3G iPhone coming early next year?
Steve's response to our question about the lack of 3G on the iPhone was kinda reasonable -- battery life is a major issue on current 3G chips -- but that doesn't mean the technology isn't improving rapidly. According to The Street, we could see an iPhone with a 3G capable chip by the first quarter of next year. Of course, Apple declined to comment -- they never talk about future products -- but we wouldn't be surprised if the company dumps a proper HSDPA / UMTS device onto the market around that time, and Steve Jobs did make it pretty clear that 3G battery life constraints should be lifted by "later next year," and that 2nd and 3rd gen iPhones are certainly in the works. We seriously hope they come sooner than later: EDGE + WiFi is a horrible compromise these days, what with 7.2Mbps mobile connections starting to pop up around Europe.[Thanks, Adam P.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
L'Emmerdeur @ Sep 18th 2007 11:40AM
If the 3G iPhone came with a removable battery (*hint* *hint*), this wouldn't be such a big deal.
You know, like pretty much every other cell phone in history.
Add the 2.0 version of the on-screen keyboard (the current one is a good first attempt, but difficult to master), and you have a pretty functional, and pretty, phone.
josh @ Sep 18th 2007 4:38PM
ooooh! I want a 3G iphone
alex @ Sep 19th 2007 3:52PM
yeah!!!!!!!! finally
drhart @ Nov 4th 2007 1:41AM
Yep, just confirmed with someone inside of AT&T, the New iPhone will be released in December(next month), the exact date is not yet known, we assume before Christmas.
:)- I'm glad that I didn't get one yet, but I will in about a month!