After months of rumors, the iPhone 3G has finally gotten its official announcement.
The new iPhone will come in 8 and 16 GB models, at subsidized prices of $200 and $300 respectively. Both will have all metal buttons with black plastic backs, with the 16 GB model also offered with a white back. The 3.5 inch screen from the first iPhone will be carried over. The handset will have GPS built in.
A common complaint about the original iPhone was the recessed headphone jack. While it strengthened the jack to help prevent damage, it inadvertently kept a vast number of headphones from properly fitting. The iPhone 3G’s headphone jack will be flush.
Apple’s put a lot of work into this new iPhone’s battery life: Standby time of 300 hours, 3G talk time of 5 hours, 3G browsing time of 5-6 hours, 7 hours of video playback, and 24 hours of audio playback.
The iPhone 3G should hit the shelves on July 11th. Until then, check out the new commercials.
I will def be getting the new 3G version…cannot understand why the 1st edition was not 3G.
However even at its current price point I do not see it penetrating the emerging markets where 90% of global subscriber growth was in 2007. Western markets are stagnating. To beat the likes of Nokia penetration wise the iPhone still has to become cheaper yet.
Check out my post on my blog breaking down the economics of breaking the iPhone into the “emerging markets”
http://themusicvoid.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/will-apple%e2%80%99s-iphone-penetrate-the-key-mobile-subscriber-growth-markets-and-therefore-become-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with
Cheers,
Jakomi