first off i would like to say, i do want an iphone but there are several factors that seem to be no brainers that will keep me from purchasing one:
1. price, price, price. (most people that will buy and iphone are apple fans, and already have a ipod, so paying for another ipod is silly. i dont even use the 3 i all ready have.
2. no 3g. this is a shock to me and i still cannot figure out why this was the way apple went?
3. 5 hour battery. my razr can go 3 days without recarging, am i expected to charge this thing every night? what about if im going to a business meeting several hours away? is the phone going to die before i can charge it?
4. no 3rd party support. like most people i get my email from an exchange server, so no support for this is definate no purchase!
5. 2 year contract and again the price is still 499/599. if your signing a 2 year, the price should drop dramatically.
granted, i still want one but unless i get one through work, which wont happened b/c of the email/change server think, i wont be getting one.
> 1. price, price, price. (most people that will buy and iphone are apple fans, and already have a ipod, > so paying for another ipod is silly. i dont even use the 3 i all ready have.
Apple could do a cheaper phone but it wouldn't be as nifty. Sell your iPod on ebay :)
> 2. no 3g. this is a shock to me and i still cannot figure out why this was the way apple went?
The reason you can't figure it out, of course, is because you're not a manufacturing engineer working on the design team. I'm also unhappy about the lack of 3G, but I'm certain that there is a reason for it. Too many people want it for them to drop it just to save a few pennies. 3g generally uses more power; it's possible that the EDGE chipset Apple used was exceptionally good, and they couldn't find a 3G one that matched.
> 3. 5 hour battery. my razr can go 3 days without recarging, am i expected to charge this thing > every night? what about if im going to a business meeting several hours away? is the phone > going to die before i can charge it?
5 hours of _talk_ time, not 5 hours of standby.
> 4. no 3rd party support. like most people i get my email from an exchange server, so no support > for this is definate no purchase!
Interesting comment on an article that says there will be third party support.
Can't you set up your exchange server to support POP or IMAP? I'm pretty certain the iPhone can do standards-based email.
> 5. 2 year contract and again the price is still 499/599. if your signing a 2 year, the price should > drop dramatically.
"is still"? You need to read more carefully. Those are the 2 year contract prices; we have no idea how much it will be _without_ contract.
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el-indiano @ Jun 4th 2007 4:15PM
first off i would like to say, i do want an iphone but there are several factors that seem to be no brainers that will keep me from purchasing one:
1. price, price, price. (most people that will buy and iphone are apple fans, and already have a ipod, so paying for another ipod is silly. i dont even use the 3 i all ready have.
2. no 3g. this is a shock to me and i still cannot figure out why this was the way apple went?
3. 5 hour battery. my razr can go 3 days without recarging, am i expected to charge this thing every night? what about if im going to a business meeting several hours away? is the phone going to die before i can charge it?
4. no 3rd party support. like most people i get my email from an exchange server, so no support for this is definate no purchase!
5. 2 year contract and again the price is still 499/599. if your signing a 2 year, the price should drop dramatically.
granted, i still want one but unless i get one through work, which wont happened b/c of the email/change server think, i wont be getting one.
gopi @ Jun 4th 2007 10:55PM
> 1. price, price, price. (most people that will buy and iphone are apple fans, and already have a ipod,
> so paying for another ipod is silly. i dont even use the 3 i all ready have.
Apple could do a cheaper phone but it wouldn't be as nifty. Sell your iPod on ebay :)
> 2. no 3g. this is a shock to me and i still cannot figure out why this was the way apple went?
The reason you can't figure it out, of course, is because you're not a manufacturing engineer working on the design team. I'm also unhappy about the lack of 3G, but I'm certain that there is a reason for it. Too many people want it for them to drop it just to save a few pennies. 3g generally uses more power; it's possible that the EDGE chipset Apple used was exceptionally good, and they couldn't find a 3G one that matched.
> 3. 5 hour battery. my razr can go 3 days without recarging, am i expected to charge this thing
> every night? what about if im going to a business meeting several hours away? is the phone
> going to die before i can charge it?
5 hours of _talk_ time, not 5 hours of standby.
> 4. no 3rd party support. like most people i get my email from an exchange server, so no support
> for this is definate no purchase!
Interesting comment on an article that says there will be third party support.
Can't you set up your exchange server to support POP or IMAP? I'm pretty certain the iPhone can do standards-based email.
> 5. 2 year contract and again the price is still 499/599. if your signing a 2 year, the price should
> drop dramatically.
"is still"? You need to read more carefully. Those are the 2 year contract prices; we have no idea how much it will be _without_ contract.