iPhone, do I wait or buy now?

[dreamweaver]

I have been on the fence for a month now trying to decide whether or not to buy a pair of iPhones for my wife and I.

I will eventually buy them but the question is will they update the iPhone hardware before Xmas? Now it seems like Apple won't. And if they announce an update in January, how long before that one comes out?

What do you think?

Thanks!

 

[akm3]

Definitely no update before Christmas.

Likely no update until late next year, unless sales take a big dive.

Even then maybe not. They won't change anything while it is the number one selling cell.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

From past experience, they always announced in Jan. and have actual product launch in the summer, July/June. I would buy it now, unless there is a feature Apple might have in the next iteration that you need desperately right now. Otherwise you'll always be waiting for the "next update". Not because of being No. 1 on the polls, but of cellular technology. 3G is the highest you can go in the US and elsewhere. 4G has just begun in Japan and is very recent. Apple also said that this is the final holiday lineup, during the notebook event.

 

[X3n0 AcId]

Buy Buy Buy

 

[aristobrat]

I doubt that they're will be a hardware update, but there are rumors of some possible price cuts after the holidays, like $149 @ Costco. Not sure if it's worth waiting over the possibility of something like that, but FWIW.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...hone_rumor_5_itunes_movies_gmail_av_chat.html

 

[spaceballl]

From past experience, they always announced in Jan. and have actual product launch in the summer, July/June.

This is not accurate. For the first gen iPhone, they announced in January at Macworld. Was later released in June / July.

For the iPhone 3G, they announced in June 2008 at WWDC and released in July.

 

[aaquib]

Here's the update history so far:

January 2007 - iPhone announced
June 2007 - iPhone released
Feburary 2008 - iPhone 16GB released
June 2008 - iPhone 3G announced
July 2008 - iPhone 3G released

I'm guessing Macworld 09 will announce a new firmware for the iPhone, and a 32GB model. I doubt we'll see a complete refresh till Summer 09.