Chris Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 The iPhone Matches Most of Its HypeTalk about hype. In the last six months, Apple’s iPhone has been the subject of 11,000 print articles, and it turns up about 69 million hits on Google. Cultists are camping out in front of Apple stores; bloggers call it the “Jesus phone.” All of this before a single consumer has even touched the thing.So how is it?As it turns out, much of the hype and some of the criticisms are justified. The iPhone is revolutionary; it’s flawed. It’s substance; it’s style. It does things no phone has ever done before; it lacks features found even on the most basic phones. Unless you’ve been in a sensory-deprivation tank for six months, you already know what the iPhone is: a tiny, gorgeous hand-held computer whose screen is a slab of touch-sensitive glass. The $500 and $600 models have 4 and 8 gigabytes of storage, respectively — room for about 825 or 1,825 songs. (In each case, 700 megabytes is occupied by the phone’s software.) That’s a lot of money; then again, the price includes a cellphone, video iPod, e-mail terminal, Web browser, camera, alarm clock, Palm-type organizer and one heck of a status symbol.David Pogue - The New York Times The iPhone Is a Breakthrough Handheld ComputerOne of the most important trends in personal technology over the past few years has been the evolution of the humble cellphone into a true handheld computer, a device able to replicate many of the key functions of a laptop. But most of these “smart phones” have had lousy software, confusing user interfaces and clumsy music, video and photo playback. And their designers have struggled to balance screen size, keyboard usability and battery life.Now, Apple Inc., whose digital products are hailed for their design and innovation, is jumping into this smart-phone market with the iPhone, which goes on sale in a few days after months of the most frenzied hype and speculation we have ever seen for a single technology product. Even though the phone’s minimum price is a hefty $499, people are already lining up outside Apple stores to be among the first to snag one when they go on sale Friday evening.We have been testing the iPhone for two weeks, in multiple usage scenarios, in cities across the country. Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well, though it sometimes adds steps to common functions.The Apple phone combines intelligent voice calling, and a full-blown iPod, with a beautiful new interface for music and video playback. It offers the best Web browser we have seen on a smart phone, and robust email software. And it synchronizes easily and well with both Windows and Macintosh computers using Apple’s iTunes software.It has the largest and highest-resolution screen of any smart phone we’ve seen, and the most internal memory by far. Yet it is one of the thinnest smart phones available and offers impressive battery life, better than its key competitors claim.Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret - All Things DigitalApple's iPhone isn't perfect, but it's worthy of the hypeThe mania over Apple's iPhone launch has created stratospheric expectations that are near impossible to live up to. Yet with a few exceptions, this expensive, glitzy wunderkind is indeed worth lusting after.That's saying a lot. After months of hype, Apple has delivered a prodigy — a slender fashion phone, a slick iPod and an Internet experience unlike any before it on a mobile handset.Still, iPhone isn't perfect, or even the most ideal smartphone for every user. It's pricey. It lacks certain features found on some rival devices. AT&T's coverage was spotty in some areas I tested over the past two weeks. Your employer may prevent you from receiving corporate e-mail on the device.For consumers who can afford one ($499 or $599, plus the cost of a two-year wireless plan with exclusive carrier AT&T), iPhone is by far the most chic cellphone I've seen. And there are terrific reasons — besides announcing to neighbors how cool you are — to try to nab the device when it finally goes on sale at Apple and AT&T stores at 6 p.m. local time Friday across the country.Edward C. Baig - USA TodayAt Last, the iPhone.June 26, 2007 - A couple of weeks ago I went to Pittsburgh for what I thought would be a day trip. Since I was headed back that evening, I didn’t take my laptop, but because of thunderstorms across the Eastern Seaboard, my sojourn turned into an overnight stay. So I had an opportunity to give a good workout to something I had received the previous day: a review unit of Apple’s eagerly awaited (boy, that’s an understatement) iPhone.During my travels and airport delays, I was able to keep up with my e-mail, negotiate my way around the downtown, get tips on the city from an old friend whose number I don’t normally have handy, check the weather conditions in New York and D.C., monitor baseball scores and blogs, listen to an early Neil Young concert and amuse myself with silly YouTube videos and an episode of “Weeds,” all on a single charge before the battery ran down. Now, just about all those things could have been done by devices that are already out on the market. But considering I’d had the iPhone for just a day, and never taken a glance at a manual, it was an impressive introduction. In contrast, I’ve had a Motorola handset for two years and am still baffled at its weird approach to Web browsing and messaging. What’s more, with the exception of learning to type on the iPhone, which requires some concentration, doing all those things on that five-ounce device was fun, in the same way that switching from an old command-line interface to the Macintosh graphical user interface in the mid-1980s was a kick. And when I showed the iPhone to people during that trip and in the days afterward—especially people under 25—the most common reaction was, “I have to have this,” sometimes followed by a quick, if alarmingly reckless, consideration of what might need to be pawned in order to make the purchase.Steven Levy - MSNBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 IPhone ... $600 P.O.S. !eh well , rich people need to be happy too i guess... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Maybe I have misunderstood, but I always thought that the idea of a mobile phone was to be able to make telephone calls, and text messages while away from home. My last one cost £45 and will see me through many more years. :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 heh ... Chris is sooo gaggin ' fer one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 There is a good summery here:-http://newsbiscuit.com/article/apple-iphon...voice-calls-147 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 heh ... Chris is sooo gaggin ' fer oneDoes it show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 There is a good summery here:-http://newsbiscuit.com/article/apple-iphon...voice-calls-147 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exinrex Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 That's unit it is very expensive,only rich people can afford that and enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 That's unit it is very expensive,only rich people can afford that and enjoy it.So....you have managed to get your computer to work and learn how to use it in only the two years and a few months since the above was first posted.You are a credit to your tutors. How are they, still swinging from the trees I take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagicbaroda Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 The iPhone (retrospectively referred to unofficially as the iPhone 2G, iPhone 1 or original iPhone) is the first iPhone model and the first smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pewpewmarc Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Hmmm, 12 years later and the latest cutting edge iPhone flagships are still uber expensive. 😁 although, the caveat is I can now buy 3-4 generations old iPhones for very cheap. 💸 In my opinion, the redeeming factor of these cheaper iPhones nowadays in 2022, is the reliability of their camera photo quality. 😋 as they say, "🍎Apple products are a lifestyle". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 My eyephone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pewpewmarc Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 On 8/28/2022 at 5:18 AM, Boris said: My eyephone ah, very exquisite taste in appliances. 😀 I'd say I found something to trump that, an actual ear looking phone case, or "ear phone" 😁👂 source: https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/realistic-human-ear-iphone-case/ But, in any case, I think this other "ear phone" case, goes well with the original iPhone, or "eye phone" which ever fits your fancy. 👀😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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