So since iPhone is getting cheaper. I was... swimming around the idea of purchasing it.
I doubt I will. No GPS.
What's your thoughts on the iPhone.. How could it be better than N95 or, lets say N80? Besides touch screen.. Touch screen will suck if it broke though.
Try this thread:-
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/63373/
http://www.3g.co.uk/3GForum//forum/thread/62314/&highlight=iphone
Still want one?
N95 has many more features (eg GPS), and a lot of software available, but it's old technology, and very clunky to use in a lot of ways.
iPhone is light years ahead in terms of useability and interface, but much more feature-limited. User satisfaction is extremely high.
If there are N95 features you must have which are not on the iPhone, you have no choice, otherwise go for the iPhone.
There is no perfect phone, maybe that will appear in 12 months, 24 months... who knows!
N95 has dual processors, TV out, wlan, 3.5G, built in GPS, 5 Mp with Zeiss lenses - and that is old technology?
Clunky? - not if you are used to a smartphone.
iphone offers very high user satisfaction? Maybe. I believe both users that bought one are very happy.
s.
If you read few iPhone forums many owners are extremely upset by the recent apple firmware update.... It left many with no phone at all - the update turned them into an iBrick(TM). Others only lost all their installed applications.... not good.
tenlientl wrote:So since iPhone is getting cheaper. I was... swimming around the idea of purchasing it.I doubt I will. No GPS.
What's your thoughts on the iPhone.. How could it be better than N95 or, lets say N80? Besides touch screen.. Touch screen will suck if it broke though.
You're asking in an N95 forum whether we prefer the iPhone or the N95? hmmm...
Apart from the Touch sensitive screen, the iPhone has nothing to match the N95.
The N95 is also considerably cheaper on a UK contract (i.e. FREE) than the iPhone will be.
I have the answer, use both. I was in the US this week with my N95, ended up in an Apple Store on Monday and picked up an iPhone. After downloading some tools I unlocked the phone and have been using it with my Vodafone SIM quite happily (roaming on AT&T, how ironic) I got home yesterday and have been happily downloading some of the many free apps available for the phone, I am very pleased with it, particularly the screen size and UI. I'm not getting rid of my N95, I need to download work email so I need something that can run Roadsync, the iphone can't so that's a big minus for me, I will stick a PAYG SIM in it and use it primarily as a Wifi device, not a problem at home or work.
Ian
I think the thing to remember with the iPhone is that it is not a smartphone, but rather a feature phone with an impressive interface and a good media player. For instance, it doesn't support MMS, there's no copy and paste, Bluetooth is rudimentary, the camera is poor. If that suits your needs, that's fine - but don't assume that you can customise it and run applications on it easily. Yes, people have hacked applications on, but Apple have shown that they're keen to lock the phone back down, and I wouldn't like to depend on hacks for functionality I needed - make sure that the default software does what you want.