What will be the difference between the iphone and iphone 3g?
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at
10:12 am
Chris S asked:
i am looking into buying the iphone 3g, but what are the differences between the old one and the new one.
i am looking into buying the iphone 3g, but what are the differences between the old one and the new one.
also i have been looking into zibris blog and i couldnt find any answers weather or not it could be jailbroken or unlocked.
please answer both questions not just one
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Its cheaper the camera quality is better and it has less memory. I think it could be unlocked. Just imagine if the expensive ones were then the cheaper one can be unlocked. Then I guess the could to
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one is the iphone…and one is the iphone…3G!!!!!!!
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The 3G is faster, cheaper, and i think thinner. I’m not too sure about being able to unlock it, but it’s definitely gonna be an upgrade from the 2.5
I’m thinking of getting it, myself.
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The new iPhone 3G will be faster in the internet, will have less problems, will have GPS, will have more battery charge time, will be more slim. and it will cost alot less!
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I’m not going to repeat what everyone else already said I’m just going to add that it will be extremely hard to unlock becuase you MUST activate it when you buy it, which means puttin your John Hancock on a piece of paper that says pay 70 or more a month for two years.
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First poster only got the price right. Lol.
The difference between the 3G iPhone and the current iPhone:
3G – internet (when not on Wi-Fi) is almost three times as fast. You can pretty much say that the 3G iPhone is “always connected to Wi-Fi” (though Wi-Fi is still faster).
GPS – Global Positioning System
Look – Plastic Backing, 16 GB has a choice of Black or White back
External Speaker quality improved
Cheaper: $199 for 8 GB and $299 for 16 GB. This price only applies if you are new to AT&T, already have an iPhone, or eligible to upgrade.
Zibri is famous and infamous for ZiPhone (most of the people connected to the hackers know that ZiPhone is poorly written and can cause memory corruption).
The 3G iPhone is unknown whether it can be jailbroken or unlocked…cause it’s NOT OUT YET! =) Also, it requires in-store activation.
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not much … here is what will be different
-it will have a plastic .. PLASTIC!! black cover for the 8GB and white for the 16GB
-it will run on att’s 3G cellular network [around 2.4x faster then edge and a tad slower then wifi .. WOW!!!]
-it will have ACTUAL GPS not like the fake one that Apple gave us on the original
-the data plans are extremely expensive now .. when the original iphone came out the lowest bill you could have was 60 dollars now it is 70 dollars … like it wasnt expensive to begin with
-finally it will have the iPhone 2.0 Software [BUT .. the old iPhones can easily get this with a quick update in iTunes]
THATS REALLY ABOUT IT …. I am getting it .. I would suggest you too. But if you think about it really isnt worth it. But my parents are buying it for me so what the hell .. why not get it?! lol
OOOOO yeah !! the price is also different
$199-8GB
$299-16gGB
And both of those come with a 2 year contract
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1.Price
The original iPhone was innovative and groundbreaking. It also was an expensive toy. Sure, around the country both technophiles and the masses lined up to procure the original iPhone, but at $599 and $699 for the 8GB and 16GB models, respectively, the audience remained somewhat limited. As time passed, as the models’ prices dropped, and as the device’s reputation spread, the iPhone picked up more steam. But even Jobs himself admitted that about 50 percent of people surveyed who didn’t buy an iPhone said that they didn’t because of price.
With Apple’s iPhone price drop, announced today, you pay significantly less money up front at the time of purchase: The 8GB iPhone will sell for $199, just one-third the price that the 4GB iPhone sold for at launch a year ago. The 16GB model will sell for $299.
Those prices put Apple’s smart phone into the reach of more consumers than ever before. Only four handsets on our current Top 10 smart phones chart–Palm’s Centro ($100 with a Sprint contract, $200 with an AT&T contract), T-Mobile’s Shadow ($200 with contract) and Dash ($150 with contract), and RIM’s BlackBerry Pearl ($150 with a T-Mobile contract)–cost less than the least expensive iPhone. And the iPhone 3G, with its integrated audio and video player, Web browsing, and GPS, offers far more versatility than any of those competing phones.
2. 3G Browsing Speed
One of the biggest drawbacks of using a mobile phone for Web activities is the lag time. Much as point-and-shoot digital cameras frustrate their users with seemingly interminable shutter lag, cell phone users roll their eyes at how long it can take for a Web page to load.
