As expected, Steve Jobs has announced the much anticipated 3G iPhone during his keynote address at WWDC today. The new device comes as an update to the current iteration of the iPhone, which did not have 3G. 3G will enable much faster browsing speeds than the current iPhone. Continue reading for an extensive gallery, and a full overview of the device.
According to Steve Jobs “it’s very nice”. We all knew that, but what makes it very nice? Well how does solid metal buttons, a flush headphone jack, gloss black, 3G, a better “feel”, better call quality, and a thinner iPhone sound? Well that is what you will be getting with this new device. Those are not all Apple is updating though, not by a long shot.
They also added GPS to the iPhone, a feature many had desperately hoped for. Over the next few months this new iteration of the iPhone will be available in 70 countries, including Canada, Mexico, and Sweden.
The price will be $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model. The device will also come in white, and will be the same price the world around. The new iPhone will be available July 11th. Though I would not expect to be able to get one without a fight.
- 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches (115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm)
- 4.7 ounces (133 grams)
- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), UMTS / HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- 300hrs standby, 8-10hrs 2G talk, 5hrs 3G talk, 7hrs video playback, 24hrs audio playback
- AT&T data plans: personal $30 (on top of voice), business $45 (on top of voice) with two year agreement
- Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US will get the iPhone 3G on July 11th
More details at Apple’s official page here.