3G iPhone $199!!!
 

If the rumors are true, I am all over this when they come out in June.

That will be the last straw to dump my hard line and Verizon and go to Dry Loop/Line DSL and end up saving money in the long run, even at $60+ per month fees.

If they would let me tether to it on the standard data plan, I'd contemplate dumping the DSL as well.

I hear 3G coverage is sketchy.

and post link or said rumor.

I assume it will fall back to Edge (2.5g) as needed.

linky to Fortune article picked up by everyone else.

Coverage isn't that bad at least according to their map

I personally am never going to get an iphone of any kind. 5 of my friends got them and IMO they get horrible reception and they are constantly dropping calls with me. I don't think its the network because this was not a previous problem.

I just got one last week and I love it, my buddy at work will not put it down and is now getting one too. Haven't had a problem with any dropped calls or anything

me too, I've been with verizon for the past 5 years after leaving att with a hatred of there company and coverage. I almost went the unlocked w/ tmobile way but I am lazy and don't want to deal with hacked shit. I am happy with att's improvements with coverage and service, Haven't had any dropped calls, although the edge coverage seems a bit better/faster in most of california compared to sparks.

I love my iPhone and I cant remember life without it. I use it all the time. Especially the map portion great for finding places. I haven't been in sac long enough to know where everything is. As for coverage and quality of calls, this has been by best phone yet. I had a razor last and it was awful. It gave me the worst case of turrets syndrome ever! Josh wants the new one when it comes out. He says it is supposed to have gps as well.

If it's in the $200-300 range I'll get one for sure. AT&T's coverage looks solid around my next base too.

I have ATT, and a 3G compatable phone. The only reason I haven't gotten a Blackberry Curve, is because it isn't 3G capable. I might have to look into the iPhone as a replacement.

My current 3G phone will revert back to Edge and G connections depending on what is available in the area. BTW, you have 3G coverage from Gardnerville to Reno. Once you start heading out into the outer areas, you bump back to Edge. When I first got my LG phone, there was no 3G in the area. Then one morning I noticed it was connecting to something different.

I've got a 3G RAZR. Pretty much anytime I'm using the interwebs I've had 3G access, plus some other times when I didn't really need it like sending picture or video messages.

How fast is 3G? Would a 3G airport card for a laptop actually be useful, or are we talking wireless 56K?

This is what I found: Probably not fast enough to replace wired home Intarweb, but more than enough to browse and such.

Especially not when that bandwidth is shared.

Meh, doesn't sound worth it considering it's like what, $100/mo for access?

Added to an existing data plan like on the iPhone, I think it is only $10-$20.

Yeah, but I don't really want an iPhone... I'm pretty happy w/ the phone I've got.

How about a phone that's 3G with a bluetooth repeater that allows a laptop to get online through the phone's data plan? Or better yet, a 3G phone that's also an 802.11g wireless hub? :cool:

Um, yes, they do that... That is what we are talking about. USB, Bluetooth, 802.11 tethering.

That might not be the included data plan, unless you fool them into thinking you actually surf that much bandwidth only off your phone.



legitimate!!

I was under the impression that the iPhone was purposely crippled to allow only headset use w/ the bluetooth, and that the 802.11 antenna was on the iPod Touch and not included on the iPhone (which is moot anyway, since that's still not acting as an 802.11 router).

That is why it costs more to tether. It is called DataConnect or some such... :rolleyes:

Moot, but the iPhone does have 802.11 b (and g I think too). No clue on if a bluetooth tether is even an option, or if the iPhone can share its connection over WiFi.

But, in most cases, I've heard of stories of people getting their cell phone service canceled when they started to use their cell phone plan as a main internet connection. I believe the letter was something like "You've used too much data on your unlimited data plan, so we are canceling everything." I think we're talking gigs of data here (The one story I remember hearing was around 5gb/mo, and this was on Verizon).

Yeah, I think they max you out at 5 Gigabytes/Mo.

Which is beyond funny for an 'unlimited' data plan.

"Yes, exactly sir. Its unlimited up to 5gb/mo"

"Data connect" which is for other devices is not unlimited, it is limited to 5GB.

Unlimited data plans apply to phone requested/generated data. AKA SAfari, email and other phone based app data.

So what you guys are saying is that it's a waste of money. Got it.

No picture yet, but... 8Gb=$199, 16Gb-$299

On Sale July 11.

Very very tempting.

But, I think I'm still going to wait till nov. so Sprint doesn't ding me an extra $200 for breaking contract.

True fanbois don't value money more than their Thetan level.

Any word on the cost of the plan?

Is the new iPhone any smaller than the old one?

Supposedly a bit smaller, but not as slim as the iPod Touch.

Yeah, I just saw that... it's got "rounded edges". So it'll feel thinner even if it's not.

http://images.apple.com/iphone/home/...ro20080609.png

Looks nice. Full details

Yay for new iPhonez

http://images.apple.com/iphone/image...rs20080609.jpg

Its $10 more than the previous iphone plan, Me and the wifes phone bill is $109 a month, 2 iphones.
If you want to save $10 a month I would love to sell you my 3month old phone, to help you save some money:P
<---nice guy

My current non iPhone bill is around $32 a month including taxes, etc. So it would be more than an extra $10 a month for me to switch.

On the other hand I get no reception anywhere because sprint sucks several bags of dicks (a day), so I guess $60-70 a month for voice, text and data is better than $32 a month for a clock.

:lol:
:brill:

I'm paying like $50/month for two phones right now, and I'm not having any issues w/ Sprint coverage... Plus I've got an iTouch already.

It's gonna be hard to pay an extra $50/month just to make calls on my iTouch and browse the 'net via 3G when WiFi isn't available.

Well, the ipod touch software update (to give access to the appstore) and other things is going to cost $10.

At that point, might as well shell out the extra $190 + $50 a month.

$10, or $10/mo? 'Cause $10 is a hell of a lot less than $300 + (24 * $50) = $1500!

$10 one time fee.

+ whatever apps will cost.

Which I'd have to pay for on an iPhone too no doubt. :lol:

No, the upgrade is free for the iPhone (apps still cost money).

I figured as much.

Hence the $10 vs $1500 comparison.

will I be able to get a 2g(or whatever it's called) version for $50, cause that would rock.

As SCB(Señor Cheap Bastard), I was kinda thinking the same thing... I'd pay $100 for an Edge network 16Gb iPhone and pay the $10 less per month. 8Gbs should be about at Tyson's $50...

This should also drop the value of all used iPods.

Of course you don't have to sign a 2 year contract with an ipod.

Original iPhones are probably not going to be that much cheaper, actually, since most of the 3G functionality (besides the 3G and GPS) will come to them with the software update.

No refurbed OG iPhones on Apples site, and eBay is just full of unlocked ones for $400 or so.

But I would assume you don't have to activate a used iphone, so it becomes a $50 fat iPod Touch if you don't sign a contract, and it likely won't be required to sign for 2 years if you already have the phone.

It may take a while, but unless they do some sort of trade in program and then destroy the old phones, the old ones will flow in quantity into the used market starting late July if not before.

Yeah, but my point is that it'll probably be a trickle. Most people won't need to upgrade because most of the upgrades are software.

And those that trade up due to the gotta-have-it mentality, well they probably don't need to be offloading them for cheap-cheap. Don't forget, a lot of these people shelled out $600 a year ago. They may not be willing to sell it for $50 bucks.

But, I'm sure there will be a few, and if anyone can find them, I'm sure you can Dean :p