Following Steve Jobs’ 3G iPhone unveiling today, I was able to sit down with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) execs Bob Borchers, senior director of iPhone product development, and Chris Saito, senior director of Internet services. Some excerpts from our conversation:
To clarify, what’s launching on July 11? Borchers: The iPhone 3G will be available in 22 countries, and the iPhone 2.0 software will be available at the same time, which will extend the exchange/enterprise features and the App store to the current iPhone customers, including the iPod Touch customers, and of course as well as the 3G customers. MobileMe will also be available in July, but push notification will be available [to developers] in September. At that time, developers will roll out push notification, so it
In reality it is powerful to combine a harware software and the services. I Apple has righfully done so. What would always have the maximum value be the services that run on them.
What I meant, I know I wasn't clear, was if you already have a contract and you buy the phone, is it still the same price? Even if you already have a contract? And the answer is yes, you'll have to restart your two year agreement like with the last iPhone, but you won't get charged more(or "full price" as is the case with other phones) if you already have a contract, like they do with other phones. I hope this is clear.
So the full price of the phone is $199, that's not the incentive price to get you to sign a contract, that's the full price.
Wow! Great device
Isn't the 3GB a lot more expensive in the long run?
Thank you..
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