*** The all new iPhone 4 thread - Keep all iPhone 4 stuff in here ***

Tute said:
And conversely, this is wrong as well. Engadget are just trying to score points with Apple.

I would say that if you have money and want the best, it's down to the Desire/iP4 at the very top of the tree, neck and neck. There is no "correct" choice - all I would suggest is that a prospective buyer tries both and goes from there. As Robbo said, there's also the Galaxy S to consider as well.

And... breathe. :p
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Most of the people, most of the time. Android isn't refined or polished enough for most people. Within the tech/geek community, then yeah then Android is about on par overall.

A lot of people would struggle to do simple tasks like drag and drop music from a folder on their pc to the mobile device when it's plugged in. Whereas iTunes makes it easy for them.
The iTunes, App Store & iPhone combo enables people that are not tech savvy to be able to do lots, this is the mass appeal of the iPhone IMO, and why it still rules the roost overall.
 
It's taken me a bit longer than I wanted to organise and I won't get my iPhone 4 at launch unfortunately but I've ordered SIM free from Apple and signed up to a 12 month iPhone Simplicity contact with O2 - £15 per Month: 300 mins, Unlimited texts, Data and Wifi this will then revert to a rolling 30 day contract after the initial 12 months are up still at £15. Job Done! :)
 
Scottland said:
A lot of people would struggle to do simple tasks like drag and drop music from a folder on their pc to the mobile device when it's plugged in. Whereas iTunes makes it easy for them.
The iTunes, App Store & iPhone combo enables people that are not tech savvy to be able to do lots, this is the mass appeal of the iPhone IMO, and why it still rules the roost overall.
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That's really Apple's overall philosophy, "technology for idiots".
 
QwaF said:
Will anyone else be at the Arndale Apple store at 8am tomorrow morning?
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I might be, I have the morning off work. It would be by far the most pathetic thing I have ever done in my life though lol. No I just can't see it happening, I might just pop in after work. Or maybe... I just don't know yet. I have one reserved anyway :D

I am definately not gonna stand in a HUGE queue. I would rather stroll about the arndale centre and pop into the other phone shops to see what offers they have on.
 
Valo said:
It's taken me a bit longer than I wanted to organise and I won't get my iPhone 4 at launch unfortunately but I've ordered SIM free from Apple and signed up to a 12 month iPhone Simplicity contact with O2 - £15 per Month: 300 mins, Unlimited texts, Data and Wifi this will then revert to a rolling 30 day contract after the initial 12 months are up still at £15. Job Done! :)
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Does the simplicity contract start when you get your phone, or does it start when you get the sim?
 
I reckon there will be a shortage in the same way the 3G was in short supply during it's release. Most people were still under contract when the 3Gs arrived and that was hardly a leap for the most part.

This iP4 has both 3G owners chasing after them, and a lot of 3Gs owners seemingly buying out their contracts in order to grab them.
 
Kappa said:
Vodafone have just rung me. They're phoning round now taking orders to whoever expressed interest.

If you're waiting for them I suggest you get on the phone NOW!

They will be shipping them tomorrow, for arrival on Friday.

I ordered a 32GB Black, £189 on the £45/m tariff (18mth)
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o2 have just done the same thing for me. Ordered a 16Gb black. o2 claim I will receive the phone tomorrow. I hope so as I'm going on holiday on Friday :o
 
e36Adz said:
I might be, I have the morning off work. It would be by far the most pathetic thing I have ever done in my life though lol. No I just can't see it happening, I might just pop in after work. Or maybe... I just don't know yet. I have one reserved anyway :D

I am definately not gonna stand in a HUGE queue. I would rather stroll about the arndale centre and pop into the other phone shops to see what offers they have on.
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I was gonna stroll in about 9ish, but a quick reality check, I've decided no. Friday morning though.

Hard to say, but I'm hoping and thinking "they cant run out in the first day?" They must be better prepared than that? The creating a big demand for it by purposely not having enough stock, there's no need now is there, just doesnt make sense financially.

All those suicides at the Foxconn plant was them cranking up production?
 
HypnoToad said:
it's a definite improvement, i can see it selling by the bucket load
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That's for sure, the iPhone 4 is a really nice specced phone I particularly like the touch to focus feature, it looks quite nice too, but it doesn't offer enough/anything over current/impending Android phones to justify the move from Android to iPhone OS.
 
YORK 23/06/2010 Out for delivery

:D


Jut rang them in excitement, they confirmed its tomorrow delivery for sure, anytime throughout the day tho, working till 3 anyway :p
 
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Wingz said:
It looks like Apple may of underclocked the Iphone 4 so it would run cooler and increase battery life.
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Indeed. I was hoping they wouldn't do that... Have you learnt this from an early review? The A4/Arm does have the ability to switch of it's independant units at will to save power though.
 
Avalon said:
Tesco only do mobile sign up in selected stores for contracts afaik. The local one to me only has PAYG, the larger one a few miles away has a dedicated Tesco Mobile section.


Will Tesco actually be given an allocation ? They are just a virtual provider after all, the provisioning is done through O2 and we already know that the big operators are going to be on small stock allocations at launch anyway thanks to apple effectively stitching up the networks and conducting the only pre-allocation itself.

The interesting thing about this is if the apple stores are as awful as anticipated I wonder how many people will just walk to the nearest network store as most of the retail environments apple are in are also close to network stores. If that happens then I can see a lot of those reserved handsets going back to available come 9am on the 25th. Launch day +1 for anyone who missed out.
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http://www.tesco.com/storelocator/

Search for one with a "phone store", my closest one said they have some ready for tomorrow :)
 
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