Comments on: New Poll – iPhone 3G…What Will You Do?

By: JM

JM — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:06:56 +0000

Of course I’ll upgrade! For only $199-299, what’s not to like? I’ll probably be able to sell my 1st gen iPhone for $199-299 to the unlocking crowd, so it’s an even swap, for better features.

It’s amazing to me how much whining there was a year ago about the first iPhone’s lack of 3G, and now many people (on this site) are saying it’s not that important. And no audio GPS directions? Who cares. Can’t you weenies live without GPS?

I suppose you can’t even write a note with pencil and paper to stick on the fridge, because you’re addicted to keyboards.

Last year Apple quickly discontinued the 4GB iPhone, and this year, they’ll probably discontinue the 8GB version, and have a 32GB version by the holidays.

Third party apps will probably provide voice-assisted GPS directions via TomTom, maybe video capture, and so many other great applications which may need 3G to be fully appreciated, that over time, the initial complaints about iPhone will be forgotten, just like with the first iPhone.

Expect 4-6 million iPhone 3G units to sell in Sep or Dec quarter. Apple will catch up with RIM Blackberry unit sales by the holidays.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:09:45 +0000

I believe that if you PAYG from the O2 the iPhone will be more expensive that 300$, or they will put you to sign an online contract before you can order it. Apple will find a solution, they can’t afford to sell it without an contract, they need to recover the moneys (think about what they’ve decreased the price to 300$ for the 16Gb version )
However, assuming you are in the US, you pay $59 monthly for the phone/SMS and then an additional $30 a month for unlimited data (this is required, not optional) so it will be

$299 + $59.99 * $12(2) + $30 * 12(2) = $2458.76 (for two years)

By: Oli

Oli — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:15:52 +0000

I’m very much in two minds about the 3G iPhone. The tech geek in me wants one, but I’m just not convinced.

By: Karin

Karin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:07:16 +0000

I am sticking with my old 8 GB iphone. I think it is far better than the new one. It’s metal not plastic which I can see break easily. Same storage for the 199 price. Don’t care about 3G I use WiFi most of the time and I’ve got GPS on my care. I think this was a major letdown I was really looking forward to a new phone with new “hardware”.

By: DA187SUSPECT

DA187SUSPECT — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:52:18 +0000

But I noticed on Apple’s website that you can buy it in their store. Do you mean to tell me that if you pick one up in the Apple store, they’ll activate it in their store to an AT&T acct?

By: sami

sami — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:15:01 +0000

the more i look into this the more i think the iphone 2.0 release is more of an appeasement for AT&T. The main feature is in store activation, how is that a customer upgrade. We will have to wait for iphone 3.0.
Until the 3G is unlocked, iphone 1.0 will still maintain its resale value.

By: tk

tk — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:41:10 +0000

need the option: only if I can get out of the contract and if Dev team finds a hack. Please make this site more hacker friendly

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:38:19 +0000

I voted that I am keeping my current phone and not buying a 3G. The reality is, I am not going to be waiting in line or buying one from this crop of 3G’s. In the fall a 32gb model will probably come out and one with a slightly better camera. Won’t be a first adopter, but I am plenty happy with the way my current iPhone is setup.

By: Skylar

Skylar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:31:19 +0000

From what I understand, it will. You will just have to upgrade your firmware this July.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:16:11 +0000

Yea, this was a huge let down. No iChat for Windows [rumored], no front mounted cam [also rumored], no increase in capacity [wtf?], and most annoying of all no copy&paste. If I’m going to lay down another $300, I’m going to need some more convincing El Jobs-o. I was so ready to upgrade, but there’s just no point right now. Talk to me in six months when you bump the storage and features for the same price. :\

One question I do have – will the new “push everything” technology work with the current gen?