The first-gen iPhone notably omitted 3G wireless in favor of the more widely available–and significantly slower–EDGE connectivity. A year later, 3G seems even more necessary than before, as Web pages grow more graphically intensive.
Now that a 3G-capable iPhone has been unveiled, it’s hard to imagine going back to not having 3G. According to Apple, Web pages will load up to 2.8 times faster. That’s a compelling argument: I’ve waited for what felt like hours for a PC World Shopping price-comparison page to load on my old EDGE-based Treo when I’ve been shopping in a store, for example. I’d much rather get the information I want sooner, rather than twiddling my thumbs and reaching for a cup of coffee.
Unfortunately, 3G wireless service on AT&T has one catch: AT&T Wireless’s service plans for the iPhone 3G will follow the company’s standard pricing structure, which means that you’ll be paying for whatever pricing plan you choose plus AT&T’s unlimited 3G data services ($30 a month for personal use, $45 a month for business use). Individual users will see their iPhone bill jump by $10.
3. Greater International Support
From a multilingual keyboard that you can change out on the fly to a user-removable SIM card (a SIM-card ejector comes with the iPhone 3G), new features in this model make it much more viable for international use. Whether you need to access the Web while overseas, or you want to swap out your SIM card (presumably, after an unspecified period of time, AT&T will let its customers unlock the phone for international use, as the company has allowed with its more standard phones), this model is better than the original.
4. Applications Galore
Based on what I saw at the WWDC Keynote, Apple’s approach to application development may pay off in spades. Developing applications appears simple, limited only by the constraints of developers’ imaginations. Distributing the software through iTunes is genius–turning to a single repository to procure content is far easier than scouring the Web for random Symbian, Palm, Windows Mobile, or BlackBerry apps you may want to download.
I see tremendous potential for useful–and downright fun–applications to come out of the development process now that the iPhone software developer’s kit is available. The potential for future apps, coupled with the iPhone’s existing programs–its iPod video and audio capabilities, its photo album, its easy e-mail, its Google Maps and YouTube apps–makes the iPhone 3G a unique offering in the mobile arena.
5. iPhone: Still at the Head of the Class
A funny thing happened in the past year: For all the hoopla, for all the assertions that the iPhone was a game-changer, the truth is, not much has changed in the landscape of the cell phone universe in the past year. It’s almost as if Apple is so far ahead in its innovation and thinking that it has a seemingly insurmountable lead over its competitors, and is in a realm of its own as a result.
The reality is, none of the so-called iPhone killers have come close to challenging the iPhone’s media handling and ease of use. That could change in the coming months as more cell phone vendors introduce updates to their lines (RIM, for example, is rumored to be working on a touch-screen interface, though its next flagship model, the BlackBerry Bold, does not have a touch screen). In the meantime, however, Apple will just be building on its solid head start.
Admittedly, not everyone will want–or need–to buy an iPhone 3G. For one thing, the much-anticipated iPhone 2.0 software upgrade that will enable the App Store for downloading applications, announced earlier this year, will be free to all first-generation-iPhone owners.
Furthermore, some people may want to hold out for a more substantial hardware upgrade, such as additional storage, a better camera, or other heretofore unimagined hardware bonuses.
I may queue up for an iPhone 3G. Or I may be patient and wait for the next big thing–which for me would be inclusion of features like 32GB of memory.
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There are a many differences between the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G. Some were released at the keynote address on June 9, but some are yet to be announced.
What we know: The new iPhone is thinner at the edges and is slightly thicker. The back side is now a solid black or white (8 GB – Black, 16 GB – Black or white). The new iPhone has 3G capabilities, which can triple internet browsing speeds (Depending on location). It now has GPS, which can locate your exact location and give turn by turn directions. It can be used with exchange and other corporate internet servers, and it will have a app store for 3rd party applications to be sold. The headphone jack is now flush which allows you to use any standard headphone plug. The new iPhone starts at $199 and the old one started at $399.
What we do not know: Will it have a better battery? Steve Jobbs said that it will have improved audio, but what does that mean? Will text messaging be included in the $30 per month data plan for iPhone 3G?
You might be able to “Jailbreak” if by jailbreak you mean add applications not made by apple, however would be pointless because the iPhone 3G will allow 3rd party apps anyway.
You WONT be able to unlock your phone because all iPhones will have to purchased and activated at and AT&T store or Apple store. You can no longer activate via iTunes. You could always pay the early termination fee and cancel your contract with AT&T then MAYBE be able to unlock.
Hope this helps – Brandon