I think it depends on what plan you are on. If you are on the $99/mo plan I think you can upgrade after 18 months.
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I think it depends on what plan you are on. If you are on the $99/mo plan I think you can upgrade after 18 months.
umm..I didn't say they extended my contract. I said I had to sign a new 2-year contract.
Funny.... I didn't hear anything about a "blackout period" must be a new more informed part of the company. lol! NOT!! Really??? Really??? We can all speculate what is going to happen but none of us actually know what Apple is going to do. We can hope and pray and plead, but Apple does what Apple does for the good of their business. No doubt holding the software update has created tons of hype and made their loyal fans like us believe that there is a new device coming. Think how disappointed we would be if they didn't.
You can upgrade any at&t phone after 18 months.
Which infers that you extended. You technically signed a one-year contract.
I don't understand cell phone manufacturers (off topic I know). But why put a camera in if it's going to suck? I hardly consider a camera a feature on ANY phone because they suck to the point that I don't want to use them...
It's not a feature if it sucks, and that means the iPhone, too. Based on the pics, it looks like there is once again no flash...
It's not a feature if it sucks, and that means the iPhone, too. Based on the pics, it looks like there is once again no flash...
No, you got it the wrong way round. He technically had to sign a 2 year contract, which in reality is the same as extending the contract for an extra year; 3 years in effect.
It's a good argument, though you forget that there is no real physical difference between some of the ranges you mention. Screen size and CPU speed hardly qualify as totally different products. The problem with differentiating the iPhone concept, is that you already got the app store, and thousands of programs written to a specific screen resolution (and partly size).
Apple has said that they believe the way to sell phones, is by supreme software (that must include the app store concept). So as convenient an iPhone Lite might sound; because the current one isn't exactly a small phone, I find it hard to fit the concept. The iPod touch seems to me to be the "iPhone Lite". Same as iPhone, perhaps with a camera in the future - and lacking phone-functionality (besides VOIP).
The next best thing - wouldn't you say?
true but I did not say the capacities were differentiating the line but just making a range out of it. I'm one of those that believes the iPod should stay an iPod with its hardware, meaning no camera or mic, because as a music device what sense does that make?
I know it's software capabilities are widening but, how far does Apple have to go to make it an everything device? It shouldn't be called an iPod then, I think for marketing purposes ( and driving sales for itunes ) the hardware should point in the direction of a Music Media device. But that's just me 1) - Yes this summers
2) - I think they will announce what they plan to ship. They will be clear about any differences between the phones.
There are references to the "BCM4329" chip from Broadcom in the 3.0 beta firmware. It is a a/b/g/n chip that uses less power and has blue tooth and FM transmitter / receiver on the same chip. I guess we'll have to wait and see, but that chip is referenced in the firmware. Check out the chip here;
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4329
EDIT: BROADCOM has a press release on their site that says the 43xx line of chips has been certified to support the new bluetooth 3 standard with a firmware upgrade - no changes to the chip at all. Thats sweet if you plan to transfer large data over BT. But, Apple would have to include the update in their firmware at some point to make it happen.
AT&T's 7.2mbps upgrade is just normal HSPA. I assume if the iPhone has two different GSM/3G models, then one will be normal HSPA and the other HSPA+ aka "evolved HSPA" with max theoretical data rates of ~20mbps down 11mbpsup. Not sure where HSPA+ is actually being deployed soon though. It will probably be at least another year before AT&T moves foward. (not to mention they should spend their money on expanding their piss-poor HSPA coverage instead of speeding up the nodes that already support it)
An important distinction that seems to get forgotten is that the 600Mhz processor is almost surely an ARM Cortex-A8 core which is far faster than the older ARM11 core in the iPhone. A 600mhz Cortex-A8 is roughly equivalent to a ~1200mhz ARM11, so the new iPhone should be noticeably faster than the older one, especially with 256MB RAM and a likely far faster graphics chip.
An important distinction that seems to get forgotten is that the 600Mhz processor is almost surely an ARM Cortex-A8 core which is far faster than the older ARM11 core in the iPhone. A 600mhz Cortex-A8 is roughly equivalent to a ~1200mhz ARM11, so the new iPhone should be noticeably faster than the older one, especially with 256MB RAM and a likely far faster graphics chip.
Sorry but can you tell me how you going to do that in iPhone...in terms of internal design? To do that you got to have nothing between screen and the back. Do you think it will be practical for them to waste that space just for glowing logo?
...and answer is NO
It will probably be called the iPhone Video or something to that effect. After this, let's hope they settle down and continue with the typical naming convention for app store compatibility sake.
I agree. Also I would say that it would need a dedicated light so it can double as a flash. It would be a sweet move by . Hopefully it will be implemented sooner or later with the option to turn it off in the settings (power saving mode).
I've always thought the name iPhone was incredibly lame, especially for an Apple product. Particularly when the phone part of it is just a minor aspect (and increasingly so) of the overall device.
subsequent posts may prove e wrong, but it seems the war in your brain nuked your reading and/or thinking skills. At the time of switching to the new phone, he was excused from contractual obligations for the previous one, and had to sign a new contract--for two years. So ATT always has us on a two-year-leash. No inference, no technicalities. At least that's what i recall they did with me when i switched before my gen 1 phone contract was "up". if I'm wrong, I'm sure you'll take me back to the battlefield.
Hey apple after that matte iphone back how about some Matte Imacs and Matte Macbook Pros!!!!!!!!