Whos getting an iPhone?

[benwynn]

So who here is getting the 2nd Gen iPhone 3G, coming July 11??

I probably wont due to cost, and I already have a 1st Generation model- I dont use data that much so no bother to me.

[Ian Warren]

I'm not .. running around a work site with the COMUNERCATOR .. not sure whether bout to kill convo .... or button to push .. iPhone .. is that a IanPhone targeting the non user but real .... .... ......

[benwynn]

Personally Ian, I dont think I can see many people over 40 getting them. My dad, who is well over 50, struggles to use his nokia, with half the features

Im sure they could customise it for you special needs Ian, then we can just rebrand it and sell as the IanPhone!

[Ian Warren]

Brother Rick , year lesser than me , has his cell phone , contractor of course - comes here to my place and swears and curses ... bloody computers... always brakin down , thats him ... technology not him unless a combat sim running .. then hes DANGERUS thats his spell and forgets hes on a PC

[toprob]

QUOTE (benwynn @ Jun 30 2008, 09:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Personally Ian, I dont think I can see many people over 40 getting them. My dad, who is well over 50, struggles to use his nokia, with half the features

Yes, 'i' products tend to appeal to younger folk because they have a 'cool' factor, but over 40s have been around long enough to know that paying a premium for cool is a bit like paying for air:)

[benwynn]

Id tend to agree there rob, even though I am one of them

[HardCorePawn]

what??? you mean you can get air for free??




But seriously, and I know this statement is going to make me officially old (oi! you! get off my lawn!)... it really pains me to watch the younger folk with their designer (read: $150) jeans... and their designer (read: $250) sunglasses... and their designer (read: $80) t-shirts (who pays $80 for a T-SHIRT?!?! )... and i'm left thinking... WHY?

But, then... I never was the coolest, hippest kid in class...

Still, I guess they look at me spending $150-$200+/hour to whiz around the skies and think... WHY? I'm sure my wife does

[brownbox]

i think i will keep my n95 8gb thanks No matter how hard i try, i just cant make the iphone worth it in my head....

[benwynn]

Well if you have an N95 thats OK , I upgraded from a Nokia 3100

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (HardCorePawn @ Jun 30 2008, 09:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

But, then... I never was the coolest, hippest kid in class...

Still, I guess they look at me spending $150-$200+/hour to whiz around the skies and think... WHY? I'm sure my wife does

HCP .. me I was just dudling at school and to be cool , doodle more , ....... Idea .. throw your wife onto the F/sim .. make sure it s your best most realistic FS aircraft .. most real photo scenery , be NZReal of course ... then try messers at low level in real world weather ( rain and cloudy ) oh .. only 10 minutes .. BEHIND YOUR BACK ? YOU HAVE A OLD AIRLINE AIRSICK BAG FOR HER COS ITS SO BRILLIANT ITS ALMOST REAL - she'd be gettin giddy AND thats when the BAG COMES IN HANDY .. you can now spend some money for yourself and flightsim ...... tru tho or not

[victor_alpha_charlie]

Yeah spending money for Apple gear is pretty stupid. I was looking for an AV cable for my Ipod- an Apple one is $60, I just bought a no-name one for $4...

[ardypilot]

Yeah I'm not a big fan of Apple products- strictly a PC guy, with a Sony Ericsson Walkman cellphone.

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COS ITS SO BRILLIANT ITS ALMOST REAL - she'd be gettin giddy AND thats when the BAG COMES IN HANDY[/quote]
Haha, my Mum said something simular when I tried showing her FS once... I think I was flying a Pitts Special at the time

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[deeknow]

QUOTE (brownbox @ Jun 30 2008, 10:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i think i will keep my n95 8gb thanks No matter how hard i try, i just cant make the iphone worth it in my head....

Yep, I'm stoked with my N95 too. In fact, just bought a new Wireless router for home and finally hooked the N95 up to the web tonight, sure it hasn't got the screen real-estate of the iPhone but its doable.

Never quite got the whole Mac religious thing, I guess I just get sick of hearing Mac-ophiles bleating on about how great they are.

