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So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

Ben Franklin (Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 10:36

Thinking of getting one in April/May (hopefully the new 3G version will be out around that time), so what`s the opinion on it?

Is it worth splashing the cash on it? Also, do you think Apple/O2 would do a discount on two phones on the same contract?




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RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

whoot (Elite) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 10:41

er.. the screen is very easy to break..
say no more.





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RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

Ben Franklin (Reviewer) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 10:44

Ooooh. How`d you do it?




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RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

jeffthegun (Elite) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 11:02

Im going for `sit on it in your back pocket`, like a guy at work did with his touch.




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RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

whoot (Elite) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 11:19

foolishly I lent it to a bird for the day..

two hours later: "I just got it out of the `safe` compartment of my handbag and there is a big hole in the front."

for f***s sake woman.



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jeffthegun (Elite) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 11:25

heh. You deserved that. Bloody women.

`Can I borrow your iPhone? It looks pretty!`
`Can you bollocks. Heres an 8 year old nokia brick. You should just be able to work out how to play snake`






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RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

rvshah (Elite) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 11:36

I have no idea about whether its good or not, I just know I would refuse to pay for any phone anymore.

Anyway that aside on the 2 phones thing not sure about then, but recently a mate at work got 2 for him and the OH but they never even considered a discount. I think its cos the yare still selling well.

RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

whoot (Elite) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 12:10

the really annoying thing is that it has to go back to apple now..

bah. Oh. and the fact that she broke my camera also..





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RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

tifoso (Elite) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 13:16

Whoot, I`d be careful with your really delicate bits with her! :D

RE: So what`s the overall opinion on the iPhone?

MADTheOgster (Elite Donator) posted this on Monday, 21st January 2008, 20:03

er.. the screen is very easy to break..
say no more.


erm, thats very weird, cos it`s optical quality glass plate (unlike the touch, & previous ipods that scratched as soon as you looked at them) on the whole i find mine very sturdy, & genuinely hard to mark, in 2 months all i`ve managed to do is put a small scratch on the apple logo on the back of the phone (stupidly put the phone in my pocket with my car keys,,,, then walked about for ages before realizing) i`ve also dropped it a couple of times, both times onto concrete (at work) without leaving a mark, or causing damage.

the good stuff on a none jailbroke iphone.

the screen, the web interface, the wifi, the dead easy typing. the best ipod "to date" & amazing video quality.

but you would really need to "open" it which i believe is easy enough, although you`ll still be stuck with o2, but you can install third party applications, ranging from ebook readers, books, newsgroup clients/msn messenger, games, emulators etc etc etc etc.... & it lets you add some essentials like proper text handling & picture messaging, which you bizarrely can`t do on a "standard" iphone :/ (tho i do expect that to be fixed on the new gen 3g model)

the Bad, worst let down for me, is the speaker volume, it`s pathetic, & i miss loads of calls simply because i can`t hear the stupid bloody thing ringing :/ & unless you arse around hacking & slashing, cutting & renaming, you can`t use your own ringtone :/ & are forced to use the basic ones that ship with the phone. also, the camera is very very basic, especially for a "premium" phone, 2 megapixels, + crapp exposure rate (go in the shop, try a demo model, switch the camera on & start moving around, it`s blurr city) in good conditions, you can get a decent photo, but phones priced at less than a quarter of this price beat it to smithereens

i both love & hate mine, if they fixed the glitches it would be, without doubt the best phone on the market, & the i miss a s***load of calls/texts & start cursing it, & threatening to throw it on ebay so i can buy an 8gig Nokia N95 (an awesome phone that has the loudest, best quality speakers on any mobile i ever heard) + the ace 5mega pixel camera.

my honest opinion, i wouldn`t have a standard iphone. But, i still have my "opened" iphone, & will probably keep it untill they sort the stupid shortfallings. then i`ll consider getting the new one.





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