Apple says 3G iPhone with EVDO in 2008?

Alex

TheStreet has an article about an interview between iPhone product chief Greg Joswiak and RBC analyst Mike Abramsky:

"two possible additions to the iPhone family: a cheaper $349 to $399 model possibly by Christmas, and a faster 3G phone sometime next year."

full article is available at this page on thestreet.com

deparson · EVDO Junkie Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 248

By then Sprint will be rolling out 4G Smile

geolama · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 18

The 3G will most likely by HSDPA and not EVDO. AT&T is supposed to have a multi-year exclusivity agreement with Apple.

If the iPhone can survive long enough we might see an EVDO (Rev C, with luck) model by the end of the decade.

Mackieman · EVDO Junkie Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 490

I would be willing to bet that he means GSM 3G, or UMTS/HSDPA. Due to Apple's contract with AT&T, I don't think we'll see a CDMA version until 2010 or later.

jackrodgers · EVDO Addict Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 1131

Apple Computer has made some blunders in the past but in the past few years has been fairly right on under Steve Jobs.

The first Apple portable was a few years behind the PC laptops and was black and white while everyone else was doing color. It was big, heavy and soon supplanted by the lightest portable on the market and its slightly heavier brethern. Again, B&W. Soon color came with the 180.

Now I use, after buying almost a dozen different Apple Laptops, a MacBook Pro which leaves little to be desired other than better cooling.

The first iPhone was remarkable but a significant blunder in choice of Telcos. Now that the initial buying frenzy is over and people are beginning to realize this problem, sales should drop and not meet sales projections. Apple will rebound and improve as it always does.

Think of how dreary the PC world would be if there never was an Apple Computer to lead the way and show folks how to do stuff!

Anyway, I wonder if Apple can deliver a second device different enough from the iPhone so that it could join hands with Sprint and Verizon. Hope AT&T wasn't that constricting in their contract.

xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2003

The hype appears to be over as Apple is rumored to cut iPhone production in half of original plans.

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/01/aapl-hammered-yesterday-on-iphone-production-rumors/

If iPhone were more like a true PDA with the noted problems addressed, I think it would have a much broader appeal. Apple will keep at it and will get it right in 2nd or 3rd gen. But they are becoming a proprietary company that steers users to Apple-sponsored content, which I don't think they can do successfully for much longer.

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xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2003

Fair enough, it is a rumor. But media creates hype and media kills hype, typically on perception. The iPhone hype appears to be over.

macinfosys · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject:

macinfosys · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject:

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jackrodgers · EVDO Addict Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 1131

Looked at carefully the iPhone is a multi-personality device:

A) Works as a cell phone just as quickly as any other telco.

B) Works as a cell phone connecting to the internet slower than other telcos.

C) Connects to the internet via wifi without need of the cell phone connection which isn't done by many cellphones, say two or three, at this time.

D) Connects to your local network or computers via wifi. See C.

E) Other stuff of which I am unaware.

F) Runs Mac OS X. No other phone does that.

Anyone who uses a Mac knows how easy connectivity is to PC networks, etc.

Since recent news shows the government becoming more and more interested in open networks, portability and such, in a few years the world around us might be different with the telcos being required to accept any phone that works and is certified OK and to easily transfer phone numbers, etc. Remember what greate leaps phone systems took when the big bells were broken up (and have since gobbled up the little ones)? Or perhaps better, free roaming.

I think Congress is even looking at these forced 2 year contracts. We may see lower connection prices but bring your own device.

Oh, as soon as the sales dry up for the iPhone because of using AT&T, Apple will force a change.

jackrodgers · EVDO Addict Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 1131

mhtyler · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 133

The advantage of iPhone for we who have EVDO will become clear in about 18 months when manufacturers move in with copycat devices. Quite often apple gets beat at its own game by clones.

The fact is, the ipod is not necessarily the best mp3 player out there, and the Mac is what spurred Microsoft to finally move Windows into the 21st century.

Often the fallout from apple is more useful than Apple products themselves.

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jackrodgers · EVDO Addict Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 1131

By now most people should be aware of the new iPod Touch: Looks like and iPhone but isn't. An iPod with all of the iPhone stuff except cellular. And a lot less expensive.

Maybe Apple can get around the Cingular problem with an iPhone EVDO?

And as far as Apple's demands, don't forget the anarchy that reigns in the Windows world vs. the stability, of sorts, and plug and play that Apple maintains. We'll downplay for the moment those trying times...