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TommyD · 06-30-2007, 02:37 PM

No way. Check out the full review on Cnet. There are call quality issues that most users are experiencing. This is sad because it's foremost a phone. The next problem is that it can't use UMTS, only EDGE. EDGE is good for 90k at best, while UMTS users report 1mb per second. You can't change the battery in it, and the battery will only last 300-400 charges then you'll have to send it in to Apple to get a new one put in. Have fun with that. The phone lacks serious features that other smart phones have, and that is a big problem considering the price. What Apple did was create a trick interface and then tried to sell everyone on it as they have some of the best marketing people in the country. I'm in Telecommunications and my advice would be to skip out on this thing. In a few years they'll have it sorted out but not right now. I like what it could be, a solid phone with a solid MP3 player with solid internet functionality (speed to start) and smart phone features, but it's not that right now and it costs too much. Only Apple nerds and people with more $ than sense will buy this thing right now. $500-600 on a phone that has chitty call quality? Next.

06-30-2007, 02:37 PM	#42 (permalink)
TommyD Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,366	No way. Check out the full review on Cnet. There are call quality issues that most users are experiencing. This is sad because it's foremost a phone. The next problem is that it can't use UMTS, only EDGE. EDGE is good for 90k at best, while UMTS users report 1mb per second. You can't change the battery in it, and the battery will only last 300-400 charges then you'll have to send it in to Apple to get a new one put in. Have fun with that. The phone lacks serious features that other smart phones have, and that is a big problem considering the price. What Apple did was create a trick interface and then tried to sell everyone on it as they have some of the best marketing people in the country. I'm in Telecommunications and my advice would be to skip out on this thing. In a few years they'll have it sorted out but not right now. I like what it could be, a solid phone with a solid MP3 player with solid internet functionality (speed to start) and smart phone features, but it's not that right now and it costs too much. Only Apple nerds and people with more $ than sense will buy this thing right now. $500-600 on a phone that has chitty call quality? Next.