iPhone- Mac's newest revolutionary product, or over-ambitious marketing scheme?

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#1 mikeg0788
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I think it owns, but its had a bit of criticism surrounding it also. The user interface, which is supposed to be extremely easy, looks a bit confusing and hard to navigate. Overall it would depend on the price and storage capacity before id consider it. It looks freaking amazing though. Im still waiting on a gaming system from Apple. >_>http://www.apple.com/iphone/
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#2 ViVaLaMaTT
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Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.
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Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.ViVaLaMaTT
iKnow what you mean....heh heh see wat i did thar
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#4 sh4d0wc4st3r
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pshhh... any company can make ONE good phone and not make others... I'm not impressed.   Like, what if Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia, only spent there time making one phone?  and in this case, money isn't a problem.  Remember, Samsung already has a 10 megapixel cellphone in Korea and this one is only 2, my crap Sony Ericson has 2 megapix... (I think it's Korea btw)
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[QUOTE="ViVaLaMaTT"]Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.plumbervspirate
iKnow what you mean....heh heh see wat i did thar

lol @ sig
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#6 ShadowFrog
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it'll probably sell well just because it's made by apple and it'll remind people of an iPod

as for myself.. i think it's awesome

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#7 format_kid
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You guys should be happy that now this and the iPod are the only two things in their product line with it. Anyway, I don't think it's over ambitious, but I have yet to decide if it's the next revolutionary product. It's just business I guess, they're taking the iPod phone already made by Motorola to the next level.
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#8 Hershey07
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The phone looks amazing...but ridiculously expensive for a phone...
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#9 mikeg0788
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pshhh... any company can make ONE good phone and not make others... I'm not impressed.   Like, what if Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia, only spent there time making one phone?  and in this case, money isn't a problem.  Remember, Samsung already has a 10 megapixel cellphone in Korea. (I think it's Korea btw)sh4d0wc4st3r
This is their first venture into the cell phone business..and its still better than any of those other brands you listed. And a 10 mp camera on a phone? link.
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#10 Stupid-Bastard
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Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.ViVaLaMaTT
Lowercase vowel + Short, easy to remember noun = Lots of money
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#11 Ace_V0rn
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Maby that hand needs to cut its fingernails, caus thay look nasty... But thats apple for ya.:?:roll:
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#12 mikeg0788
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Maby that hand needs to cut its fingernails, caus thay look nasty... But thats apple for ya.:?:roll: Ace_V0rn
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Apple needs to resurrect the Pippin as the iPippin, and we can all game in the comfort of our living rooms with the batarang.
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pshhh... any company can make ONE good phone and not make others... I'm not impressed.   Like, what if Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia, only spent there time making one phone?  and in this case, money isn't a problem.  Remember, Samsung already has a 10 megapixel cellphone in Korea and this one is only 2, my crap Sony Ericson has 2 megapix... (I think it's Korea btw)sh4d0wc4st3r

All cellphone cameras are garbage. The sensor may indeed be whatever number of megapixels, but the quality you're going to get will never equal the cheapest of digital cameras rated at the same resolution.

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[QUOTE="sh4d0wc4st3r"]pshhh... any company can make ONE good phone and not make others... I'm not impressed.   Like, what if Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia, only spent there time making one phone?  and in this case, money isn't a problem.  Remember, Samsung already has a 10 megapixel cellphone in Korea. (I think it's Korea btw)mikeg0788
This is their first venture into the cell phone business..and its still better than any of those other brands you listed. And a 10 mp camera on a phone? link.

Its still going to take crap pictures. You can have a huge pixel count but if you have a crappy sensor (you bet the sensor is a piece of crap on a phone) it won't make the picture any better. Sure it'll be a little nicer, but it won't be anywhere near as good as the quality as the real camera's with 10MP i.e. - SLRs.
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#16 kodex1717
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According to the Engadget keynote transcript, it says it's $499 for the 4GB and $599 for the 8GB.
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#17 ferrari20091
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actually it looks pretty easy to use and easy!
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#18 Xbox360gamer1
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I like it.I have Cingular,I don't have the $$$$.

I mean it is like new $500 phone or 2 zunes/ipods,Geforce 8800GTX, 24" LCD monitor, New PC part, a PS3 or a whole bunch of ****.
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#19 Shaigus
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If I needed a smart phone I would get the iPhone, but I don't really need anything other than a fairly basic phone (and I use the term need loosely)
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#20 Foolio1
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All I know is I don't want to spend the same amount as a PS3 for a cell phone.
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#21 CHAOSWEAV3R
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Oh boy, iPhone. How original. $500 is ridiculous. That's way too much for a phone, even one that is part-ipod. And it runs OS X? You know what that means. It's going to suck. I bet everyone will buy it because it's made by Apple and starts with "i". :(
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#22 Shaigus
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[QUOTE="CHAOSWEAV3R"]Oh boy, iPhone. How original. $500 is ridiculous. That's way too much for a phone, even one that is part-ipod. And it runs OS X? You know what that means. It's going to suck. I bet everyone will buy it because it's made by Apple and starts with "i". :(


