Thread: iPhone - Are we using it too much?

Hmm… Minicomputer? Portable life organizer? What ever you want to call it, one thing is for sure — the iPhone has become a significant part of the average commuter. Other smart phone companies offer more competitive prices, faster service, and even more built-in applications, but the iPhone has managed to remain on top of it all.

AT&T, a trust deprecated in 1984, seems to have found a new way to monopolize the telephone market; AT&T is the only exclusive vendor of the Apple iPhone.

AT&T is now facing tremendous loads of bandwith from it’s 3G users which are online almost all day, either sending new tweets on Twitter or updating Facebook status messages. Loading the basic “Kazaa” application can take up to several minutes to render and is often rendered useless because the next track will be in line as the track finishes loading. AT&T still cannot wholly cope with this surge of bandwidth, forcing iPhone users to deal will with monotonously slow content download rates.


The new “iPhone 3GS” introduces many new features from which were absent in its preceding model. The new smart phone has a 3-megapixel-autofocus camera, the ability to to record videos, and voice options — all of which have been available in smart phones such as the BlackBerry.

So why is AT&T loaded with 3G traffic from iPhones and Verizon just a spectator in the 3G network? The same reason most people buy the iPod over a Microsoft Zune; the iPhone has an effective monopoly in the smart phone market. The monopoly is not controlled buy AT&T — it is controlled by you.

Totally agree! The 3G S was the deal clincher in my long battle between Nokia Symbian vs Apple iPhone. The 3G S brought with it new features that puts it on par with other mobile phones in the market, and do certain basic standard features better than others. But some other basic features were missing (such as character countdown for SMS), but that's nothing an app cannot fix. And that's where places like this can help! Good show...!

Telco should not blame consumer for using too much...
sooner or later the usage gonna go up with more and more users (isn't that what you hoping for)
but in return, isn't it right for telco to actually buck up their infrastructure to serve consumer better?

Stop making huge profit by sucking more from consumer, yet keep relying on the old and existing stuff...upgrade them!

I have been using an Andriod phone and based on the apps i have downloaded w/ my jailbroken itouch, i have to say i'm getting a iphone my my contract runs up...i know Nexus is the next big thing, but I think the touch screen is still superior. Smartphones were the hot thing for 2009...tablet for 2010?! we'll find out 1/27/2010!

definitely....i cant live without my iphone......
lol