“Even though its vanguard cellphone isn’t yet out the door, Apple is allegedly preparing a quick follow-up model with 3G wireless installed,” Aidan Malley reports for AppleInsider.
Malley reports, “After threatening to drop a large-scale cellular service contract based on concerns that it would lock itself out of a trade-up to the iPhone, a Swedish firm has received assurances from its liaison at the provider that the coveted gadget would arrive as soon as September — and, startlingly, that a version of the handset with 3G (third-generation) wireless Internet access would be in the provider’s hands as soon as January of 2008. The contact at the carrier was especially confident, sources said.”
“If true, the new model would signal a revision to the iPhone just seven months after its slated June 2007 launch. It would be an even quicker response for European customers, who were originally told not to expect the Apple candybar phone in any form until late this year,” Malley reports.
Malley reports, “Apple hasn’t been especially shy in beating the drums for its long-term 3G plans, as Apple chief executive Steve Jobs himself mentioned 3G in his Macworld keynote and later had his story backed by Cingular (now AT&T) distribution chief Glenn Lurie.”
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3G for Australia !!!
iPhone on 3
“. . . as soon as January of 2008”
Just about when my Vodafone contract runs out. Very nice.
95 days to go folks YEAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We need 3G here in the US as well. EDGE just doesn’t cut it anymore. It doesn’t make sense to release the iPhone in the US as an EDGE device – especially considering just how much of the Cingular (AT&T) network is now HSDPA (US 3G).
I’m sorry, but I won’t be buying an iPhone until it supports 3G speeds in the US as well.
Please not 3, they’re a pack of ********.
Got one of their phones a while ago on a 24 month plan, not too long after their 3G network went live. Had weird problems with the phone (like messages not arriving in a reasonable time, etc…) after about 1 year and was told by 3 that the phone wasn’t really compatible with their network anymore since some of the software had changed “But I can sell you another phone!” was the last thing I heard before I turned my back and walked over to Telstra, with still a year to pay on the 3 phone.
> Just about when my Vodafone contract runs out.
Heheh…there’s some incentive for you there, VF. I can get out of mine A.N.Y.T.I.M.E. So start negotiating.
January 2008? 3G will probably be old technology by then. Why not use it now?
And I so hate the phrase “candybar phone”.
“January 2008? 3G will probably be old technology by then. Why not use it now?”
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Me. Because it’s $500/$600 now and will likely be upgraded in seven months at a lower price. Early adopters can get milked, I’ll wait an extra seven months thank you.
Just about when my Vodafone contract runs out. Very nice
The word around Macworld was that Vodafone would be the UK carrier for the iphone. This has carried on over here. A lot of phone carrirs ahve beensaying some very complementary things about the iphone in europe, it’s worth noting that Vodafone have kept very quiet. they also have very close ties to what was Cingular
So much for all of the FUD about the missing 3G feature in Europe. That Apple would have a 3G iPhone was predictable. The US version is built for Cingular, its exclusive US service provider for some undisclosed period. so 3G is a useless expense in that scenario, since Cingular has too little deployment of 3G service. So much commentary is wasted by those not placing their criticisms in their proper market context.
“so 3G is a useless expense in that scenario, since Cingular has too little deployment of 3G service”
I disagree. Cingular has rolled out HSDPA service in many major cities, and people such as myself who live in these cities (I’m in Atlanta) are currently using and enjoying 3G HSDPA service. There is no way people who have gotten used to using HSDPA are going to be satisfied going back to EDGE service – it’s just too slow. I would think that people in major metropolitan areas would be faster to adopt a phone such as the iPhone – but not if it is going to be SLOWER than what they are currently using…
“January 2008? 3G will probably be old technology by then. Why not use it now?”
*slow applause
because what the tech websites need more than anytihng is more negativity, bitching and griping. Thanks for getting out of bed today.
Oh hell, when will people get it through their thick heads that Steve Jobs showed us the iPhone because he wanted to be the one to tell us about it, not have it leaked all over the place when they submitted it for licensing etc?
Steve Jobs showed us an INCOMPLETE product, STILL IN DEVELOPMENT for cryin out loud!
