Comments on: TiPb vs. TiPb: Top 5 Reasons I’m SO Upgrading to iPhone 3G

By: Rolando Beckert

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By: Finn Charles

Finn Charles — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:23:20 +0000

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By: chad

chad — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:45:52 +0000

I am keeping my iphone 1.0. It’s far sexier with an aluminum backside, it’s not made of plastic. I agree that the 2.0 is the future, but I don’t like the 3 year contract and the 100.00 monthly premium. I have my iphone 1.0 on a pay as you go package in Canada for $30.00 a month. Now that’s more alluring to me. I use the wi-fi at the office, at my friends and at home.

By: NormM

NormM — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:39:28 +0000

The minimum iPhone bill is probably less than $70 per person. I currently pay $60/month for an AT&T family-talk plan for me and my wife plus $20 for the iPhone data plan. After July 11 I hope to be able to simply give her my iPhone and add $30/month for the new data plan. That is a total of $110/month for two people with iPhones, which is only $55 each.

By: Gary Rybold

Gary Rybold — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:35:35 +0000

Reserving a second comment entirely for one topic: I am NOT happy that the cell phone bill will be $75 MINIMUM! (39.99+30+$5txt.msgs)

By: Gary Rybold

Gary Rybold — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:33:30 +0000

I definitely want one, but I’m not going to wait in line in a lawn chair (no offense to those that do). I will show up shortly after the store opens to buy one, and if I have to put my name on a waiting list and wait a few days, that’s okay. I’ve waited this long already, lol. Why I want/need it: Wikipedia and Dictionary.com in my pocket anywhere and everywhere! GPS using a Google photo satellite image! Organizer, Google/yellowpages/411, scientific calculator and all the other bells and whistles. Plus “the Internet in my pocket!” … all at broadband speeds.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:38:22 +0000

If you live in an EDGE only area, you can use the toggle switch to completely disable the 3G chip, and you will have BETTER battery life. The talk time on the 3G iPhone is rated at 10 hours when using EDGE, as compared to the 8 hours of the 2G iPhone. The battery actually got better, but the 5 hour talk time represents 3G use.

By: coachfreak

coachfreak — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:56:36 +0000

I have likely flipped as many times as you can in 4 days.

Now after hearing the new $30 plan w/ AT&T I will be keeping my 2G phone because I don't live in an area w/ 3G and I already have unlimited texting on my family plan so the removing 200 texts wasn't a factor.

I just won't shell out another $200 for ANOTHER 2year contract, higher monthly data cost, and with less battery life.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:32:12 +0000

@Antonic Thanks for the heads up on the PR!

@Jason: unfortunately, yes, Canada has been extremely bad when it comes to consumer friendly telco practices. Long contracts, extremely high rates. Now it even looks like the government will make unlocking illegal:

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/06/12/iphone-3g-in-canada-199-3-year-contract-illegal-to-unlock/

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:53:10 +0000

According to Antonic’s link, theres a 3 year contract attached. There’ll be 2 or so new iphone’s in that time! That means if Tom’s right one would miss the wow 3rd gen if you play by the rules or fit into the low spend demographic of people that apple are now targeting with the $199 or is that (long contract length) normal in Canada?

By: Fizz

Fizz — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:33:46 +0000

I cannot wait to get the iPhone 3G. I will be camping in front of my local rogers store at 4am. I cannot agree more with Tom's big speech... And i am glad i didn't get an old iPhone a week ago (I came a hair close to parting with $350 for a used 8GB) Does anyone know the low-down for rogers plans? Will it burn a hole in my wallet?

Please reply...

See ya July 11th!

By: Franz

Franz — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:58:08 +0000

Good points and I agree with them all, but the other that is huge is the improved audio quality. This was one of my biggest beefs with the prior iPhone. The call quality didn’t match my old Treo and the audio for music didn’t match the iPod classic. I hope the improvements are significant as I’ve been told. I also would say the tapered edge form factor is a plus as I’m guessing that it will feel better in your hand and less brick-like. I’m sold.

By: antonic

antonic — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:26:35 +0000

here’s a news release found on rogers website: http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=1606099873&view=5804-0&Start=0

By: Badmofo

Badmofo — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:07:06 +0000

I’m not convinced… there’s a lot of free WiFi around these days. Certainly everywhere I’m at (home, airport, cafes, etc.). I’m sure I’ll upgrade my v1.0 some time, but it’ll have to be a bigger WOW… or maybe when AT&T’s franchise expires. What a poke in the eye with the new data rates.

