Why I bought an Iphone 3G
 

Having used the:

Treo 650,700WX,750P
Samsung Smartphone
HTC Mogul and HTC Touch

I came to the conclusion that even though I loved tinkering with many of these phones. None of them where extremely reliable or user friendly out of the box.

The HTC Touch was most definitly the best phone I have ever had, but everytime I had a nice clean rom, whether oem or custom, after a while it always came with problems.

Soft reset was always a must withi 3-4 days to keep things running. It was either a good phone or a good PDA, but never both. Lets face it. Windows Mobile isn't as stable as most high use consumers would like it to be.

I do think HTC rules the market with user friendly layouts especially on the new Diamond, but I couldn't wait.

-The Iphone is super user friendly and a lot of things just make sense. Dialing a number the feedback is actually realtime instead of a beep and a number showing up a moment later

-You can actually browse the web really well. Though Opera 9 came very very close, but again buggy.

-It's an Ipod, duhh

-Visual voicemail. Just like the Instinct. :-)

- User interface has NO lag at all. It just works.

Things I don't like about the Iphone

- No video

- Not a great camera

- ATT is more expensive, but the coverage is much better (I'm a pilot and coverage was a big issue with Sprint)

- No external storage

- 3G is faster, but no EVDO rev. A

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the pro will be better than the iphone

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i was debating the switch aswell... i think the iphone is neat but wm spoiled me with the amount of custumization it offers. i love how i can go away from ppcgeeks for a week and come back to new things to play with.
i live outside of chicago and sprints coverage is phenomenal, the best out here... if wm7 sucks when its released, i think i might get an android phone, and if that doesnt cut it, maybe THEN ill try the iphone or what ever apple has to offer.

good luck to you. Fly High Brother!

EDIT: wow i didnt even check ur name til after i posted lol

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Good luck with it. I still personally think the iphone doesnt even compare, but to each his own.

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I totally agree with you, for me I do not travel a lot that's way Sprint is just fine with me, and the speed I am satisfied so far, and I think one reason that most of Sprint phones are crippled is that they just missing them up with their customization and the limitations they put in them, I hope to see one day a phone that Sprint leave as is let us enjoy the smoothness of the manufacture operating system or user interface, despite the fact that most of us will have the joy of customize it as they wish.

Having said that, I think it is your situation and needs that suggest the best phone+plan+carrier combination that best suits you.

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Damn still no video for the iphone 3g? Anyways, best of luck to you with your new venture to the iphone.

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...wow typing that probably takes longer than typing normal... i didnt bother to read all of it, but please post like everyone else. so anyways, I'm getting the diamond when it's out, the iphone just can't compare because WM is so customizable. I really hope WM7 will beat apple's OS... wouldn't you be disappointed if WM7 was released and we were able to upgrade with a MUCH better GUI thank apple's? i know i'd be... lol

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no wonder ceo. dont post he dont have an s key on his keyboard! have fun with iphone love my touch, cant wait for the pro

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How long until this thread gets moved to the basement
phone comparisons would be my guess... and i'd say in less than 24 hrs :D

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already been done...

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Hey Juggs, just quoting you to give props for the incredible splash page animation on the DH rom. =D>

And to the new iPhone poster. Enjoy your phone, but it does NOT compare to the Touch with the DH rom. I have already made one iPhone owner jealous. I thought I wanted the iPhone, too, but now I am loving my Touch!!!

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slap an 8gb micros sd card in the touch and use ifonz and whammy you have an iphone but better...oh and if your battery goes wonky on the touch...you can just replace it with another one

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the battery thing is funny you made my night lol

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I own the mogUl and the iPhone but the iphone is wow the best device I have ever used I'm in it right now it's just great no lag and no ram 2worry about but I'm getting the toucch pro aswell so instead if yu guys being cheap y don't you get both like me LOL

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cuz if you have sprint, like me, you'd have to have 2 separate plans/numbers... not worth it :)

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another thing is when u have both...one tends to get neglected.

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sort of like a wife and a girlfriend...

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not always!
in fact, just recently re-flashed the 6700 w/ a new WM 6.1 ROM and added WAD3
perhaps its different for different people... :D

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woah.. i just had a flashback..

me sitting at home on my 486 with 14.4K modem on AOL... :eek:

oh yeah.. good luck to the guy with the new iphone

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First I started with my mogul plain interface, got hooked up to this site and got HTC home and customizer, got bored and got pointui a few day later I got SPB mobile shell regular, later I customized it with the diamond theme and the posibilities are endless that's just for the User Interface, not to mention the lots of programs and utilities many of them for free.
I'm not an Iphone hater either but for me to go and get an Iphone it would have to be more than just a pretty phone with a nice interface.