what's funny is that I've said that about smart phones that run some form of windows...
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#23 FragStains
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I have an mp3 player, I have a cell phone, and I don't require myself to be connected to the internet wherever I go. This is the stupidest $500 a person could spend. Unless, of course, they just crawled out from underneath a rock.
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#24 SDog624
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I have an mp3 player, I have a cell phone, and I don't require myself to be connected to the internet wherever I go. This is the stupidest $500 a person could spend. Unless, of course, they just crawled out from underneath a rock.FragStains


not everyone is like you. dont post opinions as facts
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#26 FragStains
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[QUOTE="FragStains"]I have an mp3 player, I have a cell phone, and I don't require myself to be connected to the internet wherever I go. This is the stupidest $500 a person could spend. Unless, of course, they just crawled out from underneath a rock.SDog624


not everyone is like you. dont post opinions as facts

My opinion is fact...to me.  The proposition of spending $500 for a phone/audio player/internet browser/stylish accessory is ridiculous to me.
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#27 1ND1FF3R3NT
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[QUOTE="ViVaLaMaTT"]Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.plumbervspirate
iKnow what you mean....heh heh see wat i did thar

for some reason that made me laugh really hard.

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#28 M-e-t-h-o-d-206
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it looks huge
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Long nails...
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[QUOTE="ViVaLaMaTT"]Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.Stupid-Bastard
Lowercase vowel + Short, easy to remember noun = Lots of money

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#31 xOMICRONx
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If the price were $399 and $499 for a 30 GB or 80 GB, than mabye I would consider it, but $500 bucks for the same storage as a Nano, definetly not :roll:
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#32 xelloss88
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I might hold off until iPhone Gen 2, 1. Because I am locked in a Verizon Contract and 2. Because 8 GB wouldn't be enough music space. I really don't want to bother with having to take my music off and on all the time. But its a sweet phone and if it was more like 300 I would pick one up.
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[QUOTE="sh4d0wc4st3r"]pshhh... any company can make ONE good phone and not make others... I'm not impressed. Like, what if Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia, only spent there time making one phone? and in this case, money isn't a problem. Remember, Samsung already has a 10 megapixel cellphone in Korea and this one is only 2, my crap Sony Ericson has 2 megapix... (I think it's Korea btw)DJ_Lae

All cellphone cameras are garbage. The sensor may indeed be whatever number of megapixels, but the quality you're going to get will never equal the cheapest of digital cameras rated at the same resolution.

Most phone can't focus, change MP setting or....have a flash
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#34 bigglesbear
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[QUOTE="sh4d0wc4st3r"]pshhh... any company can make ONE good phone and not make others... I'm not impressed. Like, what if Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia, only spent there time making one phone? and in this case, money isn't a problem. Remember, Samsung already has a 10 megapixel cellphone in Korea and this one is only 2, my crap Sony Ericson has 2 megapix... (I think it's Korea btw)DJ_Lae

All cellphone cameras are garbage. The sensor may indeed be whatever number of megapixels, but the quality you're going to get will never equal the cheapest of digital cameras rated at the same resolution.

my 2 mega pixel phone looks as good as my 2 mega pixel camera (and no its not a crappy camera)
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#35 sh4d0wc4st3r
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[QUOTE="sh4d0wc4st3r"]pshhh... any company can make ONE good phone and not make others... I'm not impressed.   Like, what if Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia, only spent there time making one phone?  and in this case, money isn't a problem.  Remember, Samsung already has a 10 megapixel cellphone in Korea. (I think it's Korea btw)mikeg0788
This is their first venture into the cell phone business..and its still better than any of those other brands you listed. And a 10 mp camera on a phone? link.

featuring the Samsung SCH-B600

edit:  turns out that Samsung one has satelite TV and TV-Out ports...

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#36 Squid_man
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I might get one just so that I can get rid of my horrible Virgin Mobile AudioVox.
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#37 Cajones_Del_Mar
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WOW this looks awesome actually, 8GB dayum, very intriging.. mb its time to update... hmm 5 hours talk time, is that a lot?
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#38 Cajones_Del_Mar
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who are teh carriers?
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#39 sh4d0wc4st3r
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who are teh carriers?Cajones_Del_Mar
Cingular
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#40 ernie1989
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Looks really nice, but also looks expensive.
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#41 mobomasterguru
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No matter what the naysayers think, it will surely sell alot.

BTW, will there be any more new generations in the Ipod line ?

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#42 deactivated-5d6f36542503f
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Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.ViVaLaMaTT

Seriously. Watch. They're going to make a video game console and call it the iBall.

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#43 kyleali11
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yea, next year when i get a phone itll be that
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#44 zanzibar_land
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Another one bites the dust. YEAH!! Another one bites the dust.
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#45 south411
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[QUOTE="ViVaLaMaTT"]Im getting tired of them naming everything with "i" at the beginning.plumbervspirate
iKnow what you mean....heh heh see wat i did thar

i see what you did there...
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#46 jodamn
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As for the hardware, it seems like a pretty cool phone if money isn't significant. It'd be even cooler if/when they open it up to third-party app development.

However, many of the iphone advertisements (and there are a lot) come across as extremely oversimplifying and kinda condescending. "Wow, I can finally get email on my phone! And look at maps! And listen to music!" ... none of these features are cutting edge, and none were pioneered with the phone. The touch-screen interface was new (as far as I know), so it's fine to go all-out marketing that, but I feel like they take credit for too much.