In the market for a new Cell Phone...

Well Im in the market for a new cellphone as the title suggests.

I am looking into getting an iphone, as they don't have any here yet(suppose to be available in jan or feb of 08) I just can't ask someone hey can I check out your iphone.

So I am looking for some feedback on it. I am currently debating on the iphone or the Nokia n80 at the moment.

Is the iphone a good phone?? (good sound quality, good reception etc)

Is the UI simple to use? Can the UI be customized(able to move icons to better suit needs)?

How customizable is the phone? (Different rings for different callers, video ringtones)

How loud is the speaker of the phone?

for those that do own both phones can you list a few pros and cons of each phone..

either way i go i do have unlock the phone especially if i get it now. so any of the features on the iphone/service that is locked down to at&t at the moment I wont be able to use until the iphone is regularly available

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Is the iphone a good phone?? (good sound quality, good reception etc)

sound quality is pretty good on both ends, reception is fine for me but that depends on where you live...

Is the UI simple to use? Can the UI be customized(able to move icons to better suit needs)?

, as for how much the UI can be customized, apple lets you change the wallpaper out of the box, but you can rearrange the springboard, change icons, rename apps, etc however you like once you get SSH access

How customizable is the phone? (Different rings for different callers, video ringtones)

set ringtones for people, pics for caller, no video ringtones (wtf is this?). other than that you have all the fields a standard vcard could have: emails, web addresses, notes, addresses, etc.

How loud is the speaker of the phone?

pretty loud and pretty good quality. the 1.1.1 update increased the volume or something

in a nutshell: buy the iphone

warning: 1.1.1 (released today) killed all hacks/unlocks, though there are probably gonna be new methods out (any hour now), it's not guaranteed you'll be able to hack and unlock your iPhone

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ya i saw the update for the fw... it will prob be another month or so till i am able to get the phone so im not too worried about it

video ringtones is just video instead of pic and ringtone.

there was an option for it on my nokia 6126.. there is also software for the symbian series smartphones that allow you to do this as well.

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