iphone first impression (1 Viewer)

[Hair Iron Madin]

goodbye phone manufacturers.

its like dropping a creative zen into a sony walkman phone with a psp sized screen.

I guess its all down to how the phone companies integrate their service with the apple software and hardware. would be nice to have a device that doesnt run off 02 or vodafone useless made software.

 

[Janer]

alot of people don't use or want their phones as music players.......it's not just young people who use mobiles ya know ;p

 

[The Schnapper]

Id hate to mix the two myself. Im sure the battery life isnt great either

 

[CitySickness]

The iPod functionality will have little to do with its appeal, although the iPod brand will do a lot to sell it.

The best thing about it, as far as I'm concerned, is the GUI. It looks fantastically slick and works in a considered, intuitive way. As opposed to the broken, poxily-designed, snails-pace menus of every phone I've ever used.

But that's just me. As a whole package, the design is fantastic (although I have my reservations about the back of the phone) and is guaranteed to have every half-assed designer in Nokia/Samsung/Sony Ericsson going "Oh yeah, why didn't WE think of that?"

Above all, I think it's great that gadgetty doobries are starting to look like Things What Came From The Future.
*applause* for Jonathan Ive.

 

[Wilbert]

Id hate to mix the two myself. Im sure the battery life isnt great either

5 hours video playback. 16 hours audio playback and about standard standby time.

 

[snakybus]

can you send text messages and listen to music at the same time?

 

[The Schnapper]

If it were to break thats the phone and music gone. Both very important parts of everyday life!!

 

[CitySickness]

can you send text messages and listen to music at the same time?

Seems so. Plus you can have a browse of the oul' internet when you're done.

 

[Wilbert]

can you send text messages and listen to music at the same time?

Yes. These are great times we're living in.

 

[Wilbert]

If it were to break thats the phone and music gone. Both very important parts of everyday life!!

Ah, the worst case scenario. That, I find, is the best way to make any decision.

 

[CitySickness]

Ah, the worst case scenario. That, I find, is the best way to make any decision.

What if it has a hidden "poisonous gas cloud" feature that activates after 60 days?

 

[ratmonkey]

5 hours video playback. 16 hours audio playback and about standard standby time.

Which is fine as long as you're not using it for crazy things like as a phone AND listening to music between charges.

 

[CitySickness]

Which is fine as long as you're not using it for crazy things like as a phone AND listening to music between charges.

In which case, it'll get you through a day at least. When was the last time you spent more than 24 hours without seeing a plughole?

 

[error type 11]

If it were to break thats the phone and music gone. Both very important parts of everyday life!!

I assume part of the functionality of the phone will allow you to sync it with your mac or pc to backup yer data. None of the tech specs I saw mentioned what type of CPU its going to have, some Intel variant I siuppose

 

[ratmonkey]

In which case, it'll get you through a day at least. When was the last time you spent more than 24 hours without seeing a plughole?

Grand, as long as you're in the habit of carrying a charger around with you.

 

[THRILLHO]

I would be very surprised if they would have the music and video pulling from the same battery as the phone.

 

[CitySickness]

Grand, as long as you're in the habit of carrying a charger around with you.

If you're not coming home, bring a charger. Am I the only person who does this, or is it some sort of weird cultish behaviour I was unaware of?

 

[nofriendo]

the battery life will be a serious issue, the screen res and brightness will drain the battery. I dont really like the idea of worrying about my phones battery! IT would be nice if they allowed for changeble battery like regular phones. But this is apple so i doubt it!

 

[RSJ]

I would be very surprised if they would have the music and video pulling from the same battery as the phone.

So... Two batteries?

I get three or four days out of my phone (sony k750i), can't see any reason to change to a phone that would require charging on a daily basis. Seems like a bit of a backstep really.

 

[CitySickness]

the battery life will be a serious issue, the screen res and brightness will drain the battery. I dont really like the idea of worrying about my phones battery! IT would be nice if they allowed for changeble battery like regular phones. But this is apple so i doubt it!

Yup, it's a proprietary, unremovable battery, the schemey little schlubs. It'd be nice if the battery life was longer, but considering what the phone does, it's not surprising that's what they're currently squeezing out of it.