I went to the barbershop on Friday. During my haircut, I ask my barber how he likes the iPhone. He doesn’t just like it, he loves it. I got quite a sales pitch from him. Then the guy getting his haircut next to me chimes in. He just got an iPhone as well. He actually said he’d been thinking about getting a laptop, but found the iPhone did what he needed.Of all the iPhone owners I’ve talked to since it came out (friends, fellow conference attendees, even a guy waiting for the bus in Seattle), I have yet to hear any complaints.I haven’t caved in and bought one (yet), for a few reasons:
- I’ve been kind of annoyed with AT&T Wireless lately over dropped calls
- Don’t really like the idea of a $70/month cellphone bill
- I’m kinda waiting for the next version of the iPhone (new hardware anyway)
Every day that goes by however, I find I dislike the Motorola Razr I’ve got just a bit more. The gap between my current monthly cellphone bill and that $70/month is starting to get smaller too (probably too much text messaging). I’m also not sure I want 3G badly enough to wait months and months for it.
Wait for the 3G version (I am). The 3G iphone should be here by June. If you’re going to pay $400+ for a phone, you might as well wait a couple of months for the latest version.
I’m waiting for the 3G. My wife got a i760 and loves it – and it’s a windows phone so I could technically write software for it. But I still want an iPhone. 🙂
Now that the SDK is out for the iPhone, I figure I’ll try writing apps for it. But first, I have to buy Leopard.