UK iPhone price, 3G, and 8GB

Michael Brian Bentley bentley at crenelle.com
Thu Sep 20 17:10:44 PDT 2007


>On 19 Sep 2007, at 05:10, Ashley Aitken wrote:
>>Also interesting to read Steve's explanation of the reason for 
>>leaving out 3G in the UK (and US) iPhone.  Good to see they are 
>>thinking about these design decisions and going with the best 
>>solution (which isn't always the obvious solution).
>
>Except it's bollocks. The Nokia E65 gets fabulous battery life in a 
>very small form factor and manages to have 3G too.

Interesting effect on Apple. It seems to be a serious competitive 
edge to have low power 3G ICs. I wonder who makes them for the Nokia 
E65? They may not be available to Apple if Nokia made 'em, or if the 
mfr has an exclusive deal with Nokia for them.


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