Apple iPhone due date?

cleanbluesky · 31 May 2007 at 13:29

Wondering whether to opt for N95 now or wait for the iPhone

Gilly · 31 May 2007 at 13:32

I heard November.

cleanbluesky · 31 May 2007 at 14:43

Gilly said:
I heard November.

From whom?

Berserker · 31 May 2007 at 15:39

November is what I heard too, though a few sources say October. I wouldn't expect to see them in significant numbers until 2008.

Gilly · 31 May 2007 at 15:53

cleanbluesky said:
From whom?

Orange

Immsy · 31 May 2007 at 16:03

Its not even out in the US yet, will be a while before its here in large numbers I would say.

v0n · 31 May 2007 at 16:23

Inexcusable delay tbh. Another half a year and this phone will be completely old news. It gives time for every Tom, Dick, Motorola and Benq to catch up, overtake and completely rob the product of its novelty factor.

It will probably be the first wide release phone in UK with yankee style 2 year contract minimum i hear. Which is actually bad for the market.

Christo · 31 May 2007 at 16:28

v0n said:
Inexcusable delay tbh. Another half a year and this phone will be completely old news. It gives time for every Tom, Dick, Motorola and Benq to catch up, overtake and completely rob the product of its novelty factor.

It will probably be the first wide release phone in UK with yankee style 2 year contract minimum i hear. Which is actually bad for the market.

Well unless the November release in the UK is 3g unlike its US version its already old news.

leaskovski · 31 May 2007 at 19:35

cleanbluesky said:
Wondering whether to opt for N95 now or wait for the iPhone

Don't do it! Going by specs, its not that brilliant :eek:

Christo · 31 May 2007 at 19:45

leaskovski said:
Don't do it! Going by specs, its not that brilliant

Well going by the specs alone the N95 is better, but the OS looks so fantastic, if its as good as the ipod for useability and has 3g when launched in the UK it will be brilliant.

vespr · 31 May 2007 at 21:33

Not to mention apple will look after this. There will be software updates that will require you don't need to replace the phone. The potential for apps is so much greater than any other phone because of the underlying OS.

Christo · 31 May 2007 at 22:10

vespr said:
Not to mention apple will look after this. There will be software updates that will require you don't need to replace the phone. The potential for apps is so much greater than any other phone because of the underlying OS.

What are you talking about, Symbian has a mind boggling amount of applications out there - far more than the iphone ever will have (because it is closed OS)

Beepcake · 1 Jun 2007 at 10:10

vespr said:
Not to mention apple will look after this. There will be software updates that will require you don't need to replace the phone. The potential for apps is so much greater than any other phone because of the underlying OS.

I'd put money on the iPhone getting released and a better, 3g model, being released within 6months and Apple's stance on 3rd party apps means there will be very little available for it.

Apple also has a great reputation for shafting euros on price, so expect any software to be way overpriced for the UK market.

I'm a huge Apple fan, and I will probably get an iPhone through the company, but fully expect it to sit in a drawer after a few months.

AndrewPE28 · 1 Jun 2007 at 10:10

Chrisp7 said:
What are you talking about, Symbian has a mind boggling amount of applications out there - far more than the iphone ever will have (because it is closed OS)

And a battery life of less than a day!, rubbish.

Christo · 1 Jun 2007 at 10:58

AndrewPE28 said:
And a battery life of less than a day!, rubbish.

So all Symbian phones have a battery life less than a day do they?

Beepcake · 1 Jun 2007 at 11:11

Chrisp7 said:
So all Symbian phones have a battery life less than a day do they?

And of course we all know the iPhone will have a great battery life too?

AndrewPE28 · 1 Jun 2007 at 11:12

Chrisp7 said:
So all Symbian phones have a battery life less than a day do they?

The 6680 and 6280 phones I had certainly were rubbish for battery life. And from what I hear the N95 is just as bad. So yes in my experience/opinion, symbian phones are slow and poor on battery life.

Christo · 1 Jun 2007 at 15:35

AndrewPE28 said:
The 6680 and 6280 phones I had certainly were rubbish for battery life. And from what I hear the N95 is just as bad. So yes in my experience/opinion, symbian phones are slow and poor on battery life.

Never heard such tosh, what a gross generalisation you are making - educate youself before making such statements. Certainly some S60 devices are slow but a) S60 isnt the only Symbian OS b) the S60 OS is seemigly sorted - just look at the N95 - its quick. Again battery life on the N95 and N80 arent great but on the vast majority of Nokia phones they are great, if not fantastic.

I will state a 2nd time - when the iphone comes out, if its 3g - I will almost certainly get one.

AndrewPE28 · 1 Jun 2007 at 16:33

Chrisp7 said:
Never heard such tosh, what a gross generalisation you are making - educate youself before making such statements. Certainly some S60 devices are slow but a) S60 isnt the only Symbian OS b) the S60 OS is seemigly sorted - just look at the N95 - its quick. Again battery life on the N95 and N80 arent great but on the vast majority of Nokia phones they are great, if not fantastic.

I will state a 2nd time - when the iphone comes out, if its 3g - I will almost certainly get one.

I'll grossly generalise all I like as I stated it was MY opinion based on 2 years of real life use. If you dont like my opinion then tough and stop spamming. The phones I've had symbian 40 and 60 were slow and had rubbish battery life, END OF. I could care less how quick the N95 is, if it wont last the day, what use is it.

iCraig · 1 Jun 2007 at 17:19

Gilly said:
Orange

Isn't it Apple?

FRUIT PUN LOL!