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Apple Announces iPhone 3G

Getting 3 Black ones all 16Gig.
Hope AT&T will discount it further.

Too bad no front camera and no iChat, but very happy with it.
 
I hate the fact that this phone is plastic. For me, a glass/metal phone, is well worth the extra money...
 
I am a little underwelmed with this update. I guess I will have to wait until the new phones actually become available and some people check them out before I decide if I am going to "hand-me-down" my Gen 1 iPhone.

As it is - it looks like the only big "improvements" are the inclusion of GPS and the faster network speed. Otherwise, it is pretty much exactly the same phone as the Gen1 iPhone I currently have. Same processor. Same memory. Lesser parts/materials.

I'm interested to see how the GPS works, and I'd like to see some of the apps that get made for the app store.
 
djcraze said:
I wont be buying one for awhile...

Complaints

No front-facing camera, its a pain to have to flip the phone around to take a snap-shot of myself or myself with someone else..

I would of easily paid $699 for these features + smaller designed (I LOVED the mockup with the Product RED)
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a pain?? yea cuz its so hard to bend your wrist around to take the photo. haha

the idea was to get these phone out in the public..that price tag would scare most would-be users away.
 
I find it disappointing that the camera has not been improved and it does not have a 32Gb option.

The reason for my disappointment, is that what I want is to be able to carry one device to be able to do everything I want such as

Take half decent pictures and video
Have the vast majority of songs available to listen to

If these were available I would buy one, but now I am in two minds about it, I don't want to find out they upgrade three months later. I may wait until Christmas or the new year for the next revisions

Any news on UK prices and whether you can buy it unlocked?
 
Guys, speculating about how they cut the price is silly. This is still a $399 phone, now with a $200 subsidy.

The iPod touch is for people who don't want a 2-year phone contract. (Or don't want to jailbreak a phone.)

Again, the unanswered question is -- will you pay $399 for this and then get a $200 rebate on your first AT&T bill? Or will you pay $199 with a signed contract? And in either case, what happens to people that already have AT&T contracts?
 
gkarris said:
Hmmmm, last I checked $199 + $200 (early termination fee) = $399....

I suggest you take a math class...
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No one on eBay is going to buy an "old" iPhone for more than $150 knowing a new one is coming out for $199. They hardly care whether or not the seller had to break the contract.

I suggest you take an econ class. :p
 
BongoBanger said:
No, it has a GPS chip in it. AGPS uses triangulation to lock on.
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from webpage:
Find yourself.
iPhone 3G finds your location via GPS or by triangulating your position using Wi-Fi and cellular towers. It also finds points of interest by keyword: Search for “coffee” and iPhone shows you every cafe nearby
 
hob said:
I hope it is unlocked in the UK. I'm really nonplussed about all of the carriers, but I can do without the hassle of switching and trying to keep my number...

I wonder how much the contract will be?

Also, who really gives a toss about the 2MPx camera? If you wanna take photos, take a decent camera with you. The N95 camera is great for a phone camera, but I'd never take anything more than snapshots on it...
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O2 haven't said anything yet, but the rumour is that it'll be full price on PayT and cheaper on contract, like a normal phone. Certainly the UK apple store doesn't say contract required.. but it doesn't really say anything yet so I'm not sure how much to read into that.
 
I'm not sure why everyone think that Assisted GPS is somehow worse than having "regular" GPS. A-GPS just means that when the GPS satellite signal is poor, the phone can use cell network data as well as assistance servers to help calculate your position more accurately and with less CPU use. The phone still must have a bona-fide GPS receiver in it.
 
smkmn13 said:
I think a better question would be "how are you gonna look using an (arguably) inferior device only because it has a more diverse functionality than the other more popular option?"

Seriously, other than image, physical keyboard, and WindozeM, what is RIM offering that iPhone can't deliver?
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rim doesnt do winmo
they have their own bb software

and its not just rim
theres a ton of other phones out there that still kill the iphone and business users will find need or want for those features.
 
ubersalad said:
Apple is digging themselves a hole...huge price cut every 6 months or so and with memory upgrade.

So what's the point of upgrading your phone when cheaper and better is coming in 6 months?
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Uh... welcome to technology.

With your fantastic analysis, I guess the whole technology industry is going down.
 
Bad news travels quickly

...like the title of my reply reads: "Bad news travels quickly"

Already this story has made it's way to ALL the major news networks, cable AND online! People who didn't even know what a freakin' iphone was before today are already gathering up their pennies -- because that's LITERALLY all it's gonna take to buy one! lololol
 
Awwwww bummer

Awww i was so excited with the conference and the release of the 3G iphone.....now i just feel sad and dissapointed. I mean i was expecting some other major changes to it. 3G and Gps are indeed awesome and the price is amaizing but i was expecting some other changes like the front camera for ichat, a (red) model, a 32GB model for $299....lol

Ohh well i just my ipod touch 2 weeks ago because i wanted to get the iphone 3G.....looks like ill be waiting a long time before i can multi touch again. I wont buy the new iphone right now because i KNOW theres a 32GB model coming out soon and/or an amazing new model in january so i think ill wait however long......... :(
 
thaitillidie said:
lol...dude, I REALLY don't mean to be condescending but...consider what you're getting for $199 and that'll answer your question lol!!
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I have considered it. All I'm saying is Apple gets way more money from ATT kickbacks then it does from hardware sales. They would still be making a profit at 299. I know it's probably just wishful thinking but.... here's to hoping.:D
 
Kinda hard to top the iPhone but they did a very nice update with an amazing price, of course with a contract (which BTW I HATE!).

Not sure about the new back, I thought Apple loved the style of Aluminum and how it was recyclable that's what I call bait and switch! Afraid it will scratch up the back pretty bad, though not as bad as a normal iPod of course. I would guess it would get better signal too.

Also what's up with the extra .7mm on a device that is thinner! At least it is 1.5% lighter :p! (133g vs 135g)

And doesn't look like I can order online so maybe no hacking for this one :( Guess we need to get ATT here!
 
ubersalad said:
Apple is digging themselves a hole...huge price cut every 6 months or so and with memory upgrade.

So what's the point of upgrading your phone when cheaper and better is coming in 6 months?
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OK, by that logic the entire home computing market shouldn't exist at all. I mean, there was a time when a home computer cost upwards of $5000-$10,000. What's the point of getting one if they're going to be faster and cheaper in the future?

Either buy it or don't.

I'm more interested to see how much the market bottoms out on the used first gen iPhones. :D
 
Bobthemonkey said:
Apple website.

Specifically no mention of sales online.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/

No purchassse via Apple retail stores in UK, only CPW and O2, so has to be a traditional paper contract.
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There is nothing on the apple website that states that it will not be sold online. Although it mentions "Apple Retail Stores and AT&T Stores" to have availability of them, by no means does it discount the online sales of them. Therefore as of now, there is no credible source to confirm that the new iPhone will not be sold online.
 
bushido said:
lol they still offer the old iphone but at least u can fill out a form that informs u when the new iPhone will be aviable (sp)
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Oh, sorry man. I forgot that you had had the old iPhone in Germany:) Well...

On another note:

Is it possible to transfer images to your iPhone using a USB connection, e.g. from a card reader, or can you only do it using iPhoto like the iPod Touch? I find it a bit odd that I can't go on a vacation, transfer my photos to the iPhone/iPod to view them without having a laptop with you...
 
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