iPhone is dead, long live the iPhone 3G!

That title up there might be a bit misleading since the first gen iPhone is not at all dead - firmware 2.0 is just around the corner now. But Apple have just announced the new harder, better, faster and stronger iPhone 3G (for less). Retailing at $199 for the 8GB version, the new iPhone 3G will be a smash hit when it rolls out on July 11.

The new iPhone 3G flaunts the same 3.5-inch display (480 x 320 pixels) and has grown around 1mm in width, length and thickness. The sweet tri-band HSDPA support is all there, allowing much faster data transfers than EDGE (but you know that already). There is no secondary camera for making video calls however.

Still, battery life is preserved at a nice level. The 3G iPhone is rated at 300 hours of standby time. 2G talk time is up to 10 hours (it's 8 hours with the first gen iPhone), while 3G talk time is 5 hours. It will be able to allow 5-6 hours of 3G browsing, 7 hours of video playback and 24 hours of audio playback.

And yes it's finally official - the iPhone 3G will pack a built-in GPS under its belly. This would open the door to a myriad of location-based services and applications. We just can't wait to get our hands on it.

Unfortunately, the iPhone 3G has the same 2 megapixel camera as the previous model, it's only that now it offers geo-tagging. No word on video recording, folks, so we guess it will be left out again.

Another shortcoming is that there's still no memory card slot - but that's typical Apple. We also didn't hear a thing about any upgrade of the Bluetooth functionality (file transfer and A2DP would have come handy).

Funnily enough, the retail box will include a special SIM ejector tool. Well, what can we say - we've always wanted to see an Apple-branded paper clip.

As starters the iPhone 3G will be available in 22 countries as of 11 July 2008-Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US-and availability will be further expanded to cover up to 70 countries worldwide before the end of the year.

The price will be the same all over the world - $199 for the 8GB version and $299 for the 16GB version. The 16GB variety will be offered in another color choice too - pearl white. We bet you've guessed it that there's no way that these prices are SIM-free - you will most probably have to enter into a long-term pricey contract with one of the approved carriers in order to get it. And there's one more thing - we've all been thinking: What happened to the rumored 32GB version?

All is not lost for the first gen iPhone too. It will be able to use the firmware 2.0, which is preinstalled on the iPhone 3G by default. The new firmware is just around the corner (scheduled July 2008) bringing a number of new features plus the App Store, which would open the door to countless third party applications. iPhone 2.0 software will be available on July 11 as a free software update via iTunes 7.7 or later for all iPhone customers.

Some of the most important new features of the firmware 2.0 are the Contact Search, iWork document support, bulk delete/move, saving images from an email, scientific calculator, parental controls, added languages, various input types, etc.

There's still no word on copy/paste in the Safari browser - what were they thinking after all!

The Contact Search is now added to the phonebook and users can easily find contacts by gradually typing letters. The Search works in the two contact fields.

The other major upgrade is the iWork document support for PPT (Powerpoint) files, yet editing or searching documents sadly isn't supported.

The other interesting feature is the bulk delete/move and saving images from an email to your photo library, hooray. However we wonder whether mass "Mark as read feature" will be available - that's a real bugger.

The next thing to mention is the scientific calculator that's activated by turning the phone into landscape mode, a resourceful decision.

The Scientific calculator activates when the iPhone is turned landscape

The added Parental controls is a password-protected system setting that filters YouTube, Safari, iTunes or AppStore for any "explicit content".

Of course, many new languages are now added, including Asian languages - Japanese and Chinese.

And finally, various input types, including the character recognition (drawing on the screen) are added for more friendly ways to enter data on the iPhone. We highly doubt it that anyone would like to bring a stylus separately just for the sake of poking the display of their iPhone 3G.

**Sumber : GSMarena -> [tautan dihapus]

Hmmmmm... indonesia gak masuk T_T

kira2 versi BM nya jadi berapa duit ya?

Udah pre-order sih kalo emang bisa diunlock, tapi serem harganya melejit lebih dari 2x lipet kalo udah masuk sini.