[benwynn]

You cant really say that Deeknow, have you ever used a Mac? Im 99% sure your opinion of them would change, for the better or the worse.

Strictly a PC Guy ay Andrew? Fair Enough, But I have 2 fortunently. My PC for Flight Sim, and my MacBook for everything else

[Daniel]

Nope, I won't be. Don't have the money at the moment anyway.
With Apple you pay for the brand. Tom brought up a good point about the price for Apple branded cords etc.
I don't have any Apple branded thing at the moment.

[Anthony]

I won't be buying an iPhone because I'm happy with current phone and it's on the wrong network anyway (Telecom for the win and the lose).
Plus I have a lot of other things I want to buy and the amount I have now doesn't quite stretch to cover those things let alone an iPhone.

As a Mac user, but not a religiously nutty one, I figure I may as well say something about it.
Daniel is correct - with Apple you pay a lot for the brand. The other things you pay for are the user interface, simplicity, etc but a lot of it is the brand.
Is it worth it? To some it is.

Apple's prices are a rip in many ways - especially for 'accessories' like cords and extra RAM.

Disclaimer: At the moment I own a MacBook and an iPod from Apple. I also own two Windows computers plus the family computer which is also Windows.
My mum, as a teacher, has a school laptop which is also Windows. I think it's safe to say that I'm fairly platform agnostic.

[toprob]

Way back when I started the copy centre, we used a Mac as a print server, but did most of the work on a PC. The Mac cost about $30,000, the PC was $5,000. (Although the Mac had 512MB of RAM, whereas the PC only had 128...) I guess it was a matter of taste -- the Mac had PhotoShop installed (which I only used for scanning), and I suppose I could have got to love the Mac, but it really seemed clunky to me. I guess things have changed now, but I preferred the freedom of Windows' windows, if you'll excuse the expression.

But the main reason for setting up the print bureau part was a direct reaction to the Mac-centric digital print market. It was almost impossible to get a PC file printed here in Christchurch, and most bureaus had an attitude which I always took to be snobbery. Now I know that they just didn't really have a clue about PCs, because Apple did all the necessary training for the Mac, supplied all the software for free, and it wasn't that easy to get the same support for PCs.

One day when I'm rich I want a huge wide white Mac screen on a little table when I walk inside, to check my messages....

But I do understand the power of peer pressure. My ex-wife (the first one, not the second...) would only want an Ipod, because that's what all her friends had -- it wouldn't matter if you could get a nice MP3 player for cheap -- you just couldn't explain the difference to her.

My kids are a bit more sensible, but that's mainly because of the un-green reputation of Apple.

The same thing applies to game consoles -- younger folk want a Playstation 3, because then they belong to a 'club', but if you do the normal consumer research, there's no way a PS3 would be a suitable choice, unless money was no object.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (toprob @ Jul 1 2008, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The same thing applies to game consoles -- younger folk want a Playstation 3, because then they belong to a 'club', but if you do the normal consumer research, there's no way a PS3 would be a suitable choice, unless money was no object.

I would buy a PS3 because the game I would buy a new console for (Gran Turismo 5) is only on PS3

I do have a 30gb Ipod Video, but because it best suited my needs. I would've got a Microsoft Zune but they're expensive for their capacity. I'm probably going to upgrade soon because I can't fit enough movies on my Ipod.

[Anthony]

Speaking of the Zune, I'm not aware of it being available in New Zealand. I'm pretty sure MS only released it to US and then Canada or something.
Of course I could be wrong.

Not really a fan of the Zune myself, and I think you'd become the laughing stock of the internet, or rather your Zune would.

[benwynn]

Reason Being for my iPhone purchase.

Needed a new phone, could get one for a good price, didnt have ipod/mp3 player at the time..Not JUST because its an iPhone.

I am the exact oposite Tom, I really want to get the new GTA- But Ive never had a gaming console, and I probably never will (Fortunently it will come out on pc I hope )

How many Flight Simmers world wide would have upgraded/bought new computers for FSX. I know I certainly didnt..