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AT&T, Apple stores anticipate iPhone frenzy
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article published on 7 June, 2007
With the iPhone set to begin selling on June 29th, AT&T and Apple stores in the United States are preparing for a rush. The iPhone is easily one of the (if not "the") most anticipated products of the year. Apple fans are expected to line up in the early hours of the morning outside some stores in hope of getting their hands on one.
Stores are not expecting to see a lot of stock available. ... [ read the full article ]
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Cinnjerm
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7. June 2007 @ 14:51 |
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Maybe its just me, but if people were complaining about ps3 being too expensive and it did everything this iphone does except make phone calls< and it plays bluray> what makes analysts think that everyone is going to rush out and buy a 500/600 dollar phone. These people are retarded.
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7. June 2007 @ 15:11 |
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I would not buy this because it is on AT&T network.
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Ludikhris
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7. June 2007 @ 15:13 |
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MY GOD 8GB FOR $600? I too have always wondered why people are so hesitant to buy certain things when others are crazy priced. For instance MP3 players in general are crazy expensive. 350 for a small 80gb HDD with a UI around it? Yeah, that should be like $200 tops. Then people look at something like a game console and say "My god that is way to expensvie" and the company is losing money on each console because the technology is worth MORE than what pay for. The market is crazy sometimes.
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thegrunt
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7. June 2007 @ 15:25 |
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What exactly makes ipods so great? I dont understand why so many people go crazy about them:/
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7. June 2007 @ 16:13 |
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thegrunt, i dont know about others but i carry my ipod wit me cause of music, i always find time to listen to it, i wont die if i forget it at home, but i love having my music with me, i got a 8gb nano so it weighs nothing, i wouldnt haul a 80gb video around wit me 24/7
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7. June 2007 @ 16:42 |
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The reason why i would not purchase this when it first comes out is because of the fact that it may still have glitches and also I'm still tied up in my contract.
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Edgewise
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7. June 2007 @ 17:00 |
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exactly...people say the ps3 is expensive...hah!
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lxfactor
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7. June 2007 @ 18:44 |
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Originally posted by thegrunt:
What exactly makes ipods so great? I dont understand why so many people go crazy about them:/
try using one
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7. June 2007 @ 19:23 |
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What exactly makes ipods so great? I dont understand why so many people go crazy about them:/
try using one
Thank you. Ipod is freaking great. and the cingular or the new at&t is actully the BEST network in US. But it depends where you live. But i don't like verizon cause it doesn't use GSM. At&t also have the biggest coverage. So STFU about i'm not using it cause it's at&t. So your not using it cause they put it in the best network in the united states? I had some problem with cingular or the new at&t. couple times. It was horrible. But it doesn't mean i hate they company or not use them anymore.
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7. June 2007 @ 20:22 |
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lol ok so now which would you rather have? PS3 or Iphone (noted that you have to pay monthly for your phone bill on top of it of course) ? lol man now i found sumthing extremely outrageously priced more than the PS3. I think the Iphone actually makes the PS3 look good lol.
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elfman12
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7. June 2007 @ 20:36 |
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[quote][quote=thegrunt]So your not using it cause they put it in the best network in the united states?
Woah, woah, woah... Apple tried to get VERIZON to take the Iphone first, but were turned down. So you are saying that they went to the 2nd best first?
Both companies have their pluses and minuses. It's not as clear cut as you made it sound. Remember that this iteration of the Iphone will NOT be a 3G phone, so it'll be interesting to track it's progress.
And the ipod is a great platform. So was the Diamond Rio, so is the Zen, Zune... many other players are great, even if they aren't the most "popular".
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7. June 2007 @ 20:44 |
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iphone offers great tools and music on it... I have a ipod and only use it on my car nothing better and i Drive 4 living. I'm Jealous cause i can't have one, not a big fan of the plans that Att and cingular has to offer, if was a T-mobile i would so buy it (with my Credit card lol) expensive yes but worth every cents. Thats my opinion though.
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7. June 2007 @ 22:10 |
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The article says it all in this one sentence:
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Apple fans are expected to line up in the early hours of the morning outside some stores in hope of getting their hands on one
Apple fans who are cell users who have contract expiring or current contract with ATT/Cingular will be the ones to line up to buy this phone.
Everyone else will just shake their heads muttering #$@%@&* fan boys!
As for the iPod. There is ONE reason I own one. I wanted a device that I knew was reliable and had decent sound quality that was using flash. That's it. Had I wanted a HDD based one I would have a Creative Zen. Had the Zen flash based player been out months ago when I bought my iPod I would have gone with it instead.
I enjoy my iPod. I enjoy NOT using iTunes to load it. But for the choice of supported formats and options the Zen wins hands down IMHO.
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7. June 2007 @ 22:36 |
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Would the apple phone turn out to be a phoney :P
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georgeluv
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8. June 2007 @ 05:26 |
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man i was all amped up to get a whole familys worth of these iPhones when my family plan expires in october but seeing as they are 600 bucks each not the 300 i anticipated it looks like ill just be getting a envy or sopmething, or maybe settle with a cheapo then get the the psp phone.
EDIT: i mean seriously wtf? 600 bucks? how would you even feel confortable carrying that around? you put this thing down for 2 milaseconds and its gunna be gone. you shouldnt have to gaurd your cell phone like a peice of fine jewlry, its something you have to wip out and use constantly. and we all know how good cell phone companies are about replacing high end expensive phones even when you have the optional insurence. hell the stupid phones so expensive you could use home owners insurence on it!
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justme81
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8. June 2007 @ 08:42 |
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Originally posted by Cinnjerm:
Maybe its just me, but if people were complaining about ps3 being too expensive and it did everything this iphone does except make phone calls< and it plays bluray> what makes analysts think that everyone is going to rush out and buy a 500/600 dollar phone. These people are retarded.
