Iphone 3G "outdated"

[URFloorMatt]

The iPhone is a $600 device off-contract. You pay only one third, $199, on contract. Generally speaking, the total value of a two-year contract, including the phone, is between $2,240 and $2,600. Without the phone, it's between $2,040 and $2400. The notion that the phone is "too expensive" to upgrade is shortsighted at best.

If you don't upgrade every two years, you are giving free money to Verizon or AT&T (roughly $400) and diminishing the value of your contract (in the sense that you'll be using a device that can no longer take full advantage of the service provided).

(It goes up if you factor in the $299 iPhone, but I'm assuming the off-contract price of the higher storage iPhone is the same $100 extra.)

 

[AndrewR23]

.........No

You have to set it up as a new iPhone. You can not use your last backup. This has been pointed out. So you need to sync your contacts, etc, to the computer first, as well as make sure all your apps are backed up (right click the iphone in itunes and select "Transfer Purchases").

Once this is done, you will set it up as a new iPhone. Your contacts, apps, music, etc will all be synced back to the phone, but you will lose your text messages, user data, and any settings changes you made since stock. You will have to reenter your email account info.

You may also want to grab your pictures off the camera roll, if you dont have them synced already. You will lose those too. So just back them up on your hard drive.





All this is very worth it for a usable phone.

WOW thank you so much! the 3G is sooo much better. amazing how fast it was before 4.0

even more amazing how much faster the 4 is though haha

 

[Reddmanz]

I'm still yet to experience iOS4. I always get a bit jealous when I see friends with their folders!!