The much anticipated Apple Iphone 3G comes out this Friday. Anybody planning on waiting in line Friday morning?
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since I already have a iPhone no. The only difference is 3g(which I don't have in my area) and gps. Plus rumor is it can't be unlocked and jailbroken. The 1st iPhones have skyrocketed on ebay since they aren't available and are easily hacked.Originally posted by IllusionComment -
i'll get to the atandt store around 8am, i don't think people will be camping out for days like the first oneComment -
i am still waiting for a phone that has remote access capabilityComment -
Iphone does using
Log me In or
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Just bought a LG Voyager last night. Only thing I dont like is that you can not log into 5dimes with your phone. All in all still a pretty good phone. Only difference betwen this and the IPhone is it does not have a apple on the back.Comment -
I doubt there will be long lines due to the mandatory 2 year contract this time around.
Oh and I can access 5Dimes on my iPhone.Comment -
So there is one draw back to not getting the Iphone. I can get to the website but not past the login screen.Comment -
Why bother waiting in line? Get it the day after.
Mine's in the post anyway. Sold my old iphone 8gb for 240 last month, buying the new 16gb model for 170 :-) My old cpntract was up anyway, so good timing. Looking forward to 3G on it though, I was using that for my net connection via an old mobile while my DSL was down, you get really good speeds nowadays (1.5mbit sustained, quite usable).
You guys must be annoyed at being hit for a 24mth contact though? It's only 18mth here, 30 GBP/mth inc data (bout $60).Comment -
- It will ask you to set a default password. CAUTION: At the moment the web client sends your password in plaintext. Use caution when connecting over open Wi-fi access points.Originally posted by jjgold
i saw that site too, doesn't seem that reliable.Comment -
save some money for gambling, maybe you can double up, Iphone is a wasteComment -
I will be getting one tommorow. Im getting the 16g in White.
I hear PUSH email will be an added charge.
And LOL @ the people puttting down the IPhone. Its OK if you're too broke to get one or you have a different phone but there's no need to bash some really sweet technologyComment -
the instinct is better
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This looks pretty cool, how easy does the GPS work? Can you for instance dock it on your car or something?Originally posted by Brock LandersComment -
I had sprint and looked at the instinct. feels cheap and has a small screen. not worth the moneyComment -
Most of these phones are the same, thing that separates iphone from the others is the browser, it is exact same thing as a laptop or pc experience but of course smaller.Comment -
Problem with most of the Iphone clones is they all use freaking tiny screens. HTC Touch Diamond has nice specs, but a 2.8" screen is useless for the web (iphone's is about 60% bigger).
There are plenty things wrong with the iphone (esp. annoyed there's still no a2dp stereo bluetooth), but it's easily the best web browser out there. Really good music quality too, obviously Apple know how to make ipods :-)Comment -
Originally posted by Brock Landers
I was going to get one when it came out, the Instinct that is, but I had to get a new phone before then. So I got the Centro. I may get it for my second line.
I think Samsung also makes the Iphone, but apple puts their logos on it. Something I heard somewhere.Comment -
got the iphone this morning, after five hours on line, they only had 8g left, now itunes is down so can't activate it anyway..awesomeComment -
NEW YORK - The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working."It's such grief and aggravation," said Frederick Smalls, an insurance broker in Whitman, Mass., after spending two hours on the phone with Apple and AT&T Inc., trying to get his new iPhone to work.
In stores, people waited at counters to get the phones activated, as lines built behind them. Many of the customers had already camped out for several hours in line to become among the first with the new phone, which updates the one launched a year ago by speeding up Internet access and adding a navigation chip.
A spokesman for AT&T, the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the U.S., said there was a global problem with Apple's iTunes servers that prevented the phones from being fully activated in-store, as had been planned.
Instead, employees are telling buyers to go home and perform the last step by connecting their phones to their own computers, spokesman Michael Coe said.
However, the iTunes servers were equally hard to reach from home, leaving the phones unusable except for emergency calls.
The problem extended to owners of the previous iPhone model. A software update released for that phone on Friday morning required the phone to be reactivated through iTunes.
"It's a mess," said freelance photographer Giovanni Cipriano, who updated his first-generation iPhone only to find it unusable.
When the first iPhone went on sale a year ago, customers performed the whole activation procedure at home, freeing store employees to focus on sales. But the new model is subsidized by carriers, and Apple and AT&T therefore planned to activate all phones in-store to get customers on a contract.
The new phone went on sale in 21 countries on Friday, creating a global burden on the iTunes servers.
The iPhone has been widely lauded for its ease of use and rich features, but Apple is a newcomer to the cell-phone business, and it's made some missteps. When it launched the first phone in the U.S. a year ago, it initially priced the phones high, at $499 and $599, then cut the price by $200 just 10 weeks later, throwing early buyers for a loop.
Rollouts to other countries were slow, as Apple tried to get carriers on board with its unusual pricing scheme, which included monthly fees to Apple. The business model of the new phone follows industry norms, and the price is lower: $199 or $299 in the U.S.
On Thursday, Apple had problems with the launch of a new data service, MobileMe. The service is designed to synchronize a users personal data across devices, including the iPhone, but many users were denied access to their accounts.
Enthusiasm was high ahead of the Friday morning launch of the new phone.
Alex Cavallo, 24, was one of hundreds lined up at the Fifth Avenue store, just as he had been a year ago for the original iPhone. He sold that one recently on eBay in anticipation of the new one. In the meantime, he has been using another phone, which felt "uncomfortable."
"The iPhone is just a superior user experience," he said. The phone also proved a decent investment for him: He bought the old model for $599 and sold it for $570.
Nick Epperson, a 24-year-old grad student, spent the night outside an AT&T store in Atlanta, keeping his cheer up with bags of Doritos, three games of Scrabble and two packs of cigarettes. Asked why he was waiting in line, he responded simply "Chicks dig the iPhone."
IPhone fever was strong even in Japan, where consumers are used to tech-heavy phones that do restaurant searches, e-mail, music downloads, reading digital novels and electronic shopping. More than 1,000 people lined up at the Softbank Corp. store in Tokyo and the phone quickly sold out.
"Just look at this obviously innovative design," Yuki Kurita, 23, said as he emerged from buying his iPhone, carrying bags of clothing and a skateboard he had used as a chair during his wait outside the Tokyo store. "I am so thrilled just thinking about how I get to touch this."
The phone went on sale first in New Zealand, where hundreds of people lined up outside stores to snap it up right at midnight — 8 a.m. Thursday in New York.
"Steve Jobs knows what people want," Web developer Lucinda McCullough told the Christchurch Press newspaper, referring to Apple's chief executive. "And I need a new phone."
In Germany, sales were brisk at local carrier T-Mobile's stores, particularly in Munich, Hamburg and Cologne, said spokeswoman Marion Kessing. ___Comment -
yeah i am in NY, went to the atandt store near me, i was like 25th in line and got one of the last ones...over a hundred people put their name on a list for the next shipment later today. nice to send the store 30 phones when they know the demand will be insaneComment -
around here you could not get near stores
I cannot even activate my old i-phone after I upgraded to the new software
It is the greatest phone of all times, mini laptop in the palm of your handsComment
