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Jan 24, 2008 | 1:26 pm
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My reluctance to buy an iPhone has mostly been the lack of 3G. Recently though, there have been a lot of rumors that 3G will be coming in the future. Do you think that this will work on iPhones that have been purchased to date or will people have to buy a new iPhone to get the functionality?
Jan 24, 2008 | 1:27 pm
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I saw a headline yesterday that Apple is lowering it's expectations for iphone sales. Also some analysis the day before that iphone sales were not at projected levels.
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/...slashes-i.html
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http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/...slashes-i.html
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Jan 24, 2008 | 1:29 pm
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My reluctance to buy an iPhone has mostly been the lack of 3G. Recently though, there have been a lot of rumors that 3G will be coming in the future. Do you think that this will work on iPhones that have been purchased to date or will people have to buy a new iPhone to get the functionality?
Jan 24, 2008 | 1:29 pm
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My reluctance to buy an iPhone has mostly been the lack of 3G. Recently though, there have been a lot of rumors that 3G will be coming in the future. Do you think that this will work on iPhones that have been purchased to date or will people have to buy a new iPhone to get the functionality?
You will need a new one for 3G support if/when they add it as far as I know.
[ or what stimpy said and posted at the same time I was writing my reply ]
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Jan 24, 2008 | 1:35 pm
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I have a feeling this is what most people will end up doing. I know I will upgrade as the speed increase to 3G is well worth the cost of buying a new phone. My only concern is what impact 3G will have on the battery life.
Regardless, the current iPhone has been well worth every penny I spent. ^
Regardless, the current iPhone has been well worth every penny I spent. ^
Jan 24, 2008 | 2:11 pm
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Do you think that this will work on iPhones that have been purchased to date or will people have to buy a new iPhone to get the functionality?
Actually there appears to be a 3G capable chip in the iPhone, but no radio.
Jan 24, 2008 | 2:26 pm
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Jan 24, 2008 | 7:22 pm
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Are you sure? I haven't seen that and I thought that the main reason there is no 3G in the phone now is because the chips they want to use consume too much battery. They are waiting to integrate newer chips that don't consume as much battery.
Jan 24, 2008 | 9:40 pm
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If Apple wants to wait until 3G radio chips have a current consumption comparable to today's 2G radio chips, there will be no 3G iPhone until the 3G standard is rewritten because there's no way to get that kind of performance using the current WCDMA standard.
Jan 24, 2008 | 9:49 pm
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Even GSM used to have large hot battery hogging chips in the early days.
Jan 25, 2008 | 8:11 am
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The general consensus among the rumors is that the 3G model will be out during the 2nd half of this year. This late in the game, I'd wait. The resale value on the 2.5G models will drop significantly when the 3G model comes out.
Jan 25, 2008 | 10:31 am
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http://phonedifferent.com/2007/07/ru...e_updates.html
But as I said there has never been confirmation of a 3G radio.
Like who? So far just about every 3G phone out there with iPhone like capabilities has terrible battery life.
Jan 26, 2008 | 3:07 am
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