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13th September 2007, 13:24 | #122 |
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13th September 2007, 13:48 | #123 |
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Ha!
"The greatest mobile communications/media device in the history of Telecommunications" - utter BS. OK, so my Nokia may not have fancy pants multi-touch, but it's way more functional... $1699.00 - that's just laughable. |
22nd September 2007, 10:55 | #124 |
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They're down to $1200 now. Almost tempted considering it has no 2 year contract lock-in. Only thing holding me back is the fear that an unlocked phone won't get any of the new updates coming...
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22nd September 2007, 11:11 | #125 | |
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I've got an email here from Parallel Imported advising they software unlock their phones, confirming they charge $400+ for a FREE software unlock. If that $400 could gaurantee an unlocked phone no matter what IE: it will always remain unlocked and can be firmware updated, then I'll consider one from them. |
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25th September 2007, 23:17 | #126 |
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26th September 2007, 15:45 | #128 |
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BIGGER GIMMICK THAN AN IPOD.
Touch screen anything = Crap. Having to look at the screen to use it = Crap. Needs to have a number pad on it as well....for y'no calling? and texting? Last edited by slippers : 26th September 2007 at 15:45. Reason: cumrag |
26th September 2007, 21:13 | #129 | |
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And there is a number pad for calls, obviously. CBF finding pic. |
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27th September 2007, 09:20 | #130 |
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29th September 2007, 19:01 | #131 |
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meh, had to do it.
The parallel imports ones are unlocked and have installer.app on them, so it's basically completely setup. The tosh computers ones are "virgin" you have to do all the unlocking and installing shit yourself. It's only a matter of time before there's no 1.0.2 phones left to buy. I'm blown away by the phone, it really is extremely slick. Not too woried about the fact you can't upgrade the firmware either, because really, what would it give me? downloading crappy sounding music from the itunes store? no thanks, I like my music uncompressed or flac/alac . |
1st November 2007, 15:31 | #132 |
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Been playing/unlocking an iphone in the last day (friend came back from the US). Looks pretty cool, not sure if I'd want one though, the lack of 3G and GPS kinda sucks.
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21st November 2007, 01:13 | #133 |
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21st November 2007, 12:50 | #134 |
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Why do you actually want 3G on it for anyway?
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21st November 2007, 14:34 | #135 |
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because gprs is slow
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21st November 2007, 18:22 | #136 |
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I have a iphone and its awesome (from a N95)
i never used features like MMS, 3G , GPS anyways things like calling people and texting people, listening to music and WI FI are the best of any phone. |
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22nd November 2007, 11:09 | #138 |
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nice :>
i think 3G on a cellphone is a bit of an overkill anyway. maybe on a PDA or a datacard for a laptop. but a cellphone? u can browse GPRS just fine on a cell and send email etc. i mean have their been complaints about the data speed? its not like you can install your own applications to use the bandwidth either. guess the iphone IS a pda thou |
22nd November 2007, 11:41 | #139 |
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No 3g is just shit.
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15th December 2007, 09:04 | #140 |
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Anyone know how to turn GPRS off on this thing? I googled but all I found was how to explain to your carrier what they need to do (with IMEI codes or whatever) - rather than something I can do myself. Any hacks around or anything? Data here is expensive and this thing likes to consume it :O
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As with everything it will get better. Hell, hands up here who remembers fucking expensive toll calls that bounced up and down the island next to the railway line hitting a repeater every km or so. VOIP sounds like a conversation in the same room compared to that. I lived in a town that was one of the last (if not the last) to get rid of crank handle (manual) phones that you had to call the operator and ask for the number. /me waits for the "old man" jokes to fly...
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15th December 2007, 09:49 | #142 | |
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15th December 2007, 11:43 | #145 | |
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15th December 2007, 18:50 | #146 |
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I didn't enable anything - if you're on vodafone, it will use gprs - no settings required. It just does it. A friend of mine says his even prefers gprs over his wifi setup lol
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15th December 2007, 19:37 | #147 |
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Mine doesn't use gprs. Parallel imported included a instruction sheet that said how to set it up. But I've never bothered because I have nfi what my work sim's data plan is. I get an "Edge could not be activated" popup every time I unlock it out of wifi range.