I used to work in retail so let me tell you Apple people are lets say fanatics about anything with "I" in the title.
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8. June 2007 @ 10:06 |
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I would not use the iphone because it is on AT&T network and is not best network in the world. This is user opinion that it is best network in the world. There is no best network, all depends on what you use the cell phone for.
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8. June 2007 @ 10:43 |
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...At&t also have the biggest coverage. So STFU about i'm not using it cause it's at&t. So your not using it cause they put it in the best network in the united states?...
You are using fallacious reasoning there. First you put down an opinion as fact then based their argument as wrong because it didn't match your "facts".
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mfstark
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8. June 2007 @ 16:33 |
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Originally posted by thegrunt:
What exactly makes ipods so great? I dont understand why so many people go crazy about them:/
I think it's becuase they were marketed so strongly so early on when there was a fairly big market gap for large capacity music players. Now they've become a fashion icon, they're very visually distinctive.
I don't understand why the iPhone only has 4 or 8 GB capacity. Am I the only one who thinks that's shit? Surely for a multimedia handset with a big screen like it has, they should be emphasising its potential as a video playback device, with storage capacity to match. For the price it should have at least 30 GB of storage.
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pamsipod
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8. June 2007 @ 16:56 |
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I have become an Apple fanatic since I bought my iPod, and I want an iPhone, but it isn't going to happen until other networks are carrying it. I pay way too little for a ton of features right now to change carriers. If I changed now, at a very minimum, my bill would double. I'm not stupid, I guess I'll have to wait...it sucks though!
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cart0181
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8. June 2007 @ 17:05 |
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Apple needs to open up their minds to other "input options" for the iPhone. My current phone, the PPC-6700, has no less than 6 input options not counting a USB connection to my PC. If the onscreen keyboard is the only way users can input data, the iPhone will be in trouble. Windows Mobile has a corner on this market IMHO. Oh, and my phone costed $475 when it first came out and now it's like $250 or something. It can do way more stuff than the iPhone could ever dream. iPhone= no Infrared, no expansion slot.
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thegrunt
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8. June 2007 @ 18:57 |
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What exactly makes ipods so great? I dont understand why so many people go crazy about them:/
try using one
Yeah I have used one.My sister has a nano and its not that great
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viccybhai
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8. June 2007 @ 19:32 |
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Guys
I was using window since I was a kid and just.... just 2 years ago I bought my first mac laptop ..the worst thing i did to myself ... lols.. I can't even tuch window anymore ....
window user please why we as consumer should come in between mac vs pc war but bottom line APPLE is far ahead you know why someone computer GURU has said that " if you want the best hardware go make the best software " and thats the bottom story of APPLE, the extensive research apple do ....
any way now lets come to cellphone, till now nothing come close to Nokia till now the best cellphone maker, they are the best till now
but now its going to be Apple now, TRUST me it's going to be tomarrow's truth wait and watch ....
and whoes said it is expensive ... mind you sir you wanna buy cheap stuff iphone is not for you, go get yourself some $50-$60 worth of phone this phone is for Top executives and hight rech red necks like me ...lols
I have used Nokia's and sony's top of the line phone like Nokia comunicators and p900 series of sony ... you think I am a rich guy ... no I am not ..... but I wait and instead of buying 2 -3 cheap things I buy one .... AND YOU KNOW WHY I DO THAT, it's very simple for me .... the easy to use software and fast operating system
apple iphone has all built in, you guys know anything about mac osx 10 OS, FIND OUT PLEASE......... you will be with me ..... it never slows down never crash ... i have open 50 web browser pages+2 movie on quick time, downloading songs on itune, burning my photos and writing mail
that all I DID IN ONE SHOT
can any one do it in windows ...... don't think guys NO SYSTEM CAN DO THAT EXCEPT OSX 10 ...... ask a mac user if you don't believe me ...
I am not trying to hurt any of my fellow friends user's ego it's just a truth I am sharing .....
APPLE DON'T PAY ME TO SAY THAT .... LOLS
AND THE SAME OSX 10 IS IN IPHONE
NOW I CAN IMAGINE THE POSSIBILTY
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE US ( MAC USER) GO TO apple.com/iphone and watch the keynote launch
bottom line iphone will make the change the way people make calls
thank you for allowing me share my views here
regards to all of my friends
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redwet
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9. June 2007 @ 00:28 |
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Well, I'll definitely get one on the launch day.
IMO, if you think it's too expensive or simply just doesn't worth it, you are NOT in the targeting market of iphone. (at least the 1st gen iphone)
Think about it, VERTU phone priced from $4k-30k ,most of them doe not even have color screen! a LG PRADA phone priced around $800, it's just a phone with the PRADA brand on it!
a ROLEX(not to mention Audemars Piguet or Patek Philippe,etc)priced from $3k-2xK, it doesn't run more accurately than a $10 china made quartz watch!
it's more about an iconic item then a practical commutation tool.
For the AT$T(Cingular) part, I think it's great!! It's not the best netwrok, it runs on GSM, the world's most popular cell phone network! That means you can use your phone almost any where in the world!
No 3G??!! Come on! By the time 3G become available and affordable anywhere in the US, iphone will be on the xGen!!
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viccybhai
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9. June 2007 @ 03:00 |
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yes Red you are right cingular may not be the best in the world but it's GSM and is far ahead of CDMA i travel all over USA and I never had any problem with network
as far as 3G is concern it's a hype created by cell phone company which will not be a issue in iphone I used cingular gprs in my Nokia 9500 comunicator and it's not bad at all
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