3G iPhone Arriving Sooner Than Expected

[aryayush]

Yes, that is indeed true. It also has the Internet though, lest you forget.

Actually, this is the priority list for the iPhone (in this order):
1. Internet;
2. iPod; and
3. Phone.

[gxsaurav]

Then why buy an iPhone when "phone" is the least priority in it. Why not just buy an iPod touch & use your high end Nokia or Sony Phone.

Oh! wait......we forgot, just look at the UI, it looks so cool.

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

Then why buy an iPhone when "phone" is the least priority in it. Why not just buy an iPod touch & use your high end Nokia or Sony Phone.

Yeah, so who's stopping anyone from doing that. To me, however, it makes more sense to have it all in one device when it is perfectly capable of doing all of the aforementioned tasks better than most other devices in the market.

(Plus, it happens to have a surprisingly good camera.)

[gxsaurav]

2 things

1) iPhone is not an all in one device. It lacks many features which various other phones such as even my K750i has. Bluetooth file transfer, video recording, autofocus etc etc.

2) It is not doing anything better then the rest of the phones....

It doesn't take pics better then SE or Nokia's offering in the same price range.

It doesn't let u customise it like you can customise Nokia N82/K850i.

So, bragging & justifying that iPhone is better then other phone just cos u like the animated UI while we like the working & capability of the phone, is pure stupid.

[aryayush]

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BTW, if the iPhone wasn't the king of all phones yet, it is now.

Behold, iDial:



Ha! Ha! This is freaking awesome.

[DigitalDude]

^^^^

LOL the irony


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[goobimama]

Another case to mention (and I'm not making these up). Before going to Mumbai I asked my PC-walla if he could get me an iPhone. "Why you want that phone! It's crappy. It can't do video recording. It can't forward SMS. Don't buy that. Trust me."

Little did he know how much of an apple boy I was.

Still, I went to pay him a visit today. Let's just say his iPhone is on the way...(and I didn't even have any apps installed)

[ring_wraith]

Originally Posted by aryayush

BTW, if the iPhone wasn't the king of all phones yet, it is now.

Behold, iDial:



Ha! Ha! This is freaking awesome.

Very nice!

@Saurav, you're wrong man. It's not about the niggling details that the iPhone lacks. Look at the bigger picture. Its all about the experience. Find me one phone, price no bar, that can emulate the experience of the iPhone.

To be completely honest, the only thing stopping me from buying an iPhone is its SQ. If its SQ was good enough to satisfy me, I would have bought one in a heartbeat. I just cannot justify spending 20k+ on something and not listening to my music on it.

[iMav]

Originally Posted by ring_wraith

Very nice!

@Saurav, you're wrong man. It's not about the niggling details that the iPhone lacks. Look at the bigger picture. Its all about the experience. Find me one phone, price no bar, that can emulate the experience of the iPhone.

To be completely honest, the only thing stopping me from buying an iPhone is its SQ. If its SQ was good enough to satisfy me, I would have bought one in a heartbeat. I just cannot justify spending 20k+ on something and not listening to my music on it.

htc touch
nokia tablet 800
xperia (me waiting for it, it releases me buys, unless offcourse nokia's iphone killer is better IMHO)

[DigitalDude]

iMav sorry nothing gives the experience that iPhone provides... HTC touch suxx, nokia tablet is not a phone...

though iPhone has lots of limitations its GUI and responsiveness is simply superb...

p.s. I'm not a apple fanboy

and yeah Sony Xperia is very promising looking forward to it... but it has a long release date... may come to India next year beginning

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[ring_wraith]

Xperia is not going to be able to recreate the iPhone experience. Take my word for it. It already looks kind of un-polished, and 64k screen?

@iMav, how can you even compare the HTC touch to the iPhone? That interface is worse than the s60....

[DigitalDude]

^^^

thats preposterous of you comparing a yet to be released phone to one that has been well out for a year


theres lot of time till when xperia comes out.. lets wait


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[iMav]

Originally Posted by ring_wraith

It already looks kind of un-polished,

err... it si freaking un-polished and therefore not released

Originally Posted by ring_wraith

iMav, how can you even compare the HTC touch to the iPhone? That interface is worse than the s60....

no its not its a pretty decent and nice to use interface

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by ring_wraith

To be completely honest, the only thing stopping me from buying an iPhone is its SQ. If its SQ was good enough to satisfy me, I would have bought one in a heartbeat. I just cannot justify spending 20k+ on something and not listening to my music on it.

That's the problem with you audiophile types. Your discerning ears make you miss out on so many of the best things in life (and I mean that in a cute, cuddly, friendly way).

Originally Posted by ring_wraith

Xperia is not going to be able to recreate the iPhone experience. Take my word for it. It already looks kind of un-polished, and 64k screen?

That can't be true. Are you serious? All that hoopla is about a phone with a 64K colour screen? Even a 262K one is not any good these days.

[ray|raven]

Supposedly, Yes!.

Its crazy though, It has a 3inch display with a resolution of 800x480 and only 65k colors. Mid-end phones have more these days.

[ring_wraith]

@aryayush. can't help it. We 'audiophile types' pity 'normal people' for not being able to experience what sound can be. But I personally to some degree envy the ability 'normal people' have of being content with an iPod with the included crapbuds.

And yes, I miss out a lot of stuff [more than you can imagine] but that's hardly anything. I just have discerning ears, and can recognize good [or bad] sound when I hear it. Audiophiles are those people who spend 20k+ on a set of earphones even if they are uncomfortable. In fact, the Grado SR 60 [one of the best sub 200$ earphones] is supposed to be almost painfully uncomfortable, but that does not stop an audiophile from buying it.

About the Xperia, sad but true. But again, look at the big picture.

[Gigacore]

the world will soon move to 4G, while iPhone is still entering 3G

[ico]

Originally Posted by Gigacore

the world will soon move to 4G, while iPhone is still entering 3G

The world will surely move to 4G but not India. It will be moving to 3G but the main question...When will iPhone come to India....??

[ax3]

@gobi .... congrats frd .... enjoy ur iphone ....

am 2 gonna get it ....

& iphone v2 is on its way .... phew ....

[aryayush]

Of course it is. And so is v3 and v4. Why or how is that relevant at all?

Originally Posted by ring_wraith

About the Xperia, sad but true. But again, look at the big picture.

Umm... what big picture is there that I'm supposed to be looking at? There's something wrong with this statement. Care to explain (if it was something important)?