Comments on: iPhone 3G: long lines, activation problems

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:13:19 +0000

locking people into network contracts is just wrong. It forces consumers to be locked in. Who thinks in three years nothing else would be released that would offer more advantages ahead? And just how does any iphone customer get to use their paid for product when traveling to other countries where their only provider doesn’t offer iphone connectivity service?

The whole point of locking consumers into their products, is the same as how Microsoft Windows and their products attempt to do. By getting you to sign a legal binding three year contract, your paying for the product many times more, and insuring even if you don’t use your service you’re still paying for it no matter what. And if you happen to use more of the service, going beyond their limited bandwidth you’re end up paying even more, just to use your product.

The iPhone is the highest costing phone, when everyone already knows, all IP VoIP calls using the Internet are absolutely and totally FREE all the time, anywhere.

The big monopolies are just coming up with new methods to insure their customers don’t switch over to FREE IP VoIP services, and buy into three year contracts…

It’s like buying a new automobile just to make a call. No thanks I don’t need this crap to make my calls. Why are you paying for it through the nose?

By: judec

judec — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:19:52 +0000

71 – look at the mirror if U wanna see an idiot. The truth hurts, right? How much time did U spend in the line for this new BS? 3-4? LOL!

By: Dirk Bongo

Dirk Bongo — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:42:37 +0000

Lining up for phone?!
What has the world come to?
It’s good to know that when this phone is updated again you’ll all still have about 10 months of contract left.

Of course at that point the world economy will be in the toilet and you’ll out of a job – you’re house will be in the possesion of the creditors and the plastic part of your iphone will look like someone has been ice skating on it.

With a bit of luck anyway.
There needs to be a world plague – may get rid of some of you idiots.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:17:36 +0000

thanks for the news…. engadget

By: Swift5_8

Swift5_8 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:39:20 +0000

I bought mine like 2 hours after it came out here in OZ and there was no line because i went to a less known dealer.
Don’t complain about the lines of people just figure a way around it and use your heads ( no offence meant) I love my iphone i always had latest phones and now this wow – at a start its a bit akward but when you use it more it becomes easy and clever, sure there is some bugs like you cant have any photos on the phone while you connects it to the itunes or it will recognise the phone as camera and crash the pc – im sure apple will fix it soon, over all a great piece of technology/stylish and fun a+++

PS I DONT CARE IF YOU DONT LIKE MY SPELLING

By: ex0

ex0 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:46:47 +0000

It’s not a matter of what it can do or how well can do it, just look at it, it’s BEAUTIFUL, use it just like a normal phone, the apps, the gps…. kids material, but nowadays there is no other phone stunning as this one, HTC is oddly shapen, like a not-so-pretty girl compared to cameron diaz’s beautiful sister… (metaphor, dumbass!)

who would you want? the efficent, smart, pretty girl, or the not-so-smart smoking hot supermodel?

I’d go for the supermodel..

By: bobcat

bobcat — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:55:44 +0000

49 – idiot.

By: Alej!

Alej! — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:28:15 +0000

where buy a Iphone 3G ???

Online!

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By: Alej!

Alej! — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:16:36 +0000

where buy a Iphone 3G ???

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By: tb

tb — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:40:52 +0000

@27, youre are a funny uninformed ass
rogers took the price down to 30$ for 800 minutes+ 6 GB data instead of 129, and they did it wednesday, you should get one, there is a news app on it you could use

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:59:54 +0000

I feel a southpark episode coming ;P

By: lol

lol — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:44:38 +0000

hmmmmmmm

By: OMG

OMG — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:18:46 +0000

You just suck

By: britnasty

britnasty — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:51:42 +0000

Got mine, waited 5 1/2 hours in line, activation process went smooth for me. I missed all the downtime and I have been enjoying my 16GB Black to the fullest extent.

By: Guxt

Guxt — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:46:31 +0000

“@58 I don’t know if being unwilling to donate money to others is the same as being a moron.”

It is, because some people are willing to wait in line hours to spend 200 dollars in a new gadget, but won’t do the same to donate money to a good cause.