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#1 26-05-2010 06:37:34 pm
- ck
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iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
so i've read a lot of posts here about people saying that they're waiting for the iPhone 4G to be released...
however according to the leaked iPhone on gizmodo, the 4G uses micro-sim cards and not regular sim cards... which means that you can't fit mtc touch or alfa's sim into it! and i highly doubt that mtc or alfa will make them customized for people with hacked iphones..
what do you think?
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#2 26-05-2010 06:42:29 pm
- elchebib
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
You can convert a regular SIM to a Micro easily:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/06/how- … e-and-som/
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#3 26-05-2010 06:56:52 pm
- Aly
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
Let's have 3G in Lebanon and I will be graceful for at least 20 years :D
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#4 26-05-2010 07:14:30 pm
- elchebib
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
Aly wrote:
Let's have 3G in Lebanon and I will be graceful for at least 20 years :D
Now that I can't argue with.....
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#5 26-05-2010 08:53:45 pm
- kareem_nasser
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
And after 5 years we'll want 5G, trust we are Lebanese after all. ;)
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#6 29-07-2010 07:38:35 am
- unforgiven
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
makes you wonder why they didn't start making micro sims right away ...
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#7 29-07-2010 09:38:05 am
- vegetaleb
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
Iphone 4 has a big problem of antenna's position too.
Let's wait further productions
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#9 29-07-2010 11:28:36 am
Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
I wouldn't be too worried about the antenna issue.
SJ proved that the problem existed on previous handsets during his keynote and it's quite obvious that the media wants a story to milk (Gizmodo).
According to sales numbers, iPhone 4 is the most successful handset that Apple has made, still without international launch and the white case.
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#10 29-07-2010 11:38:22 am
- EddieEC
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- Registered: 28-12-2009
Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
iPhone 4 is probably the most successful device launch in the world.
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#11 29-07-2010 01:33:47 pm
- elchebib
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
cnicolaou wrote:
I wouldn't be too worried about the antenna issue.
SJ proved that the problem existed on previous handsets during his keynote and it's quite obvious that the media wants a story to milk (Gizmodo).
According to sales numbers, iPhone 4 is the most successful handset that Apple has made, still without international launch and the white case.
And as end user, I'm really disappointed how they handled that. I mean, they didn't acknowledge that the phone has reception problems, but they went ahead and flat out displayed the fault of others. In my opinion, this was arrogant from them and they should have apologized and went ahead and fixed the problem. For a phone that's expensive (~700 USD), they should have paid more attention to their antenna engineering. Either that or their field tests were poorly done at best.
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#13 29-07-2010 01:45:46 pm
Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
Actually, that's not true.
They acknowledged that there was a problem with reception and that it was not unique to iphones.
Check this out: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com … rm-eng.jpg
You can read the full press conference here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/live … onference/
Do you think an apology would make them less arrogant?
Anyway, it is up to the end users to judge.
"The iPhone 4 is perhaps the best product we've ever made at Apple. We've sold well over 3 million since we launched it 3 weeks ago. It's been judged the number 1 smartphone" Steve Jobs
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#16 29-07-2010 05:15:56 pm
Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
I have owned an iPhone 4 for a few days now, never dropped a call. I'm left-handed, the worst thing was that I lost one bar (big deal) and I'm not using a case. Reception on the iPhone 4 has been better than my Curve 8900 (3 bars vs 1 bar) but that depends on how they visually represent the signal.
so far all I've read about the iPhone 4G is that it's a bunch of troubles. I recommend you wait for another release or at least until they fix the antenna issue
I don't blame you for being influenced by the media, I had the same impression until I talked to people who actually own it and saw how it behaved in my own eyes. I then bought one myself and never had a problem. Also, have you seen the screen on that phone?!
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#19 29-07-2010 06:39:30 pm
- Raficoo
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
my post deleted again... aw come mon Samer coudn't I just point out the antenna issue with a little sense of humor? ;D
i`m still looking for a phone to replace my N-95 8GB, would have considered the iphone4, but i got a crazy upgrade mind in such a sense that whenever i wanna buy a new phone, it has to be superior to my current phone in everyway(processer, RAM, Camera, Hard Drive), so i guess im gonna have to wait a while ;/
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#20 29-07-2010 06:45:11 pm
- hj88
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
it cost 630 euro in france but it is on preorder now.
i bought it (1 month ago ) with the bumper 30 euro, and i got refunded today the price of the bumper .
The iphone 4's signal is much better than my old iphone, i can recieve signal in places i never recieved before .
The problem of the antenna can be seen on a 3g network ( lebanon has a 2g network )
+ you have to hold it in the left hand in the lower part
+ you have to be in a somehow low signal area
+ you have to keep holding it for a while before the supposed call drop
arithma : dont buy the 3gs unless you can buy it for 500 or less , wait a bit for the iphone 4 price to drop in lebanon
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#21 29-07-2010 07:03:34 pm
Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
Raficoo wrote:
my post deleted again... aw c`mon Samer coudn`t I just point out the antenna issue with a lil sense of humor? ;D
i`m still looking for a phone to replace my N-95 8GB, would have considered the iphone4, but i got a crazy upgrade mind in such a sense that whenever i wanna buy a new phone, it has to be superior to my current phone in everyway(processer, RAM, Camera, Hard Drive), so i guess im gonna have to wait a while ;/
What about the Nokia N8?
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#22 29-07-2010 11:34:25 pm
- rolf
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
I dont know what's with the media, maybe they have a problem with Steve Jobs. I did read the terrible articles, I expected the iPhone to be a terrible mistake with buyers trying to return it, but then I read some review from actual, regular users, and it seems any of them barely noticed the antenna problem, and some actually boasted that they finally succeeded - after some effort - in causing some signal loss, in some location, by holding it in a particular way.
After reading that, I kind of disregarded all the cheap "journalism" that was going around the iPhone 4G.
It looks gorgeous! But I dont think it is a revolutionary device, and I doubt the new look justifies the added cost, not to me anyway! I'd be glad if I got a 3G or 3GS. Or even a 2G, heck, as long as apps work on it.
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#24 30-07-2010 07:19:31 am
- vegetaleb
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Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
If anything about media influence,it's the mass advertising from SJ in all modern channels like Internet and TV news that are selling a phone not so revolutionary at all.
The iphone 4 still doesnt have BT transfers but that's all right, it has an antenna problem (reception AND cancer production) but that's all right, it's way overpriced but that's all right, SJ wants us to buy it!!
IOS 4??
Rubbish upgrade,I tried it on my ipod touch 2G and I really didn't see any new stuff,like if BMW restyled a 3 series with putting a yellow light instead of white for fog lamps...
Fanboys will surelly find some ''retouches'' here and there though :)
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#25 30-07-2010 07:37:26 am
Re: iPhone 4G.. don't get too excited
Oh you're doing it wrong if i may say and you're missing the whole point
vegetaleb wrote:
Rubbish upgrade, I tried it on my ipod touch 2G and I really didn't see any new stuff, like if BMW restyled a 3 series with putting a yellow light instead of white for fog lamps...
Would you pay $700 for an HD cam with the ability to edit movies straight from the device? Seriously, that's only ONE feature on the iphone 4.
Here's a link to more features: http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/ to check how the BMW 3 series has evolved into a Hamann BMW 5 Series
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