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I'll be upgrading to a new 3G iPhone too. I'll unlock the iPhone I've got now and eBay it. Hopefully I'll make back the cost of the upgrade :-)

bloodline wrote:
I'll be first in line

I'm sharpening my elbows...

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Nlandas wrote:
All you iPhone people take a close look at the extra contract cost on the new iPhone. Guess what, the hardware may be cheaper but on average you're looking at a lot of additional data contract charges.

There are no additional charges in the UK. The tariffs are exactly the same as they are with the original iPhone. They have also added a cheaper option at £30 per month (£5 less than the previous cheapest) which has reduced inclusive minutes and text messages. All UK tariffs for the iPhone have unlimited data - there are no additional data charges.

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@alexh
That additional cost also gets you unlimited data and more inclusive minutes and text messages than I personally could ever use within a month. There are many, many phones which require you to take out a contract. The iPhone isn't unique in that respect.

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alexh wrote:

motorollin wrote:
There are many, many phones which require you to take out a contract. The iPhone isn't unique in that respect.

But you can get a decent contract for 1/3rd the price of an iPhone contract.

In the UK for example you can get a free handset + 200 mins (to any network) + 200 txts per month for £10 ($20) per month.

And get some clunky phone I don't really want? No thanks. I'd rather pay the extra and get an iPhone. It's worth paying for IMO and in my experience.

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Colani1200 wrote:

Wayne wrote:

Are you, or are you not going to have a cellphone during that same 24 months?

That's a good question indeed. What happens if you loose this hi-tech-musthave-shiny-geek-phallus-symbol or if it gets stolen (not that unlikely in 24 months)?

Obviously you get it replaced by your insurance, as you would with any valuable item you lost or was stolen.

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alexh wrote:
The vast majority of phone calls are made by women (it's true) and research had shown they just do not like videophones. Apparently they don't want to have to do their makeup and hair or something to answer / make a phone call.

I can relate ;-)

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uncharted wrote:
And they're good for taking pics of yourself for an avatar right?  ;-)

And watching yourself violate socks ;-)

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bloodline wrote:
The thing is, there are only two types of people... Those who want an iPhone and those that have never used an iPhone.

You should put that in your sig ;-)

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:-D

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Flashlab wrote:
I don't think Apple would ever allow any emulator in the App Store. It would require access to the filesystem to copy roms on the iPhone

There is already software which allows you to copy files to the iPhone. There is FileMagnet which allows you to copy Office, iWork and other documents on to the phone, and also some eBook readers allow you to upload eBooks to the phone. I don't see an emulator as any different.

Flashlab wrote:
and also emulators touch the grey area of illegality with copyright issues.

So do eBooks ;-)

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bloodline wrote:
The current Terms and Conditions of the AppStore do not allow for Emulators...

Oh really? That sucks! I'm still wondering whether there's a way to spoof the app store. So iTunes thinks it's connecting to the iTunes store, but it's actually connecting to some server running locally which makes non-approved apps available. I have no idea whether that's feasible or not.

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I Jailbroke my old iPhone and it worked well. But when I came to sell it and restored it, requiring me to re-Jailbreak and re-lock it, I found that the solution I had used (ZiPhone) was potentially harmful to the phone. So I made the decision not to Jailbreak my iPhone 3G. I just wish Apple would officially incorporate the features of TaskBar Notifier :-(