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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    02:10 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    When I see people with LG or Samsung phone i want to sgo to them and punch them right in the face,

    Damn civilization and its laws.
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    02:07 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    The RAZR was an amazing phone. I miss having a phone which I only charged once every 3-4 days and could actually fit in my pocket, not weigh 50 pounds and be able to use while wearing gloves. And it was bullet proof.
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    02:12 PM

    @Aetius: So they only reason it was amazing was because it didn't really run anything significant and you didn't really big screen for its lack of ... well anything.
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    02:27 PM

    @Gundem: A smartphone is something you want, not need. I have a G1 and I love all the interconnectivity on the go but can I live without it? Sure! Txt and phone is all you need.
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    Image of NinjaTaco NinjaTaco
    02:04 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    As much as I'd love an iPhone, it's not worth $100+/month to me. My wife and I have RAZRs v3xx's and are content to spend a combined ~$45/month for voice plans.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment NinjaTaco was starred NinjaTaco was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    02:10 PM

    @NinjaTaco: What the hell did you add to an iPhone to make it cost 100+ a month? My 3GS is exactly 63$ a month....
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    Image of cc82 cc82
    02:26 PM

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Notice he said "My wife and I..."
    2 x (voice + data) is more than $100
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment Edited by cc82 at 12/22/09 2:26 PM cc82 was starred cc82 was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    02:30 PM

    @cc82: Ahhh. As he said "As much as I'd love an iPhone, it's not worth $100+/month to me." I thought he was referring to just himself for over $100 a month....Oops.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    02:01 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    Funny. I always wondered WHAT THE FUCK Apple was thinking releasing the iPhone 3GS yet continuing to let the (now mediocre performing) iPhone 3G live, subject to constant comparison to its bigger, fast brother, and sure to be an object of loathing to would be purchasers of it instead of an iPhone 3GS. Now I get it. Now I get it......Apple knew that 99$ price point would propel them to the top of the charts, even at the cost of millions of users angst when they realize they bought hardware that is -for all intents and purposes - a 1st generation iPhone.
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    01:59 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    Is the iPhone 4.0% the new model?
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    Image of justinpe justinpe
    02:01 PM

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher::

    No. It is the 3G, which is technically a current model, but not the newest one (aka 3GS).
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    PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: promoted this comment justinpe was starred justinpe was unstarred
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    02:23 PM

    @justinpe: Yeah I understand, I just failed at trying to be funny by pointing out the typo Nielsen made in their table.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    01:57 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    Thanks, John. I had just gotten my mind off of the Nexus One for a few minutes and now you've gone and brought it right back up again.

    Still, I'm sort of surprised at how many of these phones are dumb phones. Which just shows how accurate my assessment of the market is. Poor dumbphone users. They'll always be forgotten by the hype.

    Also, I still have yet to figure it out: how the heck did the RAZR get to be such a popular phone. Anyone got an insight into this crazy phenomenon?
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    02:03 PM

    @OCEntertainment:The RAZR got to be such a popular phone the same way women with 12 year old stick bodies are held in higher regard in this country than curvy (but still flat stomach-ed) women: the media brainwashing impressionable people into seeking 'thin' at all costs.
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    Image of meatbag_pussrocket meatbag_pussrocket
    02:05 PM

    @OCEntertainment: its all conjecture, but i think its twofold one, its the first metal case construction phone i can think of and the tactile feel of it has a huge impact on perceived value. two, this phone looks more like a star trek communicator than any i've seen. its a subconscious association, we associate that original idea as the embodiment of 'ideal' cell phone design.

    now i'm not gonna tell you that it was a quality device or that it was well designed, because that would just be lies, but its perception that drives everything, and the RAZR had a huge impact on the way the average person perceived the phone
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment meatbag_pussrocket was starred meatbag_pussrocket was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    02:09 PM

    @meatbag_pussrocket: Yyyyyeah, I'm gonna go with celebrity-envy and stick-figure-lust. Sorry, but I refuse to believe that build quality minutia and Star Trek similarities are what drove the teeming masses to pick up a phone that can't do jackshit any more than any other phone.
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    Image of crikerat crikerat
    01:51 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    INteresting that the 3G is listed as the top while RIM holds multiple listings as does LG. I would have an easier time with this chart if it was the entire iPhone line against the entire RIM line. I think it would be a much different picture.

