3G on iPhone ? Next year ?
September 19 | Posted by Andri Kurniawan | Apple, Mobilephone
Steve’s response to the lack of 3G on the iPhone — 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.
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Agreed, without 3G capability, the internet access function of iPhone is surely underutilized. Especially here in Jakarta, where Wi-Fi hotspots are still rare and quite expensive, while 3G coverage is getting better and cheaper.
As we can see, all Apple 1st gen products (from the 1st Macintosh to the iPod range) are mainly targetted to the early adopters. If we can be patient a bit longer, usually Apple will come out with a better product.
Hopefully, we’ll se a 3G iphone soon. Till then, I’ll save the money and keep relying on my old Dopod D810..