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V.1 iPhone to 3G iPhone Owners Ratio. Who's Ready to Upgrade this Summer?...

Whatcha Got?!

  • Still Rockin My V.1 iPhone Ready to Upgrade Hopefully Soon!

    Votes: 11 19.3%

  • I Couldn't Wait or My Original Broke, Now I have 3G, Hope I can Upgrade Hopefully Soon!

    Votes: 15 26.3%

  • iPhone 3G is My First iPhone. Anticipating What's Next!

    Votes: 25 43.9%

  • I have NO iPhone. Anticipating What's Next!

    Votes: 4 7.0%

  • None of the Above. Explanation in Post Please.

    Votes: 2 3.5%
  • Total voters
    57
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macrumors 6502a
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...if a New iPhone is announced, lets say, WWDC.

Ok so this poll was sparked from this thread post initially...

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=7135453
tlbwriter said:
I disagree. Are there any stats on how many people stuck with the first iPhone? Because honestly, every single person I know who bought the first iPhone still has the first iPhone - I don't know anyone who upgraded to the 3G. I think AT&T actually has a pretty good cycle going here. First, they got new customers who bought the original iPhone. Some of those customers were already with AT&T, but many of them weren't, and signed a new contract, which was probably a 2-year contract (even though the phone was not subsidized) simply because that's what AT&T offered. Then, a year later, the 3G came out, and a vast horde of customers locked themselves into a 2-year contract to get the subsidy. Now, this summer, those original iPhone users are going to have the option to upgrade at a good price, and many of them will jump on it. And in 2010, the 3G customers will be eligible to upgrade again. I think AT&T has two separate sets of customers who are eligible to upgrade every other year, so basically as long as they offer anything new every year, a large chunk will be willing to upgrade and lock in for another 2 years.
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I'm curious as well. I know this isn't necessarily going to be even close to an accurate poll overall but atleast we can see who HERE has been holding out from upgrading from a V.1 iPhone and how many upgraded or the 3G was their first iPhone.

And yes I searched for similar polls with no luck since this is from my mobile and the search function isn't working. So just ignore please if you can't think of anything nice to say. Thanks. :D
 
I still have my 2G iPhone. I've thought about upgrading for the GPS functionality, but that's not worth 500 dollars(on ebay)
 
I'm more looking forward to any major changes that would come with a 3.0 software update. I'm not seeing any drastic changes to the hardware from the 3G, probably only a slightly better camera and higher storage capacity. I got both the iPhone and iPhone 3G on the first day. Unless there's some huge improvement in the hardware for the next revision I'll actually wait it out this time so I can avoid all the headaches that I experienced being an early adopter the first 2 times.
 
I bought the first iPhone around March of 08 or so and bought the 3G as soon as it came out. It wasn't that I couldn't wait for the 3rd iteration or anything, I wasn't even thinking about that. I just wanted the GPS and 3G. Sold the first gen after I bought the 3G and all was well.

If there is an upgrade again in June, I may consider upgrading. I don't believe there will be a subsidy for current 3G owners to upgrade, so there will have to be a big reason for me to drop the loot.

If there actually is a subsidy, the possibility of me upgrading will grow.
 
Bought a generation 1 iPhone last March and got silly and tried to replace the case in June. I ended up breaking the iPhone (I know.. stupid me), and got a Blackberry Pearl. Then when the 3G came out, I ended up getting it a few weeks after release. Even though I renewed my contract in January '09 (cause Rogers forced me to since I changed ONE thing on my account), I still might get the new iPhone depending on what is introduced. All I care about is the 3.0 software update really.
 
I got my 1st gen on release day, my 3G on release day, and i plan to do the same every year. If it comes to probalems paying my contract, ill just buy one from eBay or on Pay As You Go here in the UK, and swap out my sim.

Danny
 
Mikey B said:
If there is an upgrade again in June, I may consider upgrading. I don't believe there will be a subsidy for current 3G owners to upgrade, so there will have to be a big reason for me to drop the loot.
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THAT, my friend, is the question!

What could Apple announce that would make all the current 3G owners wanna buy the new one?

It would almost HAVE to be something HUGE right? Therein lies the excitement of the whole thing or lack there of, hehehe. :p

Some may think there will be nothing THAT great in a new version to make everyone rush out to buy but others tend to think (I fall into the "hope" category) there could be substantial hardware upgrades coming soon.

V.1 holders which follow sites like these and keep up with Apple update cycles will most likely be upgrading in and around June.

I fall into the "do not own an iPhone yet" group, so I'm hoping for something big while trying to maintain low expectations...wait, is that possible? :D

This is fun. Can't wait 'till WWDC. :apple:
 
I picked up my 3G (first iPhone) on the day after release and love it. I don't plan to upgrade when the new one comes out, but I am looking forward to the iPhone 3.0 software.
 
I don't have an iPhone yet... :eek:
I'll most likely get one depending on the next upgrade or if the subsidized iPhone is true (as long as it's not an iPhone nano).
 
manhattanboy said:
They'll be on their death bed if they don't!!!
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+32431984195347192471974...

Apple will get a major flaming if they don't allow current iPhone and iPod touch users to use the 3.0 software.
Although, that's a different story if they release two different versions, one made for the new iPhone and one made for the iPhone (3G).
 
I Couldn't Wait or My Original Broke, Now I have 3G, Hope I can Upgrade Hopefully Soon!
 
Lexoticstylez02 said:
If they allow current owners to use the 3.0 software, that's another question.
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Of course they will. Apple has made it clear that they plan on making future iterations of iPhone firmware available to all owners. Of course, there may be features that aren't available to old hardware, but I don't believe iPhone 3 is going to be so radical in design that it's firmware will be useless to 3G and first gen iPhones. I imagine it is analogous to computer operating systems. There will come a point where old hardware and architecture no longer support the software, but that has more to do with evolutions in technology than marketing.
 
It all depends on what is new on the next revision. I bought a refurb at $250 about 10 months ago. I really like it, but EDGE seems to be slowing down, not to mention dying in a couple of places. There's a much better chance of me upgrading if AT&T creates tiered data plans. My phone says I have used 410MB. I don't know what the timeframe on that usage is, but 1) I know it's not since the last time I charged it, and 2) it's more than likely at least a month, which means I'm nowhere close to the 5GB "limit."

I'm also not spending money if there isn't a 32GB iPhone at $300. I'm struggling like crazy to fit what I want on my iPhone, and that's without any photos or videos. The doubling in size of iTunes purchases should be enough to pretty much force Apple to release a 32GB iPhone.
 
I inspired a poll! :D Cool. I think the results are going to be skewed toward early adaptors based on the audience, but still, very interesting.
 
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