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Keebler
5 Oct 2007, 03:53pm
"iPhone killer (http://arstechnica.com/journals/hardware.ars/2007/10/04/verizon-claims-latest-lg-offering-is-an-iphone-killer)"? Their gauntlet uncannily resembles a towel.
Buddy J
5 Oct 2007, 04:07pm
fail
Thrax
5 Oct 2007, 04:16pm
Ugly.
jokke
5 Oct 2007, 04:24pm
Doesn't nearly every phone on the market beat the iPhone?
Buddy J
5 Oct 2007, 04:55pm
Not in terms of "rad". The iPhone, despite its shortcomings, is THE phone to have. As a nation of consumer whores, another product won't defeat the iPhone. A successful marketing campaign will.
jokke
5 Oct 2007, 04:57pm
So people buy the iPhone for fashion, not functinality? What a world....
Buddy J
5 Oct 2007, 05:16pm
Sure, in some cases.

I purchased mine because I don't have a mp3 player, I wanted the Google Maps feature, and I wanted something thinner than my RAZR that'd fit nicely in my suit pocket. The iPhone met those requirements, and exceeded in some aspects compared to other phones. Certainly the "cool" factor played into my purchase, but it was not the main reason I got it.

I'm sure most purchases were based more on the hype and fashion aspect, which can again be attributed to marketing. Phones are a popularity contest.
Thrax
5 Oct 2007, 05:26pm
And I have a blackberry because it can do everything and more than the iPhone, and doesn't make me grease the screen to thumb out a message.
airbornflght
5 Oct 2007, 05:35pm
I think it looks alright but I'd rather have a blackberry. That is if the service for any of the smartphones wasn't ~$100 a month.
Shorty
6 Oct 2007, 04:19pm
And I have a blackberry because it can do everything and more than the iPhone, and doesn't make me grease the screen to thumb out a message.
As do you, so do I for the same reasons. BB messenger?

Blackberry > Iphoney
Thrax
6 Oct 2007, 06:30pm
Do you need my RIM address for BB messenger?
fatcat
6 Oct 2007, 06:36pm
I think it looks alright but I'd rather have a blackberry. That is if the service for any of the smartphones wasn't ~$100 a month.

I guess things are expensive where you live. My plan on my iPhone is $59.99;)
airbornflght
6 Oct 2007, 08:29pm
Its oklahoma. We don't even have that much 3G coverage yet.... All the technology is on the east and west coasts, and then is creeps toward the center.
mas0n
6 Oct 2007, 08:52pm
Thumbwheels FTW
Black Hawk
7 Oct 2007, 09:43pm
HTC TyTn pwns you all! ;D