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Would you buy an iPhone?

You've surely heard about the iPhone concept design that recently surfaced and you've probably heard about the Foxconn Electronics iPhone order from Apple.

So would you buy one? Jason O'Grady over at ZDNet says he wouldn't. So he's running a poll over there to see who would and would not lay out the hard cash for an iPhone.

At issue, whether it's worth giving up your current phone, whether it's a Treo or a sweet little camera-jobbie, to become an iPhone switcher.

I'm not holding my breath for an iNewtonphone but I bet you that Jobs isn't going to zune the iPhone by leaving off all the bits people want and need. So what do you think? Would you switch? And what would be the features that would either sell you or keep you from switching?



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CupertinoSlim

Maybe. In addition to an attractive feature set and .Mac integration, it would need to be really good at Bluetooth integration -- headset, handsfree, and headphones profiles and great iSync support.

November 27 2006 at 11:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
I,Robot

Yes, but my contract is up and I'm moving on to a better phone anyway. So, Nokia 95 or iPhone? I have to see.

November 24 2006 at 3:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wd's brain

I will definately be getting one. I stuck with my old cell for quite awhile and recently dumped it for skype.
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is the ability to make video calls with ichat Mobile AV. Of course they would have to make ichat AV for WIndows.

November 17 2006 at 4:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Laura

It depends on the price, but probably yes. And the reason: I've never owned a cell phone! This is finally paying off in that it makes me feel totally justified in buying an iPhone. I'm so excited to get what will probably be the best possible phone as my first!

November 17 2006 at 2:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
phlavor

Yes.

A. I need a new phone. Badly. To the point that I count to ten instead of throwing my current phone against a wall.

B. The reason I don't have a new phone is because every one I look at is, at best, 80% of the way there. They always lack in one aspect or another.

C. I know that if Apple releases a phone that it will integrate with the Mac OS in a no nonsense, hassle free way.

Apple wouldn't enter the cellphone market unless they had something inventive up their sleeve. I really don't expect them to slap a keypad on an iPod and say "Look! It's a phone."

The iPod came about because Steve looked at all of the other mp3 players at the time and said "These are crap. We can do better." I really feel that he had the same confidence in the cellphone industry that I did five years ago. That it would continue to innovate and that personal communication devices would be vastly more advanced than they have ended up to be. It like the entire industry was steaming along and then slammed on the brakes. Now a "new phone" is an old phone released in black or four months later, pink.

Hey Steve, all of these phones are crap. You can do better.

November 17 2006 at 1:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BBan

yes definitly and at any rate - i just cant imagine that the apple girls and boys don´t get it right. usual cellphones are such a pain when it comes to usability - and the imagination that this over-functionalized gadgets get even more "how to use"-crowded just screams for an apple solution.

November 17 2006 at 12:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Geoff

I'm sold, if:

1. GSM
2. Native iSync compatibility for PDA functionality with iCal, Address Book and Mail
3. Expandable OS, similar in concept to Palm OS ... maybe an advanced app-capable iPod OS with touchscreen
4. Bluetooth syncing

Basically, I use a Treo. If Apple can provide that much functionality in an OS X integrated "iPhone," I'm sold. I couldn't care less about camera or music functionality (unless the media functions were genuinely good enough to converge my iPod and my Treo, in which case I'd give out bonus points).

November 17 2006 at 12:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DJ

Best part about this post? The use of 'zune' as a verb, apparently meaning 'to screw up or short-change'. :-)

November 17 2006 at 12:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
oblectator

If it is an iPod with SMS/MMS/phone-functionality, i probably will buy one.

November 17 2006 at 10:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Moofius

I would if
* it would work in any of the 3g-networks in sweden
* not to big
* actually, I do not want a camera :p

November 17 2006 at 10:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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