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15th December 2007, 19:55 | #148 |
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Something to try, installing services.app. I'm not getting edge messages after disabling it, in that. It's in installer -> utilities.
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15th December 2007, 20:54 | #149 |
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I know a guy that has an iphone, he's got a wireless lan snooper/sniffer software that can scan for unprotected wireless connections so he can use their bandwidth to browse n do stuff. He even has another peice of software that can hack some wireless lan connections if need be.
Dodgy shit.... It was quite funny, we were at our work doo and he did a scan and the local pub wan showed up Apparently they can be pretty expensive to run. C |
8th January 2008, 12:12 | #150 |
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Soooo ... what's the goss on an official iphone release for NZ?
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8th January 2008, 18:47 | #151 |
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prob find out when old jobs mentions the existance of the 3g version for the chinese market sometime soon. That would at least give us a good chance of getting it released here however there is a shit load of wicked phones coming out in the next 6 months that are already 'better' (in terms of function) then the current iphone, and these will most definatly hit our shores.
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27th February 2008, 13:04 | #152 |
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I just got one of these yesterday (friend brought it back for me from Thailand, but it's originally an imported US one, even came with the AT&T sim).
Really interesting to read all the negative comments in this thread - I can only assume that none of you have actually used one of these, cause it is hands down the most incredible piece of technology I've ever used. It's just amazing. I've mostly been using it for internet surfing (on wifi) which is really good. Also, if you have an unlocked jailbroken one (like me) it really addresses a lot of the problems people have with it, i.e. there are shitloads of third party apps that you can download for it & there's now faux GPS using cell phone towers integrated into Google maps (which actually works pretty well i.e. within 500m). You can also convert your mp3s into ringtones for free, it's a bit fiddly but you can do it using nothing but iTunes. The main great thing about the unlocked ones, is that it only cost me $644AU, and I'm using it on Optus in Australia on my crappy $9 a month plan. That was the main thing that sold me on buying an unlocked one vs waiting (endlessly) for Apple to actually release it in AU. By the time it gets here it'll be on some ridiculously expensive plan which I'd also no doubt have to switch providers for. So yeah, it's great |
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I'm pretty sold on blackberries for now, but hopefully the upgrade clause in my contract will get me an ipod when it roles around... I've a question though - do you find the screen gets smudgy? I'm a man that enjoys his potato chips. Is the iPhone the right phone for me? (I've a blackberry pearl, so it's small enough to balance in my non-chip-grease-covered hand). Screen-smudge will be my main hold-off point that I really don't see how they can design around (everything else just sounds like 1.0 problems that'll be well fixed by the time they get around to an NZ release). Perhaps little nozzles that spray barsbugs filled water, and some tiny rubber touch-screen wipers that flick across the screen every two seconds...
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Yeah I could see it getting a bit smeary if you insisted on eating potato chips off it or whatever, but hey thats why god invented pants legs.
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28th February 2008, 09:57 | #156 |
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We should have a big rumble between the iPhone and N95 guys.
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28th February 2008, 10:28 | #158 |
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I'd really like to play with one, but seriously, you have to admit they've made some pretty dumb decisions - or rather left out some really basic features on 99% of other phones... back button, copy/paste, mms, multi-txt (now added), 3G, browser flash, video...
Still, I wanna try one and don't argue that the hardware design and engineering is superb. I just think you can do better for a fully featured phone from someone else, albeit without the "coolness" of whipping out an Apple product. |
28th February 2008, 11:02 | #159 | |
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^^ "No Wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame"
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[edit] Oh, more memory too. I don't want to have to carry an iPhone and iPod with me ffs. For now the N95 does the job. My only gripe with it is the slow interface. |
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