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Do you plan on buying an iPhone?
1/1: Do you plan on buying an iPhone?
Other polls | 5,633 votes | 51 comments
Other...
Living in Canada, I will wait until it is available through some provider up here. I want it! Looks so cool.
Other...
re: canadia, a long chat w/ cingular informed me that unlike verizon they have no plan to offer a... um... plan that would include calls to/from nafta countries, instead suggesting that perhaps while their Canada Package of $5/mo would enable you to receive/send calls FROM canada for minutes + $.50, their rollover model (your unused minutes get credited to next month's) should make up for the difference.
Other...
Actually, Rogers will be the Canadian provider for iPhone and it'll probably take about a year to get everything ready.
Other...
My email reply from Roger's:
Other...
Being the only GSM phone provider, Rogers is the only one who can support the iPhone. Also, I think you can keep your cell. no. now when you change providers.
Other...
Why do you need to change number if you change provider?
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This poll needs another item:
And Also
Another option is needed: "I'm still considering the monthly service fee."
Cingular
Cingular sucks. My dad and sister had a lot of problems being overcharged and having bad reception and all kinds of bad stuff with them. I've been using T-Mobile since I moved to the USA and I have no complaints. I can browse the web and check my POP email on my Nokia Symbian phone for $5 per month, unlimited data and my phone is an EDGE phone. I have a feeling Cingular is going to be a lot more expensive and with all the bad stories from my family I don't want to switch. Plus I'm on a contract with T-Mobile. If it was unlocked, supported EDGE and GSM, I'd seriously consider getting one.
Cingular
Every phone company sucks to someone, and every phone company is the greatest to someone.
Cingular
I'm with you on both, as a former (very unhappy) Cingular customer and a current (very happy) T-Mobile customer. I generally tend to think that every big company has its share of demons, but I've found T-Mobile's customer service to be exemplary in the few instances in which I've needed to talk to them. (Rarely needing to talk to a phone company is the best kind of customer service.)
Cingular
I switched from Cingular to T-Mobile to get a free phone, and I miss Cingular. I thought their service and coverage were much better (at least in my area).
Cingular
Another fairly happy cingular customer here (also from Milwaukee).
Probably not
Working from home, I don't have a lifestyle where an iPhone would be useful at all. I have a cell phone (through Cingular, because AT&T should be the only phone company around) that stays in my truck, which I'll turn on if I happen to go somewhere on the weekend so my girlfriend can call and ask me to get lightbulbs or whatever we might be out of. I have a 1st generation iPod that I used to use every day when I worked at an office. Now it only gets used when we go on trips and I plug it into the stereo in the truck.
Other
I have a cell phone that I never use, so buying the iPhone would be a waste of money. I would be too scared to carry it and risk losing or damaging it. I also have not once talked to someone on my cell phone, so I have no need for one anyway. I would probably end up only using the iPod and video part of it (but then I could just buy a regular iPod, right?)
3G / HSDPA
I will be getting one the very second they've got 3G. But probably not before.
Another Other
I'm Canadian too, so will have to wait and see. It will definately depend on the provider. I've heard it might be the one that starts with an R and ends with an s, and that would sure be a shame. I wouldn't give them another dime :)
Another Other
Nobody else in Canada has GSM network. If you want to have through one of the two crappy CDMA providers, you'll have to wait till they produce the phones for Asia, as those will (almost certainly have to) be CDMA based phones.
Other ...
I have a Treo 650, there are only two things the iPhone has that the Treo doesn't (that I care about)..
Unfortunately not
I have a problem when it comes to buying phones, a new one every 6 months or so, i use them a lot, and am very particular, so I am always willing to jump to the latest greatest.
Unfortunately not
As of January 2008, it will be illegal to operate your Blackberry while driving (without handsfree gear).
Not at that price.
I hope there will be a nice used/refurb market in time. I bought 3g ipods last year for a great price. I don't mind being behind when there is that much money on the line.
No to Cingular
I said "No", but I would actually like to say "Yes, just not with Cingular". I'll wait until it comes out in Europe. Hopefully over there it'll be unlocked. Then I'll bring it back and use it on T-Mobile.
It's going to take a long time....
I voted "Yes, as soon as available in my area", but being that area Mexico, I guess it's going to take a very long time before I can get one.
Don't own a cell phone
and don't want a cell phone.
