iPhone Users - So who plans on dropping the money for a new 3G iPhone?

Already Have

jacobonline — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:16:42 +0000

I waited because I did not want the Edge network. I'm glad I waited because the apps are going to make the phone the first true computer in your pocket. And yes I waited 5 hours to get one. Towards my defense my existing phone was broken.

Gonna wait

dcoder — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:58:27 +0000

I'm gonna wait - I don't have AT&T and I hear that there are some security issues with it currently (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apples-iPhone-Configuration-Utility-Disappoints/).

I don't really need the AppStore because I use AppInstaller and Cydia which do the same thing.

I will get it eventually but for the time being I am content with my 1st Gen iPhone. :)

oh yeah.....one more thing

ifokust — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:26:06 +0000

I'm in Canada and I took advantage of Rogers/Fido attempting to save face with reduced data plans.

My package is $30/per month for 6GB of data + my existing voice plan.

Sold!

i couldn't resist either....

ifokust — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:24:37 +0000

I sold my 1st Gen for $375 and bought the 3G iPhone on launch day. Other than the shorter battery life, I think it's a great upgrade. How did I live without the AppStore before???

Took the plunge

brahn — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:31:24 +0000

I could not resist. I think my current iPhone is awesome, but it is only a 4 gig. Had to have 16 gig. Got one in white and a black one for the wife.

SonOfKrypton — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:34:24 +0000

Jasonyoung: "I am also a Mac user, so I figure everything will sync well together."

It does. You'll be pleasantly surprised, trust me on this. I don't even know how Windows using iPhone people do it. I mean, it can't be as flawless as this.....

But yo, if I were you, I'd start copying all the contacts from your old phone into 'Address Book' and any upcoming appointments into 'Calendar'. That way, once you get your phone, you can just sync with iTunes and have everyting, *pop*, appear on your iPhone. And if you don't have your internet bookmarks saved in Safari or Firefox, you might wanna do that to if you want those to transfer seamlessly.

jasonyoung — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:35:43 +0000

oops...wait. haha

fo sho

jasonyoung — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:35:05 +0000

I am going to be standing in line the night before.

I have had 4 treo's and I do not use them to their potential because they are not that user friendly..

I am also a Mac user, so I figure everything will sync well together. Also the fact that its kind of a competion to see who will have one first. Yeah! I will be inline all night because of that!

cannot weight!

I was...Then ATT new prices were released.

wofast — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:14:08 +0000

I was going to get the new iPhone. I mean $200 for 3G and GPS...worth it right? Well then ATT announced there new pricing and it's redicuals. After 2 years of the new prices the phone change would end up costing over $600. Not worth it!

I'm in

grodger — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:50:41 +0000

The UK pricing isn't too bad - i'm there on the 11th no fail.

I will.

Dom — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:07:03 +0000

I always have to have the latest tech. I'm bad that way.

I am disappointed about some things about it though. I wish it had cut and past, stereo bluetooth, and tasks. Other complaints about AT&T... if they are going to raise the data price to match other PDA price then the iPhone should be a full PDA and have all the features other PDAs have like cut and paste (and many other features)! Also I am so angry that they removed SMS from the package.

I'm in

jgreg65 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:18:27 +0000

FINALLY making the switch from my Nextel Blackberry after 9 years!! Talk about dropped calls and poor performance! Its the picture of a doomed network. And Sprint is selling them off now hahaha! Nextel is loosing customers be the hundreds! Ive been using my iPod touch here for months can wait to use the site "un-tethered"

AT&T Announces Pricing

mattmusgrave — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:10:08 +0000

Check it out. New customers, current iPhone owners, and AT&T customers eligible for an upgrade can get the discounted price on an iPhone 3G. I'll be in line first thing July 11! http://tinyurl.com/44rj39

I'll wait for another year at least...

therev5275 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:08:11 +0000

before getting the new 3G iPhone. My 1st gen works awesome and with the advent of the new applications coming in the next few weeks I'm not in need of capped 1.5mbps... if you can even get that in your "major" metropolitan area.

not worth it

wholagan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:04:53 +0000

If I didn't have an iPhone already I would for sure. But since I already have one, I see no use in upgrading. In 1 year Apple will do the same to us again and release a next gen phone. EDGE is due for its upgrade soon anyhow. I also only really use it for mail and maps which is more than enough with EDGE. $10 more for GPS and 3G, no thanks.

Not yet - I agree.

bgcat57 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:29:45 +0000

I'm waiting for the 32GB as well. Additionally, although the new phone has nice features, there's a $240 for the increase in the two year service contract.

