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'Enable 3G' Setting in iPhone Firmware NOT Fake

I don't think I'm convinced enough yet that an iPhone with 3G is coming out. I'll need a bit more evidence if I'm to believe this. ;)
 
tomjleeds said:
Jeebus! Are you 'mericans so devoid of 3G that you don't listen to us Europeans going on and on and on and on about how pretty much every 3G phone on the market has the option to use only 2G networks?! Yes, it gives the user the option, but so does every other phone, this isn't new!
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You could have said that in a better way with less arrogance.
 
so what if 3g and wifi are on at the same time? Same relationship as edge/wifi?

im sure the phone will have some feature to turn off the 3g if not necessary, why the hell not? it increases apples battery claim!
 
OK so this is my first post here (long time stalker)- so forgive me if this has been discussed before, but why would the enable 3G option be available on the regular iPhone? Furthermore, why would it default to "off?" I assume that if this is real, it just there for development reasons, but without the hardware, why have it?
 
wait just a second, do you mean to say apple is coming out with a 3g iphone?


Who cares about 3g, I'm waiting for apple to put a freakin touchscreen on the iphone. Then I will buy.

:D
 
arn posted a comment at ismashphone.com about their misinterpreted story.

Unless the comment was from a fake arn.
 
pcorrado said:
OK so this is my first post here (long time stalker)- so forgive me if this has been discussed before, but why would the enable 3G option be available on the regular iPhone? Furthermore, why would it default to "off?" I assume that if this is real, it just there for development reasons, but without the hardware, why have it?
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never mind i just read a post I missed before - that this feature was hacked, therefore the option should only be there for actual 3G devices.
 
It is a very common function on ordinary 3G phones.
my 3 years old SHARP 903SH can switch between GSM and WCDMA.
Apple is very very concern on battery usage and hence the wordings on the Enable / Disable 3G appears like that.
 
auyongtc said:
For those of you without a 3G phone before, (almost?) all 3G phones have the option to set whether you want to run 3G at all times, or stick to 2G (GSM w/ GPRS/EDGE/etc) mainly to improve battery life.
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I'm still wondering if 3G is worth it or not. I got my 16G iPhone in April as a birthday present (milestone birthday), and some friends suggested that we should've waited until the 3G. But, for what i do, EDGE works fine, and most of the time I'm near an 802.11b/g WAP. Battery life, however, is a big thing.

I wonder, will Apple beef up the battery for 3G?
 
ro2nie said:
You could have said that in a better way with less arrogance.
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Americans understand arrogance. :D I kid, I kid.

Anyway..... it will take a lot more than just 3G to get me to upgrade to the new iPhone. I'm around wifi 95% of the time (at work and at home). If I need internet otherwise, EDGE has served me well.

My anticipation lies with the AppStore and the new firmware.
 
Interesting.

3G may use more power, but won't it use more power for less time since you're downloading faster?

Example, a page takes 20 seconds to download with EDGE, but only 5 seconds with 3G. Doesn't that mean that even if 3G uses more power, the overall energy consumption will be lower or the same since you use it for less time?
 
I am a bit lost as to why the 3G iPhone is 'unconfirmed'. This IS happening in the month of June; look at the evidence.
 
it actually makes me a little happy to see Engadget get schooled from their "3G iPhone screen shot faked" post. maybe its the type of comments that are left for iPhone stories - but i've never liked the reporting on that blog.
 
the new iPhone has Warp Drive!

I got this from the strings file guys! Looks like Apple has really outdone themselves!
MacRumors said:
Asking whether or not the screenshot is fake is like asking if a perfect digital replica of a photo is fake.
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Of course the new iPhone has 3G. Mr. Jobs said Apple was on the "3G bandwagon" when he announced the iPhone in January '07
 

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AidenShaw said:
If you already have 16G, why even ask about 3G?
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Apple is going to have to do something to market to/educate all the mouth breathers with questions like this. I've heard this about a hundred times, along with "Did I miss the 2G iphone"..
 
of course we'll have 3G on the new Iphone. Vodafone POrtugal said that they would only have 3g Iphone. Now they confirmed that they ll sell it.
 
Why is it mandatory to post at least two "3G!!!" -news items every day? Everyone knows 3G is coming and almost every 3G phone has the option of turning it off.

So what's the actual rumor/news here?
 
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