Cell phones: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone?
- 6/27/07 3:14 AM
No iPhone - It is helping to destroy the planet
by irdac - 6/30/07 10:42 PM In reply to: Yes....but a lot has to change by myth90045With a battery which is not replaceable the iPhone will be treated as a piece of junk in about a year. It is too complex to recycle and so will become yet more land fill. Though the iPhone is small the 100 million they hope to sell is a vast loss of the earth's resources. Add in the other defects mentioned in this forum and I consider it a highly undesirable object.
No. For two reasons.
by Kees Bakker - 6/27/07 12:26 PM
In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
1. It's not yet available in Europe, although I read Apple and Vodaphone are near a deal like Apple has with Cingular.
2. The monthly package of $60 is way too much for me. On the average, I'm using less than $2 a month prepaid. So my communication needs would have to multilply by a factor 60 at least (considering that prepaid is more expensive per minute than a package) and I don't expect that to happen soon. So this lovely smartphone just isn't targeted at me.
Kees
No - Looks nice, but too expensive for limited use
by mrmagill - 6/27/07 5:25 PM In reply to: No. For two reasons. by Kees Bakker
I agree with Kees Bakker - for limited use the device is just too expensive. I do think it has a great number of very attractive features and functions, but unless you're on the phone all the time and have a large budget available for cell use, it's just too much money.
yes
by kogatheninja - 7/11/07 3:26 AM In reply to: No - Looks nice, but too expensive for limited use by mrmagillyup, im gonna wait for it to be debugged and probs wait for v2
Vodaphone? Not..
by ehymel - 6/27/07 8:27 PM In reply to: No. For two reasons. by Kees Bakker
I would be surprised if Vodaphone were to carry the iPhone overseas. They own half of Verizon Wireless, which is AT&T's main U.S. competition. Purely as a guess, I think T-Mobile is a more likely contender, especially considering the roaming agreement AT&T and T-Mobile already have in the United States.
T-Mobile Not as Much of a Contender
by NYCwoman - 6/28/07 4:32 PM In reply to: Vodaphone? Not.. by ehymelAll T-Mobile phones use SIM cards, and the I-Phone doesn't have one. I can't see T-Mobile sponsoring a non-SIM card phone just to have the I-Phone. So unless a later I-Phone model is created that will use a SIM card, I won't look for it on T-Mobile.
Why? I have a phone...
by JohnH - 6/27/07 12:45 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Cool factors are not enough. Not nearly.
iPhone is not a good enough value to justify the purchase
by bighuskyfan - 6/28/07 10:06 AM In reply to: Why? I have a phone... by JohnHBesides the inevitable 1st generation of a product glitches I wouldn't by this b/c of various other issues: firmware compatibility, cost (I can think of infinitely better ways ways to spend $600 than a phone!), cost of service ($60/month will get you voice service but data service charges will kill you).
For what I would spend on iPhone and services for a year I would rather get a nice HDTV or dSLR. Either of these would provide me with better value for my money than an overhyped phone that will likely underwhelm and definitely underdeliver on promises.
Give me value and functionality. I could care less about having it because it's the new "must have" product.
Why bother
by IrisRose - 6/28/07 12:48 PM In reply to: Why? I have a phone... by JohnHNo, I won't be buying one unless my life changes dramatically. I never buy the first model of anything; it's way too expensive; I don't like the two year commitment; security bugs not worked out; and most of all: I simply don't feel a driving need to be connected to the world all of the time.
No to the iPhone
by Starman35 - 6/27/07 12:47 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My reasons are these:
1) Its way too expensive
2) I also use few cell minutes, & minute-by-minute from Virgin works well for me.
3) With (2), the contact requirements with Cingular are too onerous for us non-parrots.
At least not now...
by bluehorseshoe - 6/27/07 12:48 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I won't purchase an iPhone at this time for the following reasons:
1. First generation.
2. Cost
3. Service Provider
4. Security (need to weed out the capability of getting hijacked on a phone such as this one which runs an OS...don't want to lose any personal information)
5. Size (I have a Pearl and the size is perfect although there are trade-offs)
6. Additional features (missing SD/Micro-card slot for additional storage)
7. Keyboard (no feel keys is going to be an issue for those who have big fingers/thumbs)
While some of these issues may not be major for others, these are factors for me not to through $500-600 down on one of these. While Apple builds solid products for the most part, I'll give it some time before making the plunge.
Good things come to those who wait. 
Right on target
by BOM53 - 6/27/07 12:59 PM In reply to: At least not now... by bluehorseshoeThese are exactly the same reasons I am choosing to wait. Good analysis and helpful list for anybody to ponder.
More things to add to your list
by tek-ed - 6/27/07 2:28 PM In reply to: At least not now... by bluehorseshoe8) No seemless integration with Corporate email (Exchange anyone)
9) No industry standard support for corporate level productivity applications (read Office)
10) Phone cannot be used as a WiFi access point for a laptop
11) Phone cannot act as a wireless modem for your laptop
In short, this phone is not a good fit in the corporate environment...and to make matters worse, if you, as an employee try and bring this phone to the office and connect it to your corporate computer to synch, you will need to install iTunes on the computer. Most companies lock down this functionality...but if they do, and you have illegal music on your phone, it will then synch to a corporate owned computer which opens up a legal liability to the company about storing illegal music on corporate equipment (and don't think the RIAA won't chase this down in a heartbeat! Corporations with Millions...no, BILLIONS in revenue? What a cash cow for the RIAA!)
And with people synching their iPhone to their company computers, now the IT folk will have to deal with a sudden increase in backup space to handle the synched content on the iPhone...
Sheesh! I can see the corporate headache now! The only solution I can see is that companies formulate a policy to bar the iPhone for use in the corporate environment....this would be the death-knell of the iPhone!
Ed
web/gadget guru
False.
by austinjam76 - 6/27/07 3:06 PM In reply to: More things to add to your list by tek-edYou can easily turn off automatic syncing to your system and manually manage your music files, just like most other music management software. The IT staff will not need to suddenly increase storage capacities on their backup systems to accommodate synced music, unless the user who has the iPhone is a complete dunce. Most early adopters know a thing or two about the product they are investing in and work wiser than some lacky at a desk job who happens to throw 8gb of data onto their crappy office workstation.
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