Comments on: Why I Won’t Be Buying the New iPhone http://blog.filife.com/why-i-wont-be-buying-the-new-iphone/ A production of FiLife, a new personal-finance site that goes live later this year. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:14:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: soft_guy http://blog.filife.com/why-i-wont-be-buying-the-new-iphone/#comment-1988 soft_guy Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:06:43 +0000 http://blog.filife.com/?p=598#comment-1988 No, her she doesn't have unlimited data. She probably doesn't have much in the way of minutes, and she probably has basic phones that certainly don't do what the iPhone does. If you don't want an iPhone - fine. If you can't afford one - fine. I don't care. But don't try to compare a smartphone to some basic, free Nokia phone on a crappy shared minutes plan that has no data or internet features. But the reality is that I need a smart phone for what I do at work. I need constant access to email. I like only carrying one device, not two. I LOVE mobile Safari. It is the only useful mobile web browser I've tried - and I've tried them all. The overall quality of the software on the iPhone is so much better than any other phone I've used that whatever it costs is completely worth it to me. And there are more incredibly amazing things coming on iPhone. Just wait. I predict with a high level of certainty that it will be the hottest mobile gaming platform out there in four months. No, her she doesn’t have unlimited data. She probably doesn’t have much in the way of minutes, and she probably has basic phones that certainly don’t do what the iPhone does.

If you don’t want an iPhone - fine. If you can’t afford one - fine. I don’t care.

But don’t try to compare a smartphone to some basic, free Nokia phone on a crappy shared minutes plan that has no data or internet features.

But the reality is that I need a smart phone for what I do at work. I need constant access to email. I like only carrying one device, not two. I LOVE mobile Safari. It is the only useful mobile web browser I’ve tried - and I’ve tried them all. The overall quality of the software on the iPhone is so much better than any other phone I’ve used that whatever it costs is completely worth it to me.

And there are more incredibly amazing things coming on iPhone. Just wait. I predict with a high level of certainty that it will be the hottest mobile gaming platform out there in four months.

]]> By: Tyler Style http://blog.filife.com/why-i-wont-be-buying-the-new-iphone/#comment-1987 Tyler Style Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:11 +0000 http://blog.filife.com/?p=598#comment-1987 On a strictly cost basis, your analysis is correct. However, like when it comes to job positions & salary, there are a lot of 'intangibles' that you can factor in that significantly boost the appeal of a position (or in this case, a phone). Personally, I think the texting interface alone is worth the money, given my huge fat fingers; I can glide to what I want if I miskey, rather than having to backspace and try again. Screen real estate, available applications, etc etc etc all come into play. I think a simple cost analysis is too simplistic a route to take in analyzing the worth of the the phone, unless you SOLELY plan to use it for phone calls and texting. On a strictly cost basis, your analysis is correct. However, like when it comes to job positions & salary, there are a lot of ‘intangibles’ that you can factor in that significantly boost the appeal of a position (or in this case, a phone).

Personally, I think the texting interface alone is worth the money, given my huge fat fingers; I can glide to what I want if I miskey, rather than having to backspace and try again. Screen real estate, available applications, etc etc etc all come into play.

I think a simple cost analysis is too simplistic a route to take in analyzing the worth of the the phone, unless you SOLELY plan to use it for phone calls and texting.

]]> By: Joe Stevens http://blog.filife.com/why-i-wont-be-buying-the-new-iphone/#comment-1986 Joe Stevens Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:46:16 +0000 http://blog.filife.com/?p=598#comment-1986 Does your family plan have unlimited data?? Does your family plan have unlimited data??

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