Apple aired a teaser ad during the Oscars tonight to promote the iPhone. Even though the iPhone isn't scheduled for release until June, Apple felt the Oscars might be a good time to stir up some more hype. I am surprised that Al Gore didn't answer one on stage, with all the Apple product placement in his Oscar winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". Anyways, the advertisement didn't really show off any of the groundbreaking features of the phone, like the full html browser, or the visual voicemail. Which made me think of the one glaring undesirable spec about the iPhone. Its lack of 3G technology.
3G technology refers to the next generation wireless networks the cell phone companies have recently being implementing into their existing services. You might see the ads on TV from various carriers about which has the fastest network. Cingular or AT who has been the butt of the joke in most of these ads, is the proud carrier of the iPhone. The iPhone, instead of having the 3G, like the Samsung Blackjack, will offer only EDGE support initially.
This might hurt iPhone sales initially for a few reasons. First, by the time Apple releases their product in June, Cingular will have even more 3G phones out than they do now, which aside from the other innovations in the phone, makes it almost obsolete. Also, rumors have it that a 3G iPhone will quickly replace the EDGE version by Christmas or early January, which will make consumers hesitant to buy something that will become obsolete so quickly. Finally, without the latest and greatest in cellular technology implemented into the iPhone initially, consumers concerns about the first generation of a phone so groundbreaking and different will only increase and cause for them to wait and buy the 2nd generation of iPhones.
Apple probably knows this and is planning on releasing a replacement very soon after the initial release, but it still makes you wonder why they would release the self proclaimed savior to cell phones with antiquated technology.
3G technology refers to the next generation wireless networks the cell phone companies have recently being implementing into their existing services. You might see the ads on TV from various carriers about which has the fastest network. Cingular or AT who has been the butt of the joke in most of these ads, is the proud carrier of the iPhone. The iPhone, instead of having the 3G, like the Samsung Blackjack, will offer only EDGE support initially.
This might hurt iPhone sales initially for a few reasons. First, by the time Apple releases their product in June, Cingular will have even more 3G phones out than they do now, which aside from the other innovations in the phone, makes it almost obsolete. Also, rumors have it that a 3G iPhone will quickly replace the EDGE version by Christmas or early January, which will make consumers hesitant to buy something that will become obsolete so quickly. Finally, without the latest and greatest in cellular technology implemented into the iPhone initially, consumers concerns about the first generation of a phone so groundbreaking and different will only increase and cause for them to wait and buy the 2nd generation of iPhones.
Apple probably knows this and is planning on releasing a replacement very soon after the initial release, but it still makes you wonder why they would release the self proclaimed savior to cell phones with antiquated technology.
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