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Is the iPhone the the best and the most popular mobile phone?
I have never used or had an iPhone but it seems where ever you go you cannot avoid hearing about it these days. So is this the best phone out at the moment? What makes this phone so good?
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I have never used or had an iPhone but it seems where ever you go you cannot avoid hearing about it these days. So is this the best phone out at the moment? What makes this phone so good?
These smartphone are just a lot smarter, powerful, have apps, music players, web browsers, gaming devices, email devices, and most importantly is focused on the phone software, so every few months or every year the same handset can feel like a brand new handset because of the new software. The iPhone in particular is a joy to use. It is so intuitive and the touchscreen is so fast and responsive that it really set the standard for all future phones. The first iPhone blew me away, there was nothing like it at the time. Now with Google and HTC catching up the mobile phone space is a lot better than it was say 4 years ago. |
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In answer of your questions. No and no
But it is a good phone. Oh and did we really need another iPhone thread. |
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Yes......
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It is great, yes. I dont think there is one single GREAT phone, hence why people prefer one over the other - they all do different things for different people. I was a devoted HTC user and now have the iPhone4 because the lack of updates, lag and general sluggishness of Android got a bit too much to handle. Its great for those who like to tinker and have everything exactly how they want it, however I now prefer to go and send a message or listen to a song or make a call straight away without any faffing.
Different strokes for different folks, eh! |
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It is great, yes. I dont think there is one single GREAT phone, hence why people prefer one over the other - they all do different things for different people. I was a devoted HTC user and now have the iPhone4 because the lack of updates, lag and general sluggishness of Android got a bit too much to handle. Its great for those who like to tinker and have everything exactly how they want it, however I now prefer to go and send a message or listen to a song or make a call straight away without any faffing.
Different strokes for different folks, eh!
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Thanks for the replys.
When you put music and movies on it, can it be your own stuff that you have on your PC? Also do the music and movies have to be listened to using headphones or does the phone have speakers? |
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I think everyone has their own opinon on this. The best thing to do is to go down to a phone shop and have a play about with some of the models and decide for yourself. Everyone on here will tell you something different.
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Thanks for the replys.
When you put music and movies on it, can it be your own stuff that you have on your PC? Also do the music and movies have to be listened to using headphones or does the phone have speakers? |
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It's definitely popular. They've sold 1.7 million iPhone 4's in 3 days apparently.
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It's definitely popular. They've sold 1.7 million iPhone 4's in 3 days apparently.
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Is this at £500 or £600 a pop?
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Is this at £500 or £600 a pop?
![]() What'll happen in another 12 months time when the next product appears in the iPhone lineup? |
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No, that'll be on 18 or 24 month contracts. 18 month is bad enough, but a 24 month contract?
What'll happen in another 12 months time when the next product appears in the iPhone lineup? |
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Is this at £500 or £600 a pop?
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And when the next one appears after that and then after that and once again after that. Flawed logic at work there im afraid.
24 month contracts with products on a 12 month lifecycle doesn't quite work, does it? It means that people (specifically major fanbois) either have to skip a generation or pay through the nose to buy themselves out of a current contract to start a new 18/24 month contract .... and then ad-nauseum for as long as their finances can cope. Its great for the operators, and its great for Apple. Not necessarily great for the finances though. |
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Not even slightly. Have you seen the error in your thought processes yet?
24 month contracts with products on a 12 month lifecycle doesn't quite work, does it? It means that people (specifically major fanbois) either have to skip a generation or pay through the nose to buy themselves out of a current contract to start a new 18/24 month contract .... and then ad-nauseum for as long as their finances can cope. Its great for the operators, and its great for Apple. Not necessarily great for the finances though. |
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They dont HAVE to do anything. 18 and 24 month contracts are the norm - im currently midway through an 18 month contract which came with an HTC Hero - a handset that was wildly out-dated within a few months. Its the nature of the industry. Nobody is forced to buy into any product, new or old. If people want to use their money to buy a product or even buy out of a contract, so be it.
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Why waste money by paying to get out of a contract? I wish I had the money to chuck around like that.
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They dont HAVE to do anything. 18 and 24 month contracts are the norm - im currently midway through an 18 month contract which came with an HTC Hero - a handset that was wildly out-dated within a few months. Its the nature of the industry. Nobody is forced to buy into any product, new or old. If people want to use their money to buy a product or even buy out of a contract, so be it.
But so many people on forums all over the place were trying to figure out different ways of getting into the iPhone 4 as soon as possible, buying out of contracts, etc. Its quite an achievement for SJ and his team to build up such a frenzy over a gadget, albeit a fairly nice one. |
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Good to see a advert for Tesco Mobile on a billboard.
says "A new phone every year, Long live the 12 month contract" So still possible. |
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