iphone!?

sid · 2 Jul 2007 at 22:34

Tunney said:
Apparently Bluetooth on the iPhone can only be used for headsets. No file transfer, modem use, PC sync, etc.

So it appears that Iphone isn't really that smart then.

More a souped up standard phone. Only smartphone feature on it is the Wifi + proper browser. Most phones come with camera,mp3 player + email + basic web browsing in any case.

Obviously you'd only buy for the UI, looks, style etc in any case.

sid

tuckenator · 3 Jul 2007 at 09:17

sid said:
So it appears that Iphone isn't really that smart then.

More a souped up standard phone. Only smartphone feature on it is the Wifi + proper browser.

I've even heard that the browser is pretty poor, and doesn't support the latest web standards or FLASH :eek:

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Not the best for a 'proper' browser, ha.

sid · 3 Jul 2007 at 10:38

tuckenator said:
I've even heard that the browser is pretty poor, and doesn't support the latest web standards or FLASH .

Not the best for a 'proper' browser, ha.

For the 3 devices listed above, you can use opera which is supposed to be the best.
In fact the browser on the p990i has tabbed browsing which is excellent. N80 S60v3 browser did the best rendering (possibly because of the high res screen). IE in WM5 wasn't best at all, I've tested opera beta on the PDA and it made excellent use of the VGA screen.

sid

nick112 · 3 Jul 2007 at 10:52

Anandtech have their full review up. Just reading through it now.

Linky

Gibbs · 3 Jul 2007 at 11:10

I wonder if you will be able to come out of your 12month contact and onto a new one for this when it comes to the UK. i believe AT&T allowed it.

As for price i see this thing coming in at £300-400 on top of a £45p/m contract

[Robster] · 3 Jul 2007 at 14:17

Was there any announcement yesterday about a UK release?

D33 · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:18

Are they going to be locked to one uk network over here?

amx · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:47

Rumour is that carphone warehouse will have a distribution deal, so there may be unlocked handsets available.

MofoKilla · 4 Jul 2007 at 09:51

It seems a very flimsy phone to me a lot like the lg prada,which a freind of mine had i think it last about 3 weeks befor the screen borked.

Just another gimmick me thinks.

Stick with nokia id say. :cool:

D33 · 4 Jul 2007 at 10:19

As much as I love Fisher Price, or Nokia as you call them, the iPhone has already been approved as a sturdy phone. Infact, if you look at the videos and reviews of people trying to take it apart they had a hell of a time. Couple that with the youtube review of the guy who put it in a bag of keys and change then shook / scrunched it around I'd say that the iPhone breaking is waaaaay down on peoples worry lists

LeoWyatt · 4 Jul 2007 at 11:25

amx said:
Rumour is that carphone warehouse will have a distribution deal, so there may be unlocked handsets available.

That was the rumour for the announcement on Monday which didn't happen. I think we'll probably hear something at MWSF08 now.

BoomAM · 4 Jul 2007 at 17:15

D33 said:
As much as I love Fisher Price, or Nokia as you call them...

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BoomAM · 4 Jul 2007 at 17:15

LeoWyatt said:
I think we'll probably hear something at MWSF08 now.

At what?

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clv101 · 4 Jul 2007 at 17:25

BoomAM said:
At what? .

Mac World San Francisco 2008?

BoomAM · 4 Jul 2007 at 17:38

clv101 said:
Mac World San Francisco 2008?

Ah.
Thanks.

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LeoWyatt · 5 Jul 2007 at 11:04

BoomAM said:
At what? .

heh sorry shouldn't have abbreviated that

Tunney · 5 Jul 2007 at 11:39

Surprisingly, it looks like O2 will be carrying it in the UK at a price of around £300.

Gonzo0 · 5 Jul 2007 at 11:59

woohoo my o2 contract runs out at the time of the 'supposed' iPhone release, wonder if they will upgrade me to it for free??

Alex_L · 5 Jul 2007 at 12:02

Not sure who's going to buy it at that price, seems far too high for the UK market especially considering that it will be on at least an 18 month contract at about £40-50 pm going by the US prices.

No-One · 5 Jul 2007 at 18:14

It looks like the iphone is missing functions that may not be commonly used in the states but are here. The main ones I can name off the top of my head are 3g (still no definate word on weather the european version will have it), video recording and media messaging. Give me an N95 over an iphone any day.