Get cheap Iphone 3Gs now...or wait for 4G?

[Guest db99wj]

Wouldn't that be handled at the OS level, not at the app level?

From what I understand, the new OS will handle it, if the app has it.

I could be completely wrong, since I am not a tech guy and a newbie.

[Capbyrd]

Yeah I think the app would need the capability built into it. Lots of updates expected.

To the OP, after seeing all the new stuff, iPhone 4 or bust!

[Guest gw2and4]

If history is any indicator, the new OS will allow all the new features supported by the older hardware to run them. Best thing to do is await the new code, which I think will be available June 21.

Since the WWDC'10 keynote has already passed, we can find out more info at Apple - iPhone - New features in the iOS 4 Software Update.

[Capbyrd]

Yep. iPhone 3GS will allow almost every iPhone 4 feature. Facetime is one that I think will not be supported. iPhone 3G is going to get the shaft with no multitasking though. BOO! Oh well. My upgrade is in September. I'll just upgrade then!

[Il Duce]

what a complete bust of a phone. i just watched the stupid press conference and it left me yawning. time to hit up sprint

[Guest db99wj]

Yep. iPhone 3GS will allow almost every iPhone 4 feature. Facetime is one that I think will not be supported. iPhone 3G is going to get the shaft with no multitasking though. BOO! Oh well. My upgrade is in September. I'll just upgrade then!

Actually you won't have to wait, I have read from several places, that if you can upgrade as far out as November, you will be allowed to go ahead and do it.

[Guest gw2and4]

Yep. iPhone 3GS will allow almost every iPhone 4 feature. Facetime is one that I think will not be supported. iPhone 3G is going to get the shaft with no multitasking though. BOO! Oh well. My upgrade is in September. I'll just upgrade then!

If your contract is up within 2010, AT&T is offering immediate upgrade eligibility. That per Steve Jobs during the WWDC keynote. An easy choice for me as a 3G user and with a broken screen no less. Just sayin'...

[Guest db99wj]

I just wish I knew when the upgrade is available. They say "coming soon" but have a definitive date for the release of the new phone. Come on, gimmy gimmy gimmy!

[gnmwilliams]

I just wish I knew when the upgrade is available. They say "coming soon" but have a definitive date for the release of the new phone. Come on, gimmy gimmy gimmy!

June 24th. Preorders start the 15th.

-Edit: Sorry if you're talking about the OS update then I have no clue.

Edited June 7, 2010 by gnmwilliams

[Guest gw2and4]

I just wish I knew when the upgrade is available. They say "coming soon" but have a definitive date for the release of the new phone. Come on, gimmy gimmy gimmy!

They said June 21 I think during the keynote. But double check me on that. It definitely has been set though. Amuses me how we get when new toys are on the horizon. We become like 6-year-olds who can't wait a week or two.

[Capbyrd]

Usually, the update won't come out until the phone does.

I haven't had time to watch the keynote so I didn't know that about the upgrades. Well I guess I will be getting one in July then. Maybe august. I'm not really in a hurry and I know how quickly these things sell out.

[Guest db99wj]

I'm just talking about the OS update. It's done, they have released it to "testers"....it works...come on Apple...release! Come on, come on, come oooonnnnnnnn!

Yep, the 6yr old comes out of us at times!

[gnmwilliams]

Is it bad that I switched my day off to coincide with the release?

[Capbyrd]

Thats what I am talking about too. They usually release the OS update on the phone's release date.

[Daniel]

Not this time. iOS4 is June 21st.

[Capbyrd]

Not this time. iOS4 is June 21st.

Within the same timeline though. I originally wrote "within a week of" but edited it. Bottom line is that we are still a couple of weeks out.

[Fallguy]

All i(devices phone/pad/touch) can upgrade to the iOS 4 free on June 21

Multi-tasking will work on a iPhone 3Gs but not a 3G.

Of course some iOS 4 features that require an iPhone 4 will not work on a 3G/3Gs/Pad/Touch

As said before iPhone 4 Pre-orders June 15 Ship on June 24 16gb $199 or 32gb $299

If your AT&T contract expires anytime in 2010 you can upgrade to iPhone 4

Now for me....I did not get a 3Gs so whatever I do I will have to get the 2gb or 200mb data plan.

I can get a refurbed HTC Tilt 2 for free as an upgrade. I have a Dell Axim now (don't use it as much as I used to) so it would be sort of like putting my current phone and current PDA together...or get the iPhone 4. Of course the biggest difference (to me) is the price. If I had and extra $300...then no question.

So will have to see what the wallet looks like between now and then I guess...

[Guest 73challenger]

I wouldn't buy the cheap 3Gs. I bought a 3G right when the 3GS came out and have been kicking myself for not waiting a couple weeks!

[Fallguy]

I wouldn't buy the cheap 3Gs. I bought a 3G right when the 3GS came out and have been kicking myself for not waiting a couple weeks!

Well I think a 3Gs with the iOS 4 softward would be closer to a iPhone 4 than the 3G was to the 3Gs (if that makes any sense).

But a 3Gs is $99...so if I was going to do that...would go a bit more and the the 4...

[Capbyrd]

Fallguy,

Read this!

Apple's iPhone 4: What Buyers Need to Know | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

[gnmwilliams]

Don't know if this will help those who are still out past 2010 for their upgrades but a friend of mine whose contract doesn't expire till August 2011 just called AT&T and they said they will give him $200 off the $499 or $599 no contract pricing of the new Iphones if he renews for two more years. So basically he'd have to pay just $100 more to get either one early. Not too bad if you really really want one.

[Fallguy]

Fallguy,

Read this!

Apple's iPhone 4: What Buyers Need to Know | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Thanks, I'll check it out...

Don't know if this will help those who are still out past 2010 for their upgrades but a friend of mine whose contract doesn't expire till August 2011 just called AT&T and they said they will give him $200 off the $499 or $599 no contract pricing of the new Iphones if he renews for two more years. So basically he'd have to pay just $100 more to get either one early. Not too bad if you really really want one.

Hmmm...I heard on the news this morning that it would be $200 more than the upgrade price to get one early....who knows...lol Thankfully I am due for an upgrade

[memphismason]

I have a 3gs and my wife has a 3g that we bought used from a friend. Her battery is worn out and we will be getting her the new 4 at the end of this month. She is pretty excited.

[Fallguy]

Well pre-ordered an iPhone 4 yesterday.

Of course I missed the first round, so it shows it won't ship until July 14...