# I want the new iPhone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-the-new-iphone/387317 "2007-01-09T18:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 37
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-the-new-iphone/387317/37 "2007-01-09T22:57:13Z")
As an Apple authorized tech, i have to say… Meh… big frakkin’ deal… once again, the Jobsian R.D.F. is in full effect, ues it’s a stylish looking, distinctively Apple implementation of the multifunction telecom device, and the cool factor/gadget factor is off the charts, but i just can’t work up any enthusiasm for this one First off, it’s a bloody cell phone, and I _HATE_ phones, you have to enter into a two-year contract with Cingular, and who knows what the monthly fees for that will be, heck, i _barely_ use my basic Verizon cell as it is, in the past 3 months i’ve made maybe two calls on the thing, it’s for emergencies only make an iPod Widescreen model (an iPhone minus the phone) and i’d be all over it, but as long as it’s got a cell phone in it, pass…, i’m not entering into a two year contract for the priviledge of carrying around a device i won’t use (the cellphone part, that is) however, there are seriously cool features on the iPhone, the motion sensors, touchscreen, and the fact that it’s running OS X is killer, heck, all they need to do is scale up the size of the iPhone and they’ll have their tablet computer, now _that_ i’d buy --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-the-new-iphone/387317)._