Comments on: why I am not buying an iPhone

By: AndrewN

AndrewN — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:35:44 +0000

The V1.0 aspect scared me right off. Lorraine was going to get me one for my bday. I’m waiting for V2.0 and hopefully 3G. I have a 770 also, want to upgrade to the 880 – but have no idea why… I’m going to rely on you for the timing of the iPhone – thanks.

By: Howard Berkey

Howard Berkey — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:31:53 +0000

The sole reason I am not buying one is that I cannot justify blowing $600 on a phone, particularly one that will not work in Japan for when I travel there.

As for the feature set, I am completely happy though. It looks like a great device, and very well made.

By: Chet

Chet — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:44:04 +0000

Hank’s comments are sort of bizarre; I think your argument for not getting one is pretty strong. It includes many of the same points I’ve made elsewhere. I can’t fathom getting a device that restricted, with no developer ecosystem, no hope of an SSH client, no hope of any VPN clients, no real file sharing, no decent mail behavior, and no cut-and-paste — and that’s just for starters. My 8525 outperforms the iPhone on all these metrics, and cost less to boot. I’m an Apple fan, but the iPhone would represent a substantial step backward in functionality for me.

By: Hank

Hank — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:02:42 +0000

You don’t pose any compelling reasons not to buy the iPhone yet you do contradict yourself by listing more than one compelling reason (why you or someone else) might want to indeed gain purchase of it. In fact, you admit that your current phone is a total compromise when compared to the iPhone.

Because you hate all cell carriers, you will stay with your current phone that has sucky apps and a tiny screen? (AT&T has better coverage than T-Mobile and their 850Mhz penetrates to inside buildings better too, btw). Your network speed with the iPhone will be no worse than what you have now and in fact may be a lot better.

Frankly, what you’ve shown is that you would gain a lot by getting an iPhone.

By: Shreedhar

Shreedhar — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:55:07 +0000

Can I buy iPhone from a Apple store and use in Asia with a regular GSM card??

By: steve

steve — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:38:35 +0000

I’ve been eagerly awaiting the iPhone and have chosen to take a vacation day off of work to purchase the phone on Friday. Having never stood in line for more than 1 hour.. (well maybe at Disneyland)..for any consumer product.. I don’t know what to expect…I think the first thing on my mind is.. HOW DO I USE THE RESTROOM?.. Do others hold my space in line? I heard this morning that “iPhoners” are already camping out in NY?.. Whats up with that…

Anyway.. that is proper etiquette for camping out? I’m thinking it’s going to be a blood bath?

Laura:Don’t ask me, I’m going to be home on friday night with a nice cold porter watching it all on TV. There’ve been rumors that the AT&T stores will have portapotties. Normally I believe the tradition with line campers is to do it with friends, in shifts, to solve such problems.

By: Waider

Waider — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:56:40 +0000

RE: EDGE vs. GPRS: Robert Cringely (he of ex-Infoworld fame) had some interesting ideas on this, the upshot being a Deep Throat-esque “follow the money”. I’m curious to see how this flies for the European iPhone since we’ve already GPRS and 3G which roughly bracket EDGE in terms of speed, and while there’s some EDGE availability it looks to be pretty limited.

Laura: I would be shocked right to the teeth if they gave you GPRS. The phone would be unusable on the net. I thought I read somewhere that you’re getting UMTS for the euro iphone — you’ve got much better support for 3G over there in the modern world.

By: Alexandria Marx

Alexandria Marx — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:14:55 +0000

I listened to all the comments last night on TV news. There was a lot more time spent on the iphone that I thought there’d be. Negative, for the most part, and I don’t understand it. I love my Mac. I think Apple is great. Every company has issues. Just look at Microsoft. I am waiting in hot anticipation for the iphone. I want it. I want it. I want it. But now I have to take a few steps back. These are some great reasons to wait. Given the hefty investment, it might even be prudent to see if it has bugs with the initial release. I can’t believe it will, and doesn’t the software enable Apple to update/resolve bug issues without you having to buy another iphone. I don’t know. As a writer/web designer, email is a huge issue. That’s what I was hoping to improve with the iphone from what I have now. I’d like to hear more about the good that iphone offers.