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  • Quote: Originally Posted by aegisdesign Ah, there you go applying logic when actual evidence suggests the opposite. Your handset is only capable of EDGE. There's only two networks in the UK with EDGE currently - Orange (because they're always …
  • Apple have pitched the iPhone at the price they want. Apple is not going mass market, never has, but is attempting to maximize profitability. So, while I think the iPhone is brilliant as a device, the total cost of ownership is too expensive for…
  • IMO, the best part about the IPhone is the browser. It's brilliant and unique. The actual phone .. well.. not so much. Not sure how much UK demand there would be for a sub par phone and iPod if you are still tied to O2 and their higher tariffs.
  • Quick question.. a mate has indicated that he couldn't browse on EDGE and still receive a call while in the act of browsing? Is this just an issue for UK users i.e. the O2 network?
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Gizmo-xl You can do all of this by email without the SMS cost. See http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/97158 Send a message to your friend's mobile-phone-number-based email address and it'll get delivered as an S…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Lemon Bon Bon. I told the o2 manager at my local shop... 'Unless I get hit by red kryptonite? I won't be buying one.' There may be quite a few UK buyers who agree with me. Want to own the market? Cheaper cont…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell I see what you are saying. There are some things that there is no technological barrier to doing now. I'm now texting more than I ever have. So I'm fairly new to it. I've seen fiends of mine sending multipl…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell I can see that those are features you want. But I don't know if I would call the iPhone incomplete because of their absence. Many phones do not have these functions. I agree a more open access to bluetooth…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by MonoMachine That's the real answer. For the UK market to adopt the iPhone in larger numbers, it needs to cost less, as UK customers as used to having something for nothing when taking out a contract mobile that they ju…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram My response was solely related to whether Apple is being price-discriminatory in Europe versus the US for its own like products. My sense is, it's not. (Although, most multinationals price-to-market, and…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by deanbar While I think the iPhone is a brilliant concept and very Apple-like in its UI, I'm afraid Apple is getting too greedy and seems determined to screw us customers more and more. Apart from the ludicrous tariff…