Even though my cell phone (a cheap, camera-less Motorola thing) is getting a bit long in the tooth - For the things I use my cell phone for , the occasional call, emergencies, and when I'm traveling, I can't justify the cost of an iPhone as much as it would be cool to get one.
I've done the early adopter thing before - I've got a PSP. I bought Apple's original attempt at a PDA - the Newton MessagePad (The original, not even the MessagePad 100). That isn't the problem. I just don't want a $600+ phone.
If Apple came out with a phone-less iPhone... I'd buy it. It's be a nice iPod upgrade. An iPod/Mac OS X based PDA with wireless? With 8+GB of flash memory?
Gimme!
Sure, I could buy one and 1. never activate it or 2. Cancel service after getting it. But that is a waste of money.
[30-Jun-2007]Addendum: Listen/reading about the iPhone experience from assorted sources (So, all second hand) --
- it looks like the chances of getting an iPhone are better at an actual Apple store. The AT&T stores had a lot fewer. But either way, the 8GB iPhones are in shorter supply.
Most Apple stores reportedly didn't sell out of their stock, except in a few metropolitan areas.
- The user/shopper experience is sounding much better at an Apple story.
They are just selling the phone that you activate via iTunes when you get home. AT&T stores, in general, seem to be behaving like cell phone stores - trying to up-sell buyers on more expensive rate plans, credit checks, and all sorts of shenanigans like that.
- Some people had no problems with activation. (East Coast buyers seem to have had it easier). The biggest one seems to be transferring your current cell phone number to your iPhone. That can take hours if you aren't an AT&T/Cingular customer already.
We'll see how it goes...
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