Comments on: POLL: What kind of iPhone 3G will you be buying?

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Buying the 16GB black model. Not too happy about having to move to O2 Ireland (everyone I know is with vodafone so their bills and mine will be more expensive) but the fact that I hate my current nokia and have a buyer for my 5th Gen ipod softens the blow for me somewhat.

By: Phred

Phred — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:42:15 +0000

I live in New Zealand where we get it first – and get totally ripped off by Vodafone first as well. Opting for a NZ$199 8GB iPhone on their 1GB per month over 24 months plan (there is no unlimited data plan) will end up costing over NZ$6000. I did some comparisons of plans around the world and that is over twice the cost of the next most expensive plan. And Canadians think Rogers is bad… ($1NZ = $USA0.75)

Fortunately the other main provider here also says they will be carrying the iPhone, just not yet. Unfortunately they have just as bad a track record for ripping off consumers in NZ as Vodafone does. The market is so bad here for mobile phone service that the government is considering intervening.

Oh, and from my research Hong Kong and Holland have the best deals. It may almost be worth me buying one from Hong Kong and paying the roaming charges…

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:18:35 +0000

Holding out until 3G makes its way to the greater New Hampshire area.

By: Lucky

Lucky — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:37:35 +0000

I was thinking of getting the 16GB black version, but then I thought that scratches and especially smudges would be visible on it. The white version seems better. I’ll just wait and see what the real world testers have to say.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:16:06 +0000

@Antonio

Why? Just curious….

@Phil

Ah. Gotcha.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:57:53 +0000

Keeping my iPhone EDGE, then buying a Blackberry Bold when contract is up.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:29:30 +0000

isn’t that obvious michael? i’d rather chop off my right hand than sign a contract with t-mobile… i want to keep using my current sim card.

By: SaudiMac

SaudiMac — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:44:10 +0000

The available kind, honestly

Khaled

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:30:57 +0000

@Phil

What do you want to hack it for?

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:27:07 +0000

i’m on hold until the first reports surface on how good or not it can be jailbroken/sim hacked and if the app store still works after that. then i might just get a prepaid one later this year (8gb probably since i’m cheap)

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:25:17 +0000

I voted for 16gb black, but I’m still torn. I hope they’ll have one of each on display on Friday.

By: Jack Klink

Jack Klink — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:16:20 +0000

I was able to sell my old iPhone on eBay for $500. Now i have all my money back and can get the cheaper iphone. In the long run i will save money by getting the new one.

Plus, GPS is sooo cool even if the current GPS software is too exciting, I expect a free update with more GPS features such as “Voice Directions????”

I don’t get 3G in my area, but I have heard rumors that it could be happening soon.

I do hope that you don’t have to pay for 3G if you don’t want to.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:49:25 +0000

Now the phone is cheap, but the plans are way too expensive.

By: David

David — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:44:29 +0000

We have 3G where I live, and I’ve been putting off getting a cell phone until I found one that would do what I wanted. The first gen iPhone did that, but I’m a waiter. Heck I waited 7 years before upgrading my old PowerMac G4 to the latest PowerMac Pro 8 CPU monster.

By: Steven Mileham

Steven Mileham — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:43:15 +0000

I mainly use my iPhone as a browser “on the go” so an upgrade in both size and speed works for me!

That is if I can get hold of one, O2 in the UK are apparently out of stock online

By: Louis24x7

Louis24x7 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:39:36 +0000

I’m not the early adopters type, but it just so happen that my iPhone fell and broke a couple of weeks ago, so i figure, might as well get a new one to replace it before the screen is no longer usable.

I’m staying with the same capacity (16GB), but will get the white one this time… just something different.

By: Rick O'Neil

Rick O'Neil — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:27:07 +0000

If we had 3G in our market I’d be getting one, but I’m going to wait till we do. At that point I’ll be getting a 16gb black