We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th. The second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch, and not at year's end, as previously thought. The new model will also herald new sales policies in some countries.In Spain, for example, the 3G iPhone will be available for sale at the June 18th grand opening of Telefonica's megastore—an Apple Store-like shop located in the company's historical building in Madrid's Gran Vía— with nationwide availability the next day or after a few hours. The other European countries with iPhone availability will have similar launch schedules.
According to another source involved in the launch, the 3G iPhone will no longer be available at a fixed price point—at least in some countries, and its launch will also bring new sales policies, although these have not been completely specified yet.
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With the savings I will buy an iTouch
The month waiting time is a great idea though, as the new iPhone might be 200 bucks cheaper by then
The month waiting time is a great idea though, as the new iPhone might be 200 bucks cheaper by then
Yeah the SDK is a little too late thats the problem and has always been the problem with the iPhone Apple keep people waiting for features that should have been included since the outset.
You represent about 0.05% of phone users. The rest of us just want a great package that expands our abilities to communicate. The iPhone is superb for that - if you want to watch DivX or install custom apps or something, and you're not prepared to jailbreak it, then the iPhone isn't for you. Simple as that.
And for the record, the call (and SMS) plans in the UK are exceptionally competetive - but I can't speak for anywhere else in the world of course. They launched looking like really poor value for money and I can only assume they were just not getting that many new connections, so had to go back to the drawing board and offer something a bit more realistic!
Apple are marketing this as a Smartphone. Heralding it at Revolutionary while it lacks the core functionality hell even if you compare it to a phone it lacks some of the core functionality of practically every smartphone. It is nothing more than a swish Ipod with a GSM Radio. You find another Smartphone on the market that you even have to contemlate Jail breaking to install your own applications. Not to mention you get pimp slapped by Apple for trying.
Im not surprised I see they have doubled the amount of Minutes and Texts since the initial launch. My mistake......
£35 a month is pretty good until you consider that you had to bend over and part with £300+ in the first place. Take a £35 a month contract out on any network even with included GPRS and you will prob get equal to or around the same amount or calls and texts. What your forgetting is that unless the IPhone costs £900 retail ( it doesn't ) then your getting shafted.
On a £35 18 month contract you will be given approx £4-£500 worth of handset ( R.R.P ) which is a sweetener for the contract. Amazingly if you get a contract without a handset your line rental severely decreases ( I wonder why ). With the iPhone you get no such subsidy in fact part of what the network rapes off you goes straight into Apples coffers and im still amazed they managed this complete turnaround of the basic rules of handset business and not only got so many people eating out of their hands to be a supplier but getting some to spend millions on outdated technology's like Edge because of its lack of 3G support ( what good is shiny unlimited data without some form of high speed connectivity )
If you do the maths
£400 ( as a rough figure ) / 18 = £23 a month.
£35 - £23 = £12 a month ( after subtracting the worth of the phone )
So yes..... I suppose getting ripped off around £22 a month for a phone that lacks basic features like MMS is an awesome deal.
Where do I sign? Ah right yes 02 because that's choice for you right there. I would rather take my £20 a month and buy an iPod touch which is basically the same thing without the poor phone but at least you can have a basic phone on a £15 a month tariff without pretending.
I like yourself don't know how the tariffs work in other countries but I do know Apple collect subsidy's of the networks ( AT&T in the states ) and also are not allowed to subsidise so unless there extremely good tariffs I doubt the siltation is very different.
Is this what confirmed means? I'd say that it means a rumour still, until an official announcement is made.
But either way, this is good news - a feature that SHOULD have been on the v1 model!
Cara is leaking Apple information? Isn't that a no-no?
Cara is leaking Apple information? Isn't that a no-no?
(it was a joke)
I can see networks using the "floating pricing" to their advantage and making people cough up more for their contracts.
MMS?
No MMS yet? lol
So when they say it's confirmed, they have good source. Just can't give out any name or that person would get in trouble.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/.../mf_gadgetblogs
Or have those kind of details not been released yet...
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