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New 3G iPhone from Apple |
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the 3G iPhone, doubling the handset's talk time in the process and reduced the price on the device.
Last year, Jobs said Apple wouldn't connect the iPhone to 3G networks because of the communications technology's battery demands. Apple's clearly licked the problem: the new iPhone is rated as capable of 5-6 hours' browsing on a 3G connection.
Jobs also promised five hours' 3G talk time, which is what the previous model could manage on GSM networks. The new one does ten hours on GSM, he claimed.
Media fans will get seven hours' video playback and 24 hours' continuous music listening.
On 3G data connectivity Jobs said the new handset can download an email attachment in a third of time it took the previous model, not exactly 1.8Mb/s let alone 7.2Mb/s. Yet Apple claimed the iPhone is indeed HSDPA-capable. Still, faster data when you're away from a Wi-Fi hotspot.
As expected, the new handset has GPS on board, which gives an accuracy injection to the handset's Google Maps app - and to tag snaps taken on the 2Mp camera. It also loses the original iPhone's insanely recessed headphone socket, so you can plug in a better set of 'phones than Apple's own without having to resort to a $20 accessory or a razor blade.
Jobs didn't go into detail, but he did said the new phone's audio playback had been "dramatically improved".
Maybe, but the price certainly has: $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB version. This time last year, they were set at $599 and $699, before falling to $399.
Gone is the metal backplate, replaced with a black one - or white, if you want a 16GB model. Gone too is the docking cradle - all you get with the 3G iPhone is the customary USB cable, but at least it's continuing to bundle a (now even smaller) AC adaptor.
Apple said the 3G iPhone will be rolling out in some 70 countries over the coming few months, with 22 nations getting it on 11 July. Jobs promised that wherever you buy the 8GB model, you won't pay more than the equivalent of $199 (£101/€127)
By Apple Computer, Inc. (Source: http://www.wirelesspedia.com/show/company/Apple_Computer_Inc./434.html)
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| 13/06/2008 |
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