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Should I buy an iPhone? SHOULD I?!
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iPhone 8 gig, on a new plan - 199.99 for the phone.
On renewal - 324 for the phone, after a 50 dollar mail in rebate.
Blackberry Pearl on a new plan - 29.99 for the phone.
On renewal - 374.99, after a 50 dollar mail in rebate.
What the fuck?
I just want good browsing capability with a data plan, a qwerty keyboard, and a nice big screen. Anything that gives me that, I want.
The iPhone is definitely the best smart phone out there, but it isn't perfect. It won't be able to do picture messaging until the next firmware update, same with landscape texting/emailing. And copy&paste. But they're coming this summer.
As for a new iphone model this summer, I don't believe it yet. No one has provided substantial evidence to back this other than "Apple likes to bring out new stuff every year" and thinks that since the 3G iPhone came a year after the first generation model that they have started a trend.
Even if they do come out with a new model, it won't be noticeably more amazing than the 3G - AT&T in America only just got around to expanding its 3G network, so a new model won't be getting anything faster than 3G. The only thing it will probably have is more storage and maybe a faster processor. But I doubt it will be a big change if there is a new model this summer.
One example of possible new features for a new model I see on a lot of the rumor postings is "video recording!" when I already do this on my iPhone 3G. Sure, I had to jailbreak it to do so, but a new phone model is unnecessary for such a feature. They could include it in the next firmware update if Apple wanted to do (why they don't is beyond me).
I love my phone and I use it for all kinds of things everyday.
However you might not have a job in August.
If you can answer the question of how you are going to pay your phonebill six months down the line buy one, if not, don't be stupid and buy something you can't afford.
Satans..... hints..... I'm a mo bro!
A smart hardware upgrade would be a second, pinhole camera on the front of the phone so that you could do video calls.
I think Stephen Fry pretty much nails most iPhone users' wishlist in one of his blog posts.
Ok, maybe the projector isn't on most people's list of desired features but most of them are pretty universal. And, I believe, quite a few of the ones that can be achieved via an OS update are on their way this summer.
It's worth noting that whilst Mully's description of a typical iPhone users experience is accurate, it isn't necessarily unique to the iPhone. I'm sure most, if not all, of what she described can also be experienced on a Blackberry or G1. But damn if iPhones are just nice to use.
yeah, the problem is "buying the phone" costs 324 dollars.
I am also in Ottawa looking to buy some sort of Smartphone from Rogers with a data plan.
I don't really want an iPhone cause I want the keyboard, dammit. But I am also worried about price and whether 500MB is going to be enough. Presumably I'm going to be using IRC on this on a regular basis along with basic internet browsing, and there's no way my government office has anything resembling wifi, so the vast majority of my use will be on the data plan.
There's a lot of options at 500MB, but 1GB is another story. But going over would be terrible.
Having looked at some of the options, here's some stuff:
Samsung Propel a766 - decent screen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, expandable memory up to 8GB.
LG TU 915 VU - big touch screen, basically an iPhone knockoff for a lower price from a decent company (LG is pretty good).
If you're starting a new plan, you have tons of options for cheap blackberries and similar phones, all of which have QWERTY keyboards. Many go as low as 30 dollars.
i thought i would hate it, too. i thought i needed a keyboard i could feel the ridges of; i was wrong. i can type so freaking fast on my iphone, it's almost like using an actual keyboard. since i use just my finger tips and only have to touch, not push, i very rarely get any excess letters from tapping anything else by accident.
i am very happy with it.
This, this, 100000000000 times this.
True this.
I pay nearly $80 a month after taxes and fees for my Blackberry:
Unlimited Txt, Email, Messenger
Caller ID, Voice Mail, etc, etc.
NO data plan
Unlimited evenings and weekends
600 daytime minutes.
Really.. going up or down is pointless... less money and I lose the features (ID, mail, etc) and more money and I get some data but pay like 15 more per month. I have WiFi. I don't want data.
Hours a day?
Have you considered getting a cheap laptop like an EEE PC and one of those USB internet keys that rogers offers? 30 bucks a month for broadband-like speeds, anywhere, even out of wifi. On a two year contract, the device costs nothing up front.
You should have some credit built up from your old plan. I'm not exactly sure how it works but they have tiered discounts that build up when you use time on you plan or pay or something like that. It is to encourage you to replace your phone even if your contract hasn't run out. My family plan builds up these credits pretty quickly because there are 4 of us using it. You should ask them what kind of discount you can get on a phone based on your old contract
Am I crazy, missing something, or just really shitty at bargaining here?
It is completely based on how often you use it and watch you do with it.
If you just surf text and basic images you will be fine.
If you watch multiple youtube videos a day you will probably run into trouble.
Satans..... hints..... I'm a mo bro!