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3G iPhone In the Works

Though obvious, several sites are reporting on comments by Steve Jobs that a 3G iPhone is coming from Apple. PocketLint specifically claims that Jobs said "You can expect a 3G iPhone later next year", however, Engadget's reporting was a bit less definitive:

Our phone has a talk time of 8 hours and that's really important when you want to use your phone for internet and music. 3G needs to get back up to 5+ hours, something we think well see later next year.


Meanwhile, The Street claims that a 3G iPhone will be available sometime in the 1st quarter of 2008... but their historical accuracy has been quite poor.

Regardless, the fact that Apple is working on a 3G iPhone is not particularly newsworthy. Steve Jobs stated during the iPhone's Macworld San Francisco 2007 keynote that they are planning on making "3g phones and all sorts of other amazing things in the future" (video clip .mov 1.7mb)

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58 months ago
Let's build a wide spread, reliable 3G network first.....
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58 months ago
something like, build it and they will come...
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58 months ago

Let's build a wide spread, reliable 3G network first.....


Done. Now let's release an iPhone in this country :rolleyes:
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58 months ago
3G is for sure. apple want the japanese market. it will happen. be patience.
most probably a new iphone 3g with better battery life. fatter.
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58 months ago
perhps the canadian market as well
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58 months ago

Let's build a wide spread, reliable 3G network first.....


aeh..3G has already full coverage. what else is there to build:confused:
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58 months ago

aeh..3G has already full coverage. what else is there to build:confused:


Build the towers so people can access the 3G...what coverage are you talking about?

The U.S. has horrible 3G coverage, Sprint and Verizon's EV-DO network is more accessible but not as fast as ATTs 3.6 stuff. T-Mobile doesn't even have a 3G network yet and other countries are workin on 4G...
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58 months ago

aeh..3G has already full coverage. what else is there to build:confused:


No, 3G is not prevalent everywhere - not even in the US...yet. It'll get there though... It is the current gold standard after all!
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58 months ago
I am pretty sure now I will get the touch and wait for the 3G iPhone due out a good year or so away...
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58 months ago

No, 3G is not prevalent everywhere - not even in the US...yet. It'll get there though... It is the current gold standard after all!


lol, US is the most backwards country in the western world. Take a look outside US. Europe and eastern asia has had 3G for about 5 years, some parts of asia is testing with 4G.

3G phone migth not be so important in the US but many people will not accept a internet speed reduction by 90% if they buy a new smartphone.
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