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1) $400 us in todays exchange rate is $460 au. Now if i wanted to get a good quality phone for that, and an ipod ( afterall the iphone is both ) I would end up paying much much more than that.

2) The lack of "Exchange Support" is no big deal at all, most corporate users can afford to have there email checked automatically on the iphone, and there are plenty of services that can be used to forward your exchange mail to your iPhone. Sure it may not be ideal but it works.

3) The battery on my iPhone lasts on average 2-3 days without recharging, and I use it as an iPod everyday on the way to school ( 2 hour trip ) and as a phone ( i also regularly use it to browse the web on those 'slow' edge speeds but more on that later ). I personally think anyone complaining about the battery is bonkers, sure it starts to lose its charge after 400 cycles, but for most consumers this will be more than 2 years and will be about the time they get a new phone.

4) I've had my iphone for 4 weeks and i can type as fast on it as i can with my computer ( 80 wpm ). Just trust the auto correction and you will be fine.

5) No official third party apps, there are plenty of third party apps available. I myself have about 30 of them installed, all running perfectly fine. And this is only available to the "tech elite" anyone can do it. It's a simple matter of clicking a button on your p.c. or mac and you have 3rd party apps

6) I have my iPhone running on Optus here in Australia and i didn't touch the command line to get it working. Nor did i pay the early cancellation fee with AT&T, in fact i never even signed up with them in the first place. Unlocking your iPhone is just another simple 1-Click procedure, no hassles.

7) I'm quite happy with the internet speed i get on my iPhone. It's fast enough to use the maps application and mail applications on the go. And whilst walking around everyday at school and out and about at lunch (in the city) i have free wireless internet. So really there is nothing to complain about, just have patience.

8) The iPhone is a Phone, first and foremost. Sure some phones have really good cameras, 5 megapixel, auto focus, the whole shebang. But do any of these phones have anywhere near the capabilities the iPhone has as an MP3 and Video player? And in reference to other devices with cameras not costing this much, last time i checked something like the W880i ( the newest sony ericsson walkman mobile ) costs $660 australian outright.... Thats $220 more than an iphone, and it has the same camera... go figure...

9) iTunes is the best way to manage all this syncing... pure and simple. There are more technically challenging ways to sync an iphone with your p.c. or mac, but i don't see what the big problem with itunes is, did anyone complain about this with iPods ? no because itunes is perfect for it. Just like it is with the iPhone.

10) OK so some of the units being shipped out are defective, but of-course they were replaced on the spot. You can't help that a few thousand out of 10,000,000 iphones are defective. Thats naturally going to happen, in fact it's less than 1% of total iPhones. Compare that to the 70% of Xbox 360s that are getting the "Red Rings Of Death"...

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First of i ask you whether or not you have even used an iPhone. If you have then you will understand that whilst it may not have all the flashy features of some of those high end phones ( which cost more ) it's a general pleasure to use. It's intuitive, and doesn't leave you confused about where to go. It has a severe "Wow" factor going for it, people never thought that there phones could be this smart of easy to use. So stop nitpicking and trying to find faults, I'm sure that if i wrote a list of 10 things wrong with, say, the N95. My hardest problem would be to chose which ten things.

And you don't need plenty of money lying around, it's only $50 more than an iPod, and for what your getting extra, thats the deal of

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