Here is my point of view...
The iPhone is right now on EDGE, or the 2.5G. Everyone is right now "OMG! 3G! 60 DAYS!," but will 3G really make that much of a difference in network speeds? No matter what, Wi-Fi will be faster then any other network speed. In my opinion, Apple should be looking more into make a Wireless-N chipset for the iPhone v2.
Wireless N would be a nice addition. But a little overkill? Hell even B band is faster than 3G. I can see N band being important for wireless syncing though - which I would really bloody kill for!
I don't actually own an iPhone, but I own an iPod touch. I find it's Wi-Fi speeds adequate with my daily needs, but living in a generation of going "faster," it could be faster. The whole human race at the moment are all about speed.
Well yes. My last PC would take an age to boot up. When I needed to work or get something important off my computer it would slow everything down. My iMac boots up pretty damn fast and uses so little power that I keep it on sleep (don't worry environmentalists I have solar panels on my roof
There could be an endless list of how humanity wants to go at speeds that don't please them. When the 3G iPhone comes out, people will bash Apple, saying that it's not fast enough. They'll be demanding for 4G, and so on and so forth. In today's society, the present/modern speed of something is always being demanded to be faster. The 3G iPhone will be great, but people will want it to be "faster." Faster processor, faster wireless chipset, faster boot time, faster syncing times, etc. On top of that, they'll want a higher-resolution screen, a bigger MegaPixel camera, bigger touch screen, etc.
Heh, take a look around the iPhone forums here. There are a couple of regulars who take it upon themselves to criticise any movement by Apple, saying that X or Y company does it better. 3G? Nah they're after HSDPA. Which I wouldn't mind... If it had any kind of coverage beyond our biggest city
Thing is no matter the speed of the connection the fastest, easiest and smoothest portable internet I've experienced was on an iPhone. It's only hindered by EDGE which is soon to change.
So, in conclusion, ANY technology device is imperfect. Society today want perfection or near perfection. They want things to be better, thinner, bigger, faster, cheaper, prettier, etc. The iPhone has been out for a year, and it will take more then just a year to develop a "perfect iPhone" because there will never be a "perfect iPhone."
Of course! But out of all the phones out there and the upcoming phones I've seen nothing comes close to the iPhone for what I need a device to do (perfect OSX sync, multitouch for fast browsing, 16gb iPod).
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