Ben89

I've been thinking of getting rid of my motorola razr and getting an iphone. The price of the phone isn't a big concern but what I'm concerned about is whether it's worth paying $39.99 + $30 (data) for even the basic, 450 minute plan? With tax and various fees, you're probably looking at around 80 bucks a month for the basic plan.

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Xdreamer

Can't say anything bad about your price plans as we have different ones here in Switzerland. I pay about $40/month for the basic plan including 1GB data transfer. Adding the phone costs I am about $60+/month which is damn cheap compared to other price plans here...

For the iphone itself its a great tool to dive into mobile and internet. Nice with all the little apps you can get for free and also the paid ones are more than worth the money (using google analytics/google adsense and apps like that). I would wait some more days and go with the new iphone 3gs if you really consider to buy one. Go and play with it a bit you'll love it

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turpentine

also related, but probably a hijack, can you get the iphone at wal mart on launch day if I didn't pre-order?

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Rage9

Having just got a iPhone 3G last week, all I can say is it kicks ass.

However it really depends what you want it for. I love being connected to the net whether or not I'm at my main computer. I love all the different things I can do, and keep on top of.

The only thing that really grinds my gears is the fact that with the $30 unlimited data plan it doesn't include text messaging.

I'm not even in an area where I can get and take advantage of the 3G but data transfer still seems pretty good (way better than I expected). It also supports wifi so that's not as big of a deal.

I use to have a seperate iPod along side my phone but now I just roll it together in one device.

It's not exactly cheap, but if you want to be connect all the time it does it's job beautifully.

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Rage9

From what I understand it's only the Apple store.

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wickedair

My phone plan is like $260/month after all the addons and data plans, etc... (family plan with three lines) but its still worth it. iPhone is the shit.

Dimaseo

I pay $178 a month for the iPhone with unlimited minutes, text, data, etc, etc etc. All I can say is, IT'S BEEN THE BEST INVESTMENT I HAVE EVER MADE ON A PHONE. I would pay $300 a month if that was the price. Best phone on the market hands down.

Tough Marketing

It is the best phone I have ever owned. I didn't think it could get any better and then I jail broke it.

Ben89

couldn't you just download AIM and IM most of your contacts for free?

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turpentine

most regular people don't want to go out of their way and use a different protocol to text you.

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jackfitz

The best phone. I use so many apps on it everyday.
-AIM
-Email
-Facebook
-XE (currency converter)

and the unlimited caps and worth every dollar.

Iphone wins hands down

DreamMachine

As a mobile device, it's great. App selection is cool and things like google maps with GPS is awesome. One big, big drawback though is you can only run 1 thing at once and if the phone rings (and you answer), it auto-quits the app you were running.

As a phone, it's ok. Maybe not even that great. A lot of the time it drops out for me and I haven't changed networks for 10 years and have never had that problem with any other phone as much as I've had with the iphone. I get the "I won't answer the phone call" at least once a day where you try to slide your finger on the touch screen to answer the call and it doesnt respond and I've missed quite a few calls because of that.

I've had mine around 9 months and the battery life sucks. I put it on the charger overnight last night and got the 20% battery warning at around 4pm. I didn't even use it that much today either.

Oh and iTunes sucks ass, hard.

However all in all, I'm pretty happy because I can use standard headphones so I don't need to carry my iRiver + phone on the train anymore, plus as a mobile/internet/email device it's very, very handy.

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Rage9

Who runs AIM on their phone? If you don't have some sort of data plan that could get expensive.

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Godspeed

For all you iPhone owners: can you make a video with your iPhone and put it here? I want to see the quality.

papajohn56

the iphone is unlimited data in the USA. on verizon, AIM messages count as a text, not data.

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Rage9

Duh! But what, everyone and there mom has an iPhone or what? My friends don't and they sure as hell aren't going to pay for a data plan, so that makes AIM worthless.

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lifer

Does anyone else with iphone 3g have a problem with dropped calls or zero bars? I have two 3g iphones and problem with both of them with these two things

bprimeelite

Not a fan of the iPhone at all, especially for business. I have tried many different phones and smartphones but prefer the blackberry above all else.

Randy72560

I have a blackberry which I'm stuck with, and my wife bought me an iphone for my bday, Iphones hands down are the best of the two. The only thing an iphone cannot do that a blackberry can is be used as a modem, and the new version ihpne can be.

I seriously don't know how I did w/o my iphone, its the best money I've spent in a long time. Besides the hookers and blow obv.

Rage9

^^ I came from a blackberry too, and like it a lot more. I would have got a blackberry storm if it had decent reviews but seems like it's a hunk of shit.

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sweetweb

Isn't tracking Tracking 202 coming out with an app? For that reason alone I would get an iPhone...

makethatgreen

You know there are some free applications you can download for text messaging that would only count as data. Atleast that is how it works with ATT.

bigb3433

def worth the costs.. even if you just want the current model its only $99 bucks you can't hardly buy a piece of junk sony for that much before rebates...

the new one has a faster processor and video camera plus a few other features and 3.0 for the same price as the old one.. if your gonna pay for a data package on any phone the iphone gives ya the most bang for your buck for sure..

and to answer a question from above you can only get them at AT&T corporate stores and i believe at the apple store.. wal-mart and best-buy prolly wont have the 3GS for a little while.. even if you didnt pre-order each store will have a limited supply of phones for walk ins but there will be a line for sure..

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efeezy

Check the app store for VideoRecorder3G. I'll try to post a sample for you, but it's pretty damn good. You can direct upload to YouTube, or email it to yourself so you can do whatever you want with the .mov file.

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S M W

u can jailbreak an old 3G and run a video cam on it...

Rage9

Yeah I have one I even paid for the premium version, called textfree. It has its advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages: It runs on data and not SMS. Delivery time is really good, always instant from what I've seen.

Disadvantages: The iphone doesn't have push notification until OS 3.0 hits in a few days so I have to check for new texts via email and the shortest time is 15 min intervals. The number shown to the recipients is actually am email wich on most phones you can't enter as a contact, or at least we haven't figured it out yet. Lastly every once in a while a text to me will bounce. So it's not a total solution.

Push notification will help a lot though.

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elite1

Does this work on the new iPhone 3G S?

Rage9

Yeah it will they all run the same OS it's just that the iPhone 3G S has a better processor.

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