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Is there a single shred of real evidence for this??]]>Apr 28th 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
I think it'll happen. Not because the fanboys want it to, but because it follows Apple's modus operandi. June 2007 - iPhone. June 2008 - moar bettar iPhone.]]>Apr 28th 2008 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
Your (+) ranks are thanks enough.]]>Apr 28th 2008 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 29th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
full ack.]]>Apr 28th 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
(until urban dictionary told me it means "Full Acknowledgement")

I disagree.

The revenue sharing "scheme" isn't holding anything back, as far as the consumers are concerned, it's only the Carrier Exclusives getting in the way. (though exclusives are apparently necessary for carriers to agree to rev sharing, the actual rev sharing doesn't really impact the consumer.)

If carriers could see the value in giving the manufacturer a recurring cut of the profits (without exclusivity) - such as a handset that has higher customer satisfaction, in some ways directly tied to the fact that the manufacturer has a monetary incentive to keep their customer happy and with new functionality (instead of the all-too-common "you want your phone to work right? well then buy the new version!")

If the carriers would recognize the value in the rev sharing model, which namely would be more attention (on the part of the manufacturers) to customer satisfaction, be the rev sharing with Apple or Sony or HTC, whoever, then they might consider rev sharing without exclusivity.

Rev sharing, without exclusivity, doesn't really impact the consumer much at all. It certainly wouldn't slow sales.

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Wow, what caused you to think that that statement was even REMOTELY necessary. You do know that some kids read this site too, right?]]>Apr 29th 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/

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*crickets chirping*

I'm the biggest bandwidth whore in the world (can't wait for XOHM!), and even I realize there's more to a phone's technology than its network speed. The iPhone is a very advanced phone. I don't think we'll realize quite how advanced until we see the first few apps made with the SDK...]]>Apr 28th 2008 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
if you pay for a prostitute (including the price plan) you could have sex on a regular basis, for less cash. think about it. ]]>Apr 28th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
...i mean, other than the fact that AT&T overcharges for everything, regardless of what phone is being used...

i would agree with you had used "moderately more" in place of "ludicrously" - but only because i use Sprint, with is "moderately less expensive" than AT&T on the whole.]]>Apr 28th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
$449: SCH-i760 - wifi/touch screen/touch screen/email/web browser/calendar
$499: XV6800 - wifi/keyboard/email/web browser/calendar

vs

$399: iPhone - wifi/touch screen/email/web browser/calendar/iPod capabilities/8GB internal storage

You fail at math since $399 is actually LESS than $449/$499






The ATT structured contract sucks but if you think the iPhone is overpriced, you must be the same type of person that expects a BMW for the price of a Ford Focus. Let's be real, here. Oh, and how often do you replace the battery on your phone? In all seriousness, with all the cellphones you have ever had, how often have YOU *actually* replaced the battery?

I don't have an iPhone because the contract is awful and I am sticking to Verizon. However, you must never have used one to realize that it's just a better phone than the other options out there. I used an SCH-i760 for a week when I realized that it just wasn't as good as a phone that would actually cost me less to purchase initially.
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A quote from Steve Jobs, MacWorld Keynote, January 9, 2007.

"iPhone is a Quad Band GSM+EDGE phone. We have decided... (clapping) ...we have decided to go with the most popular international standard, which is GSM. We are on that bandwagon, headed that roadmap and plan to make ---->3G PHONES]]>Apr 28th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
"iPhone is a Quad Band GSM+EDGE phone. We have decided... (clapping) ...we have decided to go with the most popular international standard, which is GSM. We are on that bandwagon, headed that roadmap and plan to make 3G PHONES and all sorts of amazing things in the future."

Steve Jobs, London, September 18, 2007.

"Um, the 3G chip sets that are available now to semiconductors work reasonably well, except for power. They're real power hogs, so as you know, the handset battery lives used to be sorta in the 5 to 6 hour range for, uh, uh, GSM and when we got to 3G they got cut in half, right. Most phones now have a battery life of 2 to 3 hours. And that's due to these very power hungry 3G chipsets.

And the problem is, we just, our phone has battery life of 8 hours, this is of talk time, I'm talking about, not standby time, standby time is a few hundred hours, but for talk time, most 3G phones are 2 to 3 hours. We got 8 hour talk time phone. That's really important when you start to use the internet and you want to use your phone to listen to music. So if you only have a 2 hour and a half hour talk time on your phone, you're not going to use it for the internet, you're not going to listen to music on it, because you'll be afraid to drain the battery and miss that important call that's going to come in.

So we got to see the battery life for 3G get up back up into the 5 plus hour range before it's really suitable for this and I think, uh, and I think we'll see that hopefully, ya know, late next year..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gyq0lTubjk]]>Apr 28th 2008 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
Ah, and so we see into the psychology of an Apple zealot...

Saying anything negative about an Apple product, even in jest, and you're labelled a Windows fanboy. That's despite the fact that Windows only has ~1% share of the global cell phone market. If you don't like Apple, you must love Windows. Right?

"When has Steve said that 3G was over hyped?"

I don't remember referring to Steve Jobs in my original post.
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http://finance.google.com/finance?q=Hon+Hai]]>Apr 28th 2008 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
The smartphone market is gonna need to be flooded with 3G iPhones to catch up with RIMs market share by early next year. For a device the handset industry said wouldn't sell at all, it sure is doing pretty well in sales.

I hope Apple gets a carrier contract or two in Russia. They seem to really like black market iPhones. Well at least the elitists like them. ]]>Apr 28th 2008 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
What I would like to see is a drop in the price. It's still a little steep at $399. This is something that Apple needs to work on. I could definitely see a $199 8GB model, but maybe I'm just being optimistic. Although the adoption rate would sky rocket with a $199 price tag. Everybody and their mother would switch over.

iPhone 2.0 is going to change everything. Can't wait. ]]>Apr 28th 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Apr 28th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
3G does not work everywhere.
The battery may still not be replaceable.
The keyboard may still be behind the glass.
Possibly, no expandable memory.
Possibly, no offline storage for GPS maps.
It will not be free.
You will have to pay for the product up front.
Most likely there will be a contract.
It may only come in one color.
There will be restrictions.
People, like me will upgrade their first gen iPhone.
There are still other phones out there, you think are better.
There are phones out there that may be able to do more.
The iPhone killer is coming.

The last one makes me laugh. The iPhone killer has been out there for years. I had a Samsung sph-300 from Sprint, YEARS ago. It was cool, but useless. I agree, the iPhone is not revolutionary in the fact of the type of phone it is. Touch screen phones are nothing new. It's how Apple integrated the ipod/internet, and made it so easy to use.

@ DrXym

Did you get your education for FREE too? I alway thought Apple "is" onto a winner with the iPhone. And, Apple "has" untapped a rich market of suckers. I can understand why you would go for the free phone, who would want you as their doctor.

BTW, I will be upgrading my iPhone when the new one comes out. I think it's worth it.]]>Apr 28th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/Prepare now, All you bashers. I'll help you:
The battery may still not be replaceable.
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Thanks, you saved me typing that. I was getting tired of repeating (what should be) common sense. As we know, Apple hasn't worked out remote control battery covers yet. They are working on replicating the technology.


Oh and offline maps or death by phonebill!
Also no restrictions please.
Different colours.
And make it free!

Why am I posting in a phone thread? I have a 4 year-old phone with no desire to replace it....

oops...
:) ]]>Apr 28th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/28/foxconn-wins-3g-iphone-contract-3-million-units-shipping-in-jun/
As for the maps, it won't kill your phone bill. There is unlimited data with the plan. The problem with that is if you have no service, what good will GPS be with no maps to download. I hope Apple has thought about this. I know that there is no 3G or 2 (2.5?) for the matter, in lots of NH, ME, and VT. They did skip the replaceable battery, after all.

It doesn't matter what they come out with. No one will be satisfied. There will be people there to say there is something better. Next, people will complain that it can point you to the nearest prostitute. Or, it won't let you share the hidden cam porn you just made of your girl cheating on you, on YouTube. ]]>Apr 28th 2008 10:50AM