Apple: You can gab on that iPhone for eight hours
(Credit: Apple)According to Apple, you can ditch your fears over the rumor that the iPhone has 45 minutes of talk time. The company announced Monday that the much-anticipated handset will ship with much better battery life than was expected when it was first announced in January. The iPhone will finally be released, as you probably already know, on Friday June 29.
The numbers from Apple? The company had initially anticipated that the iPhone battery would allow five hours of talk time (though rumors around the blogosphere suggested it was actually much less than that), but now Apple is boasting that it'll last a full eight hours with a whopping 250 hours of standby time. Apple is also saying that you'll alternately be able to enjoy six hours of Internet use, seven hours of video playback, or 24 hours of audio playback. That's twice as long as the ultra-efficient iPod Shuffle.
A comparison chart from Apple pitting the iPhone against its rivals.
(Credit: Apple)Additionally, the touch-screen of the iPhone has been upgraded from plastic to optical glass to make it clearer and more scratch-proof. So, with that and the extended battery life, maybe you can take your iPhone on wilderness excursions.
Update at 10:12 a.m. PDT: Whoops! There was an error in Apple's original competitive data chart (above, corrected). The original chart said that the Nokia N95 did not have Wi-Fi capabilities. It, in fact, does.
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With WiFi, I don't have to pay out the arse for some provider's ungodly expensive "data plan" just to get connected (AT&T damned well better not charge to unlock that WiFi lovin', either).
The rest is... well, right there in the chart.
Man, I can't fscking wait.
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What they need to do is hook it up to an online storage device so we can get new iPhones and have all of our data intact.
Until then, I'll keep my peripherals separate. If I lose my phone, I still have my music to keep me company.
the number "9" on the virtual keypad continually sticks. Just like
the AppleTV, it will never be hacked. Don't even think that you'll
be able to get your own widgets on board! I hear the battery
will likely explode. Also, it may violate several patents and will
likely be confiscated after you purchase it. It'll probably leave
the toilet seat up too. The iPhone has been known to start coups
d'etat in several small countries... like Rwanda & Burundi. Rumor
has it that Steve Jobs gets paid a 25 cent royalty on every single
TXT message you send AND receive. You'll probably have to pay
an extra $100 a month for a full binary data... the $50 plan only
transmits zeros and receives ones. The screen scratches if you
look at it the wrong way. It will randomly dial your friends at
3AM.
Hopefully everyone will listen to me and I can cruise on into the
AT&T on June 29th and pick up one without waiting! If you want
every feature known to man, buy a Windows Mobile phone, like
my current one. If you want a nicely, but by no means
exhaustively, featured phone that just plain works very well, the
iPhone is probably you're best hope.
- Well, duh
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by Fochsenhirt
June 19, 2007 11:55 AM PDT
- Of course everyone is speculating. The JesusPhone still hasn't been released. I hope everyone who claims to want a JesusPhone buys one for $600. Then the phones that actually let people do real work will be even cheaper. When it can get push mail from an Exchange server, let me know. Otherwise, I'll keep my Blackjack and nano.
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