iPhone first hand consumer review, best mobile device ever invented.
I am posting my own first hand experiences and also my buddy Mark who is a big Mac fan.
The iPhone is one the greatest electronic devices ever invented, write it down. Kiss the walkman, boombox, cell phone and uumm the ipod goodbye in the history books.
Simply put it is the best phone ever invented.
Impressions/Comments:
- Coolest device I’ve ever used, every feature works brilliantly.
- Google maps is sooo friggin cool.
- Super easy to setup, went way beyond my high expectations.
- 2 mega pixel camera makes other cell phone camera phones look like toys.
- Ipod is similar, some cool features like the ability to drag over albums and flipping thru to get to the songs you want. Turning it sideways gives you a nicer profile.
- It does not seem to be missing anything.
- It feels like a $600 phone, feels like a substantial item, honestly surprised didn’t think I would like it this much.
- I’m blown away.
- Can’t believe how quick everything is. Everything is so fast just like the apple video about it, it’s almost in fast forward.
- Talking and browsing at the same time no issues, cool.
- Perfectly balanced, fits my hand perfectly.
- It’s really nice not pressing buttons.
They thought of everything!
Cool features:
- When you talk with the phone against your face, it blacks out the screen and disables the buttons via a proximity sensor, crazy stuff.
- You can be on speaker phone and using google maps, at the same time.
- Weather widget allows you to setup as many locations as you want. Drag with the picture with your finger and just drag them over and it updates the whole week and transitions fluidly across without delay, cool effect.
- Loads links from email no problem.
- Imports over from icalendar, safari or outlook.
- Screen is beautiful, edge network moves quick not rocket fast but very useable.
- Nice stock ticker, everything looks and works correctly.
- The switch to the silent mode is really easy and no way to turn it back on by accident.
- Dictionary recognizes words and fills in names making things much faster and it learns the words you use.
Quality/Packaging
- Build quality is built like a brick, looks like if it drops it will hold up
- The glass smudges easy but you can only see it from side angles, direct view you don’t notice.
- Glass is a heavy thick screen, it provides very good feedback with your finger.
- It comes with a dock for the computer and wall charger, no case or clip.
- Back is a matte finish metal, not the shiny chrome finish found on an ipods so shouldn’t show off scuffs as much.
- Packaging typical apple, well packed, no chance of getting broken, store gave out nice iphone bags.
Setup:
When you open the phone it tells you open iTunes, once you open iTunes it starts the activation.
It took each of us 25-30 minutes to setup, play with it and get used to features (without a manual). Setup included: activating the account via itunes, setting up wireless node, playing with stuff during setup, email is a breeze to setup it displays all service providers and setttings are already pre-saved, multi email accounts, password protection, weather widget setup, ipod loaded a couple of albums, sync’d the old phone address book via Bluetooth sync’d perfectly.
Apple Checkout:
About 300 people on line, we were 80th on line. The entire process from doors opening to walking out took 27 mins. Apple had 20 clerks ringing people up.
To sum it up, this is simply the best phone ever built. Possibly one of the best electronic devices ever, doesn’t beat the computer but one of the coolest most innovative products ever, touch screen will revolutionize the industry.
Get your iPhone or accessories before they sell out!
Matt
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Just remember, if EDGE is in use on a phone call, you can only connect to the Internet via the WiFi connection. So, no Google Maps while on a phone call unless both connections are active.
Similarly, if you're on the web via EDGE, because no WiFi available, your calls will roll-over to voice mail.
Posted by: Dave Marsh | July 05, 2007 at 08:26 PM