Comments on: woikr clarifies: Allegations on the iPhone 3G in India (Chain Mail)

By: abhishek

abhishek — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:52:46 +0000

this blog has covered all the ?s tht every1 had. yeah true apple is a bit stringent towards their policy but there are many other positive sides to it. it completely overshadows the boundaries tht they have set. i gve a thumps up to iphone…

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By: daksh

daksh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:09:14 +0000

theres the new 3gs now change it

By: cyril

cyril — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:47:41 +0000

good article brother!
well written….

By: Setu@woikr

Setu@woikr — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:48 +0000

@Manoj –

We completely agree with your premise. What we meant by recommending wifi over 3G or EDGE was that you should prefer to use wifi at your home or office to access the internet on your iPhone.

If you need internet on the go, EDGE will satisfy most of your needs like Push/Fetch email, Google Reader, AppStore, Maps and seldom visits to websites. And of course, we hope that when 3G launches in India, the speed is better than EDGE.

Regarding your point around the premium you must pay for a 3G phone when there is no 3G highway in India – Look at Nokia smart phones or Blackberries. Most of them are 3G capable. Its just that Apple is using the “3G” term as a USP for a mobile phone for the first time .

By: Manoj

Manoj — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:46:04 +0000

In my last point I was referring to point no.9. I may sound paranoid. But Can some one explain to me why one should pay a premium for the service that does not exist? in this case 3G. And why so much hype created by carriers about 3G in India, when it is non-existent. Are we so stupid? I think customer deserves better service for what he pays!

By: Manoj

Manoj — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:53:45 +0000

I dont agree with justification by you to point No.3. Wifi has limited coverage and wifi can be locked there are few open wifi. It totally defeats idea of internet connectivity on the go!!!

By: Manoj

Manoj — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:50:01 +0000

Folks in US claim iphone uses faulty substandard 3G chip?

This is claim. However iphone uses infineon chip which No.3 in 3g chip maker. Texas instrument and Qualcom are 1 and 2. owns 37% & 34% market share. Well why we should worry, we dont have 3g. Thank you Airtel and Vodaphone

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:45:08 +0000

#No support for flash player. We cant watch all youtube videos??

True. Iphone does not support flash player. There are few thousand videos in youtube that are compatible with iphone.

By: Setu

Setu — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:56:44 +0000

@Raj –

The plastic body helps improve the signal reception as plastic does not interfere with GSM signals. The previous model had aluminum back which caused interference thereby lowering the signal strength for the device.

Additionally, the new one has a curved back bulging out in the middle. Thus making it more easy to hold the phone. However, you wouldn’t be able to keep it flat on a table.

By: Setu

Setu — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:52:36 +0000

@Pratik –

We cannot say much about the price drop. This is because Airtel and Vodafone are both offering the iPhone 3G at exactly the same price. This probably means that they both sat together and decided on the absurd price. They might also have agreed not to lower the price without consulting with each other.

The only driver to lower the price in India is competition. Which does not seem to be present in this case.

So we really cannot say anything. Let’s wait and watch.

By: Raj Mohanty

Raj Mohanty — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:30:12 +0000

Great Work. !!!

Cannot agree with the point no. 23.
Its an amazing experience to own one !!!

Has anyone got a chance to lay there hands on the new iPhone 3G. Heard it has a plastic body. How is it comapred to the older metal one? pros and cons?

The pricing in India is absurd. But then it makes iPhone quite unreachable for the most, and thats good news for those who already own one ..

By: Pratik

Pratik — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:10:54 +0000

Cool information guys…I know this phone is awesome.. and your clarifications make this even more sure…. but do you guys think the price of this thing will go down in the near future…maybe something aroung 20k..I really want to buy one.. but recently i have lost my communicator.. so can’t shell out much on phone..

By: Chirag

Chirag — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:38:19 +0000

Thanks Pat!

We actually upgraded to 2.0 recently and found Cydia a lot better than Installer.app. I guess that unwillingly reflected in the article
We haven’t seen any bugs from Cydia as of now, but issues like “restart it in DFU mode” are really scary! I hope they clear out the bugs gradually.

Anyhow, for any beginner/non-geeky user, Apple App Store is awesome. We all@woikr like it even more than Ubuntu/Synaptic/apt-get combination. And that’s not an easy combination to beat

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:22:47 +0000

Hi,

That was a kick ass review for every misconception…

But it seems that you strongly suggest to use Cydia…

But Cydia is not for a novice users. Another problem using Cydia is ,
when ever apple releases a new firmware. you have to wait for the team to confirm if it works with cydia…

and its buggy…. its almost like you can be screwed at a crtical movement by ur iphone hanging and you should be (At times , restart it in DFU mode.)