Not yet....

ropedartman — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:54:29 +0000

I'm just waiting for a 32 GB model. Expecting one around christmas if they stick to their current schedule. Other than that I love the one I have, and don't really care for the plastic back of the new one!

hell yeah

coderiot — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:14:34 +0000

Yep. Definitely want the new 3g.

I currently have an ipod touch. It sucks not having a data connection half the time (especially at the gym). That's okay, I'll get the phone in just a few weeks and sell the touch.

Not yet...

josvaldez — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:34:46 +0000

The new one is very similar, nothing really that "new" but rather some new features and speed. I think I will wait for the next one, maybe next year to see what apple comes with.

And yes, Gyminee works very nice with my iPhone too...

Yes, I'm getting one

blizaine — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:23:08 +0000

krisbkritter,

Gyminee works awesome on the iPhone. You can track and update all of your workouts and nutrition info from their simple sleek iPhone interface. check it out:

http://www.gyminee.com/iphone/

willlyons — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:22:12 +0000

Defintely. I've been waiting for the new model for a while before moving onto iphone.

Yeah I'm getting it...

navpack — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:30:37 +0000

Free upgrade in the UK so its kind of a no-brainer! I'll be signing the dotted line. I'd go back to Vodafone if I could but as I cant no point in faffing about ranting. Just gonna go scoop it up and sync my MobileMe life to it.

... and GPS

ccarella — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:26:22 +0000

3G and GPS is going to make a big difference. It will be totally disruptive to the mobile phone market. I'll be waiting in line to get it. Besides, it will let us update Gyminee much quicker, which is more conducive to updating it while at the gym or walking home from it.

Absolutley!

Arwen_3 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:34:55 +0000

I have been waiting for a year for 3G. I kinda figured they would introduce it sooner or later.

Can't wait to see what developers do with the SDK too!

Probably...

giantsquidstudio — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:05:13 +0000

The speed of the EDGE network drives me nuts. I use my phone to check e-mails, surf the web for reference and send/receive files to clients. I need the 3G speed.

Hopefully there will be enough where I wont have to stand in line. I think that's nuts...

austony — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:06:18 +0000

Not sure.

The price from Aussie sellers havent been released to the public. and I dont like to sign a contract.

I plan on gettin one...my first.

krisbkritter — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:15:33 +0000

Finally! My Verizon plan is expired and I can switch and get an iphone. I've been drooling since they came out. I'm an apple girl all the way. Does this site work well with the iphone?

mdefurio — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:10:46 +0000

in regards to a couple remarks made above.

safari crashing, and copy/paste not existing and anything else that is SW related isn't something that would be exclusive to the 3g phone.

the new phone will be running on firmware 2.0. so will the gen1 iphone once they release it (july 11?).

point is, don't buy the new phone just because you think there will be improvements in safari - the phones will both be operating on teh same software!
upgrades are often being made to teh SW - remember we started at 1.02 I believe and currently we are at 1.14 and soon to be at 2.0

sit tight and eventually they will incorporate all the features we want.

SonOfKrypton — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:47:15 +0000

"i'm a victim of marketing. i will end up getting a new phone because i HATE how slow EDGE is. i only hope that on the new phone the safari browser won't crash as often, and my phone won't freeze up at least once a week--i doubt that apple software's quality will improve."

Dude, have you made sure 3G data is available in your area? These days, I rarely have Safari crash on me (Im on 1.1.4) so I don't know what your phones problem is. I never have to restart from a freeze either. Have you jailbroken your phone?

gabrielf — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:53:44 +0000

i'm a victim of marketing. i will end up getting a new phone because i HATE how slow EDGE is. i only hope that on the new phone the safari browser won't crash as often, and my phone won't freeze up at least once a week--i doubt that apple software's quality will improve.

Maybe

Puppy80 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:56:30 +0000

It is faster and 3G coverage is pretty good around Chicago according to the ATT coverage map. I just got my iPhone a couple months ago when ATT was having it's refurb sale and got the 8 gig. I would like to upgrade to a 16 gig, or wish they had announced a 32 gig model. I'll have to wait it out just a little bit though, I remember the disaster from first wave products from apple when I got my iPod Touch as well as the rumors that first batches of iPhones had bad audio. Better to wait for 2nd or 3rd production runs.

probably not.....

floridaboy1 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:53:03 +0000

After reading thru the blog, I've decided against it. It's more money a month and the only real improvement is quicker download and gps!! I spend my entire day in hotzones for work and at home and the city I live in is setting up city-wide wifi. I thought for sure with this phone that they'd fix the copy and paste functions and allow you to view pictures on the phone (i also hate having to log on to the website to view MMS messages, even if it is a dead technology). I can't forward my text messages to others either, but I love that the msgs are organized by sender in conversations.

