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What is your experience so far with the Iphone. Is it worth that big chunk of change? Also anyone using a "cracked" Iphone?
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Re: Any I-phoner out there
my brother down your way has one. he hasn't said anything negative about it so far and he is a bonafide techie, so who knows. -
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My sister and 2 of my brothers (certified geeks) all have them. After they got the credit from Apple for the dropped price, they have made no complaints.
Actually they LOVE it.Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xavier</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What is your experience so far with the Iphone. Is it worth that big chunk of change? Also anyone using a "cracked" Iphone? </div></div>
Actually it is cheaper now.
Best GUI.
Worst interface to setup and update on.Comment
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A friend of mine, is on his third iPhone, due to cracking the glass on the first two.
I would love to have one myself, but cant justify the ridiculous high price, and steep monthly phone service cost. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad2.gif[/img]Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A friend of mine, is on his third iPhone, due to cracking the glass on the first two.
I would love to have one myself, but cant justify the ridiculous high price, and steep monthly phone service cost. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad2.gif[/img] </div></div>
There is some problems with cracking glass, but did he leave in the car @ any time?
The handset is cheaper now that when it first debut, as to rates I don't because I never looked at other service providers. I think if you avoid the Data Plan the rates should be tolerable.
One thing no 3G, just Edge. The other bad news it the Radio is not very efficient, lots of dropped calls.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A friend of mine, is on his third iPhone, due to cracking the glass on the first two.
I would love to have one myself, but cant justify the ridiculous high price, and steep monthly phone service cost. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad2.gif[/img] </div></div>
You'd be surprised at the number of people who have had 1-2 iphones lost or stolen and go right back and buy another one. They don't even consider going back to their PDA or a regular phone. Even with the cost, it is a very good investment for most people. The data plan is not bad considering the unlimited access to email/web. I haven't heard any complaints other than issues with activating them in itunes and the huge deposits people pay just to get one. A man paid a $500 deposit for one today. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek2.gif[/img]Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
There is some problems with cracking glass, but did he leave in the car @ any time?
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Tuff, him did hav wan ah dem inna him pocket an hit di edge ah wan table wen him pass by, mi noh kno how him crack di odda wan.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: msgoody2shoes</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I haven't heard any complaints other than issues with activating them in itunes and the huge deposits people pay just to get one. A man paid a $500 deposit for one today. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek2.gif[/img] </div></div>
[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek2.gif[/img] Maan,...dat sound very excessive! MS Goody, wha di $500 deposit really being use fah?Comment
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ah guess dat is why Verizon neva get the i-phone cause dem love fi test out dem equipment b4 dem sell ie..
so while VZ slow to mawket on features mi know seh dem wuk well when dem come out [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bannana_purple.gif[/img]If you don't fight for what you deserve, you deserve what you get.
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Thanks for the feedback. What I meant by cracked is "unlocked" phone. I know people had issues when the firmware was updated on the phone. I heard it made the phone unusable.Out of Many One People Online
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
There is some problems with cracking glass, but did he leave in the car @ any time?
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Tuff, him did hav wan ah dem inna him pocket an hit di edge ah wan table wen him pass by, mi noh kno how him crack di odda wan.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: msgoody2shoes</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I haven't heard any complaints other than issues with activating them in itunes and the huge deposits people pay just to get one. A man paid a $500 deposit for one today. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek2.gif[/img] </div></div>
[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek2.gif[/img] Maan,...dat sound very excessive! MS Goody, wha di $500 deposit really being use fah?