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doppleganger said:

kenapa ga masukin 1.000.000 unit yah?

keknya dengan harga 2 juta kurang , 1.000.000 unit bisa ludes dalam 1 minggu.

jadi henpon sejuta umat.

klo iPhone jadi henpon sejuta umat...terus henpon nokia sebutan nya jadi henpon apaan dong...

kayaknya lom tentu, walau banyak yg demen ma iPhone, tapi tetep aja lebih banyak yg demen ma selain iPhone!

gak tau napa, tapi memang seperti itu!
walaupun harga dijual murah! soalnya ternyata banyak juga lho yg lom tahu, apa itu iPhone...

no front camera ? brarti ga bisa buat video call dong ?

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panggilakuantok said:

semoga bisa di unlock, tapi denger2 versi iPhone yang dulu udah di unlock bakalan gak bisa dipake lagi soalnya apple mo merilis sofware baru yg bakalan bikin iPhone ilegal yg unlock bakalan gak bisa dipake lagi!

kalau berpikir gampang2nya...

semua yang dikunci pasti bisa dibuka. karena sebelum terkunci, keadaan awalnya pasti terbuka (alias tidak terkunci)....

btw

ini apaan ya? bisa colokin flashdisk di iphone gitu?

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Ajeb2 said:
"The price will be the same all over the world - $199 for the 8GB version and $299 for the 16GB version.

Yup.
Dari sini

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Jobs promised that wherever you buy the 8GB model, you won't pay more than the equivalent of $199 (£101/€127)

mampusss.... indonesia gak kemasukan iphone

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ILCapitano said:

Quote:
panggilakuantok said:

semoga bisa di unlock, tapi denger2 versi iPhone yang dulu udah di unlock bakalan gak bisa dipake lagi soalnya apple mo merilis sofware baru yg bakalan bikin iPhone ilegal yg unlock bakalan gak bisa dipake lagi!

kalau berpikir gampang2nya...

semua yang dikunci pasti bisa dibuka. karena sebelum terkunci, keadaan awalnya pasti terbuka (alias tidak terkunci)....

btw

ini apaan ya? bisa colokin flashdisk di iphone gitu?

itu colokan buat charger bro..

bikin ngiler aja neh....kalo udah keluar trus nitip saudara di US kira2 bisa diunlock ngak ya??

ngarep mode on:

hehehehe

Klo mo liat New iPhone Games bisa liat di [tautan dihapus]

bikin tambah ngiler...keren banget...interface game nya keren2...

need info :
adakah iphone 3G yg dijual di luar negeri dengan unlock langsung dari sana nya ?
bukan kerjasama operator maksud gw

spt dulu di eropa
ada iphone biasa dijual dgn harga lebih mahal dengan status unlock dari sana nya
thx

kmaren sempet nanya2 di stand pameran FKI 2008 di JCC...

katanya iphone masuk indo di bundling ama telkomsel....

perkiraan paling cpet Desember 2008....

dan harga tertinggi dipatok di angka 4jt...

dan juga, katanya ga bs dimasukkin simcard yg laen slaen tsel...

kalo ampe dimasukkin simcard slaen tsel, alhasil iphone nya langusng mateeeeee...

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Ngelih said:
need info :
adakah iphone 3G yg dijual di luar negeri dengan unlock langsung dari sana nya ?
bukan kerjasama operator maksud gw

spt dulu di eropa
ada iphone biasa dijual dgn harga lebih mahal dengan status unlock dari sana nya
thx

pernah baca di UK iPhone 3G unlock bisa di beli seharga 220 pound , blom termasuk pajak dan ongkos kirim klo mo dikirim ke indonesia..

cobacek disini, tapi belum tau benar atau ngaknya, [tautan dihapus]

wah kok over price semua ya ???
jadi ga ngiler lagi nih
hehe.........

