The BIG Apple iPhone 3G 'S' Discussion

[dink]

Originally Posted by doodz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4aQpczZC00

hahaha "Iphones new 3GS has a new high quality camera which records video,handsfree voice control, and a built in digital compass, plus new features like copy and paste, MMS."

ahahhaha LOooooool these features are standard on all/most fones already...... fucken apple marketing..
ooo lets release a new fone with "new" features and make some money off it.

A lot of these things were added in the 3.0 software and will also work on regular 3G iPhones.

[doodz]

Originally Posted by dink

A lot of these things were added in the 3.0 software and will also work on regular 3G iPhones.

True but the vast majorily wont know that. They will see it as a "ooooo NEW iphone." Lets go buy it.

[CordlezToaster]

if i send my iphone back under warranty will they replace it with the new one?

[DarkAshley]

I am thinking about getting this phone as i am due to get a new phone soon, coming out of contract, but i am not sure if three are going to have a plan for them, also not sure if this is the phone for me, i think i need to do more research on it cause some reviews say that keyboard function is abit annoying and also the battery or some crap.

anyway going to read through this thread and see what others think..

[DarkYendor]

Originally Posted by CordlezToaster

if i send my iphone back under warranty will they replace it with the new one?

Not if it's an 8GB, maybe if it's a 16GB, but I'm sure apple still have a stack of old ones for now. Also, if it's old you might get a refurb instead of a new one.

Originally Posted by DarkAshley

I am thinking about getting this phone as i am due to get a new phone soon, coming out of contract, but i am not sure if three are going to have a plan for them, also not sure if this is the phone for me, i think i need to do more research on it cause some reviews say that keyboard function is abit annoying and also the battery or some crap.

anyway going to read through this thread and see what others think..

What do you need out of a phone. If you want to write 50 e-mails a day, write your own software and remotely administrate your severs, then probably not. But if you want to write a couple of emails a day, browse some webpages, listen to your MP3s and watch some youtube, the iPhone really is the best option.

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by CordlezToaster

if i send my iphone back under warranty will they replace it with the new one?

Chances are they STILL have stock of 3G models, so you will just get the same model...most likely.

If you lets say bought one now and then a week before the warranty you had to sent it in, you'd have a better chance of getting an 3GS, than at the moment.

[gdshifty]

you beauty. Just started looking for a new mobile last weekend, and Apple announce this.

Time to upgrade my shitty N73

Should hopefully see some plans from Vodofone, Virgin, Optus etc not long after the Oz release date

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by gdshifty

you beauty. Just started looking for a new mobile last weekend, and Apple announce this.

Time to upgrade my shitty N73

Should hopefully see some plans from Vodofone, Virgin, Optus etc not long after the Oz release date

Yah, plans should be ready on launch. I'd be surprised if they didn't early from the first iphone launch in Australia.

[gdshifty]

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

Yah, plans should be ready on launch. I'd be surprised if they didn't early from the first iphone launch in Australia.

Just noticed this on optus' website: http://www.optus.com.au/home/index.html

/signed. Suppose other major companies will follow suit soon.

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by gdshifty

Just noticed this on optus' website: http://www.optus.com.au/home/index.html

/signed. Suppose other major companies will follow suit soon.

Optus had it up the same day as it was announced. No plan details unfortunately

But i doubt they will be any better than launch deals.

[HUMMER]

Originally Posted by doodz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4aQpczZC00

hahaha "Iphones new 3GS has a new high quality camera which records video,handsfree voice control, and a built in digital compass, plus new features like copy and paste, MMS."

ahahhaha LOooooool these features are standard on all/most fones already...... fucken apple marketing..
ooo lets release a new fone with "new" features and make some money off it.

thats the problem right there. these comsumers who really dont have a clue will harp on about this to other equallly clueless consumers and thats how it snowballs from there. the clear deal is that apple iphones features are not revolutionary nor ground breaking. so essentially these people are paying top dollar for old technology. shouldnt one question why that is?

[Vaempyr]

Originally Posted by HUMMER

the clear deal is that apple iphones features are not revolutionary nor ground breaking. so essentially these people are paying top dollar for old technology. shouldnt one question why that is?

Perhaps because it's not what the technology is, but how it's implemented and integrated with the rest of the unit, both in terms of hardware and OS?

Or maybe because most people don't need anything more than the previous-generation technology for most of their day-to-day use?

Or because the appeal of the iPhone is more than just hardware specs and software "features"?

Or maybe I should stop feeding the trolls ...

[marttim_00]

iPhone 3G S supports OpenGL ES 2.0, but 3G only supports 1.1 -- will the App Store splinter?

When we were breaking down the meaty differences between the old-school 3G and the 3G S yesterday, we made an assumption about support for OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics APIs in the original iPhone 3G based on the fact that it had been available in the iPhone OS 3.0 SDK for several betas. Turns out, though, that the graphics processor in the 3G S -- the PowerVR SGX -- supports hardware acceleration of both OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 while the more pedestrian PowerVR MBX found in the iPhone 3G supports 1.1 alone.

What does this mean to you? OpenGL ES is the lightweight version of OpenGL, a powerful library of real-time 3D rendering APIs; many modern phones and other handheld devices support the older 1.1 specification, but 2.0 is less common -- it kicks things up a notch by supporting more complex textures and shading operations, which basically means games written to support it look more badass.

link

[HUMMER]

Originally Posted by Vaempyr

Or maybe because most people don't need anything more than the previous-generation technology for most of their day-to-day use?

so its perfectly fine for you to pay 'now' prices for 'then' technology? thats like intel selling you the core duo cpu for core2duo prices? would you buy it? ofcourse not. im all for people not needing anything more than previous technology but its quite another to pay todays prices on yesterdays technology.

[tzortst]

Originally Posted by HUMMER

so its perfectly fine for you to pay 'now' prices for 'then' technology? thats like intel selling you the core duo cpu for core2duo prices? would you buy it? ofcourse not. im all for people not needing anything more than previous technology but its quite another to pay todays prices on yesterdays technology.

If you don't understand it, then you never will. Most of us aren't paying for the hardware, we don't care about the hardware, we are paying for the experience on the phone, the UI, the App Store, the Ease of use, something no other phone comes close too.