    However, that also seems like a lot of iPhones. If it's from Web Logs then this would only cover those people who use mobile web services regularly. I think a lot more people use their dumbphones for phone calls only.
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    Monty promoted this comment crikerat was starred crikerat was unstarred
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    01:59 PM

    @crikerat: Four percent is not a particularly overwhelming number. I am curious whether the split the 3GS from the iPhone 3G numbers there, and if not - why did they split the BlackBerry numbers? Interesting information, but I agree that I wonder if how these were split may hold a bias.
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    01:51 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    These are the top 10 mobile website though right? There are also mobile browsers that can handle regular websites which I'm sure aren't reflected here. For instance, I use a lot of Skyfire and Opera Mobile.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    01:49 PM

    In reply to Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS
    battery life: 5 minutes.
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    Image of _BrianD_ _BrianD_
    01:48 PM

    In reply to iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country
    i loved my razr v3xx. it was the best phone i have ever had. why? because it played a ringtone for each different person when they sent me an SMS. iPhones can't do that for some unknown reason. only six standard sms tones. man i miss that phone. i even emailed apple about it, that's how much i want that feature.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment _BrianD_ was starred _BrianD_ was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    01:58 PM

    @_BrianD_: You, dear sir, are a man of brilliance. Instead of drinking the kool-aid, you amassed it in your mouth only to use it as a high-pressure projectile against the powers that be. Instead of being content with what is, you strived for what could be. Instead of complaining ten thousand fucking times in some internet forum about some non-existent iPhone feature, you took your complaint straight to the man himself.

    Here's to you, BrianD, iPhone user of the decade.
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    Edited by TheSonOfKrypton at 12/22/09 2:08 PM TheSonOfKrypton was starred TheSonOfKrypton was unstarred
    Image of _BrianD_ _BrianD_
    02:09 PM

    @TheSonOfKrypton: So you are saying Budweiser is going to be making a Real Men of Genius commercial about me soon?
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    01:45 PM

    In reply to Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS
    Nothing against the iPhone, but it's more like "Behold, yet another incredible performance demo for the iPhone that will do nothing to even scratch DS and PSP market".

    Gaming isn't only about graphics and stuff, like another commenter said, or else DS would be far bellow the PSP.

    But maybe something like this could convince more big gaming companies to develop better games for the iPhone.

    And maybe someone releases a decent control scheme for the iPhone.

    But that's a whole lotta maybes.

    Apple has to be willing to pour tons of gold on top of a gaming strategy for it, or else it just won't launch...

    I'd be the first to buy an iPhone 3GS if something like that ever happened though.
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    Image of crikerat crikerat
    01:42 PM

    In reply to Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS
    I like the tease that we'll be seeing this engine on another mobile platform next year. Most assume it will be Android and that would be a good choice.

    What if it's targeted instead at WinPho? or maybe Zune HD? (ZunePhone?)

    Microsoft and Epic have a good working relationship. If there was ever to be a tie between the Zune and Xbox a superior engine would help bridge it. Bring GoW content to a mobile device in a rail shooter format which would help limit the control issues.

    Just a thought.
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    Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment crikerat was starred crikerat was unstarred
    Image of Aashish Bhagyanagar Aashish Bhagyanagar
    01:29 PM

    In reply to Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS
    this shit is effin revolutionary.....the present iphone's lack of physical buttons will always be a bottle neck for serious handheld gamers.

    AFAIK , lots of other phones like droid use the same ARM cortex A8 CPU and the same PowerVR SGX GPU found in iPhone 3GS so this new tech should work with those phones as well .

    But the killer device for using this Ureal engine 3 will be IMHO

    Psp GO(Form factor) +3G+ Dual analog sticks + Larger ,preferably AMOLED capacitive touchscreen + Onboard memory + SDXC card slot + Tegra 2.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    02:02 PM

    @Aashish Bhagyanagar: + unicorns and fairydust...

    it would be cool, though.
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    Image of gumwrapper gumwrapper
    01:28 PM

    In reply to Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS
    I would love to have a prepaid iPhone if I could use it with Tracfone or T-mobile prepaid.
    Just telephone & wifi.
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Edited by gumwrapper at 12/22/09 1:32 PM gumwrapper was starred gumwrapper was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    01:31 PM

    @gumwrapper: you can, you just won't have mobile data. just buy a t-mo prepaid phone for $30 and swap the SIM, and use wifi for all internet stuff.

    oh you'll have to run an unlock. might as well jailbreak also while yer at it.
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    Edited by nutbastard at 12/22/09 1:32 PM nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of ea ea
    01:20 PM

    In reply to Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS
    Instead of calling it a shooter, call it a head crusher. Just pinch their heads with your fingers.
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    spannu approved this comment ea was starred ea was unstarred
    Image of spannu spannu
    01:35 PM

    @ea: But you can do that without any gadgets at all!
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