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Apple iPhone Gen1

iPhone combines three amazing products—a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod and a breakthrough Internet device—into one small, lightweight, handheld device with the best email ever on a mobile phone, full-screen web browsing, multi-touch screen, and applications such as Google Maps.

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Spec Value
MPN
MA712LL/A
Form Factor
Candy Bar
Talk Time
8 Hours
Standby Time
250 Hours
Product ID
45016720
Audio Output
3.5 mm Stereo jack
Audio Output
Built in Speaker
Input Method
Touch Screen
Width
2.4 in.
Height
4.53 in.
Depth
0.46 in.
Weight
4.76 oz.
Battery Type
Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery
Built-in Digital Camera
Built-in Digital Camera
Installed Memory
8 GB
Voice Recorder
Without Voice Recorder
Included Accessories
Headset
Digital Camera Resolution
2 Megapixels
Screen Size (Diagonal)
3.5 inch
Wireless Capabilities
WLAN 802.11a
Wireless Capabilities
WLAN 802.11g
Wireless Capabilities
WLAN 802.11b
Wireless Capabilities
Bluetooth
Cradle type
USB Cradle
Security Features
Security Password
Screen Resolution
480 x 320
Release Date
June, 2007
Type
PDA / Cell Phone
Interface Type
Bluetooth Wireless Technology
Interface Type
USB 2.0
Interface Type
Wi-Fi
PDA Special Features
Sound Notification
PDA Special Features
Vibration Notification
PDA Special Features
Speakerphone
PDA Special Features
MPEG-4 Video Player
PDA Special Features
Vertical And Horizontal Display
Cell Phone Band
GSM 1900
Cell Phone Band
GSM 1800
Cell Phone Band
GSM 900
Cell Phone Band
GSM 850
Cell Phone features
Hands Free Options
Cell Phone features
SMS
Built-in Music Player
MP3 Player
Operating System
Mac OS X
Carrier
AT&T
Release Status
Available
Digital Camera Zoom
Display
Network Type
Other Features

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Average of 26 Reviews
Overall 4.5 star rating
Value 4 star rating
Call/Sound Quality 4 star rating
Battery Life 3.5 star rating
Ease of Use 5 star rating
Features 4.5 star rating
Durability 4 star rating
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Value 5 star rating
Call/Sound Quality 5 star rating
Battery Life 4.5 star rating
Ease of Use 5 star rating
Features 5 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
Pros: dead sexy, easy to use

Cons: mail client, slow, no GPS
Purchase Date:February 2008 Purchase Price:$400.00
2 people found this review useful
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gdean2323 reviewed June 21, 2008 at 9:45 am

I'm going to focus on the bad. There are tons of iPhone reviews out there where the fanboy who bought it, tries to verbally hump it in his/her review.

The basic rules of thumb for the G1 iPhone are as follows:

1) If you love to email on your blackberry, wait for the G2. The G1 mail client is for children.
2) If you want to be able to navigate to/from someplace using your phone, wait for the G2. The G1's triangulation feature is no substitute for real GPS.
3) If epically slow data transfer (read: web browser) really bother you, wait for the G2. G1 is slower than death.

So basically wait for the G2 iPhone unless you want to save money by buying a used G1 and dont care about the items on the list above.

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Value 3.5 star rating
Call/Sound Quality 3.5 star rating
Battery Life 3 star rating
Ease of Use 5 star rating
Features 5 star rating
Overall 4 star rating
Pros: Modern form factor, revolutionary user interface, well intergrated operating system, outstanding photo quality and bright high pixel density display.

Cons: Mediocre battery life and sound quality, quiet speakerphone, lack of stereo bluetooth compatibility, no out of the box video recorder, lack of flash.
Purchase Date:June 2007 Purchase Price:$499.00
2 people found this review useful
Revolutionary device with minor challenges
heyved reviewed June 20, 2008 at 2:22 pm

Being a Waterloo native it has always been a unwritten rule of some sort that everyone around here must carry a BlackBerry, but when the iPhone was first announced, way back in January 2007. I had second thoughts. The beautiful form factor and the revolutionary combination of multi-touch and motion sensing technology had me sold.

