Update June 9, 2008: Apple announced today that the Apple Iphone has been pushed back to July 11, 2008.
The new Apple Iphone release date has been announced! It will correspond with the one year anniversary of the wildly successful initial Iphone launch. (edit: I somehow forgot to add the date initially! The date for the new Iphone release is June 27, 2008 as of right now.) This phone version will be ready to run on AT&T’s much faster 3G network. Allowing for faster internet speeds. Also according to sources, a few weeks prior to the release of the new Apple Iphone, Apple will remove all remaining stock from the market to help boost demand.
These new Iphones will be available in 8 gigabytes and 16 gigabytes. Now here is the best news. In an effort to help boost demand, AT&T will be footing $200 of the cost. What does this mean? This means that instead of paying $399 for the 8 GB Iphone or $499 for the 16 GB, you will only have to pay $199 or $299 respectively. This deal will only be available for those who are signing NEW two year contracts with AT&T. This offer WILL NOT be available at the Apple Stores. At least not as of right now.
My two cents
While I am happy about the price dropping on anything, at my store the number one requested phone is the Iphone. Now the last time I saw a demand for a phone was when the original Motorola V3 Razr was first released. It was initially $500. Then the price drops occured and soon everyone had one making it Motorola’s best selling phone of all time. However the market is oversaturated with Motorola Razrs. The same fate awaits the Apple Iphone I am afraid.
Everyone wants one, and soon everyone will be able to afford one. (Not to mention 25% of unlocked Apple Iphones that are on the market.) From a consumer standpoint, that is exciting news as I would never pay more than $150 for a phone. I don’t care what it was but that is just me. Soon the Apple Iphone will hit mainstream status, then no one will want it anymore. Maybe. The thing about Steve Jobs, and Apple, he just may find a way to keep everyone coming back for more.
All I ask is that you comment on my blog!
I typically try to avoid free software, with the exception of open source like Gimp, Inkscape, etc…, because I believe you get what you pay for in most instances. However my wife bought an Apple Iphone a few days ago and wanted to get it unlocked so she could use it with T-Mobile.
So she went to ebay and found some software a guy was selling, which turned out to be free if we knew where to look, and bought this software. Well I am giving away this info for free! I tried it for myself and was able to successfully able to unlock my wifes Iphone.
Now a word of caution, I first downloaded it to my laptop which had Vista on it and had some issues. I then downloaded it to my Windows XP laptop and it worked like a charm. This is the easist software I have ever used for Iphone unlocking. Just do me a favor, in return for me providing this freebie to you, could you just comment on my blog. Thats all I ask!
Now without further delay here is the site, Ziphone.org