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Existing users.... Ru still gonna upgrade now that you have had a taste of 2.0???
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GPS, better internet speed 😛, new shiny thing to hold in your hand 😉... No scratches on it. Pristine 😉
After the upgrading fiasco, I might wait for the white one to be available to upgrade online and get that one 🙂, just to be different 😉
Better but is it worth the money???
I thought apps like Monkey Ball were gonna be around 3/400 MBs but 35MB is tiny even on an 8GB iPhone....
Getting the 16GB is a big turn on but im starting to feel like i wont need it!????
Anyone else with a convincing argument?
I thought apps like Monkey Ball were gonna be around 3/400 MBs but 35MB is tiny even on an 8GB iPhone....
Getting the 16GB is a big turn on but im starting to feel like i wont need it!????
Anyone else with a convincing argument?
no brainer
you get better speaker, gps, and 3g and you can still sell your old phone on eBay for over $200 unlocked - it's basically a free upgrade...
you get better speaker, gps, and 3g and you can still sell your old phone on eBay for over $200 unlocked - it's basically a free upgrade...
After playing with 2.0 I would really like the GPS features. The location based apps are some of the best ones and they really dont work that well with the triangulation.
carve
macrumors 6502a
I thought about getting it, but I figured nah. The 2.0 software update has everything I wanted. And I actually like the original iphones design more.
If you don't think 3G and GPS is worth it, don't get it. Get what you want, not what we tell you.
I was all set to get it but now that i have played with 2.0 i am starting to feel like i can wait til the next gen iPhone?????????
I've started mistreating my iPhone (its got the plastic skins on it) just to make me get the 3g one 😛, ahh well... 16GB 3G iPhone soon 😀 as soon as the hype dies for it.
GeekLawyer
macrumors 68020
GeekLawyer
macrumors 68020
I'd like to think a year. But that's just crazy-talk. Probably... by Christmas, or whenever there's a price-drop/spec-bump. One of those things will happen within the last part of the year.
djransom
macrumors 601
I feel what you saying but consider the apps you add over time. If I'm gonna be stuck with this phone for a while then I'm gonna get the 16GB to make sure I don't run out of space or get close to it.
Sobe
macrumors 68000
Is a price drop really realistic with the current price points?
How low can they go?
myphone
macrumors 6502
If you're willing to pay $15 dollars a month, that's $180 a year and $360 in two years go for it. For me, I'm going to save my $360 and buy the 3rd generation of iPhone🙂 I need a faster processor, not 3G.
GeekLawyer
macrumors 68020
Consider the real price, not the made-up/subsidized price. The real price for an 8GB is closer to $500, or more. So, that can come down quite a bit. Like, free (subsidized) 8GB iPhone from AT&T with 2-year contract. The actual prices can come down a lot. I don't know they will. I actually would lean more toward a spec-bump (faster processor from Intel or Apple's new acquisition) and/or larger storage space for the money.
I don't know if a pricedrop is realistice, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a memory bump toward the end of the year. I'm guessing in time for the holiday shopping season there will be a 32 GB iPhone 3G at the price point of the current 16 GB, the 16 GB will take the price point of the 8 GB, and the 8 GB will be discontinued. This is purely my speculation.
GeekLawyer
macrumors 68020
That's very reasonable speculation. But I still think the (real) prices could come down considerably. Even if you look at the refurb market through Apple/AT&T.