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Apple Announces iPhone 3G
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Might I ask where you're getting this information? I don't doubt you, I just want to read it myself.
If this is true my guess is that the price cut is a veiled subsidy.
Cleaner than the way most phone subsidies work, in which the advertising looks like they are selling a used car.
Cleaner than the way most phone subsidies work, in which the advertising looks like they are selling a used car.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=113088&p=irol-eventDetails&EventId=1873725
They are having a Corporate Conference Call you can listen in on
Wait Maybe the shape is not the same i mean 0.48 inche is the thickness at the fattest point of the phone but since the 3g is kinda"bulged" on the back...
get what i mean?
here's some stuff
From SFGate.com...
"In the United States, AT&T, the exclusive carrier, will sell the iPhone for $199 with a two-year contract. It will offer voice plans starting at $39.99 per month plus unlimited 3G Internet service for $30 a month. That's a $10 increase from the cheapest plan for the earlier iPhone."
damnn....30 bucks a month. for internet... oh well!
From SFGate.com...
"In the United States, AT&T, the exclusive carrier, will sell the iPhone for $199 with a two-year contract. It will offer voice plans starting at $39.99 per month plus unlimited 3G Internet service for $30 a month. That's a $10 increase from the cheapest plan for the earlier iPhone."
damnn....30 bucks a month. for internet... oh well!
Mms
Any chance MMS could come via an app? Surely sending a picture can't be that hard with 3G - but I'm no expert on the tech.
Any chance MMS could come via an app? Surely sending a picture can't be that hard with 3G - but I'm no expert on the tech.
I'm actually have mixed feelings about this. I can see where all the complaints are coming from and I like to take a stab at why.
Q: Why no 32gb version?
A: SSD is still too expensive. Nothing Apple could do.
Q: Why not front-side camera? And same megapixel?
A: How would you take photos w/ the iPhone unless the camera had a swivel? If that was the case, they would have to redesign the phone.
Q: Why not video-conferencing? Ghetto gps software? Copy & paste? etc.
A: Apple-store, but also certain aspects of the phone could be improved.
All these things come down to cost cost cost. Seriously, how many non-Apple fanatics would actually buy the new iPhone had it been $400-$500 w/ a 3 megapixel camera and better software?
Keep in mind that cost & appealing to the masses is their PRIMARY goal. With full Exchange support and 3G, it fits the bill!
Q: Why no 32gb version?
A: SSD is still too expensive. Nothing Apple could do.
Q: Why not front-side camera? And same megapixel?
A: How would you take photos w/ the iPhone unless the camera had a swivel? If that was the case, they would have to redesign the phone.
Q: Why not video-conferencing? Ghetto gps software? Copy & paste? etc.
A: Apple-store, but also certain aspects of the phone could be improved.
All these things come down to cost cost cost. Seriously, how many non-Apple fanatics would actually buy the new iPhone had it been $400-$500 w/ a 3 megapixel camera and better software?
Keep in mind that cost & appealing to the masses is their PRIMARY goal. With full Exchange support and 3G, it fits the bill!
It'll still require a new contract.
The "take it home and do it on iTunes" is gone. They got smart!
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no!!!!!! Where is the "oh one more thing - new macbook pros!"
Intel is behind -Apple no fool, they will intro a 4 core as soon as INTC is ready - there are some out now, (4 core) but not to many and quite pricey - so that would translate to much higher for apple MBP. When INTC ramps up, the prices per 1000 cpu's will drop and when the 4 core becomes main stream, we'll see it.
Then the Mac Pro will be 16...whoo hoot.
Would that be the SE X1 that still runs Windows Mobile (fancy UI front-end aside)?
I'm not going to hold my breath for it to "pwn" anything (my time with the Windows Mobile-based AT&T Tilt was enough for me to swear that platform off).
3G costs more than EDGE; were you counting on 3G data service for the same price as EDGE-only? Note that with some phones 3G data costs $40 a month, so it's still a better deal.
-Zadillo