Here’s some hints. The iPhone runs OS X. Get it? It runs friggin OS X. Does it have iChat? Duh!
Does it have every single program and feature expected from a device running OS X? Duh!
Will the iPhone have 3G? – Frackin Duh! Maybe not in January of 07 but in June of 07 ???? Duh!!!
Wake up people!
Hang on, you saw half the finished product – so if you said wow! …………Well, then when it actually comes out you gonna shit your pants. That’s the truth!
MDN magic word = policy, as in “It is the Policy of Apple Computer to not tell you everything until the actual unveling of the actual product.
OK
MDN
Hey – MDN – damn I love you guys – you are almost my start page on Safari – really I love you!
but common ———– Brittney?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I mean really, who gives a shit about that skank whore who flashes her pussy, and shaves her head?
If you need the money ask us, ask us, ask us, we will donate to keep the Mac truth flowing – don’t degenerate yourself to ugly has been porn to make a buck. I mean, really, who cares what Brittney’s koosh looks like?
MDN magic word = wrote as is MDN wrote the book in how to report the best in Mac news and info.
@Freddy the Pig…
What are you talking about? Brittney Spears? I don’t see any Brittney references here.
I have ad blocking in place, so I’ve missed these ads everyone else is complaining about.
Take that as a hint folks!
Those Ad blockers <stopADVbanners.css> really work!
Get the hell out of here, Freddy. You think the iPhone is going to mysteriously have a 3G chipset when it’s released in June? That’s a bunch of crap. If Steve had the intention of putting HSDPA in there, he would’ve announced it.
Fact of the matter is Steve’s assertion, as well as that of some of you such as Linux/Prodigal, that Cingular doesn’t have 3G in enough places is preposterous. It is in most of America’s major cities, the places where iPhones will be adopted first. Coverage isn’t perfect but it gets better everyday. Who knows what the map will look like once June rolls around?
You fanboys use that as an excuse. THERE IS NO EXCUSE for lack of 3G. Apple was caught with their pants down once the iPhone started rolling because Cingular lagged very badly behind their competition in terms of 3G rollout. If Apple announced the iPhone in January 2006, then your argument would hold weight.
Now your argument doesn’t hold weight because Cingular turned a corner last year (many speculate because of AT&T) and has rapidly expanded their efforts to cover the nation with UMTS/HSDPA frequencies.
Like Edgy said, many of their customers are enjoying the fruits of this labor via recently released and much cheaper handsets such as the Samsung Blackjack ($99 with 2yr contract) and Motorola RAZR V3xx ($49 with 2yr contract). Devices that roughly compare to the iPhone in volume yet manage to squeeze 3G chipsets into their bodies, so size sure as hell isn’t the issue.
Steve Jobs was caught off guard when it comes to 3G. He figured Cingular would still be standing around with their dick in their hands come 2007 like many others speculated and that EDGE/WiFi would be a worthy combination. Instead he will have a growing portfolio of cheap 3G Cingular handsets to compete with which may include the Motorola Q q9, the Windows Mobile 6 successor to the Q with HSDPA.
iPhone on 3????
You have GOT to be kidding!?
3 mobile are a joke.
I they didn’t subsidise their service so much to gain matket share they would have NO customers at all.
I have had four friends try the 3 experiment, and every one has dumped them ASAP.
Why would Apple team with 3?
They have a small portion of the market, and don’t offer anything over and above other services apart from subsidised prices (which if you look at their contracts they can revise at ANY TIME).
iPhone on Vodafone!
my 2 cents,
Luke
Well. I would be happy if Apple took up with Optus in Australia, as I have Optus net, Optus mobile and Optus landline.
Just say’n me thoughts out loud.
Fotochop flickr
3G Did noOT SEEM THAT EASEY OR Great to me,
Virgin seems the best
Please bring 3G iPhone to Asia tooooo !!!
I knew it, the demand for 3G is going to be huge by the time the first gen. of iPhone comes out in the U.S. More than anything not having 3G in the U.S. is about frickin Verizon. Thanks alot you Verizon mafia muffins.
MS and Verizon really give “free enterprise” a bad name.