iPhone 3G unveiled, coming in July
- Posted by -=}{oT~dEv1L 666=- on June 10th, 2008 filed in Technology
Apple has officially unveiled the iPhone 3G today. The redesigned iPhone will come in three models - the Black 8GB model, or a choice between Black or White for the 16GB model. The 8GB model will cost US$199 (SG$272) and the 16GB models cost US$299 (SG$410).
The new iPhone, said to be “Twice as Fast at Half the Price”, will come shipped with Version 2.0 of the iPhone’s Mac OS X software variant. The new iPhone 3G is said to “deliver an amazing 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours using 3G, with up to 5 to 6 hours of web browsing, up to 7 hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback”.
The new features said to be in the upgrade are namely Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support (includes over-the-air push email, contact and calendar syncing as well as remote wipe and Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to corporate networks), a new App Store (to purchase applications and games for the iPhone), the ability to do real-time mapping with Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology, the option to mass move and delete multiple email messages, the addition of searching for contacts, a new scientific calculator, new parental controls, and more.
The iPhone 3G will be available in the US on July 11th 2008 in both Apple and AT&T’s retail stores and requires a new two year contract with AT&T for qualifying customers. Other selected regions will get the iPhone 3G at a later date. The new iPhone 2.0 software will also be available on July 11th as a free software update via iTunes for all iPhone users.
The new iPhone 3G, costing a lot lesser than most smart phones like the BlackBerry and Nokia handsets, could potentially win over a lot of customers. Personally, I think the new iPhone is a great bargain when compared to the Nokia N95 8GB.
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June 18th, 2008 at 5:00 am
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