Cell phones: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone?
- 6/27/07 3:14 AM
No. Just what part of no does anyone understand!
by fastphoto - 6/27/07 2:19 PM In reply to: I've already got a phone!! by director1007I regret to say that I am with AT&T not by my own choosing but out of necessity. We, my wife and I each have a phone and only use it to keep up with our busy schedules. Are you coming home for lunch? Or are you picking up the granddaughter from school, softball practice, etc. We talk using good old American English not stupid :|> or c u u t. In AE I would say "Can you understand this?"
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by Kniner - 6/27/07 1:08 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
No Way, Do not have any use for all that garbage. Just give me a simple cell phone to make and receive calls on.
No, I need a tool not a toy
by Adrian in Phoenix - 6/27/07 1:14 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I need a phone to communicate. Every 2 or 3 years I need to replace my phone because it dies, or the service plan is outdated, or it is damaged, or stolen. I also work in a place where cameras are forbidden, including those in phones. Therefore I buy the simplest phone I can find and I own a separate iPod and a separate PDA (a Sony PEG-T615C - why upgrade when it does it's core functions so well?).
If I want to watch TV, I go home and watch the big screen. If I want to surf the Internet, I use a computer with a full size keyboard and monitor. Any cell phone these days can be used to Google a business or exchange text messages, so the minimum is pretty functional.
Carrying expensive toys around is inviting heartache.
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by VictorClinch - 6/27/07 1:14 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
No - I am just too simplistic - I have a phone, underline the word phone. That is what I want and the rest is just added junk that I do not need to spend %600 for.
Too hyped, first gen, too expensive
by jafune - 6/27/07 1:27 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am a geek
I love technology
I love cell phones
The IPhone has some great features and new tech
I have an MP3 player (Sansa 8gb)
I do not have a Mac
I respect Apple/Jobs
It/He sets the bar high for innovation
BUT,
IPhone is too hyped - I can wait
First generation tech scares me
First generation tech is too expensive
JAF
never
by jik47 - 6/27/07 1:33 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Never because I will not pay a $1000 bucks for a phone and if providers offer them, the contracts will be outrageous. So that sinks that boat.
NEVER, EVER
by corredorlobo - 6/27/07 1:33 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Do I hear monopoly? Do I hear monopoly? I'm sorry, I must have stuttered.MS gets beat up and yet we have Apple with their monopolies and deals? Google with their monopolies and deals? And then we have Microsoft who could not even dream of doing something like an I-Phone without Google, Adobe, Apple or someone else trying to invoke the Federal mandate. Free enterprise? How about protection for whinners so they can stay in business? Therefore, I will NEVER buy Apple. And as far as Safari browser goes-big deal, I will keep my IE. Unfair competition and protection.
Monopoly?
by austinjam76 - 6/27/07 1:52 PM In reply to: NEVER, EVER by corredorloboHow is a product offered on ONE cellular network a monopoly? How is a computer manufacture that has, at present, around a 4.5% market share of personal computers a monopoly? please explain.
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by ahuguely - 6/27/07 1:35 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am excited about the hype, however, with Edge versus 3G, that makes it a show stopper. For the cost of hardware approaching $600 dollars, I would expect the highest internet connection speed available. The annnual service charges approaching $1000 seem out of line with current market pricing. I'm now willing to wait for market reviews. I will stay with my Tunes device and my Blackjack.
Tony H.
No! Never!
by geordie - 6/27/07 1:41 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've been a software guy for about 29 years, I develop the guts of wireless infrastructure now. I spend $6-10k on technology each year, for my own use, I've spent at least $6k already this year. So why not this phone? Because it offers me nothing.
What I want from a phone is an order of magnitude improvement in call handling. I want a phone that will make and hold on to calls on my drive home from work where my current phone always drops the call at three specific locations... in Silicon Valley! If Cingular/AT&T can't even roam between cells reliably, and that's the issue, then why would I want to pay a load more money for a device that works no better as a phone and gives me nothing I don't already have at a time when I couldn't use what it does provide.
How about putting away the inadequate cameras (I already have two good ones), the poor music players (I already have and 80Gb iPod), the small web browsers (I already have a laptop with wireless) and provide a phone that actually really makes a good job of voice communications.
I just want a phone! Does nobody sell phones any more?
No, not going to get one.
by jgvillan - 6/27/07 1:41 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
1. You can't insert your own SIM card, even if it's an ATT sim card.
2. It's still running off EDGE, not the faster 3G.
3. No removable battey.
4. $$$$$$$$$$$$
5. I need a more business type smartphone that is compatible with MS Outlook.
6. Need 'real' QWERTY keyboard.
7. I feel better off with a 'dedicated' IPOD and seperate Smartphone.
8. From what I read...700MB of either the 4 or 8GB is dedicated to the iPhone OS. So you don't get the entire space for user files.
Those are my two cents....OK...go ahead and call me an Apple hater, but I just dont see this taking over the industry the same way the iPod did over MP3 players.
Only If They Offer Pre-Paid!
by Beaters - 6/27/07 1:43 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
What can I say? I don't like paying for unused air time. When I can buy a year's worth (or say 1200 minutes that doesn't expire) I'll consider it seriously. I for one don't appreciate being robbed by cell carriers. Until then, why not just buy a Sony Ericsson?
The day I see Jack Baeur use one....
by punterjoe - 6/27/07 1:43 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
...I MAY reconsider 
Seriously, I can't see myself owning one... certainly not as long as it's the cool, trendsetter phone - I'd seem like a wannabe.
I shouldn't say NEVER, but can't imagine why I'd ever want one. Maybe by the 3rd or 4th gen, there will be a reason.
never - not interested in the bells and whistles
by pprlb12 - 6/27/07 1:49 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm just not a big enough internet freak to justify spending $500 on a phone with a snazzy interface that can watch "Youtube" videos. If I want to carry around music, there are plenty of cheap MP3 players out there. I have a computer at home I can watch videos on. I prefer a phone that is simply a phone.
No
by ericbtx - 6/27/07 1:51 PM In reply to: Poll: Are you planning on buying an iPhone? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I won't buy it for the same reason I won't buy an iPod - it can't play any of the music I've already purchased in WMA format, and it can't play the music I download from Napster to Go. I'll only buy an Apple product if they agree on some kind of common standard for file format and DRM - otherwise, I'm sticking with the vast majority of players and music downloads that interoperate with each other.
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