i finally got an iphone 4

bingy_burge

kai666 wrote: »

I know but all this excitement over an over rated and over hyped phone

3 million + people must be wrong.

Enjoy not being an iphone user and if you can't bring anything to thread rather than negative remarks about a product millions of people like then why bother posting?

astrix21

I signed my son up this evening for a 24 month deal on-line, and paid for the phone with my credit card, and signed up my sons bank details for direct debit. A short time later my son got a phone call back refusing the contract as he has no credit rating, he's just left full time education (18) and in full time work but since he has no credit rating, so they cancelled his order. Well due to their attitude, I will be cancelling my long standing mobile phone contract with them and going else where next month :mad: T-Mobile the company that doesn't care :mad:

chuckley

boliston wrote: »

Hardware wise I don't think anything else can touch it as it has an amazing screen almost unreal. I hardly ever make voice calls so being cut off during a conversation would not affect me that much ;-)

Id say the HTC HD2...

timberflake

bigturnip wrote: »

Not if you want a signal.

It makes me laugh how everyone things its only iPhones that have this problem!

As if no other phones have ever cut out before! My Blackberry Bold 9700 did the same thing if you held it in the "wrong" place and so does my girlfriends HTC!

kai666

bingy_burge wrote: »

What makes its overated and overed hyped?

lets see...the 'revolutionary' features of the iphone 4

(limited) multitasking
video calling, but only to other iphones
copy and paste
no flash
folders

to name 5...which are so revolutionary that they have been around for years from other manufactures

also

there is the non removable battery
non expandable memory
only able to download from itunes etc etc

No denying it looks lovely, and does what it does very well. But an iphone doesn't do anything that other smartphones don't do, and often for a considerably longer time, but the marketing men would have you believe apple invented and pioneered the smartphone, when in fact they are playing catch up, all be with a well designed, pleasing to the eye interface

the only thing I will concede is the multitap, and pinch to zoom etc. That did raise the bar, but there is little or nothing else that did with the iphone.

And of course there is a premium to pay for having an iphone. It's not cheap, and you're not going to easily persuade your network to give it to you for 'free' without having a big monthly bill

bingy_burge wrote: »

3 million + people must be wrong.

Enjoy not being an iphone user and if you can't bring anything to thread rather than negative remarks about a product millions of people like then why bother posting?

I only said that i couldn't get excited about iphones, and that they were over rated. hardly the most savaging criticism. But then It's very easy to wind up apple fanboys

To the op, i hope you enjoy your new phone. Just because i don't want or like iphones. Doesn't mean the 3 million people quoted above shouldn't

BritRael

I am in the Middle East and a local friend has asked me to buy him one of these in the UK as they are much cheaper.

He wants the 32gb and un-locked. I've checked online and the Apple site does them at 599 pounds (with a 3 week wait). Does anywhere in the high street sell these over the counter?

Oscar_The_Grouch

kai666 wrote: »

lets see...the 'revolutionary' features of the iphone 4........

To the op, i hope you enjoy your new phone. Just because i don't want or like iphones. Doesn't mean the 3 million people quoted above shouldn't

Sing with me Kai: If you don't want an iPhone 4..... (clicky)

Oscar_The_Grouch

BritRael wrote: »

I am in the Middle East and a local friend has asked me to buy him one of these in the UK as they are much cheaper.

He wants the 32gb and un-locked. I've checked online and the Apple site does them at 599 pounds (with a 3 week wait). Does anywhere in the high street sell these over the counter?

Apple are the only ones selling the iPhone 4 without a contract and sim free. You would need to go to an Apple Store or order it online.

bingy_burge

astrix21 wrote: »

I signed my son up this evening for a 24 month deal on-line, and paid for the phone with my credit card, and signed up my sons bank details for direct debit. A short time later my son got a phone call back refusing the contract as he has no credit rating, he's just left full time education (18) and in full time work but since he has no credit rating, so they cancelled his order. Well due to their attitude, I will be cancelling my long standing mobile phone contract with them and going else where next month :mad: T-Mobile the company that doesn't care :mad:

Its a bit tough as when I was 18 I strolled in orange and took out a phone no probs.

I know they have got tighter in recent years. Some other networks ask for deposits, friend of mine went to go on 3 a few years ago and the wanted £150 up front when they where 18.

Your son needs to get a small o/d with the bank on a adult acc and start building a good credit rating.

It does work both ways if he tucked him into a £75 a month contract for 24 months some parents would ring up moaning he is only 18 blah blah.

chuckley

i agree with kai666, im yet to see anything NEW and WORTH the ridiculous HIGH price, with iphone that others cant do.

people blindy rave about the iphone without research. once you research smartphones you will realise just how BEHIND and overpriced iphones really r.