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Jadam
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 03:40
They announced the new iPhone. It's gonna cost half as much, run on 3G (where available) and it's going to be on numerous carriers. Most of which are foreign, but they did list T-mobile as one of the new ones. Comes out July 11th

I have T-mobile... yea!!!! :D
Primm
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 04:44
I'm with vodafone (one of the O/S carriers). I'm switching to an iPhone as soon as practical - I played with one last weekend and I'm in love.

I'm not usually an early adopter, but in this case I'll make an exception!
Jadam
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 12:44
they have GPS on the new ones. What i'm really interested in is now I can go out and do location scouting and have an image of a local in correlation with a map. All in my pocket when I'm out and need something on the move.
tsw910
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 13:32
are you sure ? .. cuz the iPhone is still with AT&T here in the states ... and it has to be activated at the time of purchase ..
keegsmeister
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 13:34
Buying this 3G iPhone will send Steve Jobs' great great great grandchildren to college. I want one :)
azneric3
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 20:30
looks nice :)
Primm
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 20:40
are you sure ? .. cuz the iPhone is still with AT&T here in the states ... and it has to be activated at the time of purchase ..

Yeah, it looks like the T-mobile launch is only for countries outside the US. Sorry!

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200806100402DOWJONESDJONLINE000105_FORTUNE5.htm
deadpass
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 23:57
they have GPS on the new ones. What i'm really interested in is now I can go out and do location scouting and have an image of a local in correlation with a map. All in my pocket when I'm out and need something on the move.

i think it only supports GPS but doesn't have a receiver in the phone.
speedypalomino
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 01:51
I hope they have fixed all the annoyances!!!! I have the 8gig and its a piece of crap!!! Safari constantly crashes,,, dumps the cashe between pages,,, locks up and slows down for no reason.. WAY over hyped!!! Blackberry Bold is the way to go IMHO..

oh,,,, and I have sent it back to apple 3 times,,, no results... CRAP!!

Bear
macocroft
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 07:17
im getting one as soon as its out (11th July). In Aust. you can get it on a plan with optus or vodafone, or prepaid with vodafone. I'm already prepaid with vodafone, so HELL YEAH!
Primm
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 07:35
Here's a link to the Vodafone pre-registration page, if you're interested.

Vodafone iPhone registration of interest. (https://surveys.vodafone.com/ultimatesurvey/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?surveyid=5378&responseGuid=9fe19abb-5105-4dbf-a0fa-f982978ef15b)

I'm prepaid with Vodafone too. I think it's cool that they're letting us little people have a crack at this too!
OdiN1701
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 13:28
I wouldn't buy one.
Primm
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 22:25
Any particular reason, Andrew?
tangcla
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 23:48
i think it only supports GPS but doesn't have a receiver in the phone.
It will most likely use A-GPS, which uses trigonometry to calculate the whereabouts based on where you are, from cell tower reception levels.
condyk
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 02:22
So does it have route planning and maps? A GPS on its own is pretty useless for most people IMO.
tangcla
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 02:29
So does it have route planning and maps? A GPS on its own is pretty useless for most people IMO.
I'm not sure, I didn't read too much into it.

Google Maps is pretty cool though. Saves you from carrying a street directory in your car :D