iPhone 3G is finally official!
Apple announced its most up-to-date version of its popular iPhone. The new iPhone comes with GPS and faster internet access as well as as games, a better camera, video recording and extra third party applications.
Thinner edges, full plastic back, flush headphone jack, and the iPhone 2.0 firmware -- they're also making sure it's available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps... and does it all for cheaper.
Apple claims its 3G speeds trounce the competition, with pageloads 36% faster than the N95 and Treo 750 -- and obviously it completely trounces the old EDGE data. Battery life isn't getting put out to pasture though, with 300 hours of standby, 8-10 hours of 2G talk, 5 hours of 3G talk, 7 hours of video and 24 hours of audio. GPS is also a go. Apple is using A-GPS, which supplements regular satellite GPS data with info from cellular towers. WiFi data is also worked into the mix, which should give users a pretty solid lock on where the heck they are on this planet. Apple hopes to launch in 70 countries this year. 8GB is available for $199, 16GB for $299 -- and the 16GB comes in white. Apple will be hitting the 22 biggest markets, including the US, on July 11th.
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