NYTimes Speculates On the Next iPhone

Achromatic1978 writes "The NYT has a story on the next revision of the iPhone, and discusses what will become of the iPhone, now that the hype is starting to slow (Jobs goal for 2008 was ten million iPhones sold — as of the first quarter, only 1.7 million have left the shelves). The WWDC is the rumored release date for a next version, and Jobs has promised that this year will see a 3G iPhone released."

Comments

Re:So much more data

[Anonymous Coward]

The iPhone users use 30x the data of others. That's because Mobile Safari is about 30x better than the competition. The "30x the data of other users" includes the vast majority of users who don't have data plans at all, so you should have said: That's because iPhone users all have data plans. Yes but user with no data plan = 0. So 30x that doesn't work out so well now does it, smarty pants.

Re:I'll tell you why

[SoupIsGoodFood_42]

Or perhaps it's more because of reasons such as Apple wanting to re-invent voice mail and AT&T were the only people who would agree to do some work on their end for a change. I have no trouble believing that many of the carriers simply didn't share Steve Job's vision and didn't think the iPhone would be as popular as it has been. I mean, we are talking about American cellphone carriers here -- perhaps you are forgetting that? But I'm sure you prefer to blame it on Evil Jobs, either way.

Never Getting It

[RenoGeek]

You know what the problem with the iPhone is? The novelty just isn't there... My g/f got one a couple weeks ago, and she spent the first week convincing people that her iPhone in her purse wasn't a tampon. Seriously. And she doesn't ever use it to listen to music because the battery life on it doesn't compare to her iPod. Another big issue is the ridiculous price that we're being charged. I mean, I just renewed my contract with AT&T and when I saw that they cost more than an iPod with the same amount of HD space... WITH a 2-year contract??? No thanks. I got an LG CU720, cost me about $300 less, the camera on it takes better quality pics, and it actually fits in my pocket. GG Apple.