Don't own a cell phone
I'm with you... cellphones are the single biggest irritant in modern society :)
I don't get it
Hey, I like my Mac as much as the next guy, but I really don't understand all this gushing over a phone with a low-end iPod built in. To all the people who are waiting for it to be "unlocked", I have to think you are going to be waiting a loooong time. I've heard a lot of speculation about it running OS X, but I really don't think so. The iPod doesn't, so why sould this? Plus, Apple has already stated that there will be no 3rd party software allowed on the device and no outside development allowed. I'm no legal expert, but I think that would violate the licensing of Darwin - so no OS X there.
I don't get it
Plus, Apple has already stated that there will be no 3rd party software allowed on the device and no outside development allowed. I'm no legal expert, but I think that would violate the licensing of Darwin - so no OS X there. First, Apple and no one from Apple has said that. To paraphrase they stated that software distribution will have to be limited. All software will be sold through Apple but "that doesn't mean that it has to be Apple who writes the software." There is a precedent for this on the iPod where 3rd party developers can write software (games) for newer iPods, but the only way to purchase/install the software is via the iTunes music store. Secondly Apple owns the rights to Darwin, so while if another company was to base a phone on Darwin they would have to release the source code, Apple is totally within their legal rights to keep the changes to make darwin run on the phone completely secret. Apple owns the code, they don't license it like someone else would. MySQL does the exact same thing, they release their code GPL, but you can buy a commercial license with a different level of support from them if you wish. There are a lot of things we don't know yet, especially with how to get access to programming environments and the API, but just stating that it is impossible when there are quotes from Steve Jobs himself stating that this is untrue only helps to spread fud against the device. Will this be a perfect device for you or me? Who knows until it ships, but let's not present speculation as fact.
Darwin is not GPL
Darwin came from a BSD license lineage, thus no modified code needs to be released.
Needs more Software!
That thing needs full 3rd party software support. Otherwise it's just not worth it.
Buy an iPhone not an option
I don't live that far from Cupertino, but Cingular isn't available where I live and it's not likely that it ever will be. (Note: Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular are, just to name a few, but not Cingular). So, it really doesn't matter how good the iPhone is, what features it has, how good Cingular's service is or isn't, or how much it costs; I physically can't buy one.
WiFi - unbundled
The iPhone appeals to me as an IP communicator with the cellphone as an adjunct. I would buy an iPhone only if I had unrestricted and unbundled usage in areas where I had access to Wireless LAN. HSDPA/3G has no appeal to me - too many cents/bit. Edge/2.5G is just fine for voice use outside of WiFi areas.
Closed platform
There's no way that I'm going to buy that expensive a portable device unless it's an open platform. Even if Apple decides to sell third-party apps for the iPhone, the fact that they insist on controlling distribution probably indicates that we won't see VoIP, instant messaging, or other applications that might interfere with Cingular's income. And programming the iPhone for my own purposes would probably be more trouble than it's worth. (Let alone the fact that Cingular is horrible in the Gainesville area. Of course they have the least dropped calls: One can never place a call in the first place.) I hate to have to admit this here, but whatever model I end up choosing as my next cell phone, it will almost certainly run on Windows Mobile.
Closed platform
Agreed in full!
Other
As soon as
Is this a usable *mobile* phone at all?
I mean, really. It looks very much as if it just may suck as a phone.
I want one but...
I don't want to sign up with Cingular. I travel a lot and have excellent coverage with Verizon. I won't buy an iPhone until it's compatible with Verizon -- then I'm likely to be first in line.
Eventually...
I'll end up with one eventually (when my Nokia dies) but in the meantime the AppleTV widget is much higher on my priority list.
Purple Elephant in the Room
No option for no freakin' way am I paying that much for a phone?!
I'll pass
While there are some really interesting aspects to the iPhone, it's clear after some examination that Apple is a newbie to making cell phones. There are fundamentals they just don't get yet:
I'll pass
1) no replaceable battery. This isn't an ipod, it's a communication device that some people NEED 100% accessibility with. That means when your battery goes dead, you swap in another one. This is not possible with the iPhone.
