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WWDC 2009 Reality Check 2.0: iPhone 3G vs. 3G S

Jun. 9, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

But wait, there's more.

Apple has published a handy chart comparing the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 3G S. As you might expect, it does not clearly portray some key problems.

  • First, existing iPhone 3G customers cannot upgrade to a 3G S for $199 or $299. Those prices are for new customers only. You will pay $599 or $699. Yeah, really.
  • Amazingly, several software features Apple showed off yesterday will arbitrarily not be made available to other iPhone users. These include Voice Control and Compass. What??

Also...

Tethering, a feature of iPhone Software Update 3.0, will not be made available in the US. (Thanks AT&T.) If it happens later, it will be after AT&T adds a more expensive data plan.

MMS, another feature of iPhone Software Update 3.0, will also not be made available in the US.

The white iPhone 3G is being discontinued. If you want a white phone, you have to get a 3G S. (Not a huge deal, just pointing it out.)

By the way, was anyone else amused at the sly way Apple "countered" the Palm Pre's useful and easy-to-use multitasking capabilities? In the iPhone 3G S Guided Tour video, the commentator notes, "The first thing you'll notice is how quickly you can launch all your applications, return to the home screen, and then launch another one. Or jump between apps using embedded links." See! It's just like multitasking!

Ah well.

Discuss this Article 209

slimshadey
on Jun 10, 2009
@shark here is a perfect example of Mike and his Apple problem. http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/06/08/proof-th... Mike is clearly the first one to bring Apple into the discussion and in a negative way. This is black and white proof of his mental illness.
Dipsh t Admin
on Jun 10, 2009
"Mikegalos... five posts in a row. Wow. YOU need a hobby outside of this site." Hmm, in this thread, you could replace with Mikegalos with quite a few other posters here and you could say the same thing. "I guess someone is gonna start the next thread with a comment about how mikegalos will be the first to comment about Apple. There will be another one that compares MS unfavorably to Apple, using mikegalos' expected remarks about Apple as an excuse. There will probably be a third that bashes mikegalos for his views about Apple. A fourth about his beard. And so on..." Hmm, seems like Deja Vu all over again.
tayme
on Jun 10, 2009
@sharky - I don't see that. In fact, in this thread the first post mentioning mikegalos was nearly 30 minutes after his first 2 posts...which actually were not that bad. It got really bad after mikegalos started playing his dishonest little word game regarding Mac OS X transitioning to OS X. --tayme
tayme
on Jun 10, 2009
But really - is it healthy to despise a company so much? That is just being simple minded. --tayme
subzerohitman721
on Jun 10, 2009
Paul, The information on ths blog post is half incorrect. Here are my sources. http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574 Upgrade Price: $399 (16GB) and $499 (32GB) MMS will be available late summer. http://www.wireless.att.com/iphone/ Scroll down to messages. Did you see the same WWDC keynote that I did. I may not like Apple's marketing, but lying about services that will be offered is truely disappointing and shameful. Looks like I'll be visiting Ars and ZDnet more of then than here. This really compromises your integrity and you should apologize to users for your mistakes or choice to display false information.
panache1023
on Jun 10, 2009
Paul is a LIAR! This is libel!
Mum
on Jun 10, 2009
"This is black and white proof of his mental illness." That's pretty harsh. He's a hater, just as some people are fanbois. The same goes for Paul.
shark47
on Jun 10, 2009
@tayme, who cares who created threads. Really. At this point, it really doesn't matter. I don't understand why that argument has to span three comment threads. If Microsoft did create threads, it probably adds a little more proof to suggest that Microsoft is one of the most innovative companies out there. If not, it doesn't really hurt Microsoft's reputation. Someone needs to back down, but no one will. It's not mike alone.
shark47
on Jun 10, 2009
"Mike is clearly the first one to bring Apple into the discussion and in a negative way. This is black and white proof of his mental illness." Considering that there are a lot of people that bring Microsoft into the discussion in a very negative way too, I guess most people here are deranged.

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