There are so many reasons that this could be nothing more than a rumour I would be here all day. However the most obvious one is why would apple spend money on something that reduces the battery life of a device you are already selling bucketloads of for only a few months now?
My two year old LG 3G phone has more than a week standby time and 3.5 hours talk time, the huge LCD (backlight) draws far more power then a decent 3G radio
Because a lot more people (like me) won't buy it until it has 3G?
It's a testament to the iPhone's slick interface that people bought it despite the outdated 2.5G radio - but it's still a tiny slice of the hundreds of millions of phone-owners who *haven't* bought one yet.
"However the most obvious one is why would apple spend money on something that reduces the battery life of a device you are already selling bucketloads of for only a few months now?"
Because it's flopped (relatively speaking) in countries like the UK and Germany where 3G is ubiquitous.
@Namarrgon You are in a smaller group than you think. Most people don't even know what 3g is. They don't know what Edge is. They just know that they can get the internet on their iPhone, and it looks like (for the most part) the internet on their computer. There may be a lot of tech nerds (no offense, this includes me too) out there waiting for a 3g iPhone, but the average consumer knows little and cares less.
"Because it's flopped (relatively speaking) in countries like the UK and Germany where 3G is ubiquitous"
It flopped because not many people are willing to pay £270 when they're used to getting the latest mobiles for free (or close to it) adding 3G isn't exactly going to bring the price down either
@insertAlias, A fair comment. However, the growing number of people who use their phone for email, web-browsing and even just sending MMS pics to their friends can still tell the difference between "slow" and "fast".
Apple obviously aren't going to mention this difference, but you can bet every other 3G phone manufacturer will.
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There are so many reasons that this could be nothing more than a rumour I would be here all day. However the most obvious one is why would apple spend money on something that reduces the battery life of a device you are already selling bucketloads of for only a few months now?
because its convenient to have less talk time and more internet?
My two year old LG 3G phone has more than a week standby time and 3.5 hours talk time, the huge LCD (backlight) draws far more power then a decent 3G radio
Because a lot more people (like me) won't buy it until it has 3G?
It's a testament to the iPhone's slick interface that people bought it despite the outdated 2.5G radio - but it's still a tiny slice of the hundreds of millions of phone-owners who *haven't* bought one yet.
"However the most obvious one is why would apple spend money on something that reduces the battery life of a device you are already selling bucketloads of for only a few months now?"
Because it's flopped (relatively speaking) in countries like the UK and Germany where 3G is ubiquitous.
@Namarrgon
You are in a smaller group than you think. Most people don't even know what 3g is. They don't know what Edge is. They just know that they can get the internet on their iPhone, and it looks like (for the most part) the internet on their computer. There may be a lot of tech nerds (no offense, this includes me too) out there waiting for a 3g iPhone, but the average consumer knows little and cares less.
"Because it's flopped (relatively speaking) in countries like the UK and Germany where 3G is ubiquitous"
It flopped because not many people are willing to pay £270 when they're used to getting the latest mobiles for free (or close to it) adding 3G isn't exactly going to bring the price down either
@insertAlias,
A fair comment. However, the growing number of people who use their phone for email, web-browsing and even just sending MMS pics to their friends can still tell the difference between "slow" and "fast".
Apple obviously aren't going to mention this difference, but you can bet every other 3G phone manufacturer will.