Comments on: iPhone 3g

By: k1mb3rly

k1mb3rly — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:38:14 +0000

3 things I had hoped would be included in the new iPhone 3G:

_better camera
_MMS – picture texts
_copy/paste

I doubt I will upgrade my iPhone to the 3G as well – since none of these things were included. I am just excited to see what types of apps will be available in the Apps Store.

By: Rupert

Rupert — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:47:17 +0000

Yup. You’re bang on. Gotta have plans for boosting revenues and units sold year on year.
But I still want to complain because I WANT it and I can’t afford to buy it until it has what I need. I don’t have that kind of disposable cash for gadgets, to buy something temporary. There are too many other things to save up for. So I want them to give me no choice but to go out and buy the fucker. I KNOW that a better version will be coming out next year with the only thing I really NEED (video and editing) and I’m not going to buy one now knowing that I’ll have to spend the same money again next year. I have a Mac. And a Nokia smartphone with video and editing. And 3G isn’t all that. I’ve had it for four years and it’s been obsolete for the last 18 months since I got a phone with Wifi. Like Jimmy said, there’s wifi everywhere. 3G is a gimmick. So I stick with my Nokia phone, which has everything I want except the interface. Interface isn’t worth as much as What It Does, I guess.
On the other hand, I recognise that I’m a freak and that most people who want to buy an iPhone don’t really give too much of a crap about shooting video on their phone.
But when it comes, it will be glorious.

By: coffeejunk

coffeejunk — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:29:52 +0000

here in germany t-mobile is our iPhone distributor, but their contracts are worse than expected (50€/month for data “flat” (the speed is technically slowed down after 300mb), 50 minutes talky time and 40 sms inclusive). so no iphone for me

By: Joel Smith

Joel Smith — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:55:07 +0000

T-mobile actually does have G3: http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/05/t-mobile-officially-rolls-out-umtshsdpa-network/

oh yeah and $200 is only with a 2 yr agreement so.. pretty much no luck there

By: Marina Martin

Marina Martin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:42:49 +0000

Great points.

I’m also flabbergasted by the number of people complaining that the new iPhone will cost them $10 extra per month. The fact that many other data plans are more expensive than even the new iPhone plan (my Blackberry plan with Verizon, for one) aside … if you’re the target audience for the iPhone, you have $10 extra disposable per month.

The iPhone is very tempting, but not tempting enough for me to leave my reliable Verizon/Blackberry life. I need my calls to go through and I need international data access, neither of which AT&T can handle very well. Maybe iPhone 3!

By: steve ballmer

steve ballmer — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:22:19 +0000

Just wait until you see the ZunePhone!

By: Owen JJ Stone

Owen JJ Stone — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:20:11 +0000

The biggest thing is ppl want Picture txt and that something that keeps alot of regular ppl from byin the phone. Fuck apple i am gonna get the new iphone yes but im giving my old one to my girl and i got a free hundred bucks from apple so i get the phone cheap. but there will be so many ppl still un happy with the phone!

By: Jimmy CraicHead

Jimmy CraicHead — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:20:16 +0000

I’m quite happy with my iPhone and agree with Nick re. 3G. I have more than enough free wifi spots in a big city like Philly and a small town like Rock Hall Maryland which I wander. As far as video, I always have a nice Sonyshot in pocket. This comment sent via G3 iMac running Tiger!

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:41:58 +0000

Watching the live-blogging of WWDC ‘08 got me excited: new iPhone 3G with new features. Then I started weighing the pros/cons: sure, it’s only $199 for the new 8GB model. Sure, 3G is fast. But 3G is also more expensive, adding at least $10 more monthly to my AT&T bill. I like the blacked-out back of the phone, but I have the same iPhone case as you and it blacks the back…

I’m more excited for the release of 2.0 (and the jailbreak!) than I am for the release of iPhone 3G, simply for the reasons you stated: Apple’s never going to make an Earth-shattering, full-featured kickass phone; they’re going to make slow additions to it yearly so it will sell and sell and sell and… you get the point.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:03:16 +0000

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oh, in the begiinning, when I say that
“if they put everything together at once then on one will buy it”
I meant to say that “people wouldn’t buy the next version”

and thats basically what you just said.
so yea I agree. lol