The Apple iPhone has been a long awaited device. With years of rumors and speculation the iPhone had to be something revolutionary. A regular mobile phone with a standard set of features and an Apple logo would simply not feed the need for thousands of Apple fanboys and fangirls.

Switching from a Blackberry 8800 to the iPhone was scary at first due to the lack of a physical and tactile keyboard. After all these years of solid QWERTY goodness, was typing on a piece of glass going to work? With practice and patience it took me a month to get used to the virtual keyboard on the iPhone. It was challenging but not as difficult as originally imagined.

The battery life is very mediocre for a mobile phone, but exceptional for a smartphone. If your phone spends most of the time glued to your face as you yap away, you might consider a car lighter adapter or an additional source of power, same applies for heavy Wi-Fi use, as the additional chipset takes away lots of battery juice.

The integrated applications are designed for the urban lifestyle, with Google Maps find your favorite restaurant and make the reservation with a few taps of the finger. Watch YouTube videos while on the go on the gorgeous 3.5" display. Check your Stocks, Mail and even Weather wherever you are. Snap and share your photo memories as they happen or browse the full internet on a miniaturized device. At the moment there is no support for third party internet plug-ins such as Adobe Flash Player and Java, but Apple is hinting towards possible availability via free software updates.

The iPhone is an outstanding smart phone that has revolutionized the smart phone industry or at the least encouraged other manufacturers to step their game up. The use of innovative technologies and the simplicity as well as the ease of use jam packed into such a compact yet accommodating device will have you wanting a slice of this Apple pie.

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Value 3 star rating
Call/Sound Quality 3.5 star rating
Battery Life 4 star rating
Ease of Use 5 star rating
Features 5 star rating
Durability 4 star rating
Overall 4 star rating
Pros: Human interface, reliability, capabilities

Cons: Slow cellular data network
Purchase Date:June 2007 Purchase Price:$599.00
The world changer
shultquist reviewed November 29, 2008 at 8:08 am

I bought the first generation iPhone the weekend it went on sale and carried it as my only mobile phone until I upgraded to the iPhone 3G this year. The iPhone was the world-changer.

 

This original iPhone still has the majority of the characteristics of the new iPhone 3G with the exception of GPS (and 3G cellular data, of course). The human interface is still the best that is available, and for people willing to adjust to using the software keyboard, the environment is unbeatable.

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Value 4 star rating
Call/Sound Quality 5 star rating
Battery Life 4 star rating
Ease of Use 5 star rating
Features 5 star rating
Durability 5 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
Pros: easy to use; lots of features

Cons: son doesn't get AT&T service in his house in Beverly Hills
Purchase Date:July 2008
Great Phone!
jerri10000 reviewed September 1, 2008 at 6:08 pm

 I got this phone when my husband got the new one!  It is very easy to use and I love it!  I had an old Samsung phone on Sprint - now that I have the iphone, I realize what a dinosaur phone I had!  When I was on Spring, we didn't get service in our house but now that we are on AT&T, we have excellent service in our house; however, my son in California doesn't have service in his house and has to go outside to talk on his iphone.  He also has a lot of dropped calls that he didn't have before.

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How To: Use the Iphone Internationally

My kids took their Iphones to Europe for a backpacking trip.  It was a little difficult finding out from AT&T how it works but basically before you leave on your trip, you purchase the International Calling Plan for around $6/month which allows calls to and from the US to Europe to be made for $1.00 per call.   AT&T also offers two different data plans that you can find on their website - this allows the user to check email and such; however, they need to turn off the features on their phones that allow automatic downloads of newspapers, alerts, emails, etc. to avoid unnecessary usage.  You set the data to zero and can track your usage as you go.  We were told that when you are in a wi-fi area, you can use your phone without incurring additional charges. Also text messaging depends on the plan that  you have - if you have unlimited, you can text an unlimited number of times to the US for $.50 each and receive an unlimited amount for free.  If you don't have unlimited, you are limited by the number of texts allowed in your plan.  Remember to contact AT&T when you return to cancel the international plan.