Apple 3G iPhone in 2008 - Steve Jobs

Apple will introduce 3G version of iPhone in 2008 (pocket-lint report), though we do not know what time to expect the new iphone next year.

As per Stuart Miles of Pocket-lint site:

Making the comments at the “Mum is no longer the word” press conference at the Regent Street Apple store in London, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple said: “You can expect a 3G iPhone later next year”.

David Berlind at ZDNet says:

If the report is true, this could be worse news for Apple given that the price drop had to have come so soon to stimulate demand. There’s nothing that kills demand for the current generation of a product like an announcement that the next generation won’t be stillborn with obsolete networking technology the way the currently available generation was. Even if the report of Jobs saying this isn’t true, my guess is that a 3G iPhone in 2008 is pretty much a sure bet.

Currently the iPhone available in US is crippled 2.5G (Edge). Apple has cited the currently available power hungry 3G chips as reason to stick with power efficient 2.5G chips. Apple had also recently alienated iPhone early adopters and fans by dropping the price of iPhone by $200 in a few weeks after the launch, though later they announced $100 back in form of Apple store credit.

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