REVENGE Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 You were probably expecting this: Gizmodo reports today that "someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th." The 2nd generation iPhone will come in glossy black and gain A-GPS technology via a Broadcom chipset. I suppose it's time to save up to get in on the hype (for me, part of it is selling my copy of Vista Ultimate ). EDIT: To clarify, A-GPS stands for assisted GPS, and is widely used in many cell phones today. Typically, A-GPS uses a combination of GPS satellites and cellular triangulation to determine the user's location quickly and accurately. However, there are various drawbacks, including poorer signal reception due to the GPS side of the system being less robust, and possibly longer initialization times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redliner Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 so this would or wouldn't work with a CDMA network like alltel? ^that is the million dollar question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSNOWCAT Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 so this would or wouldn't work with a CDMA network like alltel? ^that is the million dollar question! no apple is with gsm, doubt it for CDMA since apple is with at&t for the next 5 years, and ifs it CDMA that means almost anyone is the U.S. can use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redliner Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 darn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I don't understand why people like cdma... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 CDMA is like flogging a dead horse, it might have better range, but nowadays there are so many GSM towers around you'd be hard pressed to find a place without coverage. And if you are in the middle of no-where just use Iridium (even if it is a "tad" expensive ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 What's "A-GPS"? Did you mean "a GPS" or does it stand for something like Advance-GPS? Also any word on how much these things are going to cost us now? The same £269 in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 A-GPS==Assisted GPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Thanks Kiko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkster Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Sweet, I sure hope it does come out right when they announce it. the sooner I can buy someones first gen iPhone the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaled_acmilan Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Great News i think i will get this iphone. you can see here the cover will be to iPhone 3G (from XSKN):- you can see the difference here this is current cover:- that is from Milyani BLog (My friend ) What is your opinion so about this guys is that will be true?. To REVENGE:- it will be brilliant thing to selling your vista ultimate (i don't love vista anymore). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 /me wants it now....! but i admit i don't like the curving shape of the black back edit: oh ok it's a custom cover, i really hope it will be not so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I don't like the increased border size around the edges of the screen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 maybe the iphone itself will be larger.. who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 it maybe larger because of the additional 3G chip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^_^ Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 rounded back eh? hm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 i hope it's fully alluminium! like the first gen ipod nano was also black with something polished now it's nice alluminium like the rest of apple's product line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Busta Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Time to sell my iPhone on ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftlane7 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 More than likely the battery is larger to power the 3G chipset while still keeping the same battery life as the original. So your going to see some extra thickness in the phone, most likely it will be shorter to compensate the change.Lets also not forget it has to house 2 cameras :PAnyone Notice the 8gb and the 16gb model are "Currently Unavalible" on the apple website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Doesn't look like anything to write home about. I don't like the fattyness, A-GPS is a letdown, and the higher speed data connection doesn't mean anything when everyone has Wifi everywhere these days. I'm glad I got mine when I did, and the only reason I'd upgrade is if it came in a 32GB capacity. so this would or wouldn't work with a CDMA network like alltel? ^that is the million dollar question! NO! It's with GSM for the next 5 years, thank GOD! CDMA is a curse, a disease, a scam invented by cellular companies to ensure vendor lock-in, and they temp you into it with higher speeds. Just say no to CDMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 no apple is with gsm, doubt it for CDMA since apple is with at&t for the next 5 years, and ifs it CDMA that means almost anyone is the U.S. can use it. Close to 4 years now isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikas Rana Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Will it be possible to unlock the new iphone 3g. or will it have some sort of hardware lock in it. BTW fw 1.2.0 is jailbroken. And will there be a 8gb iphone 3g??? Thinking of buyin it on my visit to us next month.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 the higher speed data connection doesn't mean anything when everyone has Wifi everywhere these days. not here in italy for examples, and edge has got a little coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotheo Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Yup, everyone has wifi, But it tends to be quite usefull to have 3g when your phone checks your mail all the time. For example, when you're in your car. And in the Netherlands there is no EDGE network present. We switched to UMTS/HSDPA about two years ago! EDGE just isn't fast enough in a country twice as many phone as people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkster Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Will it be possible to unlock the new iphone 3g. or will it have some sort of hardware lock in it. BTW fw 1.2.0 is jailbroken. And will there be a 8gb iphone 3g??? Thinking of buyin it on my visit to us next month.. I bet it will be unlockable. I dont think they'd try to tighten up security unless ATT pressured them into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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