I would like an improved GPS chip to be honest, and that's about it. Anything else would be an added bonus.

I can't think of many times I'm using my iPhone and think "I wish it did such and such" as it pretty much does everything I want, and more, brilliantly. That is for me, obviously, not saying it suits everyone.

The one thing that could improve it for me is the GPS chip though. I have tried using it for mapping trails on runs and bike rides etc, but it's not accurate enough to be used properly - i.e. to track the exact distance and use it to calculate times/splits etc.

I paid 40 quid for my 3G iPhone 18 months ago (got 60 quid back through quidco), I am now on the O2 iPhone sim only contract of 1200 texts, 500 minutes and unlimited data for a rolling monthly 20 pounds. As far as I'm concerned, it suits me perfectly and for what I'm getting, 20 pounds a month is fine.

If the new iPhone is a decent upgrade I'll do that in the summer, but will be more than happy to stay with my current one and only pay 20 pounds a month.

 

Well i've read the link Jack and it seems to be a phone ,there are loads of phones on the market and this seems to be no different from the numerous other iphone threads .Now don't get me wrong it looks very nice and i'm sure many people will get suckered into spending £££s to have this flash looking piece of plastic in their pocket .
As for the Computer Section I didnt realise you represented we .

 

Still time for me to bite.

>After we've spent a quarter of a million £s on developing a platform, I cant see us switching to the iPhone.

Nor I, one for work and one for home is, in most cases, best. No doubt you're very well protected from the bad guys, quite restricted, more controlled than you could be on the iPhone maybe. Is that the monthly, quarterly or yearly budget?

 

The compass on the 3GS was my favourite new feature. For navigation it really stepped the iPhone up a gear.

Have you unlocked your phone? I take it it's on O2? If not Unlock my iPhone - iPhone this doubles it's resale value. You're in the fortunate position of being able to fund your next upgrade.

 

Cheers Jack. Yes, unlocked it before Christmas.

It's the GPS chip I'd like improved though, so it can get a more accurate picture of where you actually are, like a Garmin watch can..

 

Am I reading this right?



Is the speed argument mute?

 

I guess with different people with different abilities the figures could go many ways, but its an impressive rate. What were the figures taken from, how many test subjects.

I know for a fact for example that I can type faster on my berry than 50% of the people I work with can type on a full QWERTY, but that said, im faster on a full QWERTY and so on... If that makes sense. I bet you can beat most of them on the iPhone too

 

Shock horror, snazy admits that he would be faster using an iphone than the rest of us

 

lol nope, someone writing in calligraphy would be quicker than me typing on an iPhone.

I will stick to the Berry, for now

 

I think the full project is estimated to reach £4 million.

 

64gb seems to be expected and surely they'll address the camera flash

PS my wife and her blackberry have been jealous of my 3gs for some time now

 

Well I agree with whoever said that maybe they can get it to work well as a phone. Nokia 6300 - full signal strength at work and at home, Apple iPhone - half strength at work and drifts in and out of signal at home.

Other person talking to you on the phone is too quiet and much quieter than the Nokia even with the volume truned right up.

Battery life is woeful

And it will not give me SMS delivery reports.

Anyone want to buy it cheap.... frankly it's tosh!

 

strange that mine performs well as a phone and reception is a great step up from my outgoing Sony w890i.....then again, holding a plastic cup and a bit of string to your ear would be an improvement over the sony's reception !

 

f1_Fan, can I have some more details on your phone, I have a buyer if it's a O2 3G in good condition and you can unlock it here Unlock my iPhone - iPhone

£100

 

I have just persuaded Orange to exchange it as they now agree with me and think it's faulty. If the next one is no better it's yours.

BTW does anyone have any idea how to get SMS delivery reports? The RCT trick published all over the net does not work and Orange are clueless. This should be basic fucntionality included with any phone FFS!!!

 

I've never seen delivery reports used nor have I seen it documented. Another good reason to sell me your phone.

 

The man knows how to haggle, think he is the money supermarket version of SN



This is Jack persuading someone to part with their phone for a knock down price !!!

 

£101 here!! Just so I can try the iphone and see what Jack's on about

 

Nokia 6300 - Message settings - text messaging - delivery reports? Yes/No

Yes I would thanks

Send an SMS and you get a 'message delivered' message when the message is delivered to the user's phone.

Useful if sending SMSs abroad as they don't always get there.

Not rocket science is it?

 

My blackberry puts a tick next to the message when sent and a little 'D' when delivered. it's a feature I have always used on phones as it's needed to know when the women you're stalking receive your little message of affection. It's also useful to know which *******s are ignoring you!

 

Used to be a code you put before the actual text on O2 to get them. Not sure on the iPhone.

 

lol @ the uses for it.
Used to drive me mad when you know someone has received and not responded, especially with girls lol

 

Supposed to be able to do that on the iPhone with Orange, but does not work for me. Should be a setting and basic functionality though quite frankly.

 

Aaah right, well that sucks then
Most phones its usually quite easy to set up on, but I know some carriers dont support it.
As far as I know it works 2 ways, 1 is phone software, and 1 is network codes. If its network based then its not really down to the handset, more the network. What code are you meant to use?

 

You are supposed to put RCT in front of your message, but no worky.

I have been with Orange since the day they started more or less and every single phone I have ever had has had this functionality as a setting.

The iPhone does not - that is pretty poor.

 

Wierd stuff. Never used them on Orange, so cant really say more than that.
Hope you get it sorted soon. Must be an app or something surely

 

*0# then message works fine for me through o2 for delivery reports on iphone

 

same works fine for me via 02 on an iphone so must be the way orange deal with the iphone ..either way it must be annoying for you.
I guess if not having delivery reports is a dealbreaker on your network, then time to move to a different phone

 

So the next iPhone OS is almost upon us. Apple will tell the world what's new this Thursday.

So, anyone care to take a guess? I'm going for a new Home Screen, the original is of course a game changer and still excellent but I think it's about time for a bit of a change.

Multitasking for more apps might be enabled, but it won't make a huge difference to me.

No doubt a few features will come from left field as that's the Apple way, others imitate Apple innovates.

Fingers crossed this subject doesn't get eaten by the trolls.

 

I hope they come out with a good upgraded version as it would be nice to have a better one than my 3g as the 3gs isn't worth upgrading to imo