Should you get an iPhone 3G on July 11? Maybe not

iPhone 3G question mark - should you get it on launch day? What’s this? Am I actually advising iPhone 3G hopefuls against jumping on Apple’s next-generation iPhone bandwagon? Well, yes… kind of.

Here’s the thing. The iPhone 3G is going to be the new hotness, there’s no denying that. But, is the launch-day madness worth the hardware?

iPhone 3G reviews from Walt Mossberg, David Pogue, and Ed Baig are already out (being big-wigs, the “Big Three” can flaunt NDAs with abandon) and they basically sum up the next-generation as a great piece of kit, but much of the improvements to the iPhone lie in the new iPhone 2.0 OS. Enterprise support, AppStore, and other minor changes affect some significant change over the current iPhone and firmware.

Sure, the hardware in the iPhone 3G is a major improvement over the first-generation model. Sure, we’re dying to get our hands on the next-generation handset-kit from Apple. Sure, it’s going to be the hottest thing on your block for the next few months.

But, if you already have an iPhone, and don’t have a religious-like need to get your hands on the iPhone 3G, holding off for a couple days will probably do you some good. If you don’t already have an iPhone, then what’s a couple more days in waiting? You can read up on all the iPhone 3G reviews and get the down-low on the good and the bad before you take the plunge.

If you’re mature enough to keep yourself away for a couple days, then you may want to wait it out. And, all of you avoiding those launch-day lines just means the rest of us that just have to have the latest and greatest immediately will have less of a crowd to deal with – we’re suckers for instant gratification.

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

JonnyBruha

You’re just trying to get more people out of your way tomorrow.
Tom

@JonnyBruha: you’re so right… Nice try Will, see yah in line tomorrow!
Will Park

Damn, you guys caught me red-handed. Oh well….
Lee

No, you shouldn’t, and Apple needs to stop cannibalizing its own products. Take it from a current iphone owner don’t waste your money buy the new Black Berry it’s a better phone. They will just produce another product in like two weeks and make you buy it again. Apple sucks…………..
ben jones

how about you save yourself some $$ and dont buy a piece of crap apple anything.

Samsung are to release a handset that wipes the floor with the Iphone.

Seriously why would you not have expandable memory? Oh so they can exploit you. And having 16gb of music on your iphone is going to help keep applications opening without lag?

Only 2mp camera, and no video calling?
Built in battery assures for service centre making extra on labour.

i will wait for N96 Nokia
Lee

Yes, Apple overcharges for everything. Not to mention that if you like battery life then don’t buy an iphone, mac, or anything with the Apple logo. Oh yea I have already had to replace my power plug twice, and when you call apple for service they treat you like they are doing you a favor by fixing there faulty product. Oh yea they ask for a credit card? umm its your bad product you might want to step it up and take ownership. Gees thanks for taking the time to test your product, Oh wait I have all day to wast my time talking to one of your clones.
tRicK

also, can’t forget to mention that the htc revolution is just beginning…
John

I, for one, agree. Just wait like maybe less than a year and get the expiremental 4g iphone. Thats what is gonna’ happen. They always come out with something bigger and better in less than a year it usually rips everybody off.
Ben Jones is a Dickk

ben jones- all i have to say- is shut the fuk up u are mindless douche bag- just because u cant afford and iphone or ANYTHING apple- does not mean u can bag on somthing amazing- so thank you dont come again