Is Apple iPhone good

Jun 25th, 2008, under iphone issues |

Does anyone know apple iPhone good or not?

It’s not out yet.

Yes, it will be good.

In the meantime, look at the 8525 instead.

Perhaps.no one has it yet

geez

its probably a very good piece of equipment

after all its ripped off the design from other companies

its going to be expensive (but then apple gear always is)

its going to be unreliable (at least at first)

its going to be prohibitively expensive to repair

its going to be trendy

I reckon you will get a better phone right here right now by using one of the many competing products that are out there.. such as from HTC/QTEK

It’s gonna be expensive, but it will be 100% better than any smartphone out there, with its full internet capabilities alone!

id call it a pocket pc/treo thats been given alot of makeup. dont get me wrong, i like apple, and

sure,theres some cool features to it like the OS, the design, and the storage capacity, visual voicemail. but what sets it apart is mostly cosmetic,

any good PDA phone nowadays has the pretty much the exact same features. unless it goes down in price i would save your money.

MY LORD wrote too much, It looks like the phone scratches easy but its not out yet. we’ll see.

Let’s see the advantages:

- spelling-correction software, that almost instantly “figures-out” what you wanted to type (in case of a typo) and if you decide that is the word you wanted, you can press space to continue

- impressive MultiTouch touch screen technology which lets the user navigate the on-screen controls with nothing more than bare fingers (see also cons)

- orientation sensor switches the screen from portrait to landscape mode simply by turning the device on its side

- built-in WiFi and Bluetooth (see also cons about connectivity)

- size and weight (it’s 11.6 millimeters thin!)

- loads of apps (see cons)

- design (it’s an Apple)

- advanced technology makes it an all-in-one phone, mp3 player, digital camera, browser, etc.

The Wall Street Journal’s Walter Mossberg, who played with a prototype for an hour, sums it up, “It has the largest and most beautiful screen I’ve ever seen on a cell phone, even though it’s incredibly thin. . It has a brilliant new user interface; the handsomest email program and Web browser I’ve ever seen on a phone; a full-blown iPod music and video player built in; and even a cool new voicemail system.”

Now, for the disadvantages:

- legal battle over name with Cisco’s Linksys. Computerworld says: “An Apple executive told PC World that because the Cisco iPhone is a voice over IP (VoIP) phone and the Apple iPhone is a cell phone, Apple is not violating Cisco’s trademark.” But Cisco has another opinion on the matter. “Today’s iPhone is not tomorrow’s iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand,” said Mark Chandler, senior vice president and general counsel, Cisco.

- price: $499 for entry level (4GB) and $599 (6 GB) for premium version (you can buy the premium version of PS3 for $600)

- locked on Cingular GSM networks (this also means no access to faster CDMA-2000 internet connectivity); also not compatible with GSM’s latest 3G network. “Cingular executives I’ve spoken with say they anticipate people will change (mobile phone) carriers so they can buy an iPhone — I doubt that,” says Sascha Segan, chief mobile phone analyst for PC Computing Magazine. “People choose call carriers on (cell-phone) coverage, call quality and price — not device.”

- quality issues (some analysts are questioning if iPhone will be able to resist to scratches and drops, as an usual phone is)

- on-screen keyboard may be hard to use (hard to type on such a small surface with your thumbs)

- it’s still unclear it will support third party applications, and Steve Jobs suggested it won’t: “We define everything that is on the phone,” Jobs said. “You don’t want your phone to be like a PC. The last thing you want is to have loaded three apps on your phone and then you go to make a call and it doesn’t work anymore. These are more like iPods than they are like computers.”

Jobs said Apple plans to sell 10 million units by end of 2008. Many can’t see that happening in real life, although it’s almost certain people will line up in June when the iPhone (or whatever its name is going to be then) will hit the shelves. Apple also promised it’s going to work hard on improvements before the product is going on the market.

I guess it comes down to whether you think the iPhone’s unquestionable innovations outweigh its flaws. It remains to be seen if iPhone will follow the iPod in sales. What I can say for sure at this moment is that is certain iPhone will secure a certain niche of buyers, especially among Mac users.