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Old 06-09-2008, 03:02 PM   #1
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Faster, Cheaper: iPhone 3G
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CEO Steve Jobs unveils the much-anticipated 3G iPhone; cuts the iPhone price to $200; takes aim at the BlackBerry.

By Scott Moritz, writer
Fortune -- Apple announced on Monday a much faster iPhone that's half the price of the current model.

The news is expected to address one of the biggest complaints about the hugely popular iPhone: That its network is too slow. CEO Steve Jobs said the new iPhone, which is based on technology known as 3G, is 36% faster than top rival Nokia's N95 smartphone.

As Fortune.com first reported, the new 8-gigabyte iPhone will cost $199 and a 16-gigabyte version will cost $299. Jobs says the new iPhone will be available worldwide starting July 11. It will allow up to six hours of Web browsing and five hours of talk time.

Jobs announced the 3G iPhone, which had been rumored for months, at the company's annual World Wide Developers conference in San Francisco.

He also introduced a slew of new applications for the iPhone, including a wireless system that automatically forwards e-mail to other devices, a friend-finding service called Loopt and mobile blogging software from TypePad.

Other new applications for the iPhone include a service from MLB.com that provides a live scoreboard of major league games and music-making software, called Cow Terry, for creating songs on the phone.

The new iPhone applications are aimed at boosting revenue from data services. Wireless companies increasingly are looking to these services to offset slowing growth in mobile phone sales. Apple, for instance, will charge $99 a year for its new Mobile Me service, which allows iPhone users to access e-mail, their contact lists and calendars.

The main attraction at Apple's developers conference, which drew a record 5,200 attendees, was the 3G iPhone.

Since the original iPhone was introduced nearly a year ago, Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) has sold 6 million handsets, Jobs said Monday. The company has set a goal of selling 10 million handsets worldwide this year.

But iPhone users have complained loudly about the cumbersome EDGE network, which is operated by AT&T (T, Fortune 500), the exclusive seller of the iPhone in the United States.

Jobs kicked off the conference by talking about the iPhone for business users, a lucrative market dominated by rival Research in Motion (RIMM). He said that the iPhone now works with Microsoft's Exchange office server systems - a key feature if the iPhone hopes to crack the BlackBerry's lock on working professionals.

Jobs also said that 35% of the Fortune 500 has participated in a beta program for business applications for the iPhone.

Also, Jobs announced that the new version of the Mac operating system OS X is called "Snow Leopard."
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at that price i just cant keep myself from upgrading my iphone
its redicolous for the ammount of tech you get..
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I' ll take two
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Old 06-10-2008, 12:41 AM   #4
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Re: Faster, Cheaper: iPhone 3G
jep, that's a crazy phone for that amount of money. I'm just gonna wait untill I have belgian prizes before I decide to bring one over from "weak-dollar USA" orjust buy it in belgium.
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Re: Faster, Cheaper: iPhone 3G
Things are now much more intersting.
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Old 06-17-2008, 03:07 AM   #6
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ok, US is off. Damn AT&T deals. So now let's hope belgium will sell pre-paid iphones or I'm gonna have to bring one with me from portugal this summer.
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Re: Faster, Cheaper: iPhone 3G
^in europe they HAVE to sell prepaid phones..its euro law..
italy has allready shown the prices..
i think it was 499 euro and 599euro for 8 and 16...thats pretty steep
on the other side.. on contract its 1 euro in germany...
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Re: Faster, Cheaper: iPhone 3G
569 for 16 gig. That's kinda ok, contracts are expensive though, nothing less than 30eur, and most of the times last 1.5 years it goes up.

I'm seriously considering waiting and buying a 1st gen 16 gig iphone. With version 2.0 on it iot's basically the same phone. 3G isn"t that important to me at the moment, and what i've read so far about the GPS, that's not really a proper gps, more location-indicator.
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Old 06-25-2008, 08:50 AM   #9
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Re: Faster, Cheaper: iPhone 3G
I was wondering

we all know getting an iphone from america isn't going to happen anymore with AT&T. But how about Europe, do any of you guys know if the european providers are going to be as strict on activating their iphones or will it be possible for me to buy one in lisbon and just unlock it ( contract - iphone, not pre-paid ) so save some euro's.
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Re: Faster, Cheaper: iPhone 3G
An interesting aside...

The true cost of building an iPhone
The cheapest model of Apple's new iPhone, which is about to go on sale for $US199 in the US, costs about $US173 to make, according to an estimate by research firm iSuppli Corp.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/iphone...073294315.html
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