By: thekevinmonster

thekevinmonster — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:18:23 +0000

anyway, I’m probably going to get one, but not right away. I want to see some real-life reviews to see if the 3G stuff is really really worth it. I have a GPS – which i almost bricked the other day, hah – so the gps part of the phone isn’t making me thrilled… but then again, maybe ‘location’ services will become a sweet thing?

By: thekevinmonster

thekevinmonster — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:14:54 +0000

thom: that ignores total cost of ownership. assuming you keep it for two years and use the data plan AT&T wants you to, you actually pay more for the iPhone 3G than for the iPhone original.

If 'up front cost' is more important than 'how much it actually costs'...

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:54:00 +0000

Being a geek is something to be proud of nowadays, lol.

By: thom

thom — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:49:46 +0000

To hell with the cloud, video, cut& paste, 3G etc ad nauseam. Good God you geeks do go on: he had me at $199.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:36:55 +0000

I'm buying the new 3G for 2 reasons. 1) It has 3G, which is great because I'm always on Safari. EDGE can sometimes be a little slow and I'm never in a place that has any Wi-Fi. And where I live, there's alot of cities that have 3G network, which is great 2) It has GPS, which I might not use alot, but it's still a cool thing to have the the current iPhone doesn't.

Plus, it's either $199 or $299 versus the $599 I paid last June. But they did give me that $100 credit, which I'm hoping you can use on the 3G. I also like the fact that it's in Black, because I personally don't like the current back of the iPhone. I dropped mine twice and it's all scratched up, which really annoys me.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:37:47 +0000

I’m buying a used old version. Screw buying a shiny new one with fast speeds. I’m on the cheap.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:58:06 +0000

I won't be lining up. Not if they keep the in-store activation rule that is. The wait will just be too long and it will be too headache causing. I will however be buying after the initial rush. If it is the first weekend, awesome; if it is the next weekend, not as awesome but still close.

I pay $30 a month for my BB plan, so $30 a month for the new iPhone won't hurt me one bit.

To get the same function as MobileMe on my BB would cost me a minimum of $55 a month in data charges, but more realistically, around $75, not including the minutes plan. No, the 3G iPhone isn't a necessity for this, but it will make certain aspects, like photo sharing, better.

I am a speed junkie. 3G is the one and only thing I really "needed" to see on this new rendition of the iPhone. Unlike the vast majority of complainers, I realize this isn't Apple's swan song. I know the 3rd generation iPhone will be the WOW device when compared to the 1st gen. The iPhone 3G isn't designed to steal away all the first gen owners, it is designed to attract the non-owners that are on the fence. I just don't understand why more people don't comprehend this.

This thing is unparalleled as a mobile computing device. It has more potential than any other device out there, and like you said Rene, much of this ties to the Cloud. Sure, the original iPhone has the same potential, but I don't own one of those and the 3G speeds will make that Cloud access all the more sweet.

I am actually capable of seeing the bigger picture. I don't nickel and dime devices by their "features." I look at devices based on their potential. I would have loved to see Cut/Paste or MMS, but I didn't. I am not going to let that destroy the rest of the beauty of the device though. If you are a person that can ignore all the good in the iPhone over the few absences, you need to either open your eyes, or just move on to a new device.

I also understand how Apple works. The iPhone was gen 1, the big bang. The iPhone 3G is gen 2, the slight improvement. iPhone gen 3 will be the next big bang. It is just their style. The missing software features are also more likely to come now than ever. Apple will not take all of their new features, load them into one device, and ship it all in one shot. Not their style. They will give you a few bones, make the majority happy, then they will give you a few more. They NEED stuff to put into software update 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc. Take it as you will, but it is how it works with them. Incremental increases followed by larger releases. Usually in the form of big release, software, software, software, incremental hardware improvement (iPhone 3G in this case), software, software, software, next big release, etc... (the "software" releases are not meant to show that it is always 3 software releases between hardware, it is just an example).

No, I am not complacent. No, I do not live on the "rope given" by Lord Jobs... I am just capable of realistic thinking and I understand the need for extended marketing. A product that shoots all of its ammunition in the first shot is dead.

The 3G iPhone was not meant to make every current iPhone owner run out and buy it. The funny part is, if it did happen to be a HUGE improvement and it did bring more hardware functionality, or software updates that required new hardware, to the table outside of 3G and GPS, I can guarantee that the complaints would be that they did it too soon, and what about the first gen owners that got screwed in less than a year...

No matter what Apple did with this release, they never would have been able to please everyone.

I for one like that the majority is complaining. Should make it easier for us realistic people to get one the first day/weekend.

By: alex G

alex G — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:44:24 +0000

i so agree with this article, the iphone 3g is everything a phone should be and then a little bit more. The scratching n the back shouldn’t be a problem though, I’m getting me’s a case.