iPhone Envy?

On 2008-07-10, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
> So, I will never use AT&T for anything. Therefore, the iPhone posts are useless
> to me.

You never know, the iPhone without AT&T might be a possibility. The
grey market shops in Hong Kong are promising to have no-contract
3G phones by July 21, though I don't like the current price:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/5zt9c9

> Besides, the iPhone isn't my cup of tea anyhow. If I was going to buy
> something from an Apple, it wouldn't be an iPhone or an overPriced
> iPod. :) It'd be a Macbook, most likely (I must admit to liking the
> current crop of Macs).

I agree with that, I'd much rather have a Macbook than an iPhone.

Dennis Ferguson

In article <Xns9AD7E5AB58B08noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>,
Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

> The Iphone is the bottom half with an ARM processor. The big chips are
> memory to the right of the radio stuff.
>
> I'm more interested in the hardware than the software toys that run on it.
>
> Someone said it cost them $137 per unit, complete in the box. I believe
> that.
>
> The pullapart was done instantly in NZ tonight at launch:
> http://live.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/iPhone3G
> Sure is made cheaply....

yes, apple is an absolute master of miniaturization, while keeping the
build quality best of class at the lowest possible cost.

the iphone without a doubt is the most finely made cell phone produced
on the planet today.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

On 2008-07-11, Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote:


> You never know, the iPhone without AT&T might be a possibility.

So, obviously, that justifies all the offtopic crap posted by the fanboys.

(That was sarcasm, in case you weren't sure.)

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David Moyer <davmoy@world.com> wrote in news:davmoy-7FEDED.02502111072008
@news.qwest.net:

> yes, apple is an absolute master of miniaturization, while keeping the
> build quality best of class at the lowest possible cost.
>
>

You got that right! The GPS receiver and antenna is so small WE CAN'T EVEN
FIND IT!....(c;