Originally Posted By LuLu Anyone going to camp out Friday morning for an iPhone? DrFrootLoop plans to do this. She was suggested to get there at 4am. Anyone else doing this, or know someone who is? What time do you plan to get there? The monthly fees for this phone seem absurd. I'm actually thinking of canceling my own cell as I almost never use it (I hate the cute little phone I got last time too, it's difficult to talk on). It sounds like if we had just the 1 contract for the iPhone, it's $70/month plus messaging and taxes, etc, so around $100/month! LPers who pay these kinds of fees, do you really find it worth it? I can't imagine, myself, but I know that's partly a personality thing, plus I'm usually home anyway, so I really don't have a need. So. New iPhone, discuss.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmmmm, no thank you. If I were to get one, I would preorder on-line (why go at 4am). And I prefer smart media XDAs to the functionality deficient iPhone. different strokes.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut im with schmitty. No reason to upgrade right away. The internet at it sits is decent for me and might even improve with people abandoning edge for 3g. Also it has navi, but I have navi in my car so no need for that either. I am quite excited for the new version of the OS. Sounds like there are some good improvements and of course the app store will be great. Ill probably pick one up after the wedding.
Originally Posted By LuLu Waiting is an option, but getting one online is not. I'm told that if you want one right away, camping out at a store is the only way. DrFL's current phone is not an iPhone or similar. I'm thinking it's a Razr (or something like that). So SGV and Nut, you have the current iPhone and like it? And feel it's worth the monthly fees - what do you pay? Thanks
Originally Posted By LuLu Oh, and DrFL thinks she won't be able to put up with the LP Meets w/o an iPhone :-D I don't care if she camps out as long as she's with a friend who I know. My only issue is I prefer that kids see the value in saving money as opposed to splurging (in my mind), ha fat chance! I'm thinkin', what would $100 monthly compound to in 5 or 10 years!
Originally Posted By Ursula I want one but I won't be camping out for it. I mean, it's not Van Halen tickets or anything. I've had the same cheap phone for almost three years now. I'm on it alot for work and personal use, and the iPhone has so many cool features I'm lacking now, like navigation, etc. I get lost easy and I don't have anything now except for a Thomas Guide from 1977. And yeah, it is a status symbol and a "cool" thing to have...so I need to have one. I waited long enough and didn't get the first round of iPhones.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 My 26 and 29 year old sons have an iphone and they LOVE them. 29 year old is going to get the new iphone for the navi as soon as he can. He was trying to get DH to buy his "old" iphone from him but AT&T has terrible reception where we live and work so it's not an option. LuLu it is a personality thing. My sons love all the gadgets and gizmos and do use the iphone for all it's worth. They are constantly showing us things that it does in a flash. If I had one, I'd be using it for making phone calls Also, the excitement of being in line with others who are excited for a product can be fun Kind of like being inline for a ride (attraction) at Disneyland when it first opens. Son #1 would be happy to answer any questions. We call him the Apple addict
Originally Posted By Ursula <what would $100 monthly compound to in 5 or 10 years! > True...but I'm already paying $79 a month for my phone and I hate it. I'd rather pay just a little more and enjoy my phone and have some fun things to play with, like posting to LP Live without worrying about it getting "full" after two pictures. Plus, I already have a 401k and and IRA, darn it!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I waited about an hour to get mine last summer. It was fun to be outside the store, waiting with all the other iPhone nerds. It was like waiting in line for 'Midway Madness' -- only differenter.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes LuLu, I think it's worth it. It has a lot of aps that I use, and mine's nothing to the G3. I think there are other phones out there that can do many of the same things, but the private software developers are going to leave the other phones behind. And then there's the 'cool' factor which is why Dr. Fruitloop has to have this phone and have it now! One thing I'm extremely unhappy about is that I had my briefcase stolen a few days ago, and my docking cradle was in it. I searched everywhere for a generic replacement, hard to find, and when I found a store that carried one, they were sold out every time. Desperately needing my phone (which by now had lost it's charge) I went to the Apple Store. $50 for just the docking cradle?????? % BTW The generic ones were $30.
Originally Posted By LuLu Only an hour, JiM? Maybe this 4 hours thing is overkill. The guy at the AT&T store said they shouldn't run out so fast since many people already have one, AND they have lots more than the first time around. But he said she wouldn't get one if she arrived at 7. He suggested 4. (AT&T opens at 8)
Originally Posted By LuLu amazed, by the time I figured out half the features on the iPhone, they'd be on version 4 or 5. Heck, I don't even use the widgets on my computer.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Heck, I don't even use the widgets on my computer.<< Good Lord, don't start! Run away! Run away! I discovered them when I finally upgraded to Leopard (or cougar or wombat or crocodile or whatever the hell it is) and I can't stop adding them! I have a plasma lava lamp widget. Why do I have a plasma lava lamp widget? BECAUSE I CAN, OKAY!!!??? Run awaaaay...... saaaave yourself.....
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>My only issue is I prefer that kids see the value in saving money as opposed to splurging (in my mind), ha fat chance! I'm thinkin', what would $100 monthly compound to in 5 or 10 years!<< Saving money is very old school. It sounds boring and positively something out of the Great depression. Bleh. Instead, refer to it as iSave. People will flock to it! (Just be sure to include a free plasma lava lamp widget. It's so shiny... so sparkly.....)
Originally Posted By Ursula OMG!!! I also have the plasma lava lamp widget. Could it be...is it possible, maybe, just..just maybe I am as cool as Kar2oonMan!!!!!!!
