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Dude Lebanon does not RUN Apple in the whole of the middle east.
Each country has it's own Franchise owner and licensed distributer.
If Lebanon has it and is selling it (especially at a super expensive price) it means the store is making extra profit which shouldn't.
FOR EXAMPLE, Apple bahrain were selling the iPhone for 600 pounds and with a 3 month warranty. Apple USA discovered and the director was FIRED.
It will be released in Asia and the Middle East OFFICIALLY in February!
Why would I lie?!
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Posted: 2007-12-11 14:14:39
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amnesia,
Which Apple store in Bahrain?
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Posted: 2007-12-11 15:18:07
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You can thrash the iphone as much as you want but the truth is no other mobile UI can hold a candle against the iPhoneīs UI. Itīs not the features that make the iphone special but the way they work and how they were put together. The iphone is not just an ipod or just a phone, its an advanced mobile computing platform with great software running on advanced hardware (you were all happy because NOW the n95 achieved 90mb of free ram when the iphone has over 100mb running on a ~650mhz chip for months). But again, the hardware is also not relevant in the iphone but the UI and the apps. Like it or not, the iphone changed things. If the N95(or any other nokia or se phone) is so superior why wasnt it chosen to be gadget AND invention of the year by the TIME magazine? Do you believe all specialized journalists are stupid or not as smart as you? People donīt have to like the iphone or think itīs so great and shit but to called it a ībadī or īinferiorī phone is to remain inside a box only seeing the same designs and concepts weīve been getting from se and nokia for years that have become predictable and boring imo. I donīt buy a phone that looks the same as one released last year but that has a couple of extra functions and more pixels so itīs īso betterī, and the year after that iīll buy another phone just because it has a new feature and even more pixels. You thrash iphone users for not seeing clearly but you are the one that canīt see past what nokia and se have been throwing down your mouth for so long.
[ This Message was edited by: SloopJohnB on 2007-12-14 21:54 ]
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Posted: 2007-12-13 06:20:57
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A great UI and mobile computing device let down by:
EDGE - why bother using a phone to surf the web and watch youtube on edge when you can get HSDPA now?
No MMS - I cant send 5 text messages or a picture for the price of 2 SMS? Outrage.
Non expandable memory. Ok so I fill up my 8 gig and then what can I do? Oh I Know, I can buy another i phone... Not. (Getting an 8 gig M2 for Xmas, if I need more space I can get another)
2MP camera / no video capture No comment on this one. Just no comment.
Everyone complains that the K850i is poorly specified for its price, no GPS, only QVGA video capture and that its not 16 million colours are the biggest let downs for most people. But the I phone has so many more disappointments that it is pretty much just a ridiculous joke at the price we are expected to pay for one. Make it the same price and same tariffs as an N95 and make it available on more networks and it might be acceptable. But right now the only people that are interested in it are die hard apple fans, or rich, rich people that just want a flashy toy.
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Posted: 2007-12-16 02:35:57
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@amnesia
ITG holding which is a Lebanese company has the Apple HQ in Dubai and who says Dubai says the Middle East...
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Posted: 2007-12-17 15:21:27
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well, i had my doubts when i bought one to replace my p990i, but after a month, jalibroken, and full of the most amazing plugins and 3rd party apps from really nice developers for FREE, i have to say im totally gobsmacked at how good you can get this mobile device...
sure, apple have been really slow at getting the OE spec device up to speed, something im sure they will turn around in their favour given time...but its clear that all those on here berating the iPhone havnt actually used a jailbroken device with all the apps thats out there...
who me a site for SE or Nokia with the kind of integration, free plugins or OS tools available, and available so easily?Didnt think so....
Sorry, but its getting my vote, NOT for apples efforts, as i think they have been average, but for the fact OS X is now mobile and the modding available to make your mobile the way you want it, and looking so seamless in the process is priceless....getting anything on the p990i etc was more a hassle than anything else...
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Posted: 2007-12-17 15:52:24
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It seems Apple might have to rethink its strategy for EMEA. The Christmas bonanza seems to have bypassed the iPhone this time around.
iPhone flops at Christmas.
A price cut might be on the way soon.
source:mobiletoday
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Posted: 2008-01-04 15:54:59
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Just a price cut and it should be just fine..
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Posted: 2008-01-05 08:27:38
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@jalal, I didn't notice your reply! Sorry about that, I mean Apple UAE.
I was thinking about Bahrain because I was flying back at the time
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Posted: 2008-01-05 13:03:17
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Why???
because we are from europe, we know for better technology.
hint hint hint
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Posted: 2008-01-05 13:18:46
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