Tunggu saja di Singapore, smg Singtel mo "melebarkan" area penjualannya ke Indonesia juga (via Telkomsel)...
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Kamis, 19/06/2008 07:32 WIB
CommunicAsia 2008
Tak Akan Ada Monopoli iPhone di Asia
Wicaksono Hidayat - detikinet

Singapura - Di Singapura iPhone dikabarkan akan masuk melalui operator SingTel. Namun StarHub yakin, pada akhir 2008 semua operator akan menawarkan perangkat itu. Tak ada monopoli.

Jeannie Ong, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations, StarHub, mengungkapkan hal itu dalam kunjungan media ke Control Center StarHub di Ayer Rajah, Singapura.

"Kami yakin ketiga operator (di Singapura) akan memasarkan iPhone sebelum 2008 berakhir," tutur Jeannie.

Perjanjian Apple Inc. dengan SingTel dan Bridge Alliance, lanjutnya, bukan sebuah perjanjian ekslusif. Hal ini juga dialami Apple di Jepang, berbeda dengan yang dilakukan di Amerika Serikat atau Eropa.

Meski demikian, Jeannie belum bisa memastikan kapan iPhone 3G akan diedarkan secara resmi di Singapura. Namun dipastikan iPhone akan beredar di tahun 2008 ini.

Menurut pengamatan detikINET, berbagai toko di pusat-pusat perbelanjaan sudah mulai menjual iPhone. Namun kebanyakan masih berupa iPhone versi lama dan belum ada yang dipasarkan secara resmi.

Gimana kalo iPhone 3G+ bundling Halo flash gratis 6bln hrga tetep $199
Ngarep mode on

Di italy katanya di jual 499 euro untuk versi 8GB, tanpa contract dan mothly fees (cuman di lock ke vodaphone italy aja kynya).

[tautan dihapus]

Harga $199 kan harus contract dan tiap bulannya harus bayar iuran.

jauh sekali selisih nya
2 juta pake kontrak
7 juta ga pake kontrak

selisih 5 juta....

Tanpa Kontrak, iPhone 3G Lebih Mahal 400 dollar AS

Apple

iPhone 3G

Rabu, 2 Juli 2008 | 06:19 WIB

JAKARTA, RABU - Mitra eksklusif Apple di AS, AT&T tak akan mengharuskan pembeli iPhone 3G untuk berlangganan layanannya selama dua tahun. Namun, pembeli harus merogoh kocek 400 dollar AS lebih mahal.

iPhone 3G baru akan dijual pertama kali di AS pada 11 Juli nanti. Dengan berlangganan selama dua tahun di jaringan seluler At&T, pembeli bisa membawa pulang iPhone seharga 199 dollar AS atau 299 dollar AS tergantung ukuran memorinya. Biaya langganan paling murah adalah 70 dollar AS per bulan dan belum termasuk pajak. Dengan langganan sebesar itu, pengguna bebas menelepon 450 menit dan bebas mengakses email dan Internet.

Tanpa berlangganan iPhone tak dapat digunakan karena sistemnya dikunci agar hanya dapat bekerja di jaringan AT&T. Namun, AT&T mempertimbangkan untuk menjual iPhone tanpa skema langganan. iPhone 3G akan dijual 599 dollar AS untuk yang berkapasitas memori 8 GB dan 699 dollar AS untuk 16 GB. Meski demikian, rencana tersebut baru akan ditawarkan suatu saat nanti. Sayang, ia tak menyebutnya kapan.

"Tapi dengan kontrak atau tidak, telepon tetap dikunci agar bekerja di jaringan AT&T," ujar Michael Coe, jurubicara AT&T. Hal tersebut wajar karena menurut sejumlah pihak AT&T harus menyubsidi penjualan iPhone sekitar 300-350 dollar per unit dan memperoleh keuntungan dari biaya angganna bulanannya.

Meski demikian, sejumlah orang telah mengembangkan cara untuk membuka sistem proteksi pada iPhone sehingga dapat digunakan pada jaringan seluler lainnya. Hal tersebut turut meningkatkan poluaritas iPhone sampai ke luar AS, termasuk Indonesia. Tidak bisa lewat jalur resmi, lewat pasar gelap pun banyak beredar.

WAH