The iPhone - Page 3

***Keith*** · 06-30-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark

Hahaha....ipod batteries in a phone....I'm sure the phone will last a good...20 minutes on a full charge...

I'd rather keep my 600 dollars..my 50 dollar motorola has bluetooth and thats all I need...

iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time

I was in line and the person in front of me got the last phone in the store. I ordered it so hopefully it comes this week.

GOD GODDY · 06-30-2007, 06:02 PM

Wow and this whole time I thought I was hearing about that one phone that came out like a year ago. I was confused, but then I saw those images and I was disgusted.

Aside from the fact that it looks stupid, it will scratch like an iPod and won't match your iPod (I just know there will be people carrying both).

WEABOO · 06-30-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith

iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time

I vaguely remember the ipod video boasting about having 20 hours of playtime but mine only would go for about half of that. And if I played a video on it, it would eat the battery after 20 minutes.

I personally dont trust it...we'll see though...

Apple iPhone (4GB) Reviews. Smart phones Reviews by CNET.

Not sure how biased this is since the phone was JUST released, but cnet did give it a 8/10. There are a ton of negative reviews from users but theres a 95% chance they're all biased.

DeusExMachina · 07-01-2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark

I vaguely remember the ipod video boasting about having 20 hours of playtime but mine only would go for about half of that. And if I played a video on it, it would eat the battery after 20 minutes.

I personally dont trust it...we'll see though...

Apple iPhone (4GB) Reviews. Smart phones Reviews by CNET.

Not sure how biased this is since the phone was JUST released, but cnet did give it a 8/10. There are a ton of negative reviews from users but theres a 95% chance they're all biased.

keep in mind that the ipod video used a hard drive. Hard drive requires more battery power for its motors reading/writing heads. The Iphone uses flash memory so there is significantly less power consumption there.

Personally I am not particularly fond of the phone itself, but more of what it can do for apple's stock price.

***Corey.*** · 07-01-2007, 11:39 AM

I got my iPhone. I'm actually doing this post on it as we speak. It really is a fine piece of machinery. The keyboard takes a little getting used to but it corrects pretty damn well for a phone. It did however take me 25 hours for it to activate....

raven_tker · 07-01-2007, 04:11 PM

Im a counselor at a summer camp right now, and one of the kids here has an iphone. He had to wait hours and hours in a line in a mall to discover that they would activate it in a day, then had to go on an airplane, then once it was activated he was in a car on the way here, then once he gets here we have to take it away from him until the designated times he can use it.

ITS WHAT YOU GET FUCKER

and when i say that i mean little to no offense, the kid is cool. Its just what you get for buying apple stuff (he has another 2 ipods at home and didnt bring any of them, thinking he could just use his iphone.)

WEABOO · 07-01-2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina

keep in mind that the ipod video used a hard drive. Hard drive requires more battery power for its motors reading/writing heads. The Iphone uses flash memory so there is significantly less power consumption there.

Definitely wasnt aware of that...fair enough

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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina

Personally I am not particularly fond of the phone itself, but more of what it can do for apple's stock price.

Stocks person?

t('' ) · 07-01-2007, 04:19 PM

Currently you can actually get an iphone cheaper off of ebay then at a brick and mortar store.

Geschpooklichkeit · 07-01-2007, 04:26 PM

Citation-needed.

t('' ) · 07-01-2007, 05:55 PM

well uh

ebay.com?

DeusExMachina · 07-01-2007, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark

Definitely wasnt aware of that...fair enough

Stocks person?

yeah but its too late now for the iphone hype. Although apple is still a good long term stock

But the fact nearly 200,000 iphones have been sold already, seems promising. Lets just hope theres not some gigantic bug with the phone

But still even 20 hours for a cell phone to me doesn't seem like a really good thing to me. I like phones that only need to be charged once every 2 or 3 days. Nothing beats my old nokia phone. That thing only needed to be charged once a week. It was awesome

kyrilsama · 07-02-2007, 09:46 AM

oh jeez and here we go again. one of the people who were the first to buy an iphone are so curious they want to see the insides of it. and even worse: smashing it:
Curious gadget fans smash, dissect iPhones - Yahoo! News
those smashers need some help. they better get a life.

btw it's too bad that the phone doesn't have a 3G.

*phuzion* · 07-02-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina

But still even 20 hours for a cell phone to me doesn't seem like a really good thing to me. I like phones that only need to be charged once every 2 or 3 days. Nothing beats my old nokia phone. That thing only needed to be charged once a week. It was awesome

My LG VX 9800 only needed to be charged once every 4 days when I got it, but the battery's gone to shit, so it has to be charged every night now...

DeusExMachina · 07-03-2007, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dim's Hangar Project

oh jeez and here we go again. one of the people who were the first to buy an iphone are so curious they want to see the insides of it. and even worse: smashing it:
Curious gadget fans smash, dissect iPhones - Yahoo! News
those smashers need some help. they better get a life.

btw it's too bad that the phone doesn't have a 3G.

ever seen this youtube video of some guys buying an XBOX (the first one) on the day it came out and then smashing it with a sledge hammer in the parking lot right in front of Target? Yeah those people are definitely need lives. It will always happen with the gadget of the year, im sure that has happened with ps3, xbox360 and wii where people think they can feel above all others by destroying something other people cherish. Really pointless if u ask me.

Ichigo Style · 07-03-2007, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina

keep in mind that the ipod video used a hard drive. Hard drive requires more battery power for its motors reading/writing heads. The Iphone uses flash memory so there is significantly less power consumption there.

While the phone uses flash memory instead of a disc, doesn't the addition of a touch panel put back a lot of the stress [on the battery] that was lost by switching to flash memory? I ask because I'm not exactly sure how much energy the touch panel uses, and the logistics seem fairly consumptive to me

Also, Apple only sources the battery life under OPTIMAL settings (i.e. the iPod will last 20 hours, granted you just put the thing on play, put it on hold, and don't touch it), much like any other business would, ergo we need to ask this rather - what is the practical lifetime on this phone? Also, is Apple using the same brand battery that they use in the iPod? If so, god I can't wait to see these stop holding their charge in 4-5 months!

All in all, i'm not too impressed with the phone, on that note i'm rarely impressed with anything that Apple puts out, much for the same reasons as DieKatze, it's not practical, nor reliable (the second one is based off of my experience). I use my phone to text and talk to people, and I use my Zune to listen to my music, I've got no qualms with the two being separate, and I view this as similar to a VCR/DVD/TV combo - if one breaks, you're fucked. (I.E. It's easier to replace one unit, that is not part of a combo)