Cell Phones : Apple iPhone 8GB

Die hard Apple junkies will hate me I am sure, but if you want a true review of the facts, read on:



I think the general public has gone crazy over this phone. I think mass-hysteria or the mass-marketing must be driving the frenzy for such an expensive under-equipped device. People seem to be paying a small fortune who are either techo-unsaavy, or light internet users or are blinding buying this phone based on the hype and the -keeping up with the Jones- mentality. I conceed that the device is sharp, cool, and flashy and has the potential to be a great device, but in its current iteration is fails miserably. The main area of weakness is the AT&T Edge network is horrible. I understand that Apple wanted to reach the broadest market possible at launch and since the EDGE network, but since the phone could have been manufactured quite simply to access BOTH their EDGE and their faster speed networks and just stepped down to EDGE when not in range I find the decision to limit the phone to EDGE a complete miss by Apple. The best analogy I can offer is using the iPhone on EDGE is like having a Way-Cool, supercharged computer but using Dial-up to access the Internet. I have literally had to wait for the iPhone to paint website screens, which is like watching a fax come in. It is unacceptable for a $600 device. On top of which the service plans START at $60 per month and can climb to $220 per month! Fot TWO YEARS! You could spend almost $6,000 for this thing in two years! You could get a full blown Mac laptop computer with Voice over IP and an Aircard running on Sprints EVDO network which is 5X faster than AT&T! Plus in August they (Sprint) is launching their EVDO Revision A network to DOUBLE that speed! That is 10X faster than AT&T. Network aside, I would expect that for $600 I would get at least as many functions as I currently get on my phone, GPS, video, unlimited storage via memory cards, wirless downloads, voice activated dialing, IM, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, access to my Corporate E-mail and a swappable battery, but amazingly I get NONE of those things!



I purchsed the new PPC-6800 from Sprint that came out last week. I does virtually everything the iPhone does (yes it changes to landscape mode automatically when you open the slider keyboard, it has a touchscreen, 2 mega pixel camera (with video), 4GB SD card, full Mp3 and video player, wirless downloads, streaming movies, E-mail from upto 10 different accounts (including my coprorate account), IR port, WiFi, Bluetooth, stereo headset, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel and thousands upon thousands of applications and games readily available on the fastest network available. No antennae, and as slim as the iPhone. Oh well no iTunes (which you can not even use wirelessly with the iPhone!) and no multi-touch (I will survive) but 1/2 the price and more feature rich. I did add a laser keyboard (wirelessly projects a keyboad on any surface) which is a great wow factor and WAY easier to use than iPhones quirkly touch screen keyboard.



I am sure Apple with have COUNTLESS iterations of the iPhone (remember there are 6 generations of the iPod, not counting the Nano, Shuffle, and Mini - they like to revamp everything every 6-8 months and make you pay again and again)Bottom line: Wait for iPhone Generation 2 or 3 or better yet wait for a CDMA version that can run on a decent network!



I sold my iPhone yesterday to some dreamy-eyed kid who could barely stop drooling over it and made a handsome profit! Thanks Apple! I suspect he, as most everyone else, did no real research on the phone before deciding they could not live without one! Poor slob. Hide Full Review

You already know the great things about the phone. Here's what is awful. You CANNOT set any mp3's as Ringtones. If this is possible, i have yet to figure out how to do it. Secondly, only the Apple headphones that came with the phone fit into the headphone jack. You cannot put any other type of headphone into the jack unless it is as small as the Apple version. For this reason, you cannot plug in other headphones, audio lines or output the sound elsewhere unless you use the docking station. Finally, the Bluetooth does not support file transfer. Therefore, you cannot send files to and from the phone via Bluetooth. You cannot share with other Bluetooth users or accept items onto the phone. These are 3 major flaws that you will not find in other audio devices or mobile phones. Hide Full Review

Overall the phone is sa-weet! Better camera than most phones, advanced picture viewing technology, visual voicemail, etc. I could go on for hours...however, the phone doesnt really meet the needs of business people.



Currently I have Sprint's PPC-6700. It has Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. These applications are extremely useful in a business setting or even a school setting everyday. I don't know how i'd be able to live without them. The I-phone costs the same but doesn't do near as much as the PPC-6700 does.



I think Apple should've researched what people wanted and needed on their phones before they put out the reviews. It's basically just a phone for entertainment. All in all, it stil sa-weet! Hide Full Review

It is really sad how some users will always attack a revolutionary product just because it is mde by apple when the real reason is that they attack it because they are too drugged on Microsoft products and the new Windows Mobile system....



I work at an IT company and we have all types of clients and associates technical and non-technical who use T-Mobile Dash, all the types of Blackberries and almost anything you can think of that's out there on the market right now....



if you really watched the demonstration Steve jobs gave on the iphone, and if you really would just rate this product from a neutral point of view you would really conclude that:



YES, I finally don't have to struggle with typing on these microscopic keyboards( I personally have skinny boney figures...and I suffer...I cannot imagine people with big fingures)



YES, I can scroll through voice mail and choose which ever one i need to listen to instead of spending 10 minutes going through all the rest and wasting minutes!!!!!



YES, I finally have a camera quality in a phone that is 2 Mega Pixels and i don't really have to pretend to be using my phone to take photos and hide my actual 6 Mega Pixel in the drawer.



YES, I finally have in GIG's of memory!!!...I can store all the information wether it be photos music, videos ORRRR important documents and presentations.



YES, I do not have to pres MENU then locate the tiny ASTERIX button to unlock my phone



YES, if someone emails me a phone number I can just tap on it and save it!



YES, I can finally conduct conference calls much easier with this product. I don't need to read a full blown manual on how to operate it.



YES! I can use this product on BOTH MAC & PC and I DO HAVE BOTH AND I DO APPRECIATE BOTH!!!! I can sync all my contacts and emails and files from either!



It is time that we recognize things for the hard work that people put into it and stop refusing it just because it is made b apple...this is crazy...I hope you've found this very useful! Hide Full Review

A week with this phone was pretty kool, but there are some major disadvantages. The advantages is that it looks really kool, and the screen is like... The first time you saw a psp screen. Didn't it look big and beautiful? Yeah. Everything you press has those twists and turns and kool visual effects that is addictive. The sensor takes a split second to switch to landscape, and if you do it fast and back, it won't move at all. The speakers are better than i thought. Think between PSP and iHome. If you put it up real loud though, it will crackle a bit. Smudges disappear a second after they appear, like magic. The call quality is great, but if you're not using wi-fi, surfing the net is virtually impossible. It isn't as simple as it looks, and if you want to do one simple thing, like record a video in black and white, or change the backlight settings, or find out some details about a certain song (like the composer or something) might take a while of fishing around until you get used to it. In the end, it was pretty good. IT didn't replace my actual fone cauz I had my number on my fone, and I couldn't take it outside. You'll like it. GET A CASE WHEN YOU BUY IT, don't w8 until it gets really scratched up, TRUST ME Hide Full Review