Tell me about your iPhone

[SalandJeff]

* Do you love it? Hate it?
* Any regrets in buying?
* What do you like best about it? How about least?
* Is it easy to use?
* How about reception?
* What features do you use most (other than the phone)?
* How much is your data plan?
* Did you get the info from your old sim card put in the phone at the store?
* Does it have built in GPS and is that included in your data plan, or do you pay extra?

Any info is appreciated!

 

[EdiePA]

* Do you love it? Hate it? -- Love, love, love it!
* Any regrets in buying? None
* What do you like best about it? How about least? Like best -- ease of use. Least -- the size
* Is it easy to use? Yes (and you can take a free class at the Apple store if you have any problems)
* How about reception? so far, so good
* What features do you use most (other than the phone)? GPS and internet access
* How much is your data plan? $30 per month.
* Did you get the info from your old sim card put in the phone at the store? Yes
* Does it have built in GPS and is that included in your data plan, or do you pay extra? Included -- doesn't have voice directions, but written turn by turn.

I'd suggest going to the store and "playing" with one.

Edie

 

[Keggy]

*Do you love it? Hate it? I really like it.
* Any regrets in buying? No, it was expensive but it was the same cost as my Treo that I was using before.
* What do you like best about it? How about least? That e-mail is very easy to use. The web browser is excellent.
* Is it easy to use? Very easy - I keep calling it idiot proof.
* How about reception? Great.
* What features do you use most (other than the phone)? E-mail, internet
* How much is your data plan? I think it is $45?
* Did you get the info from your old sim card put in the phone at the store? Yes
* Does it have built in GPS and is that included in your data plan, or do you pay extra? GPS is included.

Hope that helps!

 

[arminnie]

Mine was a birthday present.

I really like it BUT - it was the most expensive gift I've ever gotten. And I mean expensive to ME.

My sister who has been very ill this year bought it for me to thank me for taking care of her. It was such a sweet gesture - but it has cost me SO much money!

She signed up for the minimal plan (must buy a plan to walk out the door with one). I had to change the billing and then go back to upgrade to more minutes (was not allowed to do it all at one time). Every time you change the plan the minutes get pro-rated. In the time it took them to change it from her billing to mine and upgrade I'd run up almost $400 in overage!!!!!!!!!!

Plus I had to pay an early termination fee with Sprint. So this stupid gift has cost me over $500.

Yes - I like using it. Internet is SO much easier. And it is very cool.

But here's the negatives:
Coverage is not that great.

I had some black holes with Sprint in SE Arkansas (not much there), but I always had coverage on an Interstate no matter what state I was in. I've had several instances with the iphone on the interstate - Mississippi, Iowa and Minnesota where I had no coverage.

Too many people using will block usage
I was in an area with a lot of people using cell phones (iphones). It would overwhelm the network, and none of us could use them intermittently.

Contact Manager
Much better with new iphone but not nearly as good as Palm.

Cannot have phones with different area codes
This would have been a deal breaker for me if I'd been buying the phone. I have homes in 2 places. My security systems require that I have a local area code. No problem with Sprint. I had phones on a sharing minutes plan with different area codes. So now I have to have a second account that is way more expensive than just adding a line.

As you see from above most of my problems are really with AT&T. I also kept having to go to different offices to do set up. Very nice people but infrastructure just isn't there. I had to go to one place to change billing info and a different one to port the phone number.

One place sold me the phone for the second line saying I had to take it into another store to get it activated with the different area code. Took it in there when they told me it was not allowed - but I couldn't return the phone there. I had to take it back to original At&T store. The clerks could not have tried harder to help me, so when I say lousy customer service it was not their fault.

Battery Life
No worse than my Treo, but if you are used to a regular phone you will need to get used to how fast it runs down. Someone who uses it a lot may need to charge more than once a day. It does charge pretty quickly though. I will not use ipod (audio) capability because the battery life is so limited.

In spite of all the negative stuff above I really do love using it. It is small, cool and is very easy to navigate on the web. Lots of free applications to download.

I use the camera and email pictures a lot.

 

[robinb]

I have a question about the iPhone and playing music on it. Everything goes through the iTunes, right? So do I have to buy all my music on iTunes or can I load up music from mp3 files? For instance, I have Disney park music that I would like to add. Will the iPhone let me?

