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New iPhone 3G Announced - Price? $199!

nothingmonothingmo __BANNED USERS regular
edited June 2008 in Games and Technology
Finally! the biggest Apple rumor of this year has come to an end taking the shape of reality...

It includes a built-in GPS, dramatically improved audio, solid metal buttons, insanely long battery life, normal headphone jack, and web browsing is 36% faster than any other 3G phone.

Some more info on an article
http://www.freshbite.info/fnews_1213059699_10157.htm

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=56573

    Discussion's happening in the Mac thread.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Still $199 for a phone. :P But yeah, should really be in the Mac thread.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The shitty part is the iPhone plan is gone for the new phones. So now you pay $10 more a month for unlimited data and then have to pay additional for text messaging. So yeah, you might pay less upfront now but you pay more over time. (This is because at&t and apple aren't doing their profit sharing agreement, at&t now subsidizes part of the cost and makes it back in monthly charges.)

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    greeble wrote: »
    The shitty part is the iPhone plan is gone for the new phones. So now you pay $10 more a month for unlimited data and then have to pay additional for text messaging. So yeah, you might pay less upfront now but you pay more over time. (This is because at&t and apple aren't doing their profit sharing agreement, at&t now subsidizes part of the cost and makes it back in monthly charges.)

    What? That totally sours the deal.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    greeble wrote: »
    The shitty part is the iPhone plan is gone for the new phones. So now you pay $10 more a month for unlimited data and then have to pay additional for text messaging. So yeah, you might pay less upfront now but you pay more over time. (This is because at&t and apple aren't doing their profit sharing agreement, at&t now subsidizes part of the cost and makes it back in monthly charges.)

    So it basically uses the same business model as many cellphones now? Do I need to get a plan when I get an iPhone?

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  • geeeeoffffgeeeeoffff Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    titmouse wrote: »
    greeble wrote: »
    The shitty part is the iPhone plan is gone for the new phones. So now you pay $10 more a month for unlimited data and then have to pay additional for text messaging. So yeah, you might pay less upfront now but you pay more over time. (This is because at&t and apple aren't doing their profit sharing agreement, at&t now subsidizes part of the cost and makes it back in monthly charges.)

    So it basically uses the same business model as many cellphones now? Do I need to get a plan when I get an iPhone?

    yeah, i think engadget said you can no longer order them online and activate at home. you must go to the store and activate there.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    From what i've heard you have to activate the phone when you buy it, no getting around the 2 year subscription thing by simply unlocking it and using another carrier.

    You get locked into the contract.

    Apparently AT&T are buying the phones outright from Apple, which means higher charges for things like phone calls etc.

    No idea what it means for us over in the UK though.

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  • SepahSepah Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The cancellation fee on an AT&T contract is 175$, minus 5$ for every month you've had the contract. 370 for a 3g iPhone if you don't want AT&T service with it, as I'm guessing you can just cancel the service after the first month, pay the cancellation fee, and keep your new iPhone.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This could be... interesting to me. I don't really like verizon that much, not enough to have loyalty or anything. I should be coming up on the end of my contract, and I do need a new phone(spent $230 on my old phone, just a decent razor clone, full retail price though).

    Hmm...

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  • BecksBecks Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    phone phone

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  • meatflowermeatflower Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Sepah wrote: »
    The cancellation fee on an AT&T contract is 175$, minus 5$ for every month you've had the contract. 370 for a 3g iPhone if you don't want AT&T service with it, as I'm guessing you can just cancel the service after the first month, pay the cancellation fee, and keep your new iPhone.

    What other US carrier has a UMTS, aka 3G, network though?

    The only other one I know of is T-Mobile but they're using a different frequency (1700/2100, as opposed to 800/1900 for AT&T).

    You can't just tune in to another frequency like on a radio.

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