Iphone [again]
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- Atkinson
Hello, I know iphone has been the subject of many discussions here but I'm thinking of getting a 3g prob 8gb. I'm on O2 in the UK. Anyone reccommend / not rec the phone and why? The wifi / internet thing, can you access the net at all times where ever you are? Or is it just wifi, so you need to be near a signal?
Cheers.
- Atkinson0
*recommend*
- Dancer0
Both. You should get a data contract when you get the phone.
A mate of mine swears by it.
I am waiting for it to be free
- Atkinson0
Yeah, o2 give free data / wifi, so 3G means it's a decent speed? I'm crap with phones, never really bothered too much!
- MSL0
Get one on 02 PAYG - £350 but they are doing some deal where you get free 3g/BT Cloud wifi free for a year.
Have a look on the 02 site.
But get one, they are excellent.
- oiishi0
gettit! ..but dont get 8GB get 16GB for sure ..i have 8 and it filled up way too fast esp wen u download movies ..tv shows etc.
- Atkinson0
I wont be downloading movies / tv shows. Mainly just net / gmail with some music. I believe you can stream music from a mac?
MSL - why PAYG? you then have to pay monthly anyway for calls etc? Can skype be used as a way round call charges or something?- It works out the similar in terms of costs to contract. But get which ever is best for you - but DO get one! :)MSL
- Dancer0
One thing I am conscious of is tying every aspect of my 'digital' life to one product. Once I am sucked in by the iphone I wonder if in 18months I will want to upgrade to a different phone
- Wolfboy0
16GB is just not enough. Apple are holding back the good stuff on the iPhone - what is the reason that the iPod touch is 32GB and the phone is only 16? I've got a 4GB memory card in my current phone that is smaller than my finger nail, there's no way they can't cram at least 64GB in right now - Apple need to beef up the memory and the camera on the iPhone. Pure rip off at the moement.
I do want to get one some time, but I wont do it untill it replaces my iPod, which means I'm gonna want one with up towards 100GB to carry my music and act as a portable hard drive.
- build0
Recommended.
It's brilliant.
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- MSL0
Also bear in mind that if you travel out of the UK your data costs will spiral out of control as you are locked to your 3G carrier (there is no way to unlock a 3G).
A 2G can be unlocked so it can be used anywhere in the world. Buy a sim in your chosen country and enjoy non-arse-raping data charges.
This is one reason why I have not gone 3G (still rocking the 2G) as I will be all over the place in a month or so.
- 23kon0
i got the 8gig phone through o2, on the £35 contract.
i hadnt been planning to get an iphone but i realised my contract was nearly finished with orange and thought fuck-it i might as well go for it.
im not usually a sucker for apple products - like the ipod for example, as its all based on marketing - there are far better products out there but its just cos apple have the biggest marketing campaigns that their product grabs a huge slice of the market.
but this iphone is got to be the most amazing gadget i've ever seen or owned in my life - and ive seen n owned a lot of cool gadgets lol.
and to wolfboy who was moaning about not having enough space on the iphone - theres an application you can buy that allows you to access ALL the music you have on your computer at home - from anywhere in the world. You can also add up to 30 friends music collections too. if thats not enough space for you - then what the fuck is? lol
- I did not know that and that is relevant to my interests. Mmm. Interesting.Wolfboy
- 23kon0
You can surf the internet anywhere you want and anytime you want for FREE!!!!!
When you are near a free wifi (or your home/work wifi) then the phone will use that network for superfast access to the web.
When you are not near a wifi network it will just use 3G - its slower but not rediculously slow, very usable.As an example of handyness i was at a gallery in edin a month or so ago. Saw some photography that reminded me of other work so i thought id look it up while the lass i was with was at the toilet.
I was standing outside the toilets in the basement of a huge old museum and i still got a very fast and usable internet connection to do further research into what i wanted to know, i also checked how well the GPS was working in that situation too and it "found me" just as quick as if i was standing in the street.
- Atkinson0
sounds good, nice one. Almost sold! How so you stream from itunes on mac, whats the app? And say you didn't buy the stuff from itunes store / or downloaded it, does it still work?
- Dancer0
kon,
Can you remember the name of the app.
also
Do you see any minus points in the iphone? No MMS would get me but then there is always email.
- mattiaBK0
I love mine, the coolest thing I've ever owned. There are a couple of things I'd like to see improved/added.
1. GPS Turn-by-turn with voice
2. Support for Flash sites
3. Video chat support (I know it's a dream)
- 23kon0
i see no downsides to the iphone.
i dont want to synch up my email to the phone because i dont want to be contactable by email while on the move. If i want to check my email then i'll log in online rather than having a noise in my pocket that i'll have to check instantly thinking its a text from hot chick but it'll either be a spam or work telling me in need to get X done - fuck that!I cant remember what the app is that lets you do that - its in the store.
Being able to use the "Remote" app is brilliant too, you can browse through all your songs on your laptop/desktop and choose what you want to listen to (from computer speakers - not through iphone). It works through wireless network so you dont have to be near comp. so while on the bog having a dump you can flick through the tracks that are playing in your bedroom.
Has potential for pranks at work - while you are bored in meetings you can make your computer pipe-up and play random shit haha.Like mattia said - coolest thing ive ever owned.
the only downside id say is not supporting flash and thats it.
HOWEVER there is an app that allows you to remotely control your home PC > so you see whatever is on your PC at home/work on your iphone screen and you can do EVERYTHING on your pc from wherever you are in the world. SO you could use it to surf flash sites i guess.
In fact aye - not being able to send MMS picture messages is a bit annoying, but hey - its got to be a bit of a godsend too though, no?
will save drunken mishaps lol.
When someone sends you a MMS it sends you a link to o2 then you just click on it and then see the image - no hassles.
And for sending an image, aye, youd send it via email to a person.
I dont think its too bad a drawback.
The camera is pretty damn crap on the phone anyuway - doesnt bother me though as ive usually got my digital on me.
- 23kon0
Im not a huge fan of Apple but this bit of kit is fucking amazing, really.
the design of the product itself is nice, feels good in the hand.the usability of EVERYTHING on the phone is so intuitive.
the phone doesnt come with a manual, it comes with a wee 6 page leaflet showing you some things you can do with it.
If this was a product from nokia/microsoft/sony then it wouldve come with the biggest manual youd ever seen.
- ********0
Maybe there should be an iPhone app that automatically searches all the other threads for your iPhone related questions. Or, perhaps more to the point, broadcasts to all other iPhone users that you intend on buying one and are actively seeking peer approval of your most excellent decision.
- FallowDeer0
just got that real football 2009 not bad for the iphone!
- 23kon0
i didnt do any homework for getting one.
just realised my contract with orange was nearly up, the latest phone out was the iphone and had everything i wanted from a phone
so just went and got one that morning.the guy in the shop asked if id been trying to get one for ages?
i replied nope and that id just decided that morning to come out and get one if it was available.
he laughed and said thats been quite a popular case - the people who werent really botherd about getting one and its been a spur of the moment thing, they are the people who have just walked into a shop and GOT one and been using it worry free.
And that its the people who'd been Qing for hours/overnight to get them on their initial launch are the ones who went home without a phone or suffered the technical difficulties with o2 having their systems overun with the mad rush to buy and register these phones.