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I really don't care if this has been addressed before, but why does Alex always wear the armband sweatband type thing? Does he think he's cool for wearing it or something, or am I the only one who thinks it's a little bit out dated? I'm NOT BASHING Alex. I'm just simply talking about his armband - NOT ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY. So don't go on a tirade of defending/sucking up to him. (it's not like he reads this section of the forum anyway) :rolleyes:
"Naw I agree that Kevin sometimes has a tendency not to want to hear critisim about apple products. faster bandwith for more money no it's not necessary just greedy because the technology isn't new. it's tried and true but AT&T is greedy and became use to those checks from apple. As with all companies the consumer always has to foot the bill for the greedy pockets of the CO's. Consumers can fight back by learning to hold out longer or go elsewhere. Apple isn't the only touchscreen 3g option.
Agree about the beer except for MGD. Coors is crappy. Alex has a poor understanding of battery life. with each increase of attachments to a phone comes a decrease in battery life. Same with usage. It is like an mp3 player. increasing the volume drains the battery faster. Playing video podcasts drains the player quicker. Same with the phone. the more calls you make the faster the battery dies. Add text messaging or sending videos and again the battery dies faster. It is the boosting of the signal in order to send larger data streams...DUH. ..."
My opinion... When Alex was talking about the increased cost, and Kevin was saying more bandwidth means more cost... it would make sense, except that it's a data plan and makes no reference to the network you are on. My phone right now has 3G (no data plan), and I'm not paying more for it than a non-3G phone. Kevin was connecting 3G speed with data plan, but that isn't how it is sold or priced. Someone on a non-3G will also have to pay that extra a month for the data plan.
As for battery life, I'm kind of agreeing with Alex. Kevin and the press release that Apple made came off as them saying "OMG, The battery now lasts super extra long!!!" When I felt like Alex's point was that although it might be an increase, it probably won't be very noticeable. For example, I charge my phone every probably week and a half. The "increase" in battery life would probably add a day or two in standard usage (i.e. mostly in standby) where as a "super extra long" increase would be another week or more.
All in all, I'd agree with Alex on the iPhone. They added some things, but overall it seems disappointing, and I'd say milking the product, because there was so much more that they could have done. Also, is it just me or didn't they announce the first iPhone as 3G?