[Cheeniandab]

Huge update to battery life! I know stated battery life and real world results are totally different things, but I’ve better pretty happy with iPod battery life compared to stated battery life. Anyway, this press release says –

iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hours—more than 10 days—of standby time. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/06/18iphone.html

8 Hours of talk time! That makes it one of the longest lasting “smart phone / PDAs” out there! 7 Hours of video playback is actually longer then the 80Gig Video iPod (which is thicker!) by half an hour! 24 hours of audio playback is twice as long as my 30Gig iPod right now (and their both the same size roughly) AND four hours LONGER than the 80Gig iPod Video! Ok, but it’s flashed based so I need to stop comparing it to hard drive based stuff, well that’s the same amount of audio time as the iPod Nano!

6 hours of internet use rocks, that’s about as long (or longer if you compare real world stuff and it is really 6 hours) as MacBook! I know this can’t do as much as a notebook but if you just really want it for email and surfing some web site and checking stocks and movie times and stuff then this basically lasts as long as a big notebook if not longer!

Oh, and the screen is now optical quality glass instead of plastic! This is going to be one amazing phone! I’ll provide a heck of a review as soon as I get my hands on one, but I think I’ll at least be very happy and anyone that’s happy with the iPod probably will be very happy with the iPhone also.


Oh, did I mention they’re pushing the crap out of this thing? In a four hour period of having the TV on I’ll average at least 7 iPhone commercials!

[icedrakona]

Hope it gets over to the UK soon, I know for sure my father and I are getting iPhones! That along with the news that the new iMac's are due in August I will be set for a good few years personal technology wise [thumbup]

[Cheeniandab]

Hope it gets over to the UK soon, I know for sure my father and I are getting an iPhone! That along with the news that the new iMac's are due in August I will be set for a good few years personal technology wise [thumbup]

I hear Apple’s having a hard time finding a network provider over there! I think a couple companies basically have said “**** Apple, we’ll NEVER carry it” and the others just haven’t agreed to Apple’s terms. I’m not sure Apple will bow down to what the networks want since Apple was able to get so much control of it over here in America. I for one am happy for the company making the product to get a lot of control over what runs on it and what doesn’t and even marketing and what not, I’m sick of the cell companies disabling half the stuff on the devices and what not. You Europe guys might not see it for awhile or at all though!


Edit: http://www.macrumors.com/2007/06/14/...ner-in-europe/

"Operators consistently told us, not for attribution, of course, that they had spoken to Apple and found the company 'unbelievably arrogant', making demands that 'simply cannot be justified no matter how hot the product is'," Avi Greengart, a principal analyst at Current Analysis, wrote in an advisory on Monday. I hate any company that thinks like that. If their customers want it and the product is on fire then the company should so everything in their power to get it to the customers so they can keep people happy. Happy people equal higher retention and probably higher revenue from them.

[icedrakona]

It will happen, someone will pay dearly if that truly awesome phone doesn't make it here! It kicks the arse of any of the current phones on the market and over here we tend to get the best of the East pretty fast.

Over here we get screwed on roaming charges (soon to be lowered thankfully) but also on data transfers and what not.... so I hope Apple strikes a good deal... otherwise I wouldn't see myself using many of its features.

Hell my Samsung D830 is full of features that I either can't use or cost too much to use I avoid them! Maybe such service problems need to be addressed before the iPhone can really dominate

[seatlyled]

funny, analysts say that the iPhone is a massive advantage for the phone provider who has it in the lineup

[fereupfer]

i really like this phone and i want it!

does anyone know what it'll cost? i googled it up but it goes from 100 euro to 800 euro so i still don't know how much it will be

[Blahhhshsh]

I couldnt wait any longer. I got the smaller PRADA instead - couldnt turn down the deal Phones4U gave me [thumbup]

[Kneedycrype]

I was deciding between the iPhone and the N95. It was either a bigger screen + touch screen or 5MP camera (vs 2MP), VGA video @ 30fps (vs no video recording) and GPS positioning/navigation. I went for the N95, much more practical and useful

[Thifiadardivy]

After doing a little research i found a pic of the new iPhone battery that will make this all possible.



Fascinating how they can fit so much power into something that small,..

[seatlyled]

"has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity."

now that is a hard hit towards any phone that hasn't got it and they FINALLY fix it before getting the product out (*cough*, 1st Gen Nano)

[Kneedycrype]

"has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity."

now that is a hard hit towards any phone that hasn't got it and they FINALLY fix it before getting the product out (*cough*, 1st Gen Nano)

Hmm, glass on a phone... that's just begging to be dropped!

[seatlyled]

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3684036

[Cheeniandab]

I was deciding between the iPhone and the N95. It was either a bigger screen + touch screen or 5MP camera (vs 2MP), VGA video @ 30fps (vs no video recording) and GPS positioning/navigation. I went for the N95, much more practical and useful

It’s a decent amount more expensive then the iPhone (and it’s already hard to fork out $500 for that!) and it’s not really available over here, I mean it is, but I’m not sure any network provider would allow it on the network.

[luspikals]

It’s a decent amount more expensive then the iPhone (and it’s already hard to fork out $500 for that!) and it’s not really available over here, I mean it is, but I’m not sure any network provider would allow it on the network.

If its GSM, you don't need any network's permission anyway. You just need your valid SIM card, and the phone unlocked (assuming its already locked to another provider). [thumbup]

[Cheeniandab]

If its GSM, you don't need any network's permission anyway. You just need your valid SIM card, and the phone unlocked (assuming its already locked to another provider). [thumbup]

Ya, but unlocked it's like $750 USD and I'm still not sure if AT&T would be real happy with me using it if I ever need anything from them, they'll probably always blame the phone first.

[YpbWF5Yo]

I'm not really impressed by the iPhone. It simply lacks features a demanding European customer wants. Sure it looks fancy, but N95 or E90 is the way to go.

Why no EU provider wants to sell the iPhone? Because for EU networks, technologically wise, it's a step back. UMTS is the way forward and iPhone doesn't have it. It doesn't have integrated GPS. There will be huge earnings from Mobile Phone Navigation Maps. When you want to download a country's map to the phone, you want it downloaded fast (E90 has HSDPA up to 3.6Mbit/s) not get old while downloading maps with EDGE (cca. 64kbit/s)

iPhone just doesn't deliver.

[luspikals]

Ya, but unlocked it's like $750 USD and I'm still not sure if AT&T would be real happy with me using it if I ever need anything from them, they'll probably always blame the phone first.

I had no problems when i used my unlocked Blue Angle (PDA Phone, older) on their network. They may try blaming the phone, but you are within your right to use other phones on their network, as long as you have a valid SIM.

[seatlyled]

in Europe people are VERY unlikely to use anything that costs them data traffic because you get RIPPED OFF easily

but wifi would be VERY popular because it is free most of the time and the coverage gets better every day


As far as GPS goes, it's not as goood on a mobile phone as the portable units you can get for your car (Garmin anyone?).

[Edisesyethisp]

I dont like the idea i can be sitting on a train listening to my chunes then notice i have a hour or so listening time left

What do i do kill off my fone so i can listen to music or be sensble and keep the last bit of juice for calls/txt....

Not ideal imo.

[Kneedycrype]

I dont like the idea i can be sitting on a train listening to my chunes then notice i have a hour or so listening time left

What do i do kill off my fone so i can listen to music or be sensble and keep the last bit of juice for calls/txt....

Not ideal imo.

Charge your phone every night when you get home, or bring a backup battery. Better than having both an iPod and an iPhone in your pockets...