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24-06-2008, 10:23 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Gold Coast
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They don't come in the colour I'd prefer.
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24-06-2008, 10:24 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Originally Posted by icant
Because there's no rush: iPhone is just yet another phone that I have admired, but not bought. And like those other phones, the initial demand is huge, and then the price starts to come down when the initial demand is satisfied. As with the initial phone, the early adopters pay a higher price. And on a 24 month plan, that is a cost that keeps costing, for 24 months.
I general I try not to buy consumer products that are in fierce demand.
The other reason is I find the touch screen keyboard to be flawed: I have to continually switch attention between the keyboard, and the resulting text. It's good to visit my wife's iPhone, but I couldn't use it full time yet.
My current phone is a Palm Centro, which to be honest, feels like Windows 3.1, compared to the iPhone. But I like the keyboard, the usable calendar, and the todo list.
I can see myself using an iPhone in the future: When the platform matures, when the price drops, or if I received one as a gift.
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24-06-2008, 10:29 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne and Brisbane Australia
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Just not sure have a 16gb touch and really can't justify the iPhone on top. Though I could get the 8 gb as it won't really be my iPod. Plan cost comes into it also.
I am concerned how much I might use the internet on the iPhone and what will be in the plan.
These decisions keep me awake at night.  |
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24-06-2008, 10:34 PM
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It's times like this, you need a quarter pounder.
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney
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until the new 3g iphone can tether to my laptop ( 3rd party app or otherwise ) its a no from me
my 1st gen will suffice, i dont use gps, and i dont care about 3g unless i can use it with my macbook air
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24-06-2008, 10:41 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: where it's damn hot in summer and freezing in winter.
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The only reason I wouldn't get an iPhone is if they are just too hideously expensive. If the carriers force an outright purchase for example. I guess we'll find out in the first week of July what the prices are like though.
Apart from that I love the device.
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24-06-2008, 10:41 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Jakarta (formerly Melbourne)
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Not available in my country. BOOOO!!
May even still consider a used 1G iPhone though.
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24-06-2008, 10:44 PM
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Ronin
Group: Regulars
Location: Sapporo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Formulagpguys
Just not sure have a 16gb touch and really can't justify the iPhone on top. Though I could get the 8 gb as it won't really be my iPod. Plan cost comes into it also.
I am concerned how much I might use the internet on the iPhone and what will be in the plan.
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My boss and my students are probably sick of me weighing the pros and cons...
They probably will be happy that I made a decision.... and they might get some sleep tonight. I'm going to somehow have to explain to a lot of students why after July 11 I dont have it... after all the lessons based around it.... |
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25-06-2008, 01:06 AM
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Ex-InGenius :p
Group: Regulars
Location: Proud owner of a funky 3x2 in Ellenbrook.
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Originally Posted by gareth
i will only get one if there is a $69 plan.
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I guess that they could market that as the fun & sexy plan! Not sure if you are intentionally being funny but it made me laugh. I think it's much more likely that you'll get the networks idea of a fun and sexy plan... and it will leave you with an area that looks a lot like a Japanese flag!
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25-06-2008, 04:35 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Canberra
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The only reason I'm not getting one is that I have a blackberry through work and it'll mean going back to carrying 2 phones around. As much as I hate the blackberry, there's no way my employer will allow use of the iPhone on our network, so I'm stuck with it.
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25-06-2008, 05:57 AM
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Still stuck in 1984
Group: Regulars
Location: Inside your head
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Many reasons:
- I won't buy anything I can't buy outright
- already have a phone (Morotola 3688+) that does what I want from a phone (send & receive text, make & accept voice calls)
- allergic to wifi (I can't use an iPod Touch, either)
- I want a tablet Mac instead
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25-06-2008, 06:46 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: South Gippsland
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I can only get Telstra Next G reception where I live so until Telstra come to the party I'll just have to wait and want.
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25-06-2008, 07:51 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
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I'd like to get an unlocked one so I can use it on Telstra. Living in Tasmania, I'm not getting 3G from anyone else. Damn them.
I've bought two smartphones outright for a thousand bucks (as a poor student) so a thousand dollar iPhone is perfectly fine, and much better than everything else I have.
But yes, if I can't use it on Telstra (blerg) then I'll be hard pressed to justify getting a 3G phone. Although the allure of a totally unlocked iPhone with straightforward updating is a nice thought...I'll just make up my mind come the 11th I think, or at the very least when the plans are revealed.
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25-06-2008, 08:01 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Geelong, Victoria
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Several reasons:
- Won't buy a phone unless I can buy it outright
- On a corporate phone plan (Telstra) that offers really cheap phone calls - too good to give up
- Bought a new phone recently
- Already own a touch
If anyone buying the 3G iPhone that already owns an original, and they want to sell it, I might be interested (3G nor GPS doesn't particularly interest me, plus the original iPhone was built to last!!!).
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25-06-2008, 08:08 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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I'll be waiting for 32GB me thinks. 16GB means only 3/4s of my music library.
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25-06-2008, 08:10 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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There are still some cheap Gen 1 models for sale on eBay...
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