to iphone or not to iphone that is the question!

I have one for sale in adverts.ie , just saying. oh, and i would never go back to a Nokia.

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=164190

seamus wrote: »

You can forward texts now, only took 3 years
The phone book's not that difficult to transfer.

The battery is ****, really. So are all smart phones, anyone I know with Nokias N96's and Samsung taco's have them charging in the office regularly

The phone looks great but if you're like me and it spends most of its time in your pocket, the case will scratch and scuff badly, no matter how hard you try to protect it. Not true, plastic scratches, on anything, my 13 month old iPhone hasn't one scratch on the screen, compare with the N96 one of the lads bought at the same time, and it's in bits, mine has no cover or plastic protective case on it, the screens are brittle, so it they break it will probably be a shatter rather than a scratch, but mine is still perfect and I use mine all day every day. This is the first phone I've ever had that doesn't look tardy after 6 months yet along over a year.

It has no FM radio. Streaming radio over 3G works great but sucks on your battery like a newborn calf. Does it? I haven't tested it, but I have used the streaming FM a few times and haven't noticed that battery depleting any less than usual, as in less than usual whilst being used

There is no easy way to configure short-cuts to the stuff that you would need shortcuts for - switching WiFi/bluetooth on/off, or going directly to your main email accounts. Well if the 2 screens you need to go to once or twice to turn on/off BT wiFi is too much for you than SBSettings on the jailbreak will save you the 'effort' by giving a toggle on/off option, mail icon brings you directly to the last folder in the last account you were in. You back out of the inbox and select your other account if you like, of set up a rule that redirects all mails to one account, not a big issue here at all.

No multiprocessing except for playing music. So with the aformentioned streaming radio, you either listen to the radio or you can surf the web or you can play a game. You can't do all/both at the same time. Not true, some of the apps allow you play the radio in the back ground while you are doing other things, the FM104 app for example allows this, not sure how many other ones can, but it can be done, maybe if there is enough demand they all will, as someone else mentioned backgrounder via cydia will do this too if you really need it.

There's no easy way to delete texts en masse. It's very easy to let them build up, and then it becomes quite slow to open up texts. Again not true, this is the easiest phone I've ever had for clearing specific texts, particularly from specific contacts without going through the list one by one of like the SE having to select all and deselect those you want to keep.

I would suggest holding off for the moment, if you can. Apple tend to release on a yearly basis, so the next iPhone is due in June 2010. The 3GS wasn't a massive leap in technology in the way that the 3G was, so Apple are expected to release something pretty special next year.

On top of that, the exclusivity agreements seem to be coming to an end, so in June you may be able to get a 4th Generation iPhone on a one-year contract from either Vodafone or O2, whereas if you lock into an 18-month contract now, you won't be able to upgrade until June 2011 :eek: I have mine 14 months but I have been eligible for an upgrade since August!

OP, there are a lot of haters for the sake of being haters out there (for many reasons, network fanboys, Nokia fanboys, can't afford them, Apple haters etc. some people genuinely don't like them, but from my experience these are in the minority without being influenced by the fanboy/hater bias in some way), it's by no means perfect, but there is no such thing as a perfect device, nor will there ever be, what it is though IMO and the opinion of millions of users is the closest thing available at the moment to a perfect mobile jack of all trades device wrapped up in a user friendly aesthetically pleasing, albeit expensive device (but show me a market leading product that doesn't have a price premium attached to it). There are other devices out there that purport to do the same thing for less, but threre is always a catch, usually the 'lack of touch' touch screens, I nearly drove over my HTC touch with the car last year in frustration, none of my previous SE phones lasted a year without developing a fault (usually the joystick) any Nokia I've had has been dull as dishwater, the newer Nokia touch ones have rubbish touch screens and the UI looks the same as circa 2001 Nokias.

I've had a mobile phone since 1992, the iPhone is my second apple product (bought an iPod about 6 years ago still working perfectly) I've gone through almost every brand of mobile out there and this is the longest I've ever held onto one phone, I'm holding off until the new one get release in the summer as there isn't enough of a difference between the 3G and the 3Gs.

Try one out, and try out the same features on competing phones and make your own decision.

My €0.02

One more thing, it is the only phone that can render web pages properly, without going to the mobile versions of sites, this in itself is almost reason enough to buy one as mobile internet access is one of the new generation of phones primary functions.

seamus wrote: »

In case anyone thinks they need to come to the defence of the phone, I have one of these and it's by far the best mobile device I've ever experienced.

In fairness, I'm trying to not sound like a fanboy, as I'm not, I am a fan of the iPhone but based on my satisfaction as a customer and a gadget fan, not an undying love of anything Steve Jobs releases. I didn't even contemplate the 1st gen one as it's failings were huge, as was it price, but the 3G rectified most of the previous gens shortfalls, and any other failings are being sorted with firmware upgrades as customers needs are being listened to and addressed.
It's the only phone that completely replaces the need for a seperate mp3 player, a SatNav, and netbook.

Tbh, if someone released a keyboard and monitor dock to allow it be plugged into a monitor & keyboard, it would replace my laptop for 99% of what I use it for.

I've just never had a phone which has sparked so much negativity from some people, mainly those who are jealous or so loyal to other networks or to Nokia that they can't see the iPhone for the good phone it is, albeit with it's flaws.

On the FM104 app thing, i'd never seen it before buy it seems to open a player in a new web page with contuinues to play in the background after you close safari

nigeloconnor wrote: »

Sat Nav's on iPhone in my opinion aren't as good as Nokia's.. I have Garmin XT on my Nokia's and found them excellent (and free).. I have Navigon on the iPhone not convinced by it yet..

However... I have a 3gs unlocked and jailbroken on 3 network and is by far the best 'phone' I have ever had.. without doubt.. !!

Get rid of navigon, get TOMTOM and/or IGO satnav's, both of which are as good as stand alone PNA's, the GPS receiver is a bit hit and miss as it faces forward and not a flip up or mounted on the top like on some standalone PNA's but if you place you holder correctly it works perfectly in portrait and landscape with minimal loss of GPS signal.

I had Nokia's as well since the mid 90's and I found the last few phones (E Series) very cumbersome to use. It was fery hard to navigate the menu systems and to set up.

I have an iPhone for about a year and find it brilliant. The Exchange integration of calendar and email is brilliant and it can view most attachments.

The settings are very intuitive and you can use the apps to extend the functionaltiy of the phone.

I got a external case with a built in battery which is great as I don't have problems with battery life.

Go for it.

wel lol, i did a mistake, i turned on pc, and logged on Ventrilo, so mine giuldies from WoW got me in to raid.. and i thought i was late enought to miss it, i wasnt

So i am still stuck there! thought having 2 monitors helps, got itunes and made account . so some hassle out of way