Musing about the new iPhone

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Musing about the new iPhone Fri, Jun 13. 2008

  • Not actually significantly more valuable than the old iPhone, but the old one is now almost worthless.
  • Hardware really isn't that exciting: Added GPS, upgraded the Cellular Radio, evolved tech means better battery-life and better form-factor, but unless Rogers actually puts some real network behind the HSDPA network to realize speeds that even come remotely close to WiFi... I drop calls from my desk, which is in the center of suburbia...
  • Rogers are idiots, right?
  • It's going to be like the Razr, given the new prices ($200 for the 8GB model! The Touch is pricier than that.)
  • Speaking of the Touch, this is the second slap in the face of iPod Touch owners - $10 for another firmware update - and at that, this one that only really enables me to give Apple more money
  • Remember kids: Even though it's $200, over your 2 year contract at $70+/mo, you're looking at an investment of well over $2200 when you consider hardware, voice plan, data plan, system access fees, taxes... And that's ignoring any content, apps, or accessories.
  • It's coming to Canada, and it's better than a Treo. I think I want one. Pretty sure I'll jailbreak my Touch once Firmware 2.1 comes out.
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    #1 - Condor Counter 2008-06-22 09:36 - (Reply)

    Yeah, but there will still be huge line-ups on July 11 at all the Rogers outlets. The questions are how much business will Rogers take from the other two providers and how will Blackberry business react. I predict that soon we will be seeing "Hi I'm an iPhone, and hi I'm a Blackberry" as the big corporations stick with the locked-down and cludgy Blackberry...
    And I will probably end up with one of each...one for work and for "me".
    The telco's will love it.

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