Yep. People walk around with spare cell phone batteries in their pockets so they can swap them out when they forget to charge the phone up the previous night. FUD #1. 2) clumsy or impossible to operate with a single hand. I can operate my phone with one hand. This is handy. By itself, not quite a deal killer, but #1 alone is and this one almost is. How do you know? You haven't used one before. FUD #2. 3) cannot protect cover. You can put a case on an ipod and still operate the wheel. You can't with the iPhone. It requires the touch of your finger. The only thing you can protect is the sides and back. Ditto with clamshell phones. Gotta flip the clamshell up to access the phone. First accessory out for this will be a clamshell cover. FUD #3. 4) heavily restricted software. With all the PDA/Smart Phones out there that you can download apps for, Apple's missing the boat playing the restrictive card. How do you know? You haven't used the product. You're going off of rumors. FUD #4. And there's more, too, but I'll stop here. Good. It was getting boring. For me, this isn't even a prototype. They need to go back to the drawing board and find a way to solve these key problems before iPhone will ever be a real player in the market. 2001 is calling. It wants the iPod rant back.
Locked in
No - I won't buy this for the same I don't have an iPod - the lock in to Apple for everything else. OSX is significantly weakened by its attempt to force you to use .Mac, sure there are ways around it, but they don't have the easyness or flow that you expect from Apple. This attitude at Apple is what will keep me away from an iPhone, an assumption that instead of facilitating communications it will attempt to drive you to Apple-owned channels (e.g. if it does voice, I bet its limited to iChat, rather than allowing Skype, or VoIP)
Locked in
I'm against being locked into technologies I don't like. I have no problem with the iPod. I can rip my own CDs and import them just fine. I don't want a soft copy only of my music because computers die or get stolen.
FUD = Fanboi Ulimately Delusional
I've been a Mac fan since the mid 80s and even worked at Apple for a while. I'm still a Mac user. So to accuse me of spreading FUD when I bring up valid points is absurd:
Yep. People walk around with spare cell phone batteries in their pockets so they can swap them out when they forget to charge the phone up the previous night. FUD #1.
How do you know? You haven't used one before. FUD #2.
Ditto with clamshell phones. Gotta flip the clamshell up to access the phone. First accessory out for this will be a clamshell cover. FUD #3.
How do you know? You haven't used the product. You're going off of rumors. FUD #4.
I'm glad you're jazzed about the iPhone. I think it brings alot of creative ideas to the market. I think if you buy 1.0, you will become rapidly disappointed with it in that it needs further refinement as a PHONE. When that comes, I'll be happy to jump on the bandwagon. But I'm not going to be a fanboi that's blind to reality.
History repeating
It's like I'm watching a re-run of the first iPod launch, six years ago. "It's pricey, it's not open, it doesn't have recording features, it doesn't have a FM tuner, it only has 5 GB of disk space, ...".
Yeah, yeah. Let's see when the iPhone is finished and actually available. Five months from now (in the USA), maybe ten months (in Europe) – for the in-house Apple developers it's a time interval next to eternity.
yes with a caveat...
in the next 6 months I will need to be convinced by the further features they roll out and what decision gets made for 3rd party app support. I do want this, but i feel like the dev. community support of the phone could be a real breaking point for me.
Cell phones...
I guess I understand both your positions. Yes, there are loads of people who use phones inconsiderately, have them set to ludicrously annoying ringtones, and shout into them. And yes, there are employers who use them to take over their employees' lives.
No crippling please...
I know most of these are "me too's":
Other
It depends on what they add to future versions. Currently, with only an 8 GB drive it wouldn't even be able to replace my iPod, let alone be remotely useful for watching movies on. The battery life seems too short for something that I'm going to use for listening to music, making calls, and web browsing. And it's not clear that it will even run Terminal for me to use ssh in. Combined with the price, it's not nearly worth it for me at this point. On the other hand, if future versions fix these problems and really make it an effective handheld computer, then I would probably get one.
Cingular is a horrible cell phone company..
GSM seems nice, but Cingular has never been a good company to work with and shows no signs of improving. I have had to call the PUC on them multiple times for overcharging me as much as $400 and refusing to refund it - in the end, after intervention, they did. Their customer service is surly-polite, if you know what I mean. Getting to a live person is an exercise in patience, the phone menu is practically never ending. So, I will hold off till they have a CDMA version that works with Verizon - and, no I am not a giant fan of Verizon, but compared to Cingular, there is no contest.
Sent Back a Treo 700P
Located in British Columbia, Canada. As a result, when the iPhone does get released we will be behind the power curve and will be lucky if service is available here within the year. However, by the time we see it up here many bugs will be worked out with the iPhone firmly into version 2 or even 3. 3rd party software will be embraced and the prices will have come down with memory storage going up. |
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