Bursting the bubble: Will the iTunes phone disappoint?

Initial reports say the new iTunes phone will only be able to carry 25-100 songs, to prevent Apple from cannibalizing its iPod market. But there may be hope, rumors are circulating that Apple may announce a MNVO move making it a player in the wireless industry.

I have a motorola phone - razr and i think it is a great phone but only because it is small and well looks cool! All i use it for is calling and texting with the occasional reminder. I dont think you should condemn it because it is motorola! I personally think that it is not a good idea to pad out a phone with useless features like camera and mp3 players but instead make an ultra cool looking phone that has basic functionality for a low cost. When i say cool looking really what i mean is something that i can put into my pocket and for it to fit and not leave a massive bulge causing my trousers to bulge and distort. With the whole semiconductor and making everything small i would expect a phone the size of my finger nail but instead half the phones i see these days seem to be going back to the size of early phones!

Thats the worst Photoshop job I'v ever seen (On this site). You guys are slacking! Here's what it should look like: http://www.kmurph.net/files/burst2.jpg

may as well get a windows mobile phone

Uhm, just a reminder, haven't you folks read the specs for the Nokia N91? 2 megapixels, Wi-Fi, 3G and Tri-Band and 4 GB of storage for i.e. music?

Hey peeps, Regardless of the 'iPhone's success or failure, I think I have a general ill feeling about playing music on a phone. Sure, I have a phone that has all the basic features plus a camera and it can play some tunes (Nokia 6630), but I don't use the camera or the music capability, I have several real cameras and an iPod to do that kind of stuff. I long for a phone that didn't pretend to be something else, just to make/receive calls, send/receive sms and sync address data but be really good at it :-) The last phone I was really happy with was a Nokia 6210. Cheers; Poncho

You can play CDs on your phone? Cool...you must have crazy wide pockets. I modified my phone to play all of those 45's that you fools have been hocking on ebay. 50 Million Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong. Wait, gotta wind it back up.

Didn't the invite alude to the iPod with 1000 songs in your pocket? I can hardly believe they would have an 'event' for a phone that holds 25 songs. This is Apple we're talking about here, not...some other company.

I'm with the consensus here, I just can't see how an iTunes Phone will attract... However in the US not as many people use mobile phones as in Europe or Japan, so maybe it will be a big hit here in Europe and Japan and Apple are not that bothered (maybe a little) about the impact in the USA.

everything has pretty much been said already. I'm not a fan of Moto (it's SonyEricsson or Symbian-based Nokia phones for me1), and my gut feeling tells me this is going to be a major let-down (even more so than waiting for Spymac 4 to launch on the 1st of September). But then again, it's hard to imagine apple associating itself with a really shoddy product.