iphones

[poky]

It's a moot issue for us; we're with T-mobile until someone else has a decent price on a data plan (we use our phones as modems when/where there's no wifi available). I'd also be leery of any first-rev hardware; I'd rather let the early adopters shell out the big bucks and find all the bugs.

That said, the iPhones are sexy-looking in pictures.

Sexy is the perfect way to describe the ads. EXCELLENT marketing. I totally want one, but have no plans to pull the trigger. I don't even know how much they cost.

I agree w/Poky about 1st rev bugs, too.

[SuzySunshine]

We're not on Cingular so we won't be considering it for the immediate future but I'm sure DH will want one someday.

[madeintaiwan]

I don't even know how much they cost.

We just renewed our contract with Sprint. I really hate cingular. Hopefully in two years the iphone will be available to all carriers. The 4G is 499$ and the 8G is 599$.

[Bittersweet]

Yep, I have major iphone lust. Unfortunately, it isn't quite cool enough to justify bailing on my Mom and Dad's family plan. Not to mention, during the school year I live in the boons, so verizon is pretty much my only option.

[reciprocity]

I have set myself up for a September iPhone purchase I think...

See, last week, I dropped my phone in the water, and when I went to replace it, I found out my contract with T-Mobile had expired, so I decided to switch to Cingular/AT&T because my fiance is on it, and we spend way too many of our minutes talking to each other

BUT, I needed a phone NOW and the iPhone isn't out yet

SO I asked finace if she wanted to get that Blackberry Pearl she'd been eyeing, I would then switch to using her old phone. She was all excited about it, but was mildly protesting that "it wasn't fair that she got a new phone and I didn't" to which I replied "well, if this one doesn't work out, we'll revisit it after the wedding"

So now she's got a blackberry, I've got a razr, but in a couple months when they've worked out the bugs (and announced if they're going to release a 3G model) I can be like "remember when you said it wasn't fair that you got a new phone and I didn't..."

AND VOILA!

iPhone for meeeeee

[Vanquisher]

I have set myself up for a September iPhone purchase I think...

See, last week, I dropped my phone in the water, and when I went to replace it, I found out my contract with T-Mobile had expired, so I decided to switch to Cingular/AT&T because my fiance is on it, and we spend way too many of our minutes talking to each other

BUT, I needed a phone NOW and the iPhone isn't out yet

SO I asked finace if she wanted to get that Blackberry Pearl she'd been eyeing, I would then switch to using her old phone. She was all excited about it, but was mildly protesting that "it wasn't fair that she got a new phone and I didn't" to which I replied "well, if this one doesn't work out, we'll revisit it after the wedding"

So now she's got a blackberry, I've got a razr, but in a couple months when they've worked out the bugs (and announced if they're going to release a 3G model) I can be like "remember when you said it wasn't fair that you got a new phone and I didn't..."

AND VOILA!

iPhone for meeeeee

[rainbabies]

wow! a guy who thinks in advance. i knew i liked you.

good luck getting the phone.

The 4G is 499$ and the 8G is 599$.

I thought they looked totally sexy, too. And I was rationalizing the purchase by saying that I have always wanted an iPod, might as well just get the iPhone. However, it would be MUCH less expensive to just get the iPod. So, no iPhone for me.

[Vishenka69]

The 4G is 499$ and the 8G is 599$.

I thought they looked totally sexy, too. And I was rationalizing the purchase by saying that I have always wanted an iPod, might as well just get the iPhone. However, it would be MUCH less expensive to just get the iPod. So, no iPhone for me.

So it's totally ok for everyone to discuss getting a $500 phone but I mention spending that much on shoes and get stoned? Not fair.

[SuzySunshine]

The 4G is 499$ and the 8G is 599$.

I thought they looked totally sexy, too. And I was rationalizing the purchase by saying that I have always wanted an iPod, might as well just get the iPhone. However, it would be MUCH less expensive to just get the iPod. So, no iPhone for me.

So it's totally ok for everyone to discuss getting a $500 phone but I mention spending that much on shoes and get stoned? Not fair.

I'm with you Vishenka - that is a LOT of money, of course I supose for the die hards it will be used everyday.

DH's iPod just died after only having it for a year and a half so he ordered a new hard drive and is fixing it himself, the iPods as big as he has are to expensive to be replacing every 18 months.

[reciprocity]

wow! a guy who thinks in advance. i knew i liked you.

good luck getting the phone.

I'm downright machiavellian in my pursuit of shiny toys.

next week, I'll tell the story of how I got my fiance an XBox 360 for her graduation present...

[rainbabies]

next week, I'll tell the story of how I got my fiance an XBox 360 for her graduation present...

that sounds like something my dh would do....you know...so we could both play it.

[poky]

next week, I'll tell the story of how I got my fiance an XBox 360 for her graduation present...

Ha! My husband's making noises about getting a Wii. Ostensibly for me, of course.

[reciprocity]

Yeah, unfortunately, my 360 maneuver cost me the permission I needed to put a wii on our registry!

[in my defense, what happened was I got her two gifts for graduation - a ring and uuum... something else, I forget) but her roommate thought I had three gifts, and told fiance (then girlfriend) that I had three gifts for her, so then she was like "you got me three presents?!?!?!" and I was like "no, I got you two" and she kinda for a second made a disappointed "oh" then caught herself - BUT IT WAS TOO LATE - so I was like "FINE I'll get you your three presents" (I can do faux indignant like a PRO) then ran to Best Buy and got a 360]