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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Thoughts on the iPhone?
Thoughts on the iPhone?
by navsimpson - 1/9/07 10:56 AMThat sound you hear? It's the collective release of nine million simultaneous geekgasms as the iPhone is announced. Here are my thoughts - please feel free to add yours.
1) Wow.
2) No, seriously - wow. The adaptable, dynamic interface, push email, photos, iPod video functionality, photos and ten thousand other things all in one device is absolutely incredible. Particularly in terms of the touchscreen, this, like the iPod, will have ramifications for the entire tech sector, specifically in how people conceive of the interplay of design, functionality and interface.
3) But - and it's a big one - did they just 'PS3' themselves? $600 US *with* a contract is an enormous amount of money. Like the PS3, it's 'worth it' in the literal sense, but is this so expensive that it will drastically reduce the rate of uptake? I'm not saying that the device itself is akin to a PS3 - it obviously offers something that nothing else does - but I sorta' felt like it was a huge buildup that led to... "six hundred bucks US?!". Are they out of their minds?
The price is right
by MacHugger - 1/9/07 11:06 AM In reply to: Thoughts on the iPhone? by navsimpsonPeople expect alien technology these days for free. Get over it.
The price is right smack in the sweet spot for its market. Believe me, there won't be anything other than a shortage of these things once they begin to ship.
Apple has combined every sick rumor that's been floating around the past year into one AWESOME product. I'm only bummed that I have to wait 5 months.
-Kevin S.
Wrong again!
by vector313 - 1/9/07 1:35 PM In reply to: The price is right by MacHuggerGet over it? Shyeah right!
It's bad enough the ps3 is 600 bucks and it sits safely in your living room. We are talking about a $600 (plus 2 year contract) device that you carry around ... it gets roughly handled, smudged, dropped, stolen, **** spilled on it daily! How many people are willing to risk their $600 in their back pocket? I can just see all of the pissed of people who will end up losing or getting these ripped off from them.
To MacHugger
by MarkFlax
- 1/11/07 1:23 AM
In reply to: Wrong again! by vector313
Sorry, but calling people names is not allowed in these forums.
Your post is deleted.
This means that vector313's reply and your other post in the thread is gone as well.
There are ways to put your point of view across, without bad-mouthing people.
Mark
Unfortunately, just like the PS3...
by csliva11 - 1/9/07 11:12 AM In reply to: Thoughts on the iPhone? by navsimpsonI will not be getting one. Too dang expense 
And please don't give me all that PS3 "Well you get all this" logic. It's still 500-600 dollars so I don't care what comes with it.
Even if it came with the cure for Cancer I still couldn't afford it.
Seriously... even if it came with a cure to cancer?
by ackmondual - 1/12/07 9:41 AM In reply to: Unfortunately, just like the PS3... by csliva11I'm sure you were just getting a point across, but do bear in mind anyways that there are those that would give their life savings, legs, and a single eye if it meant it would cure their cancer.
(NT) pity reply
by csliva11 - 1/12/07 2:32 PM In reply to: Seriously... even if it came with a cure to cancer? by ackmondualNot impressed...
by dro0001 - 1/9/07 11:46 AM In reply to: Thoughts on the iPhone? by navsimpsonDoes nothing "new" as far as I can tell, it just looks cool. Basically they are combining a bunch of tech devices, which most have been saying they do NOT want. I have an i-Pod to play music, I have a phone to make calls...and the fact that they are with Cingular means I will NOT be able to make calls. $600 is pretty crazy, but it is in line with the Blackberry I believe. I just don't see business people using this phone, and I think for the common user, most of us already have things that perform most of the functions the phone has...so why spend $600 and switch to a crappy carrier.
What is "new"?
by itskier - 1/12/07 7:15 AM In reply to: Not impressed... by dro0001My Motorola i930 is a smart phone with windows. It cost under 200 with contract. Browses internet, plays wma video and music, seamlessly syncs with my outlook. Gets my web mail and corp mail. Camera and video cam. SD expansion slot currently limits me to a 4 Gig store(per card), more than engough for me. I have yet to "get" the video fascination. Is the iphone all about touch screen and design, that I get, but all this excitment just for a new look or is there anything really new to this phone? Oh yeah for us Nextel users you can't ever take away my push to talk the biggest productivity enhancement ever in a cell phone (compare to IM with voice).
This isn't exactly a Treo nor BB killer
by ackmondual - 1/12/07 9:43 AM In reply to: Not impressed... by dro0001It's moreso going vs stuff like the Motorola Q, and other multimedia/fun/WL cell phones
Wow at first, but now...
by rico1204 - 1/9/07 11:46 AM In reply to: Thoughts on the iPhone? by navsimpsonMy initial reaction was a big WOW...the dynamic interface looks way cool...
But after looking into the specs a little more:
- $600 and no 3G???
Um, no
by bozeman - 1/9/07 11:51 AM In reply to: Thoughts on the iPhone? by navsimpsonHey all,
no 3g I noticed, not that it matters for my area.
Too expensive, if you're dropping $600 on a phone, maybe you should look into putting more on your mortgage or something, haha. Or you are not quite that age yet and have money to burn.
Don't give me the PSP arguement, I bought 2 DS Lites with money left over and don't regret it. This phone is slick and nice looking, but pass me my Nokia thanks.
Now as for some of the emerging tech, what was that one that lets you charge devices wirelessly? Damn neat, Power something? Check that one out.
DON'T drop it!
by letsgethightech - 1/9/07 12:09 PM In reply to: Thoughts on the iPhone? by navsimpsoni'd break out in tears if i dropped my iphone
Are you guys kidding me?
by Ravensblood - 1/9/07 12:13 PM In reply to: Thoughts on the iPhone? by navsimpsonA phone with a widescreen ipod, all the functionality of a treo and Blackberry + OSX??????
=A.W.E.S.O.M.E.
Negatives are too great
by howclever - 1/9/07 12:17 PM In reply to: Are you guys kidding me? by RavensbloodThe product itself is incredible. . .
BUT
I am REALLY surprised that this is limited to Cingular customers. What's the point of spending so much time and money to create a revolutionary product if you are going to restrict half the market from being able to buy it?
The price is really high but I would still consider it if I could get it with Verizon. But the price obstacle and the carrier obstacle together are just too much.
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