 

[RadioNate]

MY RESPONSES ARE IN CAPS

* Do you love it? Hate it? LOVE IT
* Any regrets in buying? NOPE
* What do you like best about it? How about least? THE SYNC WITH MY COMPUTER. I WAS ALREADY A MAC MOBILE ME USER SO THIS DIDN'T ADD ANYTHING
* Is it easy to use? VERY
* How about reception? A FEW PROBLEMS BUT MOSTLY OK, NO BETTER OR WORSE THAN MY OLD PHONE
* What features do you use most (other than the phone)? EMAIL, INTERNET, GAMES, BUILT IN IPOD, CERTAIN APPS (FACEBOOK, PANDORA)
* How much is your data plan? NO CLUE BECAUSE IT IS THOUGH DH'S CORPORATE ACCOUNT
* Did you get the info from your old sim card put in the phone at the store? NO. SINCE I WAS ALREADY A MOBILE ME USER IT WASN'T NECESSARY
* Does it have built in GPS and is that included in your data plan, or do you pay extra? BUILT IN, I DON'T THINK WE PAY EXTRA

 

[RadioNate]

Too many people using will block usage
I was in an area with a lot of people using cell phones (iphones). It would overwhelm the network, and none of us could use them intermittently.


Cannot have phones with different area codes
This would have been a deal breaker for me if I'd been buying the phone. I have homes in 2 places. My security systems require that I have a local area code. No problem with Sprint. I had phones on a sharing minutes plan with different area codes. So now I have to have a second account that is way more expensive than just adding a line.

As you see from above most of my problems are really with AT&T. I also kept having to go to different offices to do set up. Very nice people but infrastructure just isn't there. I had to go to one place to change billing info and a different one to port the phone number.

One place sold me the phone for the second line saying I had to take it into another store to get it activated with the different area code. Took it in there when they told me it was not allowed - but I couldn't return the phone there. I had to take it back to original At&T store. The clerks could not have tried harder to help me, so when I say lousy customer service it was not their fault.

Battery Life
No worse than my Treo, but if you are used to a regular phone you will need to get used to how fast it runs down. Someone who uses it a lot may need to charge more than once a day. It does charge pretty quickly though. I will not use ipod (audio) capability because the battery life is so limited.

In spite of all the negative stuff above I really do love using it. It is small, cool and is very easy to navigate on the web. Lots of free applications to download.

I use the camera and email pictures a lot.

I have phones with more than one area code on the same family plan. I've had AT&T for about 6 years and haven't had an issue with this.

I think my service problems have been related to too many users on the G3 network.

I also do okay on battery life. I have my email retrieval set to 'fetch' instead of 'push' and that really helps. I also have my bluetooth shut off if I'm not using. I can go 2 days w/out charging.

I will mention one negative is that it doesn't support MMS. So you have to email photos etc. I do email to people phone via their MMS address but you can't receive MMS through text. They have to email photos etc to you.

 

[Anewman]

I have a question about the iPhone and playing music on it. Everything goes through the iTunes, right? So do I have to buy all my music on iTunes or can I load up music from mp3 files? For instance, I have Disney park music that I would like to add. Will the iPhone let me?

You do not have to buy your music from the itunes store, you can add all your Mp3s to your itunes library and then transfer to your ipone.

 

[Carl]

I don't suppose that I will get an iphone until it is available on T-Mobile. I can't see myself paying a minimum of $80 a month for service. And, I would suspect that it will even get to be higher, as it went up $10 in one year.

 

[Gina]

I don't suppose that I will get an iphone until it is available on T-Mobile. I can't see myself paying a minimum of $80 a month for service. And, I would suspect that it will even get to be higher, as it went up $10 in one year.

The T-Mobile G1 comes out on Wednesday... and that phone has even my iPhone-crazy boss crying with jealousy. I might tackle the UPS guy in the driveway when I see him Wednesday!!

And as a bonus, it's a good bit cheaper (both the phone and the data plan) than the iPhone.

 

[heatherleigh]

I like it. I mainly use the YouTube feature. My kids love that aspect. I do not care for the touch screen much. I have accidentally pressed buttons, and even made phone calls that I didn't mean to do. The calls you make when you're unaware are the worst. I also like the Safari part. I go on there when it's late. I prefer texting on my old TMobile Sidekick 3. The Iphone has weird spelling inserts when you use text.

The reception is good.

I could probably get a lot more out of it, but I'm not high tech. I don't even know how to work Itunes or download music.

 

[SalandJeff]

Thanks to everyone for all the feedback. My current phone is starting to have problems, so I am thinking of replacing it with an iPhone. I already have AT&T for wireless, so switching will not be an issue.

"....I will mention one negative is that it doesn't support MMS. So you have to email photos etc. I do email to people phone via their MMS address but you can't receive MMS through text. They have to email photos etc to you."

Can someone explain what this means...what is MMS? Thanks.

 

[Anewman]

Can someone explain what this means...what is MMS? Thanks.

If you know what texting is...

Now imagine a text message that includes multimedia(like photos,sound or video), that is MMS.

 

[amyhughes]

MMS is a type of messaging that supports media not just text. Like on my Blackjack I could take a video of my boys and send it from my phone to my DH. On the iPhone it is not a supported format.

I absolutely love my iPhone. I thought I lost mine today and freaked out for a bit. You have to understand my business is on that phone! And the last one I had before this one was stolen. So, keep it close if you do get one.

 

[LisaZee]

If you know what texting is...

