To tumultuous applause at the WWDC 08 conference in San Francisco USA, on Monday the 9th of June 2008, Steve Jobs announced the release of the much anticipated new iPhone, dubbed the iPhone 3G. The new iPhone 3G is being launched in 22 countries initially, on the 11th of July, including South Africa a little later, at a maximum retail price of $199.00 everywhere.
3G, GPS, full enterprise support, a smooth sexy back, in plastic this time, and most importantly global availability, all at half the price, this is the phenomenon of the Apple iPhone. Steven Jobs summed it up in his address, “We’ve learned so much with the first iPhone. We’ve taken everything we’ve learned and more and created the iPhone 3G. It’s beautiful. This is what it looks like. “Black back! “Thinner at the edges. Full plastic back, it’s really nice.”
Apple appears to have pulled out all the stops on this new phone. The basic specs include a flush headphone jack, so all headphones should now work. Full 3G support, built in A-GPS, using both satellites and Cell Phone towers, Wi-Fi, a huge variety of applications available on the iTunes store, which should be available in all countries the phone is sold in, including South Africa. Full mapping services with location based application are also featured, and Steve Jobs maintained that mapping and GPS is the next big thing, with huge potential.
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Mattew
I have this phone at a low price. I have 10 units and all of them are brand new seald in box and warranty from manufacturer.
you can reach me at matttphillip@yahoo.com
Aug 7th, 2008
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