The S stands for 'Spensive
The question: Are these features worth $200?
Now, to answer your question, I can't pretend my phone is just broken because the iPhone has a water submersion sensor -- which has been tripped on my phone.
Overall, what it means it that I can get a non-warranty replacement iPhone 3G for $199. Or I can upgrade to the iPhone 3GS for $399.
Should I? (Fortunately, I'm not going to have time to do anything about it for a little while. So I have plenty of time to mull it over, or look for the money.)
- An additional 8GB of storage
- A digital compass (which improves the map experience)
- Decreased loading times (a faster processor)
- Faster Internet speed (faster data network)
- Video
- A 3 megapixel camera with auto-focus and select-focus
- Voice control (hands-free dialing and song loading)
- Headphones with a built-in remote
- Improved battery life
Now, to answer your question, I can't pretend my phone is just broken because the iPhone has a water submersion sensor -- which has been tripped on my phone.
Overall, what it means it that I can get a non-warranty replacement iPhone 3G for $199. Or I can upgrade to the iPhone 3GS for $399.
Should I? (Fortunately, I'm not going to have time to do anything about it for a little while. So I have plenty of time to mull it over, or look for the money.)
Labels: Mark
posted by M S Martinez at 6/08/2009 02:23:00 PM
9 Comments:
Option 1: The additional features aren't worth it. 200 dollars is a lot of money, I don't see anything that isn't a marginal improvement besides the camera.. not worth it. Replace with the old phone.
Option 2: Stop buying apple products, there are equally functional and cheaper alternatives. The G1 is a great phone, and you can use skype lite to save minutes. AT&T is a lame company with bad customer service. Maybe try:
Free crackberry w/ contract
better durability, wifi, gps, turn by turn directions, fast internet, edits word/excel files, bluetooth (to do anything wireless, mic, headphone, sync), 3.2 mp camera+crappy video, blah blah. It is a good phone, internet is supposedly fast (Garcia has one I've messed with) although not 3G.
According to this it is $(175 - 5*months) to cancel your contract, where months is how many you've been on contract.. so getting the new blackberry with a new t-mobile contract is cheaper than replacing your iphone.
If you're satisfied with the 8GB iPhone you have (had), I'd stick with the 3G. $200 is a lot of money if those features don't mean much to you.
I think you'd be crazy to switch to T-Mobile: Their coverage sucks ass and their customer service is hit or miss. If I were going to leave AT&T, I'd get a Blackberry from Verizon (they've got some good deals too, no doubt).
The G1 is rad, no doubt, but T-Mobile's coverage is too weak to make it a viable option for someone who needs to be able to rely on their cell phone. The service may be okay in SLC, but in NY, Portland, Chicago, and tons of other cities I visited with my T-Mobile Pearl, it was practically worthless.
Given that my 16GB iPhone hasn't been dropped in the potty, my question is whether the new iPhone features are worth upgrading for. Not sure what I could get for my old one on the eBayz...
For me the only thing I could justify upgrading for would be the new processor.
Wow the camera is better, still if I really want to take pictures of anything I'd better have a real camera, one with a flash perhaps.
Video. . . can't see myself using that too much.
Hands free dialing is kinda cool, but not 400 bucks cool. Same with battery life.
So the question, for me, is do I really spend that much time waiting for the processor? I don't really think so, I think I spend more time waiting for the data network.
And Logan and I were talking about this last night, why aren't they subsidizing for current att contract holders? Why can't I go in and say, I'll take another 2 years of contract if you take 2 hundy off the price?
agree with andy re: g1, except i don't really like the web browser, and i agree with ben re: tmobile.
oh and mark: i don't know if you inferred my advice, but i'd stick with the 3g. (even if they subsidized i don't think i'd personally buy a 3gs)
For me the upgrade price would only really be $200, since I have to replace my current iPhone.
And, oddly, the $399 for the 16gb 3GS is actually the subsidized price for current iPhone users. The contract free price is $599.
And I agree that the processor and data speed networks are probably the biggest sellers. I won't use video. Although I will use the camera a lot (especially since my real camera recently stopped working). Though I could buy a new, real camera with the price difference.
Really, right now, I think it all comes down to whether our condo closes quickly enough that we'll get the $6,000. But more on that later.
Wait so if I get a new contract I pay 199, if I re-up my contract I pay 399?
Nice.
AT&T is simply the worst.
No MMS for another couple of months? $70 for internet tethering (which they still haven't enabled)? 10 MB network download limit? No Slingbox support over 3G?
The non-subsidized pricing for current iPhone users was just the icing on the cake.
Apple looked liked they wanted to embarrass AT&T during the Keynote. Why else would they display all of the international carriers that have their networks in order?
Honestly, the 3GS doesn't look worth the price at this point.
This is a really great breakdown:
http://bit.ly/sGVbZ
Macro and focus features are most attractive to me, along with the faster processor. I'll prolly wait. Even if I can get $300 for my current phone, it's too much to pay for a simple upgrade. I'd say $200 out of pocket would be my breaking point.
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