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I'm a Supervisor for AT&T, and I've had about every major phone on the market, and nothing has compared to the iPhone yet. There is so much you can do with it. You can't even begin to compare Sprint's cheap ripoff of the iPhone. The look is so ugly.

Sprint doesn't bend you over in customer service? bull****.

Why bother? Sprint just released the Instinct and its faster and cheaper than the icrap. It also does everything the icrap can do and more.

It was only a matter of time before someone released a product that shows apple how the icrap should have been.

Did I mention that it looks great as well? And Sprint doesnt bend you over like AT&T does for service.

This was intended to be humorous correct?

Given your inability to say iPhone I do understand the purpose of your post was not to inform but to, attempt, to invoke a reaction given this is an iPhone thread...

That being said, I have to agree with Karmakaze...Sprints 'Service' was the single worst I've ever received from a phone company, I was more impressed by Verizon and that is truly sad...

This was intended to be humorous correct?

Given your inability to say iPhone I do understand the purpose of your post was not to inform but to, attempt, to invoke a reaction given this is an iPhone thread...

That being said, I have to agree with Karmakaze...Sprints 'Service' was the single worst I've ever received from a phone company, I was more impressed by Verizon and that is truly sad...

User experiences differ for everyone. In my instance Sprint service was far superior to that of AT&T; the service coverage was much better than with AT&T (I am not sure if the bad reception is AT&T's or the iPhone's fault, personally I think its the iPhone is to blame here). Also I was with Sprint since 2004, and even back then they had 3G support in my area, whereas I will have to wait till Q4 2008/Q1 2009 for 3G from AT&T.

User experiences differ for everyone. In my instance Sprint service was far superior to that of AT&T; for one the service coverage was much better than with AT&T (now I am not sure if the bad reception is AT&T's or the iPhone's fault). Also I was with Sprint since 2004, and even back then they had 3G support in my area, whereas I will have to wait till Q4 2008/Q1 2009 for 3G from AT&T.

I can appreciate that, however your post wasn't intended to cause an uproar. ;)

Honestly the First Generation of iPhones are very notorious for low signal due to the casing being metal, luckily I've not had that issue due to extremely high signal quality in my area, but I know many people have not been so lucky. :)

User experiences differ for everyone. In my instance Sprint service was far superior to that of AT&T; the service coverage was much better than with AT&T (I am not sure if the bad reception is AT&T's or the iPhone's fault, personally I think its the iPhone is to blame here). Also I was with Sprint since 2004, and even back then they had 3G support in my area, whereas I will have to wait till Q4 2008/Q1 2009 for 3G from AT&T.

The iPhone does have bad reception. From my experiences and from traveling all over the US quite frequently, AT&T still has the broadest coverage range. That and there is no roaming.

I've had Sprint for two years almost and they indeed are the best provider I have had (had them all besides ATT). Of course, the problem with Sprint is the lack of good phones and the 3g iPhone is enough for me to move and try out ATT, especially if it will only cost me $15 more per month than what I am paying with Sprint.

I fell in love with the iPhone's capability of loading websites and that is what will drive me to it. Of course, if I dislike the service and all, I will cancel and give them everything back.

I've had Sprint for two years almost and they indeed are the best provider I have had (had them all besides ATT). Of course, the problem with Sprint is the lack of good phones and the 3g iPhone is enough for me to move and try out ATT, especially if it will only cost me $15 more per month than what I am paying with Sprint.

I fell in love with the iPhone's capability of loading websites and that is what will drive me to it. Of course, if I dislike the service and all, I will cancel and give them everything back.

I guarantee that you will not.

I sure hope so. I doubt I will have problems seeing I live in the middle of the biggest city in New Jersey and there's 3g coverage everywhere around this area even places I drive too once in a while.

P.S. Does the iPhone support Java? It'd be great if I can load Scottrader from Scottrade.com to show me my quotes in real time.

Anyone heard anything about the Pay As You Go price for the iPhone 3G in the UK yet? It's the only way I'm gonna be able to get it, but if it's a sky high amount, then it's right out.

They haven't released anything official yet, but it's rumoured to be about ?450.

Those things just look like normal screws, although it's unlike Apple to leave screws visible.

This wasn't there before on the original iPhone, wonder what they are for? I am also hating the fact that the back is rounded on the new version.

3G iPhone

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1St. Gen iPhone

http://the-gadgeteer.com//assets/apple-iphone-8.jpg

Most likely those will be covered in the release version.

Why bother? Sprint just released the Instinct and its faster and cheaper than the icrap. It also does everything the icrap can do and more.

It was only a matter of time before someone released a product that shows apple how the icrap should have been.

Did I mention that it looks great as well? And Sprint doesnt bend you over like AT&T does for service.

hahahahahahahahahahaha

::ahem:: anyway...

This wasn't there before on the original iPhone, wonder what they are for? I am also hating the fact that the back is rounded on the new version.

3G iPhone

post-9075-1215109140.jpg

1St. Gen iPhone

apple-iphone-8.jpg

Maybe you can just unscrew those and the back comes off to replace the battery...

Haha, wishful thinking...

July 11th can't come fast enough...

So what is this data plan? I have no idea what it is.

If I wanted to do the lowest ammount of minutes with more texting, what are prices?

How much should I expect my first bill to be? My cousin just got a POS free phone from Verizon with $60 month plan, but the first bill is like $160.

So what is this data plan? I have no idea what it is.

If I wanted to do the lowest ammount of minutes with more texting, what are prices?

How much should I expect my first bill to be? My cousin just got a POS free phone from Verizon with $60 month plan, but the first bill is like $160.

Here is at&t's info page on the iPhone: http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-ser...iphone-info.jsp

You first bill usually covers 2 months of service or so, since companies like you to pay in advance, so it could be at least twice as much as a normal monthly bill. Check out the link for the plans.

So what is this data plan? I have no idea what it is.

If I wanted to do the lowest ammount of minutes with more texting, what are prices?

How much should I expect my first bill to be? My cousin just got a POS free phone from Verizon with $60 month plan, but the first bill is like $160.

First bill is always alot. Usually you have to add in things like service charges which can be in the ballpark of $30-40, usually the hardware/phone is what brings up the price of the first bill the most.

Those screws are for the battery. You can replace it on the 3g iPhone.

According to TUAW, the new iPhone will not be 'TRUE 3g' but rather only 2x as fast as EDGE... Maybe Cara could shed some light... if she's allowed?

The iPhone 3G is a "true 3G" mobile phone, it fact from what I've read it's actually 3.5G (I could be wrong but Telstra here is boasting that the iPhone 3G is fully "NextG" compatible, which is a 3.5G network). It does everything a 3G/3.5G phone can do (same network access speed) except video call (I think?).

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