As we just talked about iPhone is too expensive to most consumers. For a price touching $500.00, you’d be able to get some other cellphones that have better funtionalities or at least with 3G capability. In order to be more appealing and competitive, Apple’s gotta catch up, i.e add on the 3G feature on iPhone. 3G is nearly a must outside of U.S, such as European countries, which have higher data rates and widespread 3G networks. 3G smartphones are mostly used as a “mini multimedia computer” instead of a cellphone in Europe.
3G was early mentioned by Jobs at MacWorld that will be included into iPhone later. AppleInsider told that 3G would likely be seen on iPhone as soon as January 2008 in Europe. A Swedish firm reports that they’ve been given assurances by their contact at Apple that there will be a European 1st generation iPhone by September, and a followup 3G version in very early 2008. So iPhone fans, the 3G version is only about 6 months behind the first generation, you might as well wait for the 3G version.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:52 am
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