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3G iPhone Official At Last: Will Arrive in Australia by July 11

Posted By Mariella Moon Published in iPhone

Jun

After all the rumors preceding its announcement, the official unveiling of the 3G iPhone at WWDC was a bit anti-climactic. In fact, the mock-ups which circulated the web were actually quite well-done that what I saw wasn’t really anything new.

The curved-edge, thicker form factor seems to be true, as well as the a-GPS and tri-band HSDPA features. The three color rumor seems to be a fake though, as only two colors were announced: the 8GB in black and the 16GB in white. Prices begin at US$199 with a two-year contract in the USA. Good news for all Aussies: rumors that Australia will be seeing the 3G iPhone by June 19 are false, but at least Australia is still among the first 22 countries to get the device on July 11. The rest of the world will get the 3G iPhone a bit later this year, with Apple aiming for 70 countries in total.

Read the 3G iPhone details.

PS: By the bye, the first-gen iPhone is now officially dead to make way to the second-gen.

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6 Responses to “3G iPhone Official At Last: Will Arrive in Australia by July 11”

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Tim Says, in 6-10-2008 at 11:46:49

Well, the wait is over but the hype remains…it’s going to be a good device, but I can’t help but wonder how Apple can keep playing catch-up in so many areas (camera quality, no keyboard, MMS or proper GPS for starters) and still call it “revolutionary” with a straight face.

Mr.Gadget Says, in 6-10-2008 at 23:12:06

Tim, agree. But that’s one thing I like about Apple – they’re foundation is built upon innovation and creativity.Let’s not forget about the “revolutionary” UI that they introduced to the world with version 1.0 let alone the simple but effective functionality of the iPod…

If there’s anyone up to the challenge, I think Steve Job’s crew are quite capable of keeping up plus more.

Tim Says, in 6-11-2008 at 10:09:32

Credit where credit’s due, the iPhone has some very clever features. I just hate their marketing makes basic features “revolutionary” and glosses over any shortcomings.

I’d consider buying an iPhone if it had the following features:
1. GPS navigation using stored maps (like Tomtom or CoPilot, instead of download on demand;
2. A hardware keyboard, or a truly viable software keyboard;
3. Wasn’t shackled to iTunes, which I detest;
4. Took decent pictures and allowed them to be sent via MMS…email is not a substitute.

3 and 4 aren’t deal-breakers, but I will put up with all the shortcomings of WM6 to have 1 & 2.

Mr.Gadget Says, in 6-11-2008 at 10:19:51

I’m currently using an iMate Ultimate 8502 and two of the main reasons why I purchased this was for points 1 & 2 that you highlighted i.e. Turn-by-turn GPS local app and hardware keyboard.

If Apple come out with the latter characteristic especially, I would try even harder to convince my wife that the iMate Ultimate 8502 is the perfect upgrade for her, now obsolete, XDA IIi

The fact that the iPhone doesn’t suffer (at least not recorded empirically) the task / memory problems of Windows Mobile devices is another reason why I would betray the Microsoft camp…

gary Says, in 6-12-2008 at 10:38:19

I’m not at all upto date with the different GPS configs that are going around, but could someone tell me if the new iphone can take a “normal” gps reading when not in mobile coverage, (use satelite gps co-ordinates to direct me to/or mark my favourite fishing spots such as 18 52 54.8S, 121 36 17.5E)

If it can do that, then it would be just what I’m looking for, something that I can listen to music on through the car audio system, direct me to precise fishing spot, and then ring my mates up and brag about how big the fish is on the way home.

Mr.Gadget Says, in 6-12-2008 at 13:24:22

Gary yes the new iPhone 3G should be able to do that and more!

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/maps.html

Bring on the big fish!