3G Or Not 3G?
Posted on | June 12, 2008 at 7:08 pm | 2 Comments
In this recent post, I was wondering what Apple’s policy was going to be on upgrading to the new 3G iPhone ($200) for existing iPhone customers. Well, according to this, it’s not that great (surprise). Looks like I’ll be able to buy one of the new phones for the same price as existing customers, without having to wait for my contract to expire. But in addition to paying that same price, I’d also have to upgrade to the new data plan (an extra $10 a month), I’d have to do a new 2-year contract, and I don’t get any credit for my existing iPhone. At least I would get to keep it and I’d be free to sell it to someone else, but I doubt I’d get anything close to the original $400 I spent on it a couple of months ago. Those things will probably be a dime a dozen, especially since people will be able to buy brand new faster ones for half that price. Thanks, Steve!
I know that (as InfK mentioned in the comments to the post above) that I’ll still be able to upgrade the firmware on the old iPhone to the new firmware, which will give me a lot of the functionality of the new ones. That includes the ability to run third-party apps, which I’m really looking forward to. And I’m assuming they’re not going to suddenly start charging me the extra $10 for the data plan if I stick with the old one. However, the faster 3G data speed is very enticing, even though I know that coverage is somewhat more limited than the slower EDGE network I’m using now (3G is available at my work and home, according to the coverage map).
So, I’m not sure what I’m going to do. As InfK reminded me, I knew this was going to be an issue yet I bought the thing anyway. I do know I always have to have the latest and greatest. And most importantly, I need that flush headphone jack.
Latre.
Pet Peeve of the Day: I finally got around to watching my Netflix-rented BluRay disc of Michael Clayton last night – the next in my series of “catch up with last year’s Oscar nominees” movies. Unfortunately, with 11 minutes left in the movie, the disc froze and I couldn’t watch anything beyond that point. It seemed to be a problem with the disc rather than the player. The movie worked fine up until that point, even when I started it over. And I’ve played plenty of other BR discs on the PS3 with no problem. It was especially vexing since it was just getting into the big dramatic climax of the movie, with ¡The Jestaplero! George Clooney facing off against Tilda Swinton. I was screaming at the TV. I needed to see the ending! Oh well, Netflix is sending me a replacement, which should get here tomorrow. Hopefully that one will play all the way through.
Poignant Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “sticky stuff coming from buttocks”. (I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. I’m really disturbed that such a phrase points to my blog, however.)
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2 Responses to “3G Or Not 3G?”
June 13th, 2008 @ 4:05 am
$10 extra per month, X 24 months (for new customers anyway) = $240 – that’s actually more than the $200 “price cut” on the 3G iPhone… I know, I checked it on the iCalculator.
June 13th, 2008 @ 6:11 am
The 24 months applies to existing customers upgrading also. But I don’t count “future costs” of things because I’m an American.