http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-06-16-iphone-att-3gs_N.htm?poe=HFMostPopular
The new, much anticipated iPhone 3G S released last week may not be top technology until 2011.
AT&T has more than 7 million iPhone users and this is slowing the network, and is only going to get worse when the iPhone 3G drops to $99 as the 3G S comes out. AT&T will not be offering, two top options to the new phone, multimedia messaging, which allows users to attach video, audio, and pictures to text messages, and “tethering”, which helps the device to serve as a broadband modem.
Late this summer AT&T will be upgrading the software with high-speed package access. Once the upgrade is complete by 2011 the iPhone 3G S experience will be better and four to five times faster.
What is shocking to me is that AT&T is going to be charging the similar price as when the iPhone 3G came out and drop the 3G phone to $99. The practically do the same thing, well until 2011 which is almost two years away. And how long ago did the iPhone 3G come out? Well if you didn’t know it was 2008. That’s a year ago. It’s great to be excited about the new software upgrade but we could possible see two new iphone come out by then, so what is the use, literally, to by the iPhone 3G S.
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If it's shiny and made by Apple I'll buy it.
ReplyDeleteI personally see the iphone cycle as being rather limited. The same thing has happened with the ipod I think. They're hit a point of innovation and technology, that the minor tweaking doesn't warrant an upgrade unless you've either not owned one, or have a really old model.
Maybe the problem with Apple is that they are such an exciting company for people. Any product they come out with will feel lackluster, because no matter how cool it is, it won't make your coffee, or something like that.