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Worldwide iPhone availability

The colors of the world map don't correspond to the colors below it. I would update them myself, but I can't really say which countries offer 3G and 3GS. It also appears that the actual map uses "Coming soon" as well.--Totie (talk) 13:16, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 15:47, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, can someone update the map to reflect that China is getting the iPhone? I can't do anything with a .svg. Nezzadar (talk) 18:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a source for that?--Totie (talk) 15:39, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

[[1]] Scroll to the bottom of the page. I don't really know how to edit images, sorry :( ManfromButtonwillow (talk) 19:36, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked and editor who has done it before to take care of it. HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 21:39, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cool :) ManfromButtonwillow (talk) 22:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done by Lokal_Profil yesterday.--Totie (talk) 22:08, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CPU underclocking

None of the references used on the article (1, 2, 3) regarding CPU underclocking, do not mention the fact that the CPUs are underclocked. So any idea? Thank you. kedadial 22:55, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Email and Text Messages section

The article makes it sound like texting was released a few days ago. Would someone please fix? 98.230.214.136 (talk) 20:07, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done.HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 20:29, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

iPhone in insurance claims

According If insurance company statistics, screen is fragile and causes most insurance claims which concerns mobile phones.

ref: http://www.e24.se/pengar24/dinekonomi/telefoniinternet/artikel_1584685.e24 This information is from reliable source, maybe someone would format it propelly and add into display section. "Trygg Hansa"-insurance company have samekind statistics. And iPhone have quite small market share in Europe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack007 (talk • contribs)

Insurance company statistics are not a reliable source for the iPhone screen. -- Atama頭 23:39, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article Image

I think the image at the top-right of the page could be better - there's no point in having a picture of the 3 different phones looking exactly the same! I propose it's replaced with a single larger image, like the iPod Touch page has. JaffaCakeLover (talk) 16:23, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See here where we already had a discussion (3 months ago!). Basically, we know the image is terrible but an alternative image needs to be found. -- Atama頭 16:41, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Part of the problem is that, while iPods have enough hardware to be worth rendering with a black screen, an "off" iPhone (or iPod Touch) would be essentially worthless. Hence the need for a good fair use image. HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 23:27, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1g of 2004/2005

Just to tell everyone, the 1st generation iPhone came out in 2004 or 2005. It was very bulky, but still highly advanced for that time. The reason why it didn't get so popular was because it didn't have a large battery life and every time the battery was sucked up of all of its juice, you had to return it to the Apple Store because the connecter, as you know, is very different from regular MP3 players, or even iPods at the time. Then you would have to wait a few hours at the Apple stor so you could charge it up fully. Also, the iPhone 1g had very bad reception. That is the reason why the iPhone that came out in 2007 was called the iPhone 2g, not the iPhone 1g.