Monday, June 9th 2008
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Apple Announces new iPhone Model - the iPhone 3G
We all knew it would happen. Apple just made it official. The new 3G enabled iPhone will hit stores on July 11. The 8GB version will come in a black finish and cost a mere $199, while the 16GB variant will set you back $299 US Dollars. The latter can also be bought in white. Check out the Apple Online Store website for further details. Some notable additions are A-GPS, tri-band 3G support and longer battery life.
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50 Comments on Apple Announces new iPhone Model - the iPhone 3G
Sorry, but "metal" doesnt cost $100 per pound!
www.lme.co.uk/dataprices_historical.asp
Steel is about $1000 per tonne, which is 1000kg, or 2200 lb. That means steel is about $0.50 per lb.
Copper is about $8000 per tonne, or $4 per lb.
Aluminium is about $3000 per tonne, or $1.50 per lb.
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= a move to plastic is not about cost of materials, but about manufacturing costs. Getting a 100% perfect metal clamshell and polishing it is an expensive process. Injection mould platic is a cheap process.
+ there may have been too many broken phones from drops. Goodness knows how many times my Nokia has hit the floor (and survived). The classic iPhone, if dropped on typical street, is dead. The plastic case can be designed to have a better survival on impact rate.
Its my first ever cell phone and I got it around release. I didnt even know about it then. I just saw it, liked it, got it. :)
Even if I didnt like the phone, I would just take out my SIM card and sell the iPhone and get something else. Then again, they have that 30day return policy. :)
Edit: So wait. Does the 8GB $199 phone come in metal or plastic? Are the current iPhones metal?
Additionally, they were show casing 3G on the iPhone at the WWDC and it's 4 seconds slower than WIFI on the iPhone. For 200$! :eek:
As long as I don't see 11 year old children running around with Iphones then I'm fine.
The trick is now, how to justify to my wife getting both the MGS4 PS3 bundle next thursday, and the new iphone in the same week, I don't think she's gonna be happy about it :p
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The age where your OS is actually online instead of your HDD is coming in the not so distant future :)
I'd really like that phone.
Read more about it here www.itnews.com.au/News/77932,new-3g-iphone-to-hit-australian-shores-july-11.aspx :toast: