I disagree. It's expensive, no doubt about it. I think you can break contract and sell your now out of contract phone and break even. Regardless, there are plenty of people out there that make enough money or use their current iPhone enough to justify any upgrade to this product line with or without contract breaking. I'm too broke to be one of them but the speed increases are welcomed.
WOW bold statment .... I say your an idiot I sold my white 3G unlocked and making 100$ while paying $399 heh :) this is a MAJOR upgrade and not just for the camera.....
Yea you could break even, or close to it lol. I am upgrading from the 1st gen iphone so this a big ass upgrade for me. If i had a 3g it might not be that worth it to upgrade. I usually upgrade every 2 generations. But if next year the iphone is totally changed, you damn right I'm getting it somehow.
@Steven Shvartsman, as much as I think hexydes is flame-baiting, and don't really agree with him (I mean I keep buying SE phones, which are basically the same, but oh-so slightly updated), how can YOU say it's a major upgrade?
A faster processor? is it needed? faster 3g? Not many telcos can handle that speed (in the UK at least), anyhow. Better cam? Still not a major upgrade. So, what's so major about the upgrade? The flashing icon?!
unlocked iPhones 3G 16GB are going for over $500 on eBay craigslist and etc... People are just funny, oh cuz it looks the same as 3G its not a major upgrade? this is the big upgrade higher CPU, RAM, Video Accelaration, 3G Radio, Compass and Camera ? The jump from original iPhone was the small upgrade the only things that were changes was the back of the case and 3G radio and people went crazy for it, but because iPhone 3G S looks the same its not a major upgrade ? Am I missing something here or people are blind and death ?
The 3GS is actually going to have 4G speeds at the end of the summer. the 3G speeds are 3.8 Mbps and the 4G is 7.6 Mbps. What a big upgrade going from the 1st gen iphone with EDGE which is only 200kbps.
@Steven: Currently, no one phone, model to successor, fits the definition of major upgrade. The closest maybe is Nokia embracing touchscreens with the 5800, but that wasn't an upgrade to anything. But to be clear; I'm not knocking Apple, but to say the jump from iP 3G to iP3G s is a major step is like saying me replacing my w880i with a c905i is a major upgrade, because of more memory, better cam, fast chip, accelerometer, etc etc... It's simply not.
@larryryan0824, here in the UK, the constitutes 3.5G speeds, 4G isn't even out yet, but nominal speeds are set to 10Mb/s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4g
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I'm just going to throw this out there: If you currently own an iPhone 3G, and ordered one of these, you're an idiot.
Care to break down the reasoning for your statement?
I disagree. It's expensive, no doubt about it. I think you can break contract and sell your now out of contract phone and break even. Regardless, there are plenty of people out there that make enough money or use their current iPhone enough to justify any upgrade to this product line with or without contract breaking. I'm too broke to be one of them but the speed increases are welcomed.
WOW bold statment .... I say your an idiot I sold my white 3G unlocked and making 100$ while paying $399 heh :) this is a MAJOR upgrade and not just for the camera.....
Yea you could break even, or close to it lol. I am upgrading from the 1st gen iphone so this a big ass upgrade for me. If i had a 3g it might not be that worth it to upgrade. I usually upgrade every 2 generations. But if next year the iphone is totally changed, you damn right I'm getting it somehow.
I'm an idiot huh? I guess you're too stupid to have sold your current 3g for $400? More than makes up for the upgrade.
@Steven
I am doing exactly the same thing. Craigslist FTW!!
@Steven Shvartsman, as much as I think hexydes is flame-baiting, and don't really agree with him (I mean I keep buying SE phones, which are basically the same, but oh-so slightly updated), how can YOU say it's a major upgrade?
A faster processor? is it needed? faster 3g? Not many telcos can handle that speed (in the UK at least), anyhow. Better cam? Still not a major upgrade. So, what's so major about the upgrade? The flashing icon?!
unlocked iPhones 3G 16GB are going for over $500 on eBay craigslist and etc... People are just funny, oh cuz it looks the same as 3G its not a major upgrade? this is the big upgrade higher CPU, RAM, Video Accelaration, 3G Radio, Compass and Camera ? The jump from original iPhone was the small upgrade the only things that were changes was the back of the case and 3G radio and people went crazy for it, but because iPhone 3G S looks the same its not a major upgrade ? Am I missing something here or people are blind and death ?
@Samo so what would justify a major upgrade in your eyes ?
The 3GS is actually going to have 4G speeds at the end of the summer. the 3G speeds are 3.8 Mbps and the 4G is 7.6 Mbps. What a big upgrade going from the 1st gen iphone with EDGE which is only 200kbps.
@Steven: Currently, no one phone, model to successor, fits the definition of major upgrade. The closest maybe is Nokia embracing touchscreens with the 5800, but that wasn't an upgrade to anything. But to be clear; I'm not knocking Apple, but to say the jump from iP 3G to iP3G s is a major step is like saying me replacing my w880i with a c905i is a major upgrade, because of more memory, better cam, fast chip, accelerometer, etc etc... It's simply not.
@larryryan0824, here in the UK, the constitutes 3.5G speeds, 4G isn't even out yet, but nominal speeds are set to 10Mb/s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4g
I didn't think it was either, but the guy at AT&T said it was 4G, so I went with it lol. But he could be wrong.