3G, GPS, industry-leading battery life, tons of new apps, and at exactly one-third the price of the first model. It’ll even handle WordPress, according to Gizmodo. You’re advised to follow the last link and cruise through their liveblog (especially for info on the battery) since Apple’s page is getting slammed right now, but if you want to brave the traffic click the image below.
Minor disappointment: No video chat, as had been rumored.
Update: I haven’t seen it explicitly stated that it’ll support Flash, but Gizmodo notes a special iPhone page that debuted today from Major League Baseball featuring updated video highlights from games, so I’m guessing yes.
Update: Per Dvice, AT&T says 3G will run you $30/month. Note: That’s in addition to the phone plan. I have the cheapest package for the iPhone, with $20/month Edge connectivity, and it costs about $70/month all told.
Update: Is that all there is, Gizmodo readers wonder. My brother called a little while ago to complain along the same lines — no camera improvement, no video recording, no MMS, even. Yeah, it’s 3G, and yeah, it has GPS, but that’s it. It’s really more iPhone v1.5 than 2.0. Which I guess explains the price break: They’re worried that people who dropped $600 on the first iPhone won’t be ready to drop another $600 so soon if they tricked out the new model, so they decided to go halfway, cut the price way down to make it irresistible to suckers like me, and then next year they’ll roll out another upgraded model with the extra trimmings, again at a lower-than-expected price.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member