QUOTE (Kurosaki Ichigo @ Apr 15 2008, 03:02 PM)

QUOTE (ReverendNash @ Apr 15 2008, 07:30 AM)

I believe the G3 is scheduled for release this summer
Is that a software update? I'm really unsure as to what the G3 problem is with the iphone. My current phone has it, and I knew that the iphone didn't. I just wasn't sure as to why, like is it a hardware or software kinda deal. The G3 broadband support is what's been keeping me from getting an iphone, but if they're getting it this summer or hopefully sometime this year I'm definitely using the service deposit I'm getting back this fall to grab an iphone.
If I remember correctly it should be a hardware upgrade, though I don't expect the external features to change at all, it's a really nice design in both form and function. Right now the phone uses either a WiFi connection or EDGE for internet connectivity, where-as the G3 iPhone will have broadband connection. Really, it's just going to increase web speeds, hooray for wireless broadband. Of course the EDGE connectivity does its job quite well, and though it's not as fast as broadband, it's still a decent connection speed. The "problem" that Apple has been having thus far with the G3 model is battery life. The first G3 iPhone functional test models were averaging 4-5 hour battery life, as opposed to the 50+ hour life on the current model. It's also been rumored that there will be another significant price drop along the time that the G3 is dropped...of course, they could just drop the price on the older ones to clear out warehouses full of phones and parts to make way for the newer version.
Again, I'm not completely positive on all this, but I'm fairly sure that that's what's going on.