is now a bad time to get iphone? - iPhone 3G

xomwah · 04-29-2008, 09:25 PM

i been wanting an iphone for awhile now,
i saved up some extra money to pick up the iphone on the 1st, but of course, googling up infomation on the iphone i read alot of talk of 3g iphone being much faster,I never used or heard of 3g.. is there really much of a differences for me to wait till next year for 2?
since i won't be downloading much on the iphone..

curious on current iphone users opinions

Bone · 04-29-2008, 09:45 PM

I say go for it. Yes 3g is a bit faster but I promis you will enjoy the iPhone.

dturner · 04-29-2008, 10:08 PM

3g is not widely available right now and as Bone said it is just a bit faster. You would need to go to the ATT website and see if 3g is even in your area. There is a coverage map on their site.
Having said this, we don't know what else the new phone may bring. You said something about waiting till next year for the new phone. There is a strong belief that the phone will be available in June. Of course this is all rumor, but it may not be a bad idea to wait and see if the new phone has any features you may be interested in.
Now if all you are interested in is the phone and maybe SMS then I guess now is a good time for you.

xomwah · 04-29-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dturner

3g is not widely available right now and as Bone said it is just a bit faster. You would need to go to the ATT website and see if 3g is even in your area. There is a coverage map on their site.
Having said this, we don't know what else the new phone may bring. You said something about waiting till next year for the new phone. There is a strong belief that the phone will be available in June. Of course this is all rumor, but it may not be a bad idea to wait and see if the new phone has any features you may be interested in.
Now if all you are interested in is the phone and maybe SMS then I guess now is a good time for you.

the main features i like is the ebook reader,music,alarms/daily alerts, journal purposes and youtube everthing else is awesome too,I was just a little worried about ebook reader because i need to jailbreak to use it, i hear it's much safer nowadays to jailbreak and return to new without any problems. i'll go ahead with iphone.

thanks for the feedback

morrison 73 · 04-30-2008, 12:47 AM

Yes you will be pleased, but June is just weeks away. Edge is just too slow. There's a ton of 3g coverage in my area...I'm waiting.

Bone · 04-30-2008, 12:51 AM

altho the techi in me wants the 3g and yes I probably will go out and buy it. I promis you the power of the curent iPhone hasn't ben fully taped yet by farr.

dturner · 04-30-2008, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Bone

altho the techi in me wants the 3g and yes I probably will go out and buy it. I promis you the power of the curent iPhone hasn't ben fully taped yet by farr.

Totally agree and I am still on the fence about the new phone. 3G will not seal the deal for me. I will have to wait and see what else is offered.

Swagger · 04-30-2008, 01:37 AM

I hate to disagree with others, but 3G is much faster. You can certainly tell the difference in the speed gap, Edge verses 3G. I think more of your consideration should be placed on. Do you really want to deal with AT&T's network. AT&T in my opinion, is seriously lacking in coverage consistency. I believe that Sprint is "Head and Shoulders" above AT&T, in both coverage and data speed. Sprint's EV-DO (Rev A) is blindingly fast, and makes other carrier's data networks, pale in comparison.

The iPhone is a wonderful phone. The problem is, to enjoy it, it needs to be coupled to a "Supercharged" network. I believe a lot of iPhone owner's share my views. They don't speak out for fear of being assigned the title, "iPhone Basher". The iPhone is the "Technology Breakthrough" of the century!!! The network it is tied to, (umm, excuse me) sucks...Mark

Youngbinks · 04-30-2008, 02:40 AM

Here is a link to AT&T's coverage area so you can pinpoint the exact availability of 3G in your area. If you're not really that in to 3G then I would say go for the current iPhone and you'll be happy.
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/

chcorey52 · 04-30-2008, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by xomwah

the main features i like is the ebook reader,music,alarms/daily alerts, journal purposes and youtube everthing else is awesome too,I was just a little worried about ebook reader because i need to jailbreak to use it, i hear it's much safer nowadays to jailbreak and return to new without any problems. i'll go ahead with iphone.

thanks for the feedback

Ya dont be worried at all about the jailbreak you can always fix it. good luck on whatever you do!