Now imagine a text message that includes multimedia(like photos,sound or video), that is MMS.

I have kind of figured out a way to get around the lack of MMS. Most other cell phones actually have an email addy attached to them. It's usually their 10 digit phone number followed by "@vzwpix.txt" or something like that (Verizon in that example.) You can send pics to them that way. You just have to remind everyone to not text you pictures, but to email them to you. You can forward your email to your phone (like Yahoo or Gmail) so you can get stuff from them.

That being said, I have a 1st gen iPhone that's updated to the 2.1 software. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. The app store is awesome, I am loading up my phone with cool games and utilities.

Since I have the original iPhone, I only pay $20/month for unlimited email and internet, plus 200 text messages. The new 3G phones have a $30/month plan that doesn't include texts. So I won't upgrade to the new ones. I'm not sure I'd spend an extra $15/month for the services I have. BUT the data plan is consistent with other smart phones, so there would be no getting around it, I guess.

Hope that helps!

 

[arminnie]

I have phones with more than one area code on the same family plan. I've had AT&T for about 6 years and haven't had an issue with this.

Thanks so much for this info. They definitely wouldn't let me do it in New Orleans. I'm going to try here in Little Rock, and see if that makes a difference.

I really do like the iphone or I would never have gone thru all the stuff I've had to do to get it all set up. The problems really arise from my sister buying this as a gift. We had to do all sorts of transfer stuff that one would ordinarily not have to do. She had didn't just give me a gift certificate because they were backordered at the time, and she wanted me to have it on my real birthday.

One other thing - you cannot beam contacts with iphone.

 

[RitaE]

Thanks so much for this info. They definitely wouldn't let me do it in New Orleans. I'm going to try here in Little Rock, and see if that makes a difference.

I really do like the iphone or I would never have gone thru all the stuff I've had to do to get it all set up. The problems really arise from my sister buying this as a gift. We had to do all sorts of transfer stuff that one would ordinarily not have to do. She had didn't just give me a gift certificate because they were backordered at the time, and she wanted me to have it on my real birthday.

One other thing - you cannot beam contacts with iphone.

You are now the second person I've heard say that AT&T is fussy about the phones from different areas being on the same plan. My Mom lives about 3 1/2 hours from us and we added a line for her to have a cell phone. Her phone has a different area code than the other phones on our plan. When I bought the phone I just requested they assign it a phone number from her area code and they shipped it to me like that. This was several years ago however, maybe they are discouraging it now.

 

[goofy!]

Mine was a birthday present.

I really like it BUT - it was the most expensive gift I've ever gotten. And I mean expensive to ME.

My sister who has been very ill this year bought it for me to thank me for taking care of her. It was such a sweet gesture - but it has cost me SO much money!

She signed up for the minimal plan (must buy a plan to walk out the door with one). I had to change the billing and then go back to upgrade to more minutes (was not allowed to do it all at one time). Every time you change the plan the minutes get pro-rated. In the time it took them to change it from her billing to mine and upgrade I'd run up almost $400 in overage!!!!!!!!!!

Plus I had to pay an early termination fee with Sprint. So this stupid gift has cost me over $500.

Yes - I like using it. Internet is SO much easier. And it is very cool.

But here's the negatives:
Coverage is not that great.

I had some black holes with Sprint in SE Arkansas (not much there), but I always had coverage on an Interstate no matter what state I was in. I've had several instances with the iphone on the interstate - Mississippi, Iowa and Minnesota where I had no coverage.

Too many people using will block usage
I was in an area with a lot of people using cell phones (iphones). It would overwhelm the network, and none of us could use them intermittently.

Contact Manager
Much better with new iphone but not nearly as good as Palm.

Cannot have phones with different area codes
This would have been a deal breaker for me if I'd been buying the phone. I have homes in 2 places. My security systems require that I have a local area code. No problem with Sprint. I had phones on a sharing minutes plan with different area codes. So now I have to have a second account that is way more expensive than just adding a line.

As you see from above most of my problems are really with AT&T. I also kept having to go to different offices to do set up. Very nice people but infrastructure just isn't there. I had to go to one place to change billing info and a different one to port the phone number.

One place sold me the phone for the second line saying I had to take it into another store to get it activated with the different area code. Took it in there when they told me it was not allowed - but I couldn't return the phone there. I had to take it back to original At&T store. The clerks could not have tried harder to help me, so when I say lousy customer service it was not their fault.

Battery Life
No worse than my Treo, but if you are used to a regular phone you will need to get used to how fast it runs down. Someone who uses it a lot may need to charge more than once a day. It does charge pretty quickly though. I will not use ipod (audio) capability because the battery life is so limited.

In spite of all the negative stuff above I really do love using it. It is small, cool and is very easy to navigate on the web. Lots of free applications to download.

I use the camera and email pictures a lot.

Many of your negatives are exactly why we went with the Sprint Instinct.