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Latest iPhone 2.0 Firmware Has 3G On/Off Option
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avigalante
macrumors 6502
The fact that Apple has to give people an option to turn off 3G service is a little worrisome, because it means that 3G delivers noticeably less battery life than EDGE iPhones get now.
If 3G delivered the same or near the same battery life as EDGE, I doubt Apple would bother giving users another setting to have to worry about on their phones..
If 3G delivered the same or near the same battery life as EDGE, I doubt Apple would bother giving users another setting to have to worry about on their phones..
right, i guess i know it's a risk. perhaps i am a little too trusting of my friends 😱 well-spoken, though; very convincing.
well, friends or not... I'm certainly picking one of these up this summer 😀
jbernie
macrumors 6502a
Seems as though this switch is the indication that the 3G iPhone will be a battery hog in 3G mode and that Apple hasn't found chips that really work well. Translation: we are giving you a 3G version to shut you up and improve European sales & preparing for other markets that have been 3G for a long time.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is a really good way to do it as you don't always need to be on 3G even when it is available. A compromise yes, but a suitable one.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is a really good way to do it as you don't always need to be on 3G even when it is available. A compromise yes, but a suitable one.
"Using 3G loads data faster, but decreases battery life."
This would be better written as:
"Turning 3G on allows for faster data transfer but decreases the iPhone's battery life."
I changed parts for clarity and eliminated the comma because the second clause has no new subject.
This would be better written as:
"Turning 3G on allows for faster data transfer but decreases the iPhone's battery life."
I changed parts for clarity and eliminated the comma because the second clause has no new subject.
Yes, the blue highlight would help. But what it means is that Apple have designed a switch that the user needs experience with in order to be able to read it unambiguously. With a more complicated control, yes, require experience. But a switch?
(I know you weren't defending it, just making a point)
Hmmm....this leads me to believe that Apple might be developing a 3G iPhone!
Oh, has anything else happened while I was under this rock for the last year?
Oh, has anything else happened while I was under this rock for the last year?
Omni Geno
macrumors regular
You are correct in general. A switch is a switch.
However, if you were to go to your local Apple Store and check out one of the display iPod Touches or iPhones and go into the settings, you'll probably notice that the switches are actually really intuitive.
That is, if you just suddenly pick up an iPhone/Touch for the first time in your life, I doubt you'd have any trouble figuring out what the switches mean.
Quillz
macrumors 65816
I don't think so, since a regular iPhone won't display this option. As stated, someone hacked the current iPhone firmware to get this to display. This will only be displayed on an obvious 3G iPhone.
I do wonder if Apple will stick with the generic "3G" title, though, or give it some sort of Apple-esque title?
Sorry, you're wrong. It's EXACTLY like the design of the phone would suffer. You'd suffer with poor battery life because a replaceable battery would have to be much smaller than the present battery.
I know what you mean. When I first tried to set up a VPN on mine, I wasn't sure whether the switch was pointing at L2TP or PPTP, just because I wasn't familiar with the switches yet. However, after using it for a while it's now obvious that the blue option is the one that is selected.
MacGohil
macrumors regular
Apple would rather make more money by replacing the IPhone batteries themselves for a charge which we all are paying with a smile already....
Or even better.... sell you a new IPhone altogther when ur IPhone battery dies.... and yea... IPhone ver3.0 will be there by then 😀😉
Digital Skunk
macrumors G3
I was thinking the same thing. I hope Apple either gets a better battery for it, or finds a way to increase the battery life. There is no point in having a new and advanced iPhone 2.0 that doesn't have 3G and still runs on the slow as molasses EDGE network.
You can trust your friends, it's just a bad idea to trust them with your credit or with your phone service. Especially if they are personally don't mind not paying some thing on time.
A few friends of mine wanted to get together and rent a cheap party house, and we would all pitch in for the rent.... 🙄 f*c* that. So the other three could just bail and leave me with the bill, especially if it was in my name!
LagunaSol
macrumors 601
The iPhone would likely have to be significantly larger (or the battery would have to be significantly smaller) to accommodate a replaceable battery.
Digital Skunk
macrumors G3
Right! I should have known better. Like the other poster said, why don't they do it with the iPod already. Soon, they way everyone wants, the MBP and MB will be like the Air which means it won't have a replaceable battery or RAM. 🙄
chickenninja
macrumors 6502
i am so tempted to tell everyone that i work at an apple store and that last night we got a ton of black boxes labelled "top secret (3g-iphones)" but that would just be trolling. man i am so excited, i might even go out and get a job to buy the thing. i bet they release it before wwdc, and then release something that broadens its use at wwdc. so people can walk right out of the keynote and rock their new 3g phone's features to the core. ps. black boxes arent real.
chickenninja
macrumors 6502
just because the air had those components bolted to its frankenstein neck, doesnt mean the whole line is going in that direction. could be though. frankly if they do stop having interchangeable parts i dont think it will be as environmentally friendly a product.
lostfan916
macrumors 6502a
Or maybe they have a 3G option because 3G isn't available everywhere, not because it will massacre your battery....😕
I always thought it'd be cool if they could some how put an LED light inside of the headphone jack. That way when you have a new message or missed call the inside of the jack would light up a color instead of just having a LED light smack dab in the middle of the phone somewhere.
Obviously you couldn't see it when your head phones are in. But, I assume people don't leave their headphones in when they're not actually using them. I dunno *shrug* just a thought.
