Read what I said. . . it's still working on its original battery eight years later, and it holds 80% of its original charge. Must be a fluke, right? It was used continuously by my ex-wife since I handed it to my daughter and then she handed it to her, probably about four years ago. . . and its been working ever since. Now being used as an iPod touch, still on the original battery.
I have had friends who had those resistance touch phones and yes, you could use them sorta without the stylus. I had one myself back before the iPhone came out. But you could NOT use them accurately. "I also found that the 6700 can not be used without the stylus." — Source Technology Evangelist review of the PPC6700. That is why they came with a stylus. Note I said accurately. . . and that's why your phone has that little joy stick doohickey. . . to move the cursor around the screen because you cannot select anything with any accuracy.
The original iPhone came with 4GB, 8GBs or 16GBs. . . which shows YOU don't know what you are talking about. I had the 8GB and wished at times I had opted for the 16. The 4GB was dropped after just three months of availability as being too limiting. Sorry you are just wrong on that. I looked up the specifications on your PPC-6700 and took them from the manufacturers website specifications page. They are accurate. Again, if you think I am wrong, take it up with the maker.
The memory capacity I used for the SD card was based on a contemporary ad for additional memory attached to PPC-6700 and the capacities offered were 16MG and 32MBs. Generally phones of that period, as well as digital cameras did not handle large capacity SD cards well. If yours does, bully for it. . . I just doubt it does. A 1GB card would have been fairly expensive in 2005, IIRC. I told you what amount of RAM and storage it came with. . .
You cannot see an entire webpage and in fact, you do not get to a genuine desktop webpage with your browser on your phone. . . you get MOBILE WEB and that's it. . . and then on your small screen you scroll around even that.
Where's the GPS? Visual Voice Mail? Motion sensors? Compass? I said nothing about the photo resolution between the two phones. . . Your phone is just a feature phone. . . the reviews are really nothing to rave about. Try reading the ones i've linked to.
You are incorrigible! The card that I purchased with the PPC-6700 was 1GB and it was upgraded later to 2GB and then to 4GB. The 1GB card did cost a fair amount of money back then. I can’t remember if I had to do a firmware update to get the 4GB card to work. There was a very active modding community right from the start which did help to extend its useful life. Many of the original members of the XDA Developers Community got their start on the PPC-6700.
I am not sure why the “technology evangelist” was not able to use the PPC-6700 without a stylus. Maybe he is a nervous guy with fat fingers who chews his nails.
I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much over not opting for the 16GB model to start with. The 16 GB model of the original iPhone was not released until February 5, 2008 about 8 months after you spent 2 days waiting in line to get yours.
Actually the PPC-6700 does have GPS built in, unfortunately to use free navigation apps not provided by Sprint it was necessary to use an inexpensive Bluetooth GPS. There were browsers available from the beginning that allowed one to view full websites. I have to admit that I normally used it tethered to a laptop for serious web browsing. It also has a “motion sensor” built in. No compass though. And I am glad that you finally started listing some of the little known extras. I have never heard that the first generation unit had a compass.
Congratulations on taking such good care of your original iPhone’s battery. I am glad that it is still getting use.