Poll: Will you buy the new 3G iPhone?

[Least_Original_User_Name_Ever]

1. Nope.
2. Nope.

I’ve got a BlackBerry. Life is good.

[stpauler]

1)Maybe, how much is it going to be?
2)Yes, and I’ve been pretty happy with it. I’m not sure I could go without the internet being accessible 23.5/7 (It’s not 24 because AT&T will occassionally lose signal for no particular reason.)

[Pork_Rind]

@stpauler

1)Maybe, how much is it going to be?

$199 for the 8BG model, $299 for the 16GB model.

[Cluricaun]

@Pork Rind

I’m pretty sure that the iPhone GPS does not use TeleNav and as such doesn’t cost extra. At least those are the rumors I’ve heard from sources that were right about other things today.

Why wouldn’t it? It’s going to run on AT&T’s network, why would the i-Phone’s GPS work differently than the rest of the smartphones?

Hold on, in looking around I see that Google Maps might work with the GPS without extra cost, but that’s not going to give you turn by turn directions and voice prompts and the rest that the TeleNav service provides.

I was all psyched when I got my BlackJack II earlier this year to use the GPS, but when I brought that up the sales guy was the one who talked me out of it, and he got commissions for people who signed up for the service so I trusted him.

[Troy_McClure_SF]

I decided I’ll buy it when it’s faster than EDGE and when it exceeds 30 gigs of capacity. I don’t want to carry an iPhone and my current (30 gig) iPod, but I’m not going to take a cut in capacity.

[Algher]

1. I **will ** buy one, and give my Samsung Blackjack to my texting teenager (he really wants a full keyboard phone). The only question is whether I get the 8 or 16 GB version.
2. I did NOT buy the first or second round phones - too pricey, and I had a decent phone at the time.

[Pork_Rind]

@Cluricaun

Why wouldn’t it? It’s going to run on AT&T’s network, why would the i-Phone’s GPS work differently than the rest of the smartphones?

Because anyone can write apps that use the GPS functionality. AT&T will have such an app (but almost certainly not TeleNav), but so will anyone else that cares to release an app. Already the Google Maps tool uses the GPS signal without paying extra. Think about how far they might take things. Garmin is big on the Mac now too. Maybe they’ve got something up their sleeve?

[Eyebrows_0f_Doom]

I don’t have AT&T, so no.

[Cluricaun]

@Pork Rind

Because anyone can write apps that use the GPS functionality. AT&T will have such an app (but almost certainly not TeleNav), but so will anyone else that cares to release an app. Already the Google Maps tool uses the GPS signal without paying extra. Think about how far they might take things. Garmin is big on the Mac now too. Maybe they’ve got something up their sleeve?

This is a good point. I guess hacks and cracks will come faster for the i-Phone than for my BlackJack II just because people seem much more motivated to do so.

[Asimovian]

Personally? Probably not, but only because my wife and I use Verizon cell phones and we have a combined bill with our internet and phone service. If not for that, I would strongly consider it.

However, we use Blackberries here in the office on the AT&T network. Now that the new iPhone is on a faster network and has the ability to synch with our Exchange server, I’m going to be pushing – hard – to swap out iPhones with our current Blackberries. The iPhones are fancier (which the attorneys love because it’s something to show off) and cheaper. The only question will be how much more difficult it will be to type emails out on an iPhone. I’ve never used one, so I have no idea.

[Red_Barchetta]

I’m pretty sure I’ll be picking this up next month. Question though: I heard from a coworker the base plan (currently $60) is being raised by $10, to $70. Any truth to this? If so, lame!

[Desert_Nomad]

Until it is unlocked, no. I have a 4-band GSM phone and have active SIM cards from UAE (Etisalat), Czech Republic (Vodafone) and USA (T-Mobile)

There is no way I would take a locked AT&T (US) phone to the UAE and spend several dollars per minute to make a local call when I can just pop my UAE SIM into my phone and call for less than 5 cents per minute. The US is one of the only places that has such a system of mostly-locked phones. When I want a phone in the UAE, I go to a phone shop and just buy a new, unlocked phone and pop in a SIM from any country.

[Pork_Rind]

@Asimovian

The only question will be how much more difficult it will be to type emails out on an iPhone. I’ve never used one, so I have no idea.

I’ve had a Blackjack, a Blackberry, and the HTC 85xx with the slide-out keyboard and can say that I am fastest with the iPhone. To be fast, though, you have to give up any effort to be accurate and just let the auto-correct sort things out. It really does an amazing job.

[Pork_Rind]

@Red Barchetta

I’m pretty sure I’ll be picking this up next month. Question though: I heard from a coworker the base plan (currently $60) is being raised by $10, to $70. Any truth to this? If so, lame!

It’s true. The unlimited data will go to $30 from the current $20.

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[Asimovian]

@Pork Rind

I’ve had a Blackjack, a Blackberry, and the HTC 85xx with the slide-out keyboard and can say that I am fastest with the iPhone. To be fast, though, you have to give up any effort to be accurate and just let the auto-correct sort things out. It really does an amazing job.

Does this mean it displays a keyboard that you touch on the screen, or is using T9-type technology?

I can assure you that the attorneys in my office pay very little attention to accuracy when typing on their current Blackberries. :rolleyes: However, if they can’t type on a full keyboard, they may object.

[Mangetout]

I do a lot of different stuff on my phone - email, photos, games, internet, music, video, etc.

So I don’t really need an iPhone, even though it’s the first phone in the world ever to do all the things that my phone already does.

[Pork_Rind]

It’s more sophisticated than T9. Basically, it looks at the keys you actually hit, and if you haven’t spelled a word it knows, it attempts to find a word that uses keys close to the ones you hit. For example, if you type ‘yjr’, a word not in the dictionary, it looks at the keyboard and guesses that you meant ‘the’ instead. It automagically makes the replacement without additional keystrokes on your part.

Should it be that yjr means something to you, you tap on the word to make it ignore the correction and it adds yjr into the dictionary for next time.

[Red_Barchetta]

@Pork Rind

It’s true. The unlimited data will go to $30 from the current $20.

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=25791

Blargh, that is lame as hell. That $240 across 2 years pretty much negates the price drop! ARGHGGHHGHGGHGHGHG.

Still prolly buying it though, but ARGH!

[hajario]

1. I am probably going to pick up the 8GB version. Rumor has it that AT&T will be giving a discount for current customers who have fulfilled the terms of their last contract (like myself) so I may even get the thing for free.

2. No

I was hoping to get one tomorrow but it looks like I’ll have to wait until July 11th.

[beowulff]

@Polerius

The thing that pisses me off is why do cell phones in the US (including the iPhone) only have 2 megapixel cameras? What is it about the economics of the US market that limits us to buying cell phones with crummy cameras compared to Korea, Japan and Europe?

In other countries, they have 5 megapixels or more. Of course, the lens matters, and you will most likely get better picture quality out of a dedicated camera, but 5 megapixels would still be an improvement on the 2 megapixel pictures I currently take with my cell phone. And since you have your cell phone with you all the time, most of the spur-of-the-moment photos (which are usually the most interesting) are taken with cell phones and not with dedicated cameras, so why not make an effort to improve them?

I seriously doubt if a 5mpixel image from a 1/16" lens is any better than a 2mpixel image. Have you actually done any side-by-side comparisons?