Comments on: Thrilled About The SDK… But What does It Mean For the 3G iPhone?

By: patrick

patrick — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:16:48 +0000

thedevguy – as far as I know, the V1 iPhone does not have a 3G chip, so it is not possible for a firmware update to make it 3G capable. That’s my understanding anyway – it is not physically capable of doing 3G …

By: thedevguy

thedevguy — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:05:17 +0000

I’ve had some difficulty trying to find the answer to this. Maybe one your readers has the answer. When the 3G iPhone is released, is that a new model due to the fact it has a different radio technology within the phone? OR is it a firmware upgrade?

If its the latter, then if I buy an iPhone today, it would mean whenever the 3G release came, I wouldn’t have to buy a new model. It would be “included” in the 2.5G of today and just “unlocked” later on.

This sort of scenario happened with the MacBook Pro laptop. We found out that the WiFi was actually n capable and we just had to enable it.

Hope someone with more 3G knowledge can shed some light here.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:24:52 +0000

I think I can hold out on the 3G iPhone until October/November. But I’ve got a device upgrade coming in June/July when its time to renew my contract (which I know I will). The big question is … what device to buy, to sit on the shelf while my iPhone comes along with me.

By: patrick

patrick — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:58:57 +0000

Great, thanks Dan – I had worked my thinking round to June being likely,as all the App Store goodness would be the perfect way to soften the blow for Gen1 owners – way to put a serious dent in my optimism 🙂

I know one thing for sure – we will all keep talking and speculating on this subject an enormous amount between here and … whenever they hit us with an announcement. I’d be surprised if they don’t get it out for the holiday season this year at least though …