Yesterday at the WWDC Steve Jobs announced the new 3G iPhone. For some people who were waiting for it has become good news but for some it has become a problem.
Good News:
- Faster Data transfer
- Half the price
- GPS
- Different Colors
- Better Battery life
Bad News:
- In-Store Activation (not as 1st generation Phone that could be activated via iTunes)
- People can’t escape the AT&T Contract (people expecting to buy the new iPhone and unlock them will have to activate it legally with AT&T or will not have the pleasure of having one)
Apple’s Point of View
Apple wants to sell by the end of the year 10 million iPhones and, what is the best way to do that guys?
To lower the price(Subsidized), sell it in 70 countries around the world. They are selling it all around the world because they are sick and tiered of iPhones that are being unlocked, so the solution is sell it where people will want to buy it and that way people don’t have to buy them on the US and look for a way to unlock it.
We saw this in-store activation coming because before we could buy the iPhone and do what ever we wanted, but At&T got tiered of loosing in this deal. So just wait until the iPhone is launched in your country because they won’t sell PrePaid Plans for the iPhones.
