Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm in the market for a new phone and money isn't a limitation. I'm also not partial to any particular US carrier, but here are some of the features I'd like to have: WiFi, GPS, good coverage in lots of places, push Gmail (a must!), physical keyboard (a must!), a touchscreen, decent battery life and a relatively slim body. And please, nothing that has a fruit logo on it. No offense to the fruit fans, though. Thanks!"
Owning an iPhone, I hate virtual keyboards.
I find it funny so many people feel that way. I actually really prefer them to normal keyboards (on phones), because you can type longer without your thumbs hurting. I know that sounds weird, but I've found it to be true.
I use iPhone's virtual keyboard, and without the error correction software, it is absolutely terrible. Typing passwords is a joke. But with it, for emails and texts, I actually like it a lot.
This is the Sprint phone with which you are required to get a $100/month contract, right??? Thats ridiculous! How can they possibly expect people to pay such a *huge* premium versus a normal phone contract when the web browser it totally unusable?! Are these product executives completely dense?
Considering even the expensive iPhone is only $60/month. That would easily make up for the difference in pricing, not to mention that the new 3G iPhone will probably be subsidized by AT&T down to $299 or even $199.
-- About the touchscreen, I'm not sure about any other phones as it's been awhile since I've tried a touchscreen/virtual keyboard, but I LOVE the keyboard on the iPhone. It is MUCH EASIER to use than the Treo 700wx I was using, and I'm at least twice as fast on the iPhone and make much less errors.
For those who haven't tried it, do give it a try! It works much better than you would expect. I myself was very skeptical when I first saw it, and I was gladly surprised to find it so functional. Even if you don't prefer it, the iPhone is obviously worth buying for so many other reasons...
@ loosely_coupled
As far as i know, the "required 100/month" thing isn't true.
though $100 a month WOULD give you unlimited minutes, texts, and internet access. ...so if you want to use all the features of the phone, and have unlimited everything, the $100 plan makes a lot of sense (and is LOADS cheaper than the competition.)
(PS: for the record, i'm jumping ship from Sprint (after 8 years) to AT&T as soon as the 2nd Gen iPhone is released. I really wish this phone wouls have been around about a year ago.)
no man your a little confused. there is the 99 dollar plan for unlimited everything then there is a 69.99 plan for unlimited everything but talking and then an 89.99 plan for move minutes but still not unlimited and then there are some family plans that are unlimited everything but talking that you can put an instinct on as well so sorry but you need a different way to tout your precious iphone.