Comments on: Orange preparing to offer upgrade incentive for new iPhone?

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:29:22 +0000

Actually…what I heard from a tmobile rep was that Orange was actually working with them to create/release an Iphone competitor

By: Geeked-up

Geeked-up — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:10:14 +0000

Man,…i hope AT&T does this too… b/c i just bought the iPhone not more than a month ago…

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:31:50 +0000

yo loss and id stolen not mine

By: rosario

rosario — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:52:09 +0000

@galvatron

We know that already, and I thought it was said that in order to retrieve the info, requires some serious hacking and such. Something most people won’t have to worry about. Plus engadget has ways to complete remove everything, so now everything should be good.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:22:11 +0000

Here’s a scary story. According to a story reported on iPhone Atlas, a refurbished iPhone may still contain personal user data. It refers to a refurb iPhone, purchased from Apple and fresh out of the box that contained old e-mails from the previous user.
Apparently the “Reset” command found on the iPhone (Settings->General->Reset) and then choosing any of the 5 reset options, doesn’t really wipe off all the data. It is still there on the iPhone. The restore function in iTunes doesn’t do the trick either.

This is not such a surprising finding, according to much of the discussion surrounding this report. Old computers, crashed hard disks, even old ordinary mobile phone retain their data. There are only a couple ways to get rid of the old data – use a program that resets all the data to 0’s, or completely destroy the hard disk, memory or computer/iPhone.

That Apple would allow iPhones out the door that could compromise the personal data of the previous owner, ones who had to exchange their iPhone for another or simply return it, is disappointing. It could especially be a problem in the near future, as thousands of current iPhone users swap their phones for the anticipated new 3G model.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:02:20 +0000

LOL galv I seriously doubt anyone is worried about any data left on your device, you are safe to upgrade.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:48:35 +0000

with it so eay to raid the memmoery for personal infoe why woulkd you wnat toditch the device? untill crapple offers a solution to suckessfully wipe the entiredevice so you can’tad any pesonal or vital411 form thedevice with certainty i would not be so quick to turn it in

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:31:05 +0000

I wonder how that would skew the consolidated worldwide sales numbers? Doing this, neither Apple nor the rest of us would be able to know how many iPhones are actually in use in the wild?

By: The Boy Genius

The Boy Genius — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:51:38 +0000

Think that’s the old ad for when the first iPhone launched…

By: ChrisNYC

ChrisNYC — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:48:00 +0000

My French is a little rusty…that doesn’t say the 3G phone is coming Nov. 29, does it?

I’ll be apoplectic if i have to wait that long.