BAD FOR VERIZON
iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
It's been a long, leak-filled wait, but Apple finally took the wraps off its 3G iPhone. Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware -- Apple's taking a lot of the criticisms to heart from the first time around. Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they're also making sure it's available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps... and does it all for cheaper. Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 -- and of course it completely trounces the old EDGE data. Battery life isn't getting put out to pasture though, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10...
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It's been a long, leak-filled wait, but Apple finally took the wraps off its 3G iPhone. Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware -- Apple's taking a lot of the criticisms to heart from the first time around. Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they're also making sure it's available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps... and does it all for cheaper. Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 -- and of course it completely trounces the old EDGE data. Battery life isn't getting put out to pasture though, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10...
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so is the voyager and the glyde Ill sell those instead of the Iphony any day but keep crying its funny 😉
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the Thunder will be big for Verizon but the improved iphone with a lower price point will also be HUGE for att.
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I agree with your statement, especially since AT&T is subsidizing this phone.
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Apple shares were down more than 1.8% this afternoon to $182.35. The stock was the biggest reason the Nasdaq Composite and the Nasdaq-100 Index were lower this afternoon.
The company announced a new version of its iPhone at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco today.
* Jubak: New iPhone shows us that Apple still gets it
The newest iPhone is expected to work with third-generation networks, which would allow it to operate much faster. The iPhone is the second-best-selling smart phone in the U.S., following rival Research In Motion's (RIMM, news, msgs) BlackBerry.
"The iPhone is going to become much more mainstream if they can get corporate acceptance," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told Bloomberg New...
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The company announced a new version of its iPhone at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco today.
* Jubak: New iPhone shows us that Apple still gets it
The newest iPhone is expected to work with third-generation networks, which would allow it to operate much faster. The iPhone is the second-best-selling smart phone in the U.S., following rival Research In Motion's (RIMM, news, msgs) BlackBerry.
"The iPhone is going to become much more mainstream if they can get corporate acceptance," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told Bloomberg New...
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I don’t think it’s bad for Verizon at all actually because Blackberry owns Apple when it comes to the Smartphone market plus you never know what will be for the data price points, which I expect them to increase them because AT&T is losing money when they are subsidizing it plus with Apple’s cut on the data fees. I am not too worried and Verizon should not either.
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iPHONE IS GOING TO BE NICE. $199 BUCKS IM GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO ATT EVEN THOUGH I WORK FOR VZW
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Its just bad for us in the stores. People come in everyday and see are phones. But now that apple has the phone for $199 allot of people will leave and go to ATT. Steve jobs is smart
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BB2709 said:
Its just bad for us in the stores. People come in everyday and see are phones. But now that apple has the phone for $199 allot of people will leave and go to ATT. Steve jobs is smart
I won't be one of those people leaving Verizon Wireless for AT&T. I could careless about the iPhone. Sure it has some nice features, but I'd rather have a phone that is a phone the most, and I like flip phones. So this phone wouldn't work for me. Besides, I recently upgraded to the Motorola W755, and it suits me just fine.
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Sorry I don’t know. I read that it could be Q3, but not 100% sure.
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should be this time next year from what i hear att gets blod first then vzw will wait 9 months min to see the thunder
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yeah im curious to hear the call quality on it, plus its improved virtual key board.
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NO MMS, NO A2DP,NO VIDEO CAM.........WOW. Blackberry Thunder here i come. 😎
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I agree also. The only new feature is the 3G, that's it. No Video, no MMS, nada. I had an iPhone then got the VZW BB Curve and I got to say, the iPhone has nothing on the Curve. Just get an iPod Touch, bc I'm almost positive that all those apps will be downloadable for the iPod Touch. Also, VZW has better service than ATT in my experience. I had dropped calls all the time with my iPhone and in NYC also. Just something to think about.
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Hell and no voice activated dialing or removable battery either with the I phone. That means you have to troll through the screen to make a call rather than using a bluetooth headset. So in New York and California which have passed laws banning cell phone use without a headset, the soup Nazi applies - no cell phone use for you - Apple 3G I Phone fans.
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I think this is great for Verizon because will people pay an extra $10-20 per month extra just to get a 3G device instead of a Blackberry or other smart phone device? hard to say but Blackberry has always destroyed Apple.
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Have you seen att's 3g network?? I don't think there much to worry about..
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