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The $500 deposit means even though he has money to spare, his credit is not good. Bad payment history and all that. He gets it back in 1 year if he does not get any disconnects within the time period. Disconnects extends the 1 year deposit return for another 3 months and so on. Excessive is not quite the word. Try C-R-A-Z-Y. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xavier</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the feedback. What I meant by cracked is "unlocked" phone. I know people had issues when the firmware was updated on the phone. I heard it made the phone unusable. </div></div>
Once an iPhone is unlocked, it is no longer usuable on any other carrier than the one it is unlocked for. Once the software has been tampered with and altered, it is not likely to get back to the original state thanks to Apple's desire to protect the relationship with AT&T. It also voids the warranty with Apple. If anything were to happen to the phone in say 3 days, you buy another one or get a regular phone. Apple will not guarantee an unlocked phone. A man tried to come back from T'Mobile with an unlocked iPhone. Nothing doing! My advice to anyone, DON'T DO IT. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70388-shameonyou.gif[/img]Comment
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CNN Confirms iPhone Crack And A New One Emerges:
By Anne Shaw
11:41, September 2nd 2007
CNN confirmed the iPhone crack developed by a group called iPhoneSIMFree, which was reported last week. According to CNN, an independent software consultant has demonstrated the software that unlocks iPhone on Friday evening. The method developed by iPhoneSIMfree was initially reported by the tech site Engadget.
CNN has spoken with two members of the group behind iPhoneSIMfree and they said “would start selling the software, which they haven't yet priced, as soon as their online payment and customer service systems are ready”. Still, for the moment it’s not clear if the unlocking of the iPhone is legal or not.
Contacted by CNN, Apple declined to comment, but a AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said he couldn't speculate on the legality of unlocking the phone, but he added, "When you sign up, you're signing a two-year contract. You're obligated to pay the bill."
Last week the New Jersey teen George Hotz in collaboration with three online colleagues reported another method to unlock the iPhone through an array of procedures detailed on his blog. The operation is fairly long, it involves some technical knowledge and it’s not reachable for a beginner. The highest risk is to definitely damage it during the “process”.
But for Hotz it was a good deal as the teenager traded his second unlocked iPhone creation, the first is for his own use, to Terry Daidone, founder of CertiCell, in exchange for a Nissan 350Z sports car and three new 8 Gb iPhones for his team.
Also Belfast-based UniquePhones claimed it had cracked the code which locked iPhone into AT&T's network. In fact so far the company, which said it intends to publish its unlocking solution, was the only one contacted by AT&T’s lawyers. They said that unveiling the unlocking method constitute copyright infringement and illegal software dissemination.
In an interview with AP, John McLaughlin of Uniquephones.com, said they had planned to release the software via iphoneunlocking.com and the price of unlocking would be $25 per iPhone.
Also last week Baltic News Service reported that a Lithuanian website is offering to unlock the iPhone for use with local mobile service providers. The website, called iphone.projectas.in, claims to have unlocked two iPhones in Lithuania and it features a video clip without sound showing the iPhones operating on Lithuanian mobile networks, including Omnitel, Bite Lietuva and TELE2.
The site's authors are also offering to unlock iPhones for 260 euros (355 dollars) by early September.
There are three methods of making the iPhone operational in Lithuania, the site claims: by subscriber identity module (SIM) card cloning, phone modification, or by installing a SIM card add-on.
"The third method of unlocking is more promising. Any SIM card will go for that. An original card is inserted together with a special SIM card add-on," the website says.
For the moment, Apple has launched its phone only in US, but according to media reports, the Cupertino company has already selected its partners in Europe: O2 in the UK, Orange in France and T-Mobile in Germany.
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Wow! Apple won't be hurt too bad though. As long as people shell out the big bucks for the iPhone and Apple does not have to guarantee it once it's cracked, Apple probably won't keep up a big fuss. Plus, it has a high rate for being stolen and people are actually running back to buy another one. I can imagine these stolen phones are the main ones being cracked. There is supposed to be a tracking of these iPhones if they are stolen.
As for AT&T, they will lose as far as monthly services. But they get the $36/$26 activation fee and $175 per iPhone for breaking the required 2 year contract.
I don't know why these companies don't just make a phone similiar to the iPhone instead of risking legal ramifications. I really don't think Apple will sit back and say, "Well, as long as they bought the phone". They already sued one Geek who unlocked the phone. I can just see the lawsuits coming. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif[/img]Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xavier</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the feedback. What I meant by cracked is "unlocked" phone. I know people had issues when the firmware was updated on the phone. I heard it made the phone unusable. </div></div>
It did but it was re-cracked (so they say), I have not had an opportunity to try it.
Even when the IPhooey was not cracked (not even the screen) the most recent Firmware Upgrade Bricked the Phone (personal experience), you have to downgrade, upgrade then back up.Comment
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