what is your real reason for upgrading from v1 to the new 3g iphone? - Page 2

tamakin · 07-04-2008, 03:43 AM

My iphone's receiver is completely dead so I have to put it on speaker to hear the person I'm talking to. It's been like this for the last 4 months. I tried all the so-called fixes but nothing worked. It's jailbroken and I have pretty much every useful app on it including live TV through Orb, video recorder, all the game emulators, etc. I'll get the 3G only if it can be jailbroken and I can put all my apps on it.

tharmsen · 07-04-2008, 03:50 AM

Originally Posted by mac29

Yes 3g is nice but that wasn't the major selling point for me besides the price, I just needed more space because 8gb wasn't doing it for me. I almost bought the 16gb v1 iphone, but caught wind that there might be a new iphone coming out, so i decided to wait....THANK GOD!

So far I have no reason to upgrade. I have the V1 phone and with the firmware 2.0 it will do everything I want it to.

I'll wait until the end of the year for the 32GB iPhone... THEN I'll pounce.

gotzaiPhone · 07-04-2008, 04:08 AM

I'm switching because I need more space than 8gb I got now.

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 07-04-2008, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by monkeysrock0622

yah i know, im a spoiled rotten teenager

Me too! Well, a 52 year old teenager, anyway...

iPhone-v2 · 07-04-2008, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by tamakin

My iphone's receiver is completely dead so I have to put it on speaker to hear the person I'm talking to. It's been like this for the last 4 months. I tried all the so-called fixes but nothing worked. It's jailbroken and I have pretty much every useful app on it including live TV through Orb, video recorder, all the game emulators, etc. I'll get the 3G only if it can be jailbroken and I can put all my apps on it.

Dude may I suggest you going to the apple store? Just back up and restored it and take it to the store and tell them about the issue you are facing.. I am almost 100% sure that you will get a replacement. They still got replacement at their stores. This is how I got the brand new couple of weeks ago(the top 1 cm touch screen stopped working and not to mention the scratches and dents it had from over 8 months of usage). I thought they might be out of iPhones but in less than 10 minutes I was coming out with brand new iPhone though they said it could be refurbished one too.. But who cares as long as you get the working phone.
Good LUCK

DUKEL · 07-04-2008, 04:40 AM

Because I am tired of missing calls while my iPhone is transmitting on edge. It is prehistoric like dial-up. Plus I have wanted an iPhone in black for quite some time.

tamakin · 07-04-2008, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by iPhone-v2

Dude may I suggest you going to the apple store? Just back up and restored it and take it to the store and tell them about the issue you are facing.. I am almost 100% sure that you will get a replacement. They still got replacement at their stores. This is how I got the brand new couple of weeks ago(the top 1 cm touch screen stopped working and not to mention the scratches and dents it had from over 8 months of usage). I thought they might be out of iPhones but in less than 10 minutes I was coming out with brand new iPhone though they said it could be refurbished one too.. But who cares as long as you get the working phone.
Good LUCK

I really don't wanna lose all my apps. And I'm still on firmware 1.0.2 jailbroken. Probably the only person in the world still on 1.0.2 but I haven't had any problems... just the receiver dying on me.

Do you think they'll give me a 3g iphone if I went in next week to get this replaced? Or they'll just replace it with a refurbished old iphone.

kevlar08 · 07-04-2008, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by tamakin

I really don't wanna lose all my apps. And I'm still on firmware 1.0.2 jailbroken. Probably the only person in the world still on 1.0.2 but I haven't had any problems... just the receiver dying on me.

Do you think they'll give me a 3g iphone if I went in next week to get this replaced? Or they'll just replace it with a refurbished old iphone.

you'll get a replacment V1, unless you pay 199 and sighn a two your contract plus 18 upgrade fee..then you get the 3g

divabimbers · 07-04-2008, 02:25 PM

I have several reasons for upgrading to the new iPhone, one for the 3G because it'll allow me to surf the Internet and talk at the same time plus it's faster. Secondly, I'm terrible with directions so the GPS would be greatly appreciated and then finally, 16 GB would be a bonus as I've only got 8.01 GB of music though I'm sure I'll still be switching my playlists in and out to make more room for videos when I feel like it. Also, I like knowing that the audio has been improved since I'm hearing impaired and while I can hear people pretty well outside with traffic, the audio improvements should make it easier

DUKEL · 07-04-2008, 02:32 PM

More reasons:

-Because I've had the V1 for a year now and thats WAYYYY too long to have 1 cell phone.

-Because many of the 3rd party apps will not function proper on edge, such as streaming etc.

-Because the mic & speaker is supposedly improved.

-Because I'm tired of the faux GPS on gen1

-Because the color silver is so 2004

-Because I can watch crispy youtube anywhere not just on wifi

-Because hopefully the mail application functions more reliably in the new hardware?

-Because I can snag one for only $199/299.