iPhone mark 2. Really?

[wizard]

True I agree that 3g would be great for the iphone and really its not something that would cause me to get all angry at a new iteration of the new iphone product line. What would drive me up a wall is if the 3g iphone gets mms and the current iphone does not.

That would probably irritate more than a few people as it would be a software update.

Basically I am affraid that like most of the i<insert protable product> updates tend to not actually add worth while new features. Example my G2 ipod nano does not get video.

If you have been following iPhone it is pretty clear that the updates added quite a bit. Unfortunately not the sorts of things that most people wanted.

Things I would hate to see on the iphone2 that would not be avail to the current gen

• mms

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  IF and it is a big if, Apple decides to support this I suspect that it would be a software update.
  

  [*]sfari flash

  I don't know what is happening there as I was hoping for a release by now. One possibility is that the current iPhone doesn't have enough RAM. If this is important to you I'd hold off purchase until the matter is cleared up.
  

  [*]disc mode

  I agree and it is one reason I've yet to purchase. That and the ability to save files locally
  

  [*]mail.app sync that is worth the time it takes to sync
  [*] the ability to buy video from the itunes store

Basically anything that is primarily a software issue should be backwards compat since the iphone is so clearly expandable

I would hope that Apple would take this path. The problem is that they have been extremely restrictive on the installation of third party apps. This is another matter that needs to be cleaned up before I buy.

things I could live with

• video capture camera (The current camera could not achive this if it tried)
• Card expansion slots
• more meory
• more colors
• different form factor
• keyboard (some how i doubt this is even being considered)
• 3g support
• EVDO support
• price drop (I am a PS3 owner from release date and i have gotten over that)

Lots of nice stuff in that list, but I agree on the keyboard one. It is all a question of how Apple want to maintain its position in the Cell business as far as what else they deliver, but I see different form factors as a requirement.

and being able to use the itunes store when on edge/3g/evdo that is a big iffy.

I suspect the issue with Edge and iTunes is simply the matter of the saturation of the facilities. I suspect that ATT and Apple have an agreement there.

Dave

 

[spencer.nash]

how the the 3G Iphone will work with exsiting contact

il bet on this theory!
a new iphone 2 purchase will restart a new contract and will effectively reset your previous contract (if already have one) why?, well the iphone's market is exsactly the people that already have an iphone and can u see them waiting two years to release another iphone?

loads of reasons point to this....

1. in the UK vodafone didn't get the deal on apple mainly because they couldn't subsides it, ie vodafone wanted the iphone free on a £50/month tariff. Apple on no account wanted the iphone to be subsides (on a large account anyway)

2. Existing 02 customers could go straight onto an iphone 18month contract

3. a lost iphone can be replaced by a new iphone with same contract




what i expext the iphone 2 to do..
3G support is obvious, yes it will drain the battery but everyone shouting out for it!
Bluetooth stereo with wireless headphones
improved camera
video capture
16GB