phone....

Now go figure.
 
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