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Is he speculating or does he have insider information?

benightedbastard wrote:

"Candy bar" is such a stupid name for a phone form factor.

Especially when we apply it to phones that don't fit the description.

Regardless, I'll believe the Apple phone when I see it. It's in tablet PC territory for me at this point; I can't even see the benefit in Apple making it without being a hueg liek xbox flop.

You know pcguy, with that avatar, everything you say sounds smug.

I hate "Candy Bar" phones.
Flip phones make so much more sense, the screen is protected, and it folds up to more easily fit in your pocket.

I wonder if an Apple cell phone would change my opinion of cell phones in the way that the first Mac I used changed my opinion of computers...hmmm.

I think Apple could do great things with the phone. But my opinion is that it would be best to only enter the handset market now, and wait to develop a carrier service (if they could). They could use wi-fi in the phone at first and incorporate Skype-like features into iChat.

All Apple has to do is make a phone that gets good reception, is easy to use, has a nice interface, syncs easy and people will eat it up. The biggest problem with most phone makers of today is they try to slam as many features as possible with little concern to how they work together and how the reception is.

BUT THE MAGIC.

The whole internal antenna idea reeks havok with getting a good signal.

Last edited by Steyr AUG (2006-09-06 7:55 pm)

They've been saying Apple was going to make a cell phone for so long now that I simply don't believe it. That's why I gave up (even though my old contract was free and clear for over a year) and got a RAZR. I'll believe it when I dee it.

As much as I love the idea of trading crammed pockets for one device, both my 20GB monochrome 4G (still under an extended warranty) and my prepaid Nokia cellphone ($15 every 90 days with Virgin Mobile) both work fine. As simple as my phone is, it's still overkill for me; I just use it mostly for a clock, as well as the very occasional phone call and flashlight usage. I dislike telephones in general, so the only reason I got a cell phone was because I started driving. As for replacing my iPod, a flash based device wouldn't have enough storage for my library yet. Maybe someday a smartphone/music player/secondary camera will make sense for me, but for the moment I'm satisfied with what I already have.

Alien wrote:

Avari wrote:

All Apple has to do is make a phone that gets good reception, is easy to use, has a nice interface, syncs easy and people will eat it up. The biggest problem with most phone makers of today is they try to slam as many features as possible with little concern to how they work together and how the reception is.

The reception is not a fault of the phone but of the mediocre cell networks in the US.

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Actually it is. My friend works at a Cingular store and he pointed out the phones that got good reception. They are the middle end phones right above the free ones that are simply reliable phones. The problem has something to do with power consumption of all the components in the phone, but i didn't listen when he explained it to me.