The iPhone 3G is great, but is it “lineworthy” good?
By now you're familiar with the new iPhone features and the new pricing scheme. All in all most people would call the update impressive. Just calling the update impressive lacks the quantifible aspect the that the less flexible thinkers among us crave. Just how good was the update? How can it be quantified?
The answer is simple: Are you going to be standing in line on July 11?
I'm not. It is just too freakin hot in July, but that is what I said last time too....
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I still don’t regret waiting in line for 15 hours with Gregory Ng. The original iPhone only came around once.
It is all a question of need. Do I NEED the 3G.. maybe not.. I think I will find many of the new features useful, but I don’t really need them. With the iPhone 2.0 update almost every user will get 75% of the new functionality. So no we don’t need to get rid of our current iPhone just to add some new hardware features. But then again.. I cant help myself!!
I can’t wait to my contract with ATT is done July 1, 2009. The 3G plan is $10 more each month to offset the lower priced phone so you are paying $440 for the new iPhone. Of course I did not include taxes and other charges that may be associated with the new service. I’ll be sticking with my first generation iPhone.
Kfbeau,
Keep in mind that the standard 3G Data plan thru AT&T;is $30. I can understand the frustration, but it is the cost for more data every month. If only I could drop my cable modem at home to offset the cost I would. Otherwise if I want the new phone I need to pay the piper.
Those that peg the worthiness of the new iPhone on 3G, or GPS, are missing the real innovation. Sure, these technologies enable some new and exciting possibilities, but the thing that makes it all possible is the SDK and App Store.
The iPhone with 3rd party applications is the killer disruptive feature! And that combined with faster access, and geo-locating, games, business apps and enterprise capabilities, will open the iPhone to a much wider market than before, enticing application developers to flock to this platform, making it the de facto standard that all other smart phone will need to emulate to stay competitive.
I waited in line for a little over 3 hours on launch day. Even after software problems for the next week that required a restore to fix (but they *are* fixed!), I don’t regret a thing. In fact, it was fun! I might not be saying that if I had stood in line only to *not* get an iPhone, but as it is, I am well satisfied.
I was out there and things were awfully quite before hours ago in iphone 3G s launch. But this quietness was not for a long period. All were excited there (including me) that they were going to take new iphone 3G s. Going for events like these is really have great fun. Granted you won’t find me waiting for more than 3-4 hours but that time you get to talk with friends and other people you wouldn’t meet otherwise about a product you love. May be I didn’t go for it but the release of iphone had great impact on me that I couldn’t stop myself to go for it to buy. But I can’t stick myself in line for iphone accessories, I buy them online.