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iigreatoneii · 06-16-2009, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Test-Pilot

If you abstain simply because of whatever is down the road, you'd NEVER buy anything. There's ALWAYS something newer and better coming "next year".

Still, there's some validity in saying that there doesn't seem to be a great enough "jump" in technology in each successive model to warrant upgrading each year. But TWO years in between... well then, that might make things much fresher. I'm on V1, and going from a V1 to a 32GB 3Gs will seem nice, I think.

I agree, 2 years in between is something you would have to decide upon yourself. Going from a V1 to a 3Gs is a pretty big "jump."

However, for me, I probably would hold out one more year, the phone itself doesn't have enough changes for me to want to upgrade now. But I have a 3G, so I'm in a little bit of a different position than you are...

I just expected AT LEAST a 5 mega pixel camera and more new features. It's got about 2 or 3 new features, one of which most will never use, a compass.... and it loads "faster." The main selling point of the phone is it's faster and that wasn't what I was looking for.

I wanted a much more improved camera (I don't feel like we got it) and Flash. The video, voice and more space are the only thing I like, but it's not worth paying $500 for.

Next year you'll be able to get all that and 64GB on my phone, not to mention the new features, one of which will hopefully be Flash. Then, for me, 16GB to 64GB is a nice leap...and who knows, hopefully Flash will be included and you'll have AT LEAST a 7 or 8 megapixel camera, however Apple is purposely moving slowly in upgrading the camera since they're only up to 3 mega pixels. It'll most likely be 5 mega pixels next year.

I'm not sure if you'll see the multicore processor that rumors are saying you'll see, I'm just saying I need more to pay to upgrade than what they have given us. It's too similar to the phone I have for me to go pay a jacked up price for.

06-16-2009, 06:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
iigreatoneii Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 157 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Originally Posted by Test-Pilot If you abstain simply because of whatever is down the road, you'd NEVER buy anything. There's ALWAYS something newer and better coming "next year". Still, there's some validity in saying that there doesn't seem to be a great enough "jump" in technology in each successive model to warrant upgrading each year. But TWO years in between... well then, that might make things much fresher. I'm on V1, and going from a V1 to a 32GB 3Gs will seem nice, I think. I agree, 2 years in between is something you would have to decide upon yourself. Going from a V1 to a 3Gs is a pretty big "jump." However, for me, I probably would hold out one more year, the phone itself doesn't have enough changes for me to want to upgrade now. But I have a 3G, so I'm in a little bit of a different position than you are... I just expected AT LEAST a 5 mega pixel camera and more new features. It's got about 2 or 3 new features, one of which most will never use, a compass.... and it loads "faster." The main selling point of the phone is it's faster and that wasn't what I was looking for. I wanted a much more improved camera (I don't feel like we got it) and Flash. The video, voice and more space are the only thing I like, but it's not worth paying $500 for. Next year you'll be able to get all that and 64GB on my phone, not to mention the new features, one of which will hopefully be Flash. Then, for me, 16GB to 64GB is a nice leap...and who knows, hopefully Flash will be included and you'll have AT LEAST a 7 or 8 megapixel camera, however Apple is purposely moving slowly in upgrading the camera since they're only up to 3 mega pixels. It'll most likely be 5 mega pixels next year. I'm not sure if you'll see the multicore processor that rumors are saying you'll see, I'm just saying I need more to pay to upgrade than what they have given us. It's too similar to the phone I have for me to go pay a jacked up price for. __________________ iPhone 3G 16GB (White) iPod 3rd Gen 20GB Last edited by iigreatoneii; 06-16-2009 at 09:19 PM..