I have been using the new Iphone for more than a day, very happy over all.
I did have an ipod touch so there was very little learing curve.
It took about 45 miuntes in the store to get setup as a new customer, new phone number and such.
the Vodafone people did the activation in-store, but this is something you can do at home with itunes.
I found it very easy to enter all my contacts in to the phone.
the onscreen keyboard is a lot better than using a T9 system, still not as good as a real keyboard like the blackberry.
I realy love the txt/sms system, it makes the interface much more like a IM client, for each contact you can see who said what and in what order.
the GPS is good, not very accurate indoors, very good outdoors.
3G coverage is not as good as Vodafone make it out to be…….
I live in lower hutt , less than 1KM from Queensgate and get very spotty 3G coverage at home.
I had a non-tech person (55 years old) who hates cellphones have a play with it and she was very happy, she commented how easy it was find find the right button and how easy it was to read the screen.
looks like the 2.0 firmware is mostly bug fixes and the itunes app store.
the only real issue I have found is that there is no hold switch for the volume controls. you put the phone in your pocket and start to listen to music, the volume can be changed but thing in your pocket pushing the volume controls.
the phone picks up finger prints as soon as you unbox it, on the bright side you are given a small black polishing cloth.
I have been looking at the app store today, there are about 100 free apps.
most are a bit random, but there are a few games for free.
as for a phone it not too bad, feels good in the hand, but you can’t really hold it with your sholder/neck.
is 16GB too small? well I have 1600 song, 30 podcasts, 20 short videos and there is still a few GB free.
it looks like the camara show up to windows as a standard digital camara so getting photos off the device is easy.
over all I am very happy, looks like battery life will be two days or more depending on usage.
as for pricing:
I got the 16GB for $699 on $80 per month plan.
feel free to ask questions.
