Apple iPhone Review

[admin]

If you are one of the legions of Apple-haters out there, stop reading now. This is my final warning, because the iPhone is a great product. Not perfect, but a great piece of gear that is nothing short of revolutionary. Read on for my first day of use review.


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[jake5717]

Sounds like a really cool phone. I’m like you buddy JD I tend to throw my phone often when in the street (Yesterday I kicked my Q into the gutter) so I wonder how well the glossy finish would stand up not only with drops but in regular pocket/purse use.

[birdonthebeach]

Check this out:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=czCCavcnNd8

All four of the early reviewers (Newsweek, WSJ, NYT & USA Today) who had the phone for 2 weeks prior to launch seemed to mention that they did not suffer any scratches with normal use in pockets and briefcases. I guess time will tell.

I was nervous, so I bought a leather slipcase that is form fitted and has a stick-on screen protector.

jwc

[Matt34]

I want an iphone but am waiting for two things, different cell phone providers to pick it up and either the price to come down or the memory capacity to go up. If it is to replace both my cell and ipod I need more than the 8 gigs currently available.


I did hear Apple sold around 525,000 iphones this weekend.

[avaserfi]

I want an iphone but am waiting for two things, different cell phone providers to pick it up and either the price to come down or the memory capacity to go up. If it is to replace both my cell and ipod I need more than the 8 gigs currently available.


I did hear Apple sold around 525,000 iphones this weekend.

Then check out the seen on this thing. I bet it will be usable on other services in less than three months with the way hackers are tearing it apart.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...e/article.html

[mike c]

too bad I just bought a new cellphone/smartphone.

I got a blue Treo 750, too match the red Treo 680 I got the wife.

[audiofox]

I'd get one in a heartbeat if it had 3G support, but I can't see spending $500 on a phone that only has EDGE-my Treo 650 already crawls along on EDGE, which is a decidedly unsatisfactory way to surf the net or get email. I also wish Apple could offer a non-camera version-working government contracts precludes one from using ANY camera phone in their areas. Maybe someone will figure out how to disable the camera-I managed to do that on my 650, which was no biggie since I never used the camera feature anyway.

[birdonthebeach]

I have posted some photos in the article now - sorry for the delay.

[twoksl2]

i have herd that it has slightly low signal reception.... anyone have any experience with this that has switched from a RAZR??? i really want one (BAD) but if the signal stinks then i don't think that i'm going to bother yet....

[abboudc]

While not a bad review, doing it after one day of use seems a little premature?

I got a Razr when they first came out, thought it was very cool. After about a month, I couldn't stand it. While it looked sleek, I couldn't dial without looking at the keypad, since all the buttons were recessed. Worse, the arrow keys and action button were also recessed, with the center button being WAY too small. Little things like this made me want to throw it off the bridge, but my wife convinced me to give it to her. I ended up with a Sony Ericsson w810i and couldn't be happier. Before that, i never even considered getting a candybar phone. I'm sure after the initial luster and WOW of the phone wears off, people's reviews will be more tempered. It's an amazingly cool device, but is it a good phone? You can only know after some time with it, IMO.

Personally, i think it would drive me crazy not being able to dial with one hand