The next iPhone?

[edro]

My Verizon contract isn't up until July 09.
I need an iPhone or I might die.

Is there any chance there will be a new version of the iPhone next Christmas season?
If not, I will probably go ahead and get the current 3G version in a few months.


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ATOT Moderator ElFenix

 

[thehstrybean]

Engadget and Giz had articles that theorized about a "nano" iPhone (because some case manufacturer in Taiwan had some small case). It's the same way the 3G was leaked, but a Nano is highly unlikely.

 

[Vette73]

Why do you "need" a iPhone. Maybe you want one, but I doubt you need one.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Why do you "need" a iPhone. Maybe you want one, but I doubt you need one.

I neeed one, like an addict needs heroine!

 

[Chryso]

Then pay your contract out and switch to ATT.

 

[amdhunter]

If it makes you feel any better...my work pays for my 3G and I have 6000min/unlimited data/unlimited text for free.

 

[DarrelSPowers]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
If it makes you feel any better...my work pays for my 3G and I have 6000min/unlimited data/unlimited text for free.

Where do you work?

 

[SunnyD]

Here's my speculation: Who the fuck cares.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Why do you "need" a iPhone. Maybe you want one, but I doubt you need one.

I NEED one after having one...

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Here's my speculation: Who the fuck cares.

edro

 

[AMDZen]

The novelty of the iphone quickly wears off, trust me

 

[Kroze]

No it doesn't, I still love my iphone 3g.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Just get a touch. Same perks, less commitment.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
The novelty of the iphone quickly wears off, trust me

Does it wear off like the iTouch? It was great....until I started using the "virtual keypad" everyday. Man, that touch screen pisses me off.

 

[AMDZen]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: AMDZen
The novelty of the iphone quickly wears off, trust me

Does it wear off like the iTouch? It was great....until I started using the "virtual keypad" everyday. Man, that touch screen pisses me off.

I have had a screen protector on since day one so I can't comment on that. I just mean that it's mostly gimicky, especially the games. Its like the Wii, you love it at first and it quickly wears off.

The only thing I still do on it is surf the net (which you can do on any smart phone) use Shazam and Signal, the rest of the Apps I have on it I rarely use anymore. I don't play any of the games, I just use it as an iPod and a normal phone that I browse on occasionally.

 

[ballmode]

yeah i got a touch, i use wifi and the music player, video player on the road for long waits


oh wait... thats using it for an ipod haha

i got a Crackberry its better

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
The novelty of the iphone quickly wears off, trust me

Nah... they have nifty new apps coming out every week! Just like a PC, there is always some shiny new toy to play with.

 

[Schloonce]

I have a shiny new 3G with unlimited everything for work. And yes, the novelty does wear off.

After having mine for a couple of weeks, I wouldn't shell out and buy my own.

I miss my crackberry. It sucks being a sheep.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

where there haven't been any rumors, I'd anticipate a new revision coming out in July for the folks with the contracts for the 1G iPhone ending (like myself) who didn't want to spring for a 3G iPhone. Atleast I hope there is one coming out. Maybe an announcement at Macworld in January, maybe not? I'm in contract until September, so it doesn't really matter to me yet.

 

[pm]

There's rumors that the iPhone "dev team" has figured out a way to unlock 3G iPhones:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/pos...the-season-to-be-jolly
which is good news if you travel overseas a lot and want/have a 3G iPhone and don't mind using a local number while you are travelling.

There's rumors of a iPhone Nano:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/0...ng-up-destined-for-q4/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/1...-silicone-case-mockup/

which would presumably be smaller and cheaper than the current iPhone.

There's rumors that Walmart will sell the iPhone - which seems like a big fuss over much of nothing since it will cost the same that it does in an AT&T store:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/1...or-a-lot-more-than-99/

And then there's a realistic guess that Apple will intro an iPhone 3G 2.0 or something like that around June 2009 with a better camera, more memory (32GB) and maybe something cool like a video cam or something that they can make a big deal about.


While there's still several things that irritate me about my 1st gen iPhone, I still think it's the best gizmo that I've bought in a long time and I use it all the time. It's my stock tracking, weather tracking, camera, Outlook contacts and email sync'd, maps-for-everywhere, keeping children quiet in the car and in the restaurant (Everest is a hit), internet surfing, movie watching on planes, music playing in the car, lots of game playing that happens to be a phone, gizmo.