With the iPhone just one day away, all you Apple fanboys must be really excited. And thanks to Gizmodo, here is a big list of what features the iPhone has:
- Built-in iPod with Video playback
- Intelligent predictive typing
- Multi-touch interface (fast)
- Great scratch resistant screen (easily cleaned with your sleeve)
- Tilt sensors that lock the screen when up to your face, but unlocks it when you lower it to type numbers
- Screen that’s visible in direct sunlight
- Software upgrades over time
- Decent voice quality
- Call and song control from its headphones
- Viewing Word, Excel and PDF documents
- Free live traffic in Google Maps
- Turn by turn directions that simulate a GPS (need to tell the phone when you’re turning)
- Dedicated volume control and mute switch
- Microsoft Exchange support if your IT staff enables a setting on the server
- Push email via Yahoo Mail
- Syncing via Outlook calendar and contacts through iTunes (works even on Vista with the latest Outlook)
- Ability to play with other applications while you talk
- Good battery life
- A “real” browser
- Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, EarthLink, and various other email support
- Visual voicemail (support for rewinding, fast forwarding like a song)
- YouTube support
- Decent 2-megapixel camera
- It’s thin
- Lots of eye candy
- Conference call with up to 5 people
- Built-in speakers if you don’t want to use headphones
- Quicktime support in Safari
- Activating the phone requires iTunes and internet access
- A speakerphone
And here are the features confirmed by Apple that will not make it into the phone:
- Support for all iPod accessories—doesn’t support all car adapters for playing back, only charging
- An easy way to transfer phone numbers, via AT&T, from an existing phone
- Copy and paste support
- MP3/iTunes music ringtones
- Built-in game support
- Flash support anywhere (including browser)
- Instant Messaging
- Picture messaging (MMS)
- Video recording
- Voice recognition or voice dialing
- Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Streaming (A2DP support)
- One-size-fits-all headset jack (May have to buy an adapter for certain headphones)
- 3G (EV-DO/HSDPA)
- A hardware keyboard
- GPS
- Removable battery
- Expandable Storage
- Direct iTunes Music Store Access (Over Wi-Fi or EDGE)
- BlackBerry support
- Flash or zoom on the camera
- Windows Media support
No MP3 ringtone support kinda sucks. But other than that, everything just looks so sweet!
Let the countdown begin…
June 28th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Judging by today’s selloff, I think potential customers are starting to realize how expensive the iPhone will be. If you sign the mid-range $99.99/mo service plan after purchasing the 8GB iPhone model, that alone will set you back $3000 during the two-year contract (without any accessories)!
Here’s a few other potential hurdles that could prevent the iPhone from exceeding its already lofty expectations:
* You must be an AT&T customer to use the iPhone. With a market share of 20%, that means 80% of wireless customers must cancel their current contracts to sign with AT&T. Being a Sprint customer, I would have to pay a $175 cancellation on top of the $3000 price tag for the iPhone. AT&T’s exclusive contract runs through 2009.
* Only 4 & 8GB of hard drive space? My tiny video iPod holds 30 GB for less than $200.
* Recent surveys have shown that the majority of IT departments will not even consider the iPhone due to its PC incompatibilities & exclusive AT&T contract. That will dampen business spending & all but eliminate demand for the higher-tier contracts.
“Sell the Newsâ€
This is the ultimate “sell the news†scenario. On Jan 9th 2007, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld Conference & Expo. The stock has since been on fire rising 50% to $125, adding $30 billion to the company’s market capitalization. Will the iPhone really hold that much value for Apple? This huge runup comes after a fantastic finish to 2006 after Apple’s stock bottomed out at $50 in October. Thus, nearly everyone holding Apple is sitting on huge gains.
Expect an Apple selloff on Friday when the iPhone is finally released. 3 similar mini-selloffs have occurred during this recent runup:
* June 26th: Apple announces 6 AT&T service plans for the iPhone. The stock drops 3% on investor concerns over the high prices.
* June 11th: Steve Jobs shows off the iPhone at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference. The stock falls 5% after investors saw no “surprisesâ€.
* March 20th: Apple beats 4th quarter analyst earnings & revenue estimates. The stock falls on profit taking.
Apple’s recent success has created impossible expectations. With all the mega-hype already priced into the stock, just meeting expectations will create a selloff. I plan to sell tomorrow and buy back in a couple months. Longer-term investors need not worry because the future looks bright with Macs gaining market share & the iPods continuing their dominant foothold on the music industry.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
i have viewed many blogs and in all blogs are article about this phone
looks i’m the only one who haven’t wrote about it
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:08 am
I saw this phone the other day and I played around with for like 20 mins. I don’t see what the big deal about this phone is. The world just likes to hype things like this through the roof. People who can afford such a phone I would think wouldn’t really have the time of day to put this phone to ultimate use…and if someone is buying this for their kid, and doesn’t make more than 100k a year; you need to step back and take a look at ur priorities in life.
July 12th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
I think people would be better off buying some cellphone with more capabilities than this + laptop and an iPod
July 19th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I think that the nokia N95 has solved all these problems of the iphone. People would better buy it…It’s cheaper
October 27th, 2007 at 6:11 am
No video recording ? No mp3 ringtone ? What is this ? And so expensive, come on guys this is not good at all. I don’t like it.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:42 am
I’m so glad that I didn’t get that iphone, the hype was more than the capabilities, too much limitations!
January 24th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
i bought this freaking iphone .. and God it sucks ..
im an 17 y/o colej student w/o a job ..
i used my money in d bank and .. uh-oh ..
dz fone is so useless ..