My new Apple iPhone compared to last phone, LG LG800 Chocolate
Filed under: Cell Phones, Hands On, Handsets | By: Daniel
Posted on: November 17, 2007 | 12 Comments
I loved the look of my LG LG800 Chocolate when I first brought it (a long time ago), and although many people say they have had problems with the LG800, I never had any.
Yesterday I brought the famous Apple iPhone, knowing it was the most hyped phone in history I expected it to be good but not amazing.
As you can see with the photo of the LG800 Chocolate above it does not compare in looks, features or in fact anything other than the colour black.
I will not go into all the features of the iPhone as you can get these on Apple’s website and I am sure you have heard many of them before. What I will talk about is why the iPhone is the phone for me and the features I like most.
The dock (shown in the photo above) is really handy and not only lets you place your iPhone in a stable position on your desk, but it’s also used for connecting to your PC, charging and registering the phone. When I brought the iPhone they did not tell me it comes with the dock so this was a nice surprise.
Above you can see the back of the iPhone which looks very sleek and tidy; the camera sits flush with the back and is only 2 megapixels. This may be one feature that will put some people of the iPhone, but for me 2 megapixels is enough as I use a very good Panasonic digital camera for personal photography.
As an added bonus the iPhone fits nicely in my Bose SoundDock and replaces my old chunky 20GB iPod. The music sounds fantastic thanks to Bose’s amazing speaker and the 8GB of storage on the iPhone is more than enough for the amount of music I carry.
The Google maps on the iPhone look very good in satellite images and give you directions and traffic information, sadly you would need someone next to you for turn by turn directions ahead of time as there is no GPS in the iPhone.
It’s so easy to watch video streams from YouTube when you’re at home or out and about, all you need is access to a Wi-Fi network and you’re away.
From the Home menu you just click on YouTube and straight away you get to see featured videos and for more you just search and click play. These look great in widescreen mode; just turn the iPhone on its side and watch.
I sat in my living room the other day watching lots of children’s videos from YouTube with my 4 year old son…Quality.
Product Reviews looks great on the iPhone and it’s so easy to browse the web, bookmark and do other tasks. Web pages are best viewed in widescreen mode and even better when you double tab for a close up shot of text and images.
The only bit that takes a little time getting use to was typing with the on screen keyboard, big fingers make you tab wrong letters to you get use to the controls.
This is the web browsing that the Nokia N95 should have had, I tried that and it was rubbish in my opinion.
What are your favorite features of the Apple iPhone and what’s your opinion of this phone?
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I’m now totally hooked on the maps function for looking up business phone numbers and addresses, then adding them directly to my contacts with a single tap. Just type in a city (in the US, something like Bradenton or Bradenton FL) followed by part of the business name (”Captain Rick”) or the business type (”fishing”). You get a map with push pins for the matches and near matches. Press the > for details on the one you want (use the list display if unsure), scroll down to “create a new contact”, and tap! Or, tap the phone number to call them. I love it.
Oh I love this so much, how the hell can you compare these two phones? come on be realistic.
Anyway if you want to that is your choice I guess. The reason I will not be buying the Apple iPhone.
1) I already have a contract recently started with another network.
2) The iPhone is not SIM FREE (which means i cannot use my SIM from my current phone
3) the minimum contract on the iPhone is £35 a month for 18 months with ONLY 200 mins + 200 texts - I pay for my contract now £20 a month for 500 mins and 200 texts
4) I can get the LG Viewty which is pretty similar to the iPhone, the LG Viewty has a 5 megapixel camera with zoom, 120fps video
Ok now ur saying I do not the iPhone for the camera, ok granted but it is still handy to have. YES the iPhone has Wi-Fi whereas the LG Viewty does not but hey you can still get on the net.
Ok for style the Apple iPhone is pretty amazing BUT you are limited to thoe crappy contracts which are in my mind POOR.
My moto is get the Viewty.
I would not even go and by one yet, i am not one of those all fall in to the trap of paying the full price for a new item. I will give it a few months and wait for the price to go down. But thanks Dan as it is people like you who helps the price reduce in time.
you ‘bought’ the phones not ‘bRought’
Mark… All I can say is that your grasp of english seems to be a little weak.
Peter you are right for sure but dan is probably like the rest of us, well like me for sure. In that I mean we all want something when it first comes out because it is new and when it comes to gadgets Dan has a passion and fair play to him, yes he should have waited a while.
The iPhone only recently came out in the UK so they know people will buy it no matter what the price,,, i would call it the Apple iPrice for now and in about 3 months time it will then be called the Apple iPhone with attractive offers too boot….
But Dan has made his choice and I say fair play to him and have fun…. Now go and get me one lol….
Mark:
Are you serious !
The iphone has been unlocked EVERYWHERE and its damn easy
mOOnLover
iPhone v1.1.1 8GB on Vodafone Egypt
If you havent USED an iPhone, dont comment until you have, because you are just comparing specs. and that is not the point.
Its NOTHING like all the other phones out there, and thats a fact.
Is it good? No. Its way better than good. I have been using mine for 6 weeks and I will NEVER go back to LG, Moto, Nokia and the rest. They just dont compare.
Its not a phone, its a mini-computer - and the best piece of tech that I have ever seen.
try it and see……
I do not agree with your logic on delaying an iPhone purchase till the price comes down. It’s like saying you’ve got an old Ford Taurus, and plan to buy a new BMW coupe, but you are going wait a year to save, say, 15% of the annual cost. A year from now, you will have lost the use of a great car for for the past year, and most likely will still face the same quandry as you debate waiting yet another year. I you can’t afford the BMW, that’s different. But if you can, by all means, enjoy it now. I love my iPhone, and yes, I bought it on June 29, 2007. Two more of my friends have bought one in the past month, and several more are still waiting for the end of their Verizon contracts.
I find the iPhone features intuitive and really use them all. I can say I never figured out how to use half the features on my last phone. I have never read a manual, never had to call for tech support, never had to ask someone to show me how it works. The cost of owning an iPhone is worth every penny.