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After all this, do you still want an iPhone?
You've read all about the specs, features, and limitations of the iPhone. You've ogled the display, frowned at the price, wondered about the network speeds, and assessed the state of your current relationship with a phone and carrier. If you haven't, check out our iPhone page to get yourself up to speed.
Anybody want to buy an iPhone?
(Credit: Apple)Then, in the comments below, please answer a simple question: Will you buy an iPhone? Maybe you'll be the first in line at your local Apple or AT&T store. Maybe you'll at least wait to read a few reviews, or at least until the dust settles. Or perhaps you'd rather wait for iPhone 2.0 before taking the plunge. But, do you want one? Tell us why--or why not.
We'll compile the answers below and report back later this week. Also, please check out a separate post from my colleague Maggie Reardon on whether or not you'd switch carriers to buy the iPhone.
Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip companies such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and mobile computers ranging from Research In Motion's to Palm's. E-mail Tom.
Rico has been left out of the kickoff event, I'll get one a bit later.
doesn't do business in Montana.
However, once Apple decides on a carrier for non-AT&T served
areas, I will buy one once my current cell phone contract runs
out.
Just the convenience of not having to remember to carry my cell
phone and charger; iPod, iTrip, laptop, et cetera is worth it. My
current iPod Nano is hitting end of life and doesn't have enough
storage space, so I would be buying a video iPod, anyway. The
iPhone just cuts down the clutter and number of machines that I
need to carry....
Most cell phones are now being used as MP3 players and not having A2DP profile is a big turn off for me about the iPhone. If I'm going to pay that much money for a phone, it better have all the latest features.
service in my area. Sadly, I'm unable to do that at this time. :-\
1) I am a Verizon customer whose contract does not expire for a few more years.
2) I am happy with the service I receive from Verizon.
3) I have an LG VX8600 and love it to pieces.
4) I have no desire to associate with the "elitist Apple techno-hip" crowd. They can take a long walk off a short pier, as far as I'm concerned.
5) Fingerprints and smudges drive me up a wall.
6) Gizmodo's hype machine is disgusting.
functional progeny. I've played with a lot of phones, "smart" and
otherwise, and after watching Apple's "guided tour" of the iPhone,
it's clear to me why Apple is as successful as they are. This is one
of those cases in which it's only after you see something done right
that you realize how wrong the others are.
I am already a Cingular customer so that is not an issue.
The touch display is cool and I like the idea of a fully functional browser; IE is painful on Windows Mobile. But such a thing on EDGE will be painful.
So for now, I'll stick with my Blackjack and wait while not being as "cool" as everyone who goes out and buys an iPhone on day one. Even with Apple's patent arsenal, there are likely to be cheaper clones coming out soon.
switch my network if necessary. I'll replace my Palm Tungsten T5
and SonyEricsson K750i with it now that I've found a solution to
run SSH on it.
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by firestarter
June 25, 2007 1:40 PM PDT
- Why would i spend soo much money for a phone that i can already get for half the price. The only people i see buying this is apple fanboys and people who have nothing to so with their money. As my mom like to say to me a married man wonders what a single man does with his money.
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