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I loved the diamond theme for SPB MS but I was shocked when I saw it taking up almost 6 MB of memory. I had to go back to the default skin (less than 2).

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What I think is fascinating is that almost everyone that picks the Touch/Mogul over the iPhone never even owned an iPhone.

Now I agree that in my opinion that both the Touch and the Mogul are superior to the FIRST generation iPhone, but the iPhone 3G beats them in many ways.

- But you can't customize the iPhone, people say.
- WRONG, a jailbroken iPhone can be customized just like a Touch/Mogul though currently there aren't as many programs as for a WM phone

Yeah the fact is it is a pretty phone with a nice interface, but that is exactly why its a great phone AND pda. The hardware is great just like other APPLE products such as a Macbook pro.

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Will AT&T offer me a SERO plan? no? No, thanks

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I am a Mac guy myself. but i can not own an iPhone especially the new one. I would end up home less paying for the plan. Isnt over $100 for a plan with unlimited texts? I have unlimited everything except minutes (1000 anytime) and insurance, for around $50/month. if att come anywhere close to that i would consider. it is annoying having a winblows phone and and then my beautiful macbook. syncing and compatibility issues are quite a nuissance. thank god for bluetooth.

honestly the 2.0 update for the iPhone is incredible. you dont know squatt about mobile gaming until you play Monkeyball on an iPhone. I want an iPhone just for that. lol.

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I agree that the plan price sucks. That is the biggest reason why I had doubts. However the price/coverage ratio is worth it to me especially with my job. I have gotten in trouble not returning missed calls simply because sprint's coverage wasn't that great.

I actually think that Verizon is even better than AT&T coverage wise in the US, but AT&T is great overseas. Great for a pilot :-)

Now I do get 19% discount through US Airways, so it helps a bit, but you're right it is at least twice as much per month compared to my old sero plan.

Is it worth it? I didn't thnk so at first, but after I see how many features I use on the iPhone and how much mobile browsing I do compared to my touch. Phewwww I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Just my $.02

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The iPhone 3g doesn't support video?

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Just jailbreak it. :twisted: i found out today that good ol' apple pulled a sprint/htc move and disabled some features of the phone. once you jailbreak your iPhone you can have zoom and video, but i believe its only :20 seconds at a time. :disgust:

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So right out of the box you can't transfer video files from your computer to it? If that's the case then that's my deciding factor to just wait for the X1 :headbang:

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htc dream is going to rape everything in its path.

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Sprint won't offer you a SERO plan now either.

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No I meant no video recording, just pictures, it does indeed record video up to 30 seconds if you jailbreak it, but I posted the negatives before you start messing with it.

I'm sure they will come out with something soon that increased the recording opertunity

What video transfer concerns, I just watch hi def comparison of Minority report on my iPhone.

Video

• http://images.apple.com/iphone/image...eo20080609.jpg Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

straight from the apple website

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thats why all the smart ones are already on their sero plans.

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good luck with your new phone and as many other touch users i agree that the iphone is a different phone than ours i could go on and on pointing the all
that the touch can do just as you did but like another fellow geek said to all his own i know this is the most awesome phone i got and my personal touch is a must for me one thing that i wanted a phone that could do everything my pc can and i assure you my touch can theres only one thing it doesnt do burn cds/dvds but im sure well get that in the near future :headbang:

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check out this video on the iphone

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bz1Qhe3Vcx0

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The one thing i will say is that to each his own, and it seems like the iphone, is a decent phone, but the customizing on the wm phoens re the best. the touch is one of the beter phones i have ever used, wih it able to do so much more then the iphone,m it might not be great at frist, that is why you hvae custom roms.

I have just always felt like the iphone was for the wannabe, and that the wm was for ppl that actually knew what they were doing, and could change the phone to each of his own liking. the iphone locks all of the fun stuff down and so that just makes it not that great, and over rated.

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i wouldn't say its for the wannabe, i'd say its for those who don't care to customize and just want something easy to use, attractive, reliable and fun (have you seen or played the game Monkey Ball on the iphone? Fantastic and addicting)...

Its not exactly who's a rookie and who's not... its just that some people absorb and utilize technology differently

and i am a technology junky, thats why i'm here :D

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OMG, i almost bought an old iPhone to put 2.0 on JUST for monkeyball! that game is amazing. i cant wait to see what else they come out with. Accelerometer is the f'in business!

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lol word

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the iPhone is a great device. has tons of features with the new update and it has a ton of potential. if it had video recording and pic mail capabilities, it would be damn near perfect.

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i got a 3g for free from here just complete one of the offers the credit check one is free then after that all you have to do it refer 19 friends or who ever and they will sent it to you for free and im not lieing i just got mine in 2days ago heres the link http://apple.freebiejeebies.co.uk/35525