T-Mobile in Germany announced that they will sell you the 8GB iPhone 3G for 1 euro if you have a contract that cost 69 euros or more. That comes out to be a little more than $100 a month for the monthly contract.
That’s some genius marketing. They give you the phone for free basically, but requires you to pay more for the contract so they can make the money back in the long run. That’s a great selling point though… “Get your new iPhone for 1 euro!”
Apparently there were a bunch of rumors on the iPhone having a white back cover a couple weeks ago. In fact, I ran across this picture a while back:
And then a bunch of pictures came out the last couple days that show the black back cover:
So what is it? After digging into the keynote that Steve Jobs gave the other day, it turns out that the white cover is only offered with the 16GB version. The 8GB one is in black only. I personally really like the white one. Maybe that’s why they are only offering it in 16GB so you have to get the higher model?
Sorry. I know I am a day late in covering the new iPhone. As you’ve probably heard by now, Steve Jobs and Apple officially announced that the iPhone is going 3G starting July 11th. This is what Engadget had to say:
Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they’re also making sure it’s available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps… and does it all for cheaper. Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 — and of course it completely trounces the old EDGE data speeds.
The thing that interested me the most is the price. I was pretty shocked that Apple would lower the price at first. The 8GB version is now only $199 and 16GB is $299!
But of course, for such a hot product, you figure they gotta make you pay more somehow. AT&T already said that they are going to raise the data plan to $30 a month, which really isn’t that much.
… In today’s letter, Microsoft’s Andy Lees instead says the company “will sell nearly 20 million Windows Mobile smartphone licenses.”
Is the change from “more than” to “nearly” a meaningful hedge? Some might read it that way. But Microsoft representatives say no.
“We’ve always said our goal has been 20 million, and we’re on track,” said Scott Rockfeld, group product manager in the company’s Mobile Communications Business, when asked about the change. “If it’s short of 20 million, it’s going to be a rounding error.”
It’s ok. 20 million or not, I am more excited about the 3g iPhone anyway.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has recently published an extensive patent application, seemingly for the 3G iPhone and software version 2.0, both now expected to be released next Monday. Features detailed: IM and blogging applications, Video Conferencing (with front-facing camera), etc.
Of course. It makes sense. Why buy an iPhone now if you know that a new, better, and faster one will come out in a month?
“Nearly one-in-four potential iPhone buyers said that they have been putting off their purchase until Apple rolls out a next-generation model that supports the faster 3G data network, a market researcher said today.” Read the whole article on MacWorld.
Ever since Apple came out with the iPhone, the #1 complaint has been the fact that it’s not 3G. It’s true. Almost all the other Smartphones out there are already running on the much faster 3G network, so why would I want a phone that’s slower than my friend’s?
Anyway, the 3G iPhone should be here soon. Only a few weeks (or months) away!
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