Prior to my iphone, i had a european 3g telephone that isn't widely seen in the US. It also allowed me to send contacts as text messages and it had a few other things that the mac people should take note of. A flash on the camera would be HUGE as well as short-clip video recording, copy and paste functions and it could also swap info via blue tooth and it had a camera in the front for visual chatting with other 3G phones, although that wasn't available in the USA either. I lost it in March however, and after kicking myself I got the iphone. I love my iphone, but this 3G model still leaves much room for improvement. So I'm sticking to my 1st generation in the hopes that in a year or two they seriously up the ante to something seriously and thoroughly thought out.

SonOfKrypton — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:12:00 +0000

Yea mdefurio, it sounds like, for this generation, they are really trying to clamp down on those trying to unlock the iPhone and use it on another network so much so that they are making you sign the contract and activate it in store.

I'll admit though, I was anticipating this phone so much that I sold my first gen iPhone on eBay for more cash than I had hoped 2 days before the 3G announcement. I swear to God: those two days without my iPhone and using my old shitty LG phone made me realize just how much I can't live without this phone anymore. I just hated using the other phone. Wanted my iPhone back so bad. Once they announced the 3G iPhone, I was like "f*ck you" as I'm not extending my contract another 2 years and its pointless since there is no 3G in Lansing, MI. Drove to an AT&T store out in Brighton, MI and bought myself a 16gb iPhone that day...lol

AT&T knows they have people by the balls. Seriously. Release a phone like the iPhone and then keep it exclusive to themselves and they know that once you use it, you're not going back to anything else. I really can't see myself using any other phone in the future except for newer iterations of the iPhone and if I have to sign a new two year contract each time my old one is over, so be it. Fuc*ing AT&T though....

Yes!

a1travis — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:11:53 +0000

Much like gatordave, I'm going to give my current unlocked 8GB one to my wife and go for the new and improved one ASAP ;)

Yess

bleras — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:44:22 +0000

I will buy it as soon as posible here in SpaiN, 11th July, i love the white one with 16gb =)

I Want Mine Now

GatorDavid — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:04:40 +0000

I'll be in line Friday afternoon probably. I'm going to give my current iPhone to my wife and get the new one right away. She has a Treo on Sprint, which is terrible here in LA. And I use my iPhone for email and web constantly (for work and play) so I am dying to upgrade to the 3G network.

prob not

mgorman85 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:25:08 +0000

they didn't do enough hardware updates for me to update. true, 3g and gps are nice, but i think i'll wait for the next installment of the iphone to come out before i jump on it. with the $10 increase per month in the at&t service plan, it's really not that much cheaper in the long run. i'll probably wait till they at least upgrade the memory.

YES.

Escalade0282 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:02:39 +0000

edge sucks. i would pay the 299 just to have 3g. the regular iphone is old news, its time for an upgrade.

im just kinda let down i thought they would of switched it up a little more and added more things. MMS is a dead end technology I accept there decision not to incorporate that, but i do hope they make it easy to view those messages... I HATE HAVING TO GO TO THAT SITE TO LOOK AT A PIC SOMEONE SENT ME....

also still no copy and paste... video recording... voice commands and no other bluetooth connectivity besides their fucking ear piece.. there is a lot more you can do with bluetooth besides an ear roach.

but regardless im still gonna go get one, im glad they knocked the price and made it available in white.

arashsahba — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:58:59 +0000

I wanted to before, but I think I still like like my current one. I just wish there was more space on it.

Probably Not...

aliwolly — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:17:59 +0000

I probably won't. I have an 8GB and would love to go to a 16GB 3G, but it looks like you only get it for $299 if you sign a new contract with AT&T and since I only got my iPhone around Christmastime, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be eligable. True GPS and faster connection are tempting, but not tempting enough to make me want to spend my money yet. If there was a camera lens in the front to allow for video chat, or if there was a 32GB version, or if there was a significantly improved camera, or if they enabled stereo bluetooth in a new version only... then I'd probably upgrade.

Trade-in?

Barphd — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:59:24 +0000

I would only upgrade if I could trade-in my 1st gen. IPhone toward a 2nd gen. IPhone. The software package will be the same for both 1st & 2nd gen. Iphones. It would be nice to have the speed.

not at the moment.

mdefurio — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:57:54 +0000

sounds like you are forced to use at&t - contract and activation on the spot. if i can't unlock it and use it on tmobile (like my current iphone) i am definitely going to pass.