iPhone is amazing!

[Bryancd]

Metron, I'll shoot you a PM about that. It's not appropriate for me to dispence stock purchase advice on the forum, IMO, especially one's I own. That's a bit of an SEC no-no  :innocent

Here's the article on the US handset sales:

In a little over a year, Apple's iPhone has grown to become the second best-selling mobile handset in the United States, according to NPD.

A report issued by the market research firm Monday claims the touch-screen handset now trails only Motorola's RAZR V3 on the US sales charts. It also cited a surge in sales immediately following the introduction of the iPhone 3G that has helped the device garner a 17 percent share of the overall US smartphone market.

More specifically, NPD said the iPhone 3G was the No. 1 US smartphone based on units sales from June through August, outselling the Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl, and Palm Centro.

Of those customers who purchased an iPhone during those months, 30 percent switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T, according to the firm. That compares to 23 percent of consumers who switched carriers during the same time period for other reasons.

Nearly half of iPhone switchers (47 percent) made the jump to AT&T from rival Verizon Wireless, while 24 percent switched from T-Mobile. Another 19 percent are reported to have switched from Sprint.

"The launch of the lower-priced iPhone 3G was a boon to overall consumer smartphone sales," said Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for The NPD Group. "While the original iPhone also helped win customers for AT&T, the faster network speeds of the iPhone 3G has proven more appealing to customers that already had access to a 3G network."

The average price of a smartphone sold between June and August was reportedly $174, down 26 percent from the average $236 price tag during the same period last year.

Also on Monday, two independent Apple analysts issued a report suggesting that Apple has more than surpassed its self-imposed goal of selling more than 10 million iPhones during the 2008 calendar year.

[alanp]

I love it.  You can use it as a skype phone with the fring app in the app store and save your minutes, you can send email your text messages to other people's phones, there is never a reason to pay an overage.  And a rock solid browser that handles so many pages, including this fourm so well.  In fact, It has an app for twitter, netflix, myspace, facebook, IM, etc.  It is a good thing for net addicts who want to get some fresh air every now and then.

[celestialteapot]

I love my phone better, it looks like a communicator :D

[wraith1701]

I LOVE my iPhone!!!  :wub

I was waiting for a take-out order at a local restaurant today, and remembered- "wait a minute...  I can browse the net while I wait!"

With the push of one button and just one slide to unlock, I was online at the last page I visited! 

This thing has also banished my iPod to "The Island Of Forgotten Toys".  With 14GB of memory, it easily accommodated all of the songs, TV shows, and movies in my iTunes library.  Man; I can't stop grinning just thinking about it. ;D

[Bryancd]

Yeah, I told some folks a while ago how great it would be but they were...skeptical. :)

[Meds]

I still want one. I've got another 111 months on my phone contract so have to wait. massive boo!!

[Bryancd]

Estimates, but good for them if true.  Glad to see someone is making money in the country currently.

Turns out they have sold 13 million since July :).

Apple sold a staggering 6.9 million of its iPhone 3Gs in the quarter, more than the 6.1 million total first-generation iPhones sold. The iPhone launched July 11 and is available in more than 50 countries.

Research in Motion reported it sold 6.1 million BlackBerry smart phones in the quarter that ended Aug. 30.

Edward Jones analyst Bill Kreher said overtaking RIM in such short order was a "tremendous accomplishment."

"It's jaw-dropping," Kreher said.

Apple also set quarterly records for Macintosh and iPod sales. Apple said it sold 2.6 million Macs and 11.1 million iPods, further allaying fears that the sluggish economy would weigh on Apple's back-to-school sales.

[Meds]

Going to have to see if i can upgrade to a iphone, even if i have to pay a small charge.

[Feathers]

Going to have to see if i can upgrade to a iphone, even if i have to pay a small charge.

I assume you're currently with O2 then?

[Meds]

Yeah I'm with O2, bloody pain in the arse.

[alanp]

The AOL/CBS radio app now works with edge.   

Or maybe it always did and I couldn't get it to work.  But I can now walk the dog and listen to internet streaming radio.  Kind of like having XM on the phone.  It has a 24X7 uncensored comedy station and several music, news and sports stations.

[Feathers]

I decided I couldn't justify the expense last time I posted about getting an iPhone in this thread and one of the limitations that also persuaded me was the fact that you need (or needed!) access to the PC/Mac to download podcasts to the thing.

Looks like Apple's addressed that with the 2.2 OS release allowing direct OTA download of podcasts. If that's the case, I may be back to seriously considering getting one.

Has anyone tried it yet? (I figure that anyone here with an iPhone probably listens to podcasts too :D)

[billybob476]

I'm also really leaning towards getting myself one. Once my current contract expires in March I'll be seriously looking into it.

[Trekkygeek]

My 02 contract runs out in January and I considered an iphone for ......about 3 minutes.
I cannot get a phone that will only last half the day without a recharge.
A 2mp camera for stills and no video camera? Unforgivable. Ok, so I don't often need the video camera, but if I do need one....
I believe you can't bluetooth files to another phone, not sure of this fact, but if its true....again, unforgivable.
The touch keyboard is a real drag to use, only used it a couple of times but as a BlackBerry Curve user, I find the whole touch screen diabolical, there's nothing like a proper qwerty keyboard, even if it is small.
The only things I like about it are that it looks pretty and is unbeatable as a mobile browser.

I did consider the G1 but again battery power sucks and It's only available on T-mobile.
My next phone will probably be the BlackBerry Bold. I really love my curve and will upgrade to the Bold, which means I may have a fairly new Curve on an 02 sim for sale if anyone is interested.

[Meds]

I hate my sony phone, just gives me grief. Just found out that my contract doesnt end till October, OCTOBER. O2, they stink.