iPhone 3GS voodoo

Discussion in 'Technology' started by bfun, Jul 9, 2012.

  1. No, the correct response is: Kwon Oh-hyun has a god complex and wants to force chunky Americans to cry in their Starbucks lattes while their Galaxy S3 signal degrades due to his god complex (did I mention god complex?).
     
  2. Except that Steve Jobs actually did have a god complex. The guy was a smug asshole.
     
  3. GPS use is a lot more forgiving than making a call WRT the options you have to hold the phone... but keep on reaching, clearly if an Apple device has a problem it's alright if any one device out there has anything remotely similar. Especially since we are expected to pay more for Apple devices because they are apparently better.
     
  4. Dude. Get a phone with a removable battery. Even though the iPhone is more reliable overall, when it does hard lock or flake out, I just sit there waiting, almost missing the Blackberry battery pull days.
     
  5. I got the iPhone 4. I got a sim card. I got a sim card cutter. What will happen next? Disaster? Victory? Time will tell.
     
  6. You got your wife a $600 phone made of glass....

    I'm going with disaster. You should've went a cheaper route.
     
  7. Mmmm not married are you? And it turns out she got the S so its actually $700.
     
  8. Don't you guys press and hold both power and home buttons for ten seconds when your iPhone goes screwy? It's in the instruction manual...
     
  9. Holy crap that better be her Birthday AND Christmas present!! :eek: no j/k but buying them unlocked is some really tough shit. might as well gotten her an ipad!
     
  10. Paying the $600-$700 up front for a no contract phone ends up being cheaper vs a two year contract for the same hardware.
     
  11. Very true. I figure I'll save about $600 to $700 the first year so that makes me feel a little better.
     
  12. That seems like a lot to save. Buying our 4S's saved some money but it was nowhere near that amount. Although another benefit was a better contract - I get 300 minutes, 3000 texts and completely unlimited data for £15 and can quit anytime.
     
  13. It’s hard to compare apples to apples but here goes. The smallest Verizon Data plan I can get for two people would be $130. My non-contract plan is $80 for 2 people. A difference of $50. For a single person on Verizon it’s $90 a month and a single person on my plan is $45. A difference of $45.

    So a single person could save $540 a year and 2 people could save $600 a year by not having a contract. But even a contract plan still makes you pay $100 to $200 for a new iPhone so those saving could be as much as $640 to $800 in the first year and then less in the following years.
     
  14. What's the difference between a Iphone 3gs and Iphone 4s then? Surely you can pick up brand new 3gs ones somewhere as it would be a cheaper option if Iphone 4's are not that much different.
     
  15. The iphone 4s has a much faster processor. Supposedly 5-7 time fasters than the iphone 4 processors which were faster than the 3gs.

    4s has an 8mp camera versus the 3gs 3mp, faster data speeds and the hi resolutions screen
     
  16. not to mention the design change is more elegant in the iphone 4/4s
     
  17. Arguable
     
  18. After the 3GS fiasco the wife doesn't want another 3GS.
     
  19. your face is arguable
     
  20. See if Walmart will take your wife for store credit. That would've been your cheapest route.