  gigahurtzPremium
join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
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| Interesting... It's interesting that Apple is selling the device as well. I would think that there was some type of an agreement involved with this (as there has been throughout the whole iPhone + AT&T marriage) but I guess I was wrong.
It's a great phone (and I have one), but I would not be paying $700 for it. | |
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join:2000-05-11 | Re: Interesting... The two year exclusivity is up. Time to pop some corn, crack open a beer and watch the fun. It is a fun toy (as you know) but is a mediocre phone (as you probably also know).
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| |  N3OGHCertified GLG-20Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1
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| Re: Interesting... Oh, I have an iPhone. I'm into all the latest things.
Right now, I'm flipping 3 houses. Sure, I have a HELOC on my primary residence, but we all know there's no end to the housing boom.
I'm also heavy into an oil ETF. I bought in at $130/bbl. I CAN'T LOSE! My GM and Dodge stock is about to take off, and I just bought a substantial block of Lehman Bros. I'm in fat city.
No offense to you iPhone folks, but the iPhone was neat, new & hip in 2007. Now, either everyone has one, or everyone has a knock off.
BTW, I'm neither an lover or a hater. I have a Mac, and I have a Blackberry Storm. I picked both of those particular devices because overall, they suited my particular need.
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join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL Reviews:
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| Re: Interesting... said by N3OGH:No offense to you iPhone folks, but the iPhone was neat, new & hip in 2007. Now, either everyone has one, or everyone has a knock off. BTW, I'm neither an lover or a hater. I have a Mac, and I have a Blackberry Storm. I picked both of those particular devices because overall, they suited my particular need. I don't agree. I purchased the iPhone because of what it offers. Endless apps, simple interface, great web browser/mail program, etc. It fits my needs and apparently fits many others as well. To say that this phone was "cool" in 2007 is a bit childish if you ask me. It seems to me many love to hate the iPhone. They don't recognize it for what it really is, a tremendous device that integrates so many things into one.
One could even go as far as saying, without the iPhone, your Blackberry Storm might not be here at this time. | |
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | Re: Interesting... Dude,
It was meant to be funny. I didn't mean to insult your girlfriend or anything.....
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| | Cheaper on Ebay You can get a legally unlocked one online for that price.
Does AT&T not know that that price is a huge rip off and that anyone that buys it deserves to be hit in the head and given a V8? | |
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|  Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere
1 edit | Re: Cheaper on Ebay said by DrewC :
You can get a legally unlocked one online for that price.
Does AT&T not know that that price is a huge rip off and that anyone that buys it deserves to be hit in the head and given a V8?
this is true but you also have to have some know some ebay kungfu to make sure that you dont get ripped off by getting a chinese knockoff instead.
in other words, you'll get it off ebay only if you're smart  .
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Raleigh, NC | Re: Cheaper on Ebay said by Frank:this is true but you also have to have some know some ebay kungfu to make sure that you dont get ripped off by getting a chinese knockoff instead. Yeah, I've seen those chinese knockoffs on ebay. So what's the word on those? Are they pretty identical to apple's product? Or do they instead expose the user to issues? | |
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join:2000-05-11 | Re: Cheaper on Ebay said by mlundin:Anything coming out of China is a bunch of junk that looks just good enough to get money out of you. Sinec the iPhone is manufactured in China I guess that is a universally true statement.
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join:2003-02-16
London, ON | It's windows mobile running a copy cat skin to make it look like the iPhone. | |
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join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
kudos:5
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| Re: Cheaper on Ebay said by yabos:It's windows mobile running a copy cat skin to make it look like the iPhone. The good knock offs are running windows mobile, the cheap mass produced ebay models are running symbian. | |
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| | thats alot of paper.... in this economy. | |
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|  tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | Re: thats alot of paper.... not for the apple fankids. | |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Pointless in the USA Even if you have an unlocked iPhone you can only use it on AT&T's 3G network as T-Mobile uses a different frequency.
Furthermore it is still cheaper to buy the phone from AT&T and then break the contract.
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join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | Re: Pointless in the USA nothing to see, move along | |
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| | isn't the ETF cheaper? isn't the ETF only like $250? wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a subsidized phone with a contract and then just pay the ETF. my math is fuzzy but i'm pretty sure $250$400 | |
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join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
kudos:2 | 600-700$ LMAO Are you kidding. Who is DUMB enough to buy that. | |
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 DrTCPYours trulyPremium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX | Too darn expensive I am sorry but even though I like the product, I cannot justify paying $600-700 for it even as a software engineer I make a good living. | |
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join:2008-10-24
Revelstoke, BC | Re: Too darn expensive I don't get it. There are tons of iPhones available unlocked if you just do a Google search. There always was. Am I missing something? Whats so new about this? | |
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Wake me When you can get it on a provider OTHER than A T & T | |
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| | | Re: Wake me You wouldn't want it anyway, the phone is still a piece of shit | |
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join:2002-01-17
Mechanicsburg, PA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
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| phone ? have read more than a few reviews about the basic quality of voice calls on the iphone. certainly any wireless product will vary based on proximity to tower----however the consistency of such comments leads one to suspect that there may indeed be an issue in some areas. also, from this perspective, i'm not sure that a required $30/mo data plan justifies the novelty of the product. am considering a touch which would allow us to continue to use a better quality phone while realizing many of the features of the apple product. | |
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|  TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | What is Funny..... Is they can't give away iPhones in Japan. | |
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join:2002-09-21
Hialeah, FL | Meh...no big deal I picked up a 3G at the reduced price mainly to mock my dumb@$$ friends for paying $699 when it launched. Sadly A$$T&T service sucks major donkey around my house and job not to mention, My Sprint Centro...
Has a touchscreen
EVDO internet speed
Digicam & video
MS Exchange\MMS\SMS\Pic\Vid mail
Stores 4GB of music
Syncs with multiple music stores (Sprint, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster)
Has 60,000+ apps available
Has a physical keyboard
Has chat for AOL\Y!M\MSN
Can read\edit Office documents and pdf's
OTA app downloads (my Treo600 did this way back too)
Sprint TV
YouTube
Basically aside from the fanboi factor, better screen, and a few minor details, I wasn't missing anything and one of my buddies gladly took it off my hands so he could spend quality time rubbing his crotch with it. 
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@comcast.net | Iphone vs Itouch cost. Isuppli published a cost of materials that worked out to about $170 for the Iphone, and a posting puts the subset in the Itouch at about $140.
Apple is selling the Iphone for $599 without subsidy and the Itouch for $229. The $599 seems way out of line. | |
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join:2007-09-04
Canada
kudos:1 Reviews:
·TekSavvy DSL
| Re: Iphone vs Itouch cost. said by km :
Apple is selling the Iphone for $599 without subsidy and the Itouch for $229. The $599 seems way out of line.
Especially when you consider the fact that the iPod touch is pretty much exactly the same thing as the iPhone, minus cellphone capabilities.
It is intentionally out of line though: to discourage people from buying them, so that cell phone carriers keep making big bucks selling people expensive contracts. Ah yes, the power of large corporations... | |
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