iPhone 3G
The fact that the new iPhone 3G has been presented on Monday is definitely a breaking news. Like said in the presentation, the iPhone has revolutionized what most people think of what is a mobile phone. But, for most of us, it’s a gadget. By qualifying it as a gadget, I mean it’s an expensive toy.
Well, it isn’t anymore. One of the big change on the iPhone is its price. Now, for a little less than $200, you can get one of 8Gb. Incredible!! But there are also a lot of interesting new features coming: applications will be easy to install (wasn’t it for hacked one?), and its availability on something like 70 countries.
My opinion is that Apple is just making legal what wasn’t before. You could not install apps, you could not have it in your country, you could not have it for a decent price. It seems that the customer get what he wants at the end. And I think that there will other big moves on iPhone in the next years. Apple will live thanks to that.
Now. Will I buy one? I still do not know. I was very excited on Monday but, from what I’ve read, it seems that there will be other chains: activation done at the store. I do not believe I’ll buy a $200 phone that will make me pay $1,200 to a carrier for the next year. Certainly not!
And this drive me to the fact that I’m not sure that the new version of the iPhone will be a success. Jailed iPhone will never be. And I’ve not read anything that drives me to confident that this new one will not be. On the contrary. I think Apple will be something permissive for carrier to jail people with contracts. I hate that! But it’s a tradition in Apple. Can’t Mac OSX run on any laptop? Of course it can, but they do not want to. Could the iPhone be free of any chain? Of course it could, but, again, Apple do not want.
