Apple iPhone
- r
- rx
- vjr
- 10 Jan 2007
my first impression was awesome! but... here are some show stopper info :( not confirmed:
1. can't install apps, worse than S40? don't know whether support java?
2. no 3G
3. integrated battery?
can somebody verify this?
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- Anonymous
- MFT
- 10 Jan 2007
It seems that Apple was not able to be innovative this time. It is obvious that Apple sees that mp3 player mobile phones are going to kill iPod. Therefore they needed to go into the mobile phone business to stay in the music player business.
I would compare this phone to N91, because it has similar 4/8 GB internal memory.
Screen: N91 smaller
Battery: Similar
3G: Apple no, N91 yes
Touchsreen: Apple yes, N91 no
Buttons: Apple no, N91 yes
Functions: Similar
So where is the innovation? Ok, the touchscreen functions might be innovative, if they work well. However, I am sceptical about the screen and how can you operate it by only using one hand (e.g. writing SMS while driving car).
My point is, N91 is 2 years old!!! Apple's flagship mobile is compare able to 2 years old technology. And 2 years is a lifetime in mobile phones.
I just hope that the touchscreen innovations work. I would be nice to have a phone with bigger screens. Other makers could copy it and make a phone with more up to date features (better camera, GPS, 3G, mobile TV etc.).
- B
- Bill Gates
- kar
- 10 Jan 2007
Jeepers!!! Thanks Apple for the advance preview of what we at Microsoft will release in 2009!
- O
- Oghenevwoke omotonor
- mtt
- 10 Jan 2007
wow! it amazing having 16m colours and varieties of features, when is it coming out.
- S
- Steve Jobs
- QsN
- 10 Jan 2007
this is apple, not microsoft. there will be no software problems to work out. they have spent over 2 years working on this so that it doesn't have major problems.
the biggest selling point, contrary to everybody who speaks of screen and WiFi, will not be a single feature. it will not even be that it's an iPod. apple wants this to be the easiest phone you have ever used. that is the revolution, the sheer brilliance and ease that you can use the device. better than a nokia, better than an SE. that is apple's entry into phone business.
without that, if it sucks, if there are complaints of crashes and overall suckiness when using the touchscreen then apple has failed.
you may be able to crticize lack of features like UMTS but you will not have anything negative to say of the software and interface, i guarantee you this.
- j
- jay 74
- mXy
- 10 Jan 2007
oh man my dreams have been answered!!! AWESOME PHONE!!! i wudnt get it straight away tho let them sort out the almost inevitable software problems its gonna have
- S
- Steve Jobs
- QsN
- 10 Jan 2007
the model you're looking at is basically for the americas, a carrier named Cingular will offer it exclusively when it ships by june of this year.
it will see changes and upgrades before apple introduces it to europe this christmas and asia in spring 2008. apple will also likely have a separate widescreen video iPod without phone functions for the christmas season.
in the americas 3G is not very prevalent. of the two gsm carriers only one has it and they've just started building it out so it's no real loss for them. T-Mobile in america has no 3G what so ever.
now the cdma american carriers have lots of 3G coverage but alas, this is not cdma.
- S
- Steve Jobs
- QsN
- 10 Jan 2007
"Is there a model coming out soon with 3G?"
by the time it hits europe later this year, it will likely have 3G. you must remember that apple upgrades very rapidly and iPhone will be no exception.
- Y
- Yoden
- nEp
- 10 Jan 2007
Good phone but for "other" models look at this website
http://appleiphone.blogspot.com/
- A
- Alycat
- pdq
- 10 Jan 2007
I have a new name for this phone "iBigPhone" :D Isn't that right?
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- Anonymous
- PyH
- 10 Jan 2007
1st post! wtf?! no 3g? 2 mp only? they should have added tactile feedback on their touchscreen. other than that, it's cool!
- D
- Dr. MAMDOUH
- MR3
- 10 Jan 2007
i think this pocket will hit all i-mate
pocket pc and all pocket that run on windows ce . for sony ericsson walkman may be will not face a bih problem because its small size and its own fans.
But i like this pocket and i wait this from last year.
i will pay for this when its announce.
REGARD
- J
- Jannie
- jYy
- 10 Jan 2007
This phone is great, and has everything I need except I need a phone that has 3G technology. Is there a model coming out soon with 3G?
Thanks,
jannie
- v
- vince
- 4vK
- 10 Jan 2007
OMG this is THE ULTIMATE PHONE!!! the slickest, most tech savvy phone in the world! beats nokia and SE!!! OMG im gona get this on y bday on june!!!
- i
- ianbucu
- PGH
- 10 Jan 2007
woah!this is what i call phone!! awesome!! i hope they will tell how much is this thing. i check on apple.com theres no price mentioned.
- S
- Steve Jobs
- Cfh
- 10 Jan 2007
$499 full retail for the 4gb
$599 full retail for the 8gb
that's before carrier subsidy which hasn't been announced.
- c
- celphone adict
- Y7T
- 10 Jan 2007
how much do you think this will cause ...
- A
- Aquila Noctis
- SfJ
- 10 Jan 2007
A so great and awesome phone and...
it has MAC OS and not Win or Symbian at all???
:( but I should guess it, it is apple!
- S
- Steve Jobs
- Cfh
- 10 Jan 2007
oh that's right, 200 patents. the answer is NOTHING!
- S
- Steve Jobs
- Cfh
- 10 Jan 2007
http://www.apple.com/iphone
--- Built-in Advanced Sensors ---
iPhone’s accelerometer detects when you rotate the device from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display, so you immediately see the entire width of a web page or a photo in its proper landscape aspect ratio.
The proximity sensor detects when you lift iPhone to your ear and immediately turns off the display to save power and prevent inadvertent touches until iPhone is moved away.
An ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the display’s brightness to the appropriate level for the current ambient light, thereby enhancing the user experience and saving power at the same time.
please tell me what else can do this.