If the only people who buy iPhones are those who can put them to good use, then many millions will be sold.

If you don't need one, don't buy one. And try to relax.

WoundedFoot wrote:I found my cellphone on the floor of a bank. It rings. I can call people with it. Thats all I need.

Me too. I have an old Sony phone I bought cheap on eBay after I was mugged for the second phone my sister had given me. It does all I want, and I dread the day the little guy gives up.

That said, something is up with the iPhone that isn't just hype and fashion. I am far from immune to shiny gear and I like Apple's products, so I've been following the iPhone 'story' as something I won't be buying but observing. The reviews that have been coming out have all carried a common element of 'woah! this is actually as good as they said!'

Apple have a real knack with the 'hands on' factor, I think. I dismissed the iPod for ages as just an expensive gimmick I would never use. Then I used someone elses for a few days and the fucking thing is brilliant. As soon as I could, I bought one, and I still use it every day. Same with computers; I never thought much of Apple despite despising various Windows PCs; then I used someone's Powerbook, and my mind was quickly, quickly changed.

The significant thing with the iPhone is the multi-touch interface, which reviews are saying works in an excellent manner. And this was the part that everybody was worrying about. I get the feeling that in a few years, I'm going to be putting more paws on many more screens than I do today. I think that is the change that the iPhone will be bring about.

Not crap, I reckon. The hype is the way Apple sell their products, and is the waffle factor, but the hype is also generated by the fact that Apple design these things so fucking well that all they have to do is show you a picture of something, whisper "it doesn't have any buttons" in your ear, and make you instantly want it.

I genuinely use all the functions on my phone. I use the camera, video player, mp3 player, calendar, organiser, memory card, document viewer, alarms, converters, phonebook etc. Nearly every day, certainly every week.
I would use all of the functions if I had an iPhone too.

Technology is pretty great. It's 2007 and I have no guilt!

tommydski wrote:

Redline wrote:Crap. I hope I never have a cell phone.

Much respect for holding out this long, Sir!

Fuck mobile phones. I will never, ever own one.

No, I don't want a phonepod or whatever it's called either. Acceptable, chic face of modern, technological retardation. Crap.

It's no more ridiculous than any other convenient technological advancement surely.

It's just another method of communication, much like the internet.

tommydski wrote:It's no more ridiculous than any other convenient technological advancement surely.

It's just another method of communication, much like the internet.

not quite. the phone is a pretty invasive device by comparison. Internet is far more passive.

there's something really pleasant about not having people be able to get a hold of you, and I relish the opportunities when they arise. I stayed off cell phones for years, and then I got a job where I needed one. now I have one. it's ok. I like not having to have a land line, though. my old roommate was terrible about messages. getting a cell solved this problem quite nicely.

it's gonna be 9 months to a year before that things works worth buying. Those people sleeping in line are fucking stupid free beta testers.

Jeez

It's about how you use it. My phone is always on silent and I would not use it in a public area. Partly because of tact but mostly because I do not know any people. I use it in much the same way you might use a computer, except it travels with me. It's sort of like smoking in the sense that being a smoker does not always make you an asshat. It's about where and when you choose to light up. Mobile phones are the same.

I have a degree in Media Production and I work in IT. I need a phone to do my job. The fact that other people are irresponsible with them does not concern me.

galanter wrote:I still won't buy one until they get true GPS navigation functionality in there. Nevertheless...

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this is the only reason I would get one, I spend about 25% of my day hopelessly lost...

working assets calls for boycott.

http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/iphone

if you're interested in an iPhone but are turned off by AT&T's corporate policies -- such as turning consumers' information over to the National Security Agency without warrants, their efforts to wipe out net neutrality, or the close-to-100% Republican giving of their new chairman -- you're out of luck.