June 9, 2008 WWDC 2008 Keynote Announcing 3G iPhone
- New 3G iPhone: “Twice the speed, half the price” – Details on U.S. Apple Website here (Canadian details here)
- Launching on July 11: in Canada (on Rogers and Fido networks) and 23 other new countries
- 3G Speeds Approaching wifi Speeds: U.S. details here (Canadian details here)
- Lower Pricing (U.S. pricing – hardware price identical in Canada)
- $199 for 8MB iPhone (to put this in context the 8MB iPhone launched at $599 just last year and was $399 up to today )
- $299 for 16GB
- $30/ month for U.S. Consumers AT&T unlimited data plan (on top of voice contract).
- $45/month for U.S. Business Users.
- [June 28 Update: Disappointing Canadian tiered data plan announced – see details)
- Built in GPS: Satellite GPS supplemented by data from cell towers. U.S. details here (Canadian details here)
- Increased Battery Life:
- 300 hours (6 weeks) standby
- 24 hours audio (music/podcasts)
- 7 hours video
- 5-6 hours 3G surfing
- 5 hours 3G talk (10 hours 2G talk)
- no GPS battery details yet
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