IPhone 3G is Faster with Low Price 1 comments

Apple finally released the second generation iPhone that has 3G network and supports HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access). In fact, the smartphone on the touch screen as the main platform will be available with prices cheaper than the first version.

"iPhone started with 599 U.S. dollars. Now sold 399 U.S. dollars. We want to make it more affordable," said Steve Jobs, Apple CEO at the new iPhone launch on Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, USA, on Monday (9 / 6) local time . He said so because according to him the price was the main reason consumers do not buy the first generation iPhone.

second-generation iPhone that was introduced as the iPhone 3G will be available starting July 11 2008 in 22 countries and will continue to grow to 70 countries. Apple provides two options, each model with 8 GB storage media at 199 U.S. dollars and the 16 GB model for 299 U.S. dollars.

Not only cheaper. iPhone also features the latest GPS navigation system that is equipped with location-based application services (location based services) through the cellular network. Jobs said the 3G, iPhone can be used to download content over the Internet up to three times faster than previous versions.

iPhone's first version of many criticized because it only supports 2G network. Answer the complaint, when Jobs said iPhone is designed first, the chip can be used on high-speed network size is too big and spends big power. Apple finally decided to wait until the new chip technology, according to the design of the slim iPhone.

Apple has sold more than 6 million since iPhone was launched a year ago and the smartphone market share of 20 percent in the U.S., but only 5 percent of the world. Until the end of this year, Apple set a sales target iPhone penetrate 10 million units.

Unfortunately, it seems iPhone will not officially enter the Indonesian market. From 22 countries, the nearest country that can be reached from Indonesia is Australia. Meanwhile, countries in Southeast Asia, only Singapore and the Philippines reached.

Source by : www.kompas.com