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Ugh, it looks like I cannot order it in Canada .

Oh my God.. I never thought I'd say this.. But I want an apple device..

http://www.apple.com/iphone

I was checking it out earlier after reading an article about it on Neowin, the phone looks excellent, I'm actually considering buying one, despite the prices of the two handsets.

One of the main things I like about it is that it comes out in Europe before Asia, that never usually happens!

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Originally posted by traxor
One of the main things I like about it is that it comes out in Europe before Asia, that never usually happens!

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Well it is an American company

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Originally posted by Weyzza
$599 with 2-year contract?!

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I thought that was the price without the contract...
Of course you could just buy it and unlock it

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Originally posted by ValSpy
I thought that was the price without the contract...
Of course you could just buy it and unlock it

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With or without the contract, it's overpriced in my opinion
I will not buy cellphones from service providers as they will print their ugly names on the phones

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Originally posted by Weyzza

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Originally posted by ValSpy
I thought that was the price without the contract...
Of course you could just buy it and unlock it

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With or without the contract, it's overpriced in my opinion
I will not buy cellphones from service providers as they will print their ugly names on the phones

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someone has to pay for the technology they madefor you to use so i think $599 is a cheap price compared to other phones on the market

And you have to remember how quick the price of a phone drops as well

While I can't say I've been disappointed by the iPhone unveiling in terms of what it offers and how incredibly slick it looks -- I have no doubt it will be the best smartphone on the market by a huge margin -- I am probably not getting one. 

I had delayed purchase of an iPod and replacing my phone in anticipation of this and nevertheless, in strictly personal, "suits my needs" way, I am disappointed.  I had hoped for a much less flashy device that would fit the description of an iPod + basic GSM phone.  Perhaps I am "old school", perhaps it's just my lifestyle, but I don't own a smartphone now and really don't think I am missing anything.  I don't want a big device.  I don't want to be checking my email on my phone.  I certainly don't want to pay monthly for the data service plan that would require.  I don't even need a camera on my phone -- all it has to do is make calls and send text messages. 

June availability (I want something sooner) and Cingular (a carrier I don't use and don't especially like from what I keep hearing) are not good either.  I will have to think it over for a few days, but right now, I see myself just getting a Nano and a new phone of some sort (feel free to make suggestions).

There were no mentions about Leopoard and its release date or any updates to the Mac range, such as the possibilty of a 8 core Mac Pro

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Originally posted by ValSpy
I thought that was the price without the contract...
Of course you could just buy it and unlock it

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It's $499 and $599 for the phone with the contract - you can't buy it without being on the Cingular contract.

Unlocking it is useless too - there are some bigger changes in the way phone carriers/networks work for this device - the Random Access Voicemail feature being one, call conferencing and stuff like that. The majority of phone networks do not have this so you begin to lose functionality (Cingular is apparently the first and only with the voicemail features)

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Originally posted by Dempsey
There were no mentions about Leopoard and its release date or any updates to the Mac range, such as the possibilty of a 8 core Mac Pro

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More Mac announcements in the coming weeks and February apparently.

Hopefully we get a Core 2 Duo Mac Mini - I can sell my old Core Duo mini and get a newer one.

2008 with the phone for Australia blows majorly but as I mentioned, there are infrastructure changes which need to go in place first as well as Australian FCC approval etc.

That being said, no way I am holding off for a phone so like Adeptus - suggestions for a new phone would work for me as well.