Comments on: iPhone Model Differentiation Getting Ridiculous

By: Zak

Zak — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:42:22 +0000

Another (small) fail by Apple in 3.0 – no battery percentage for 3G (only 3G S) http://xrl.in/2iix Why these stupid software distinctions?

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By: David Phan

David Phan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:07:29 +0000

The battery percentage indicator is supposedly only for iPhone 3G S even though it had been in earlier 3.0 betas. Lame! http://bit.ly/e0oF9

By: Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:04:14 +0000

Very good point, thehotrod! Several Pocket PC devices used flashable ROM as a selling point, then did nothing when upgrades became available. My 1st gen 32GB iPod Touch might be missing a few features, but with the 2.x and soon 3.x software for $10, it is amazingly current!

By: thehotrod

thehotrod — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:01:04 +0000

Damn iPhone auto correction I meant “pocket pc days” and “sell with the new os”. Funny how it doesn’t like the word pc.

By: thehotrod

thehotrod — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:57:15 +0000

Well said Dan. I’m not happy I can’t get the lower pricing on the 3gs but you are correct.

And software upgrades?!! Apple is AWESOME. I remeber back in my first pocket of days, they were being sold with ‘flashable rom’ so the user could perform software upgrades and run the latest Windows mobile OS. Unfortunately, upgrades were at the discretion of the manufacturer of the device. So there were very few upgrades. Most companies thought it was more profitable to make new devices to sell with the new is than to offer upgrades.

Thank you Apple. While some of there business tactics are restrictive, they have made me become loyal to their phones, and because if that iPods and I’m very tempted by their laptops. I haven’t had a mac in years, but they look tempting. But that is for another post.

By: Edmund Ng

Edmund Ng — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:20:31 +0000

RT @tamaracks: Seriously, Apple? This is crap. http://ping.fm/3sz7n #nfb

By: Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:46:19 +0000

Write this off as a fan-boy comment but…
I’m reading all the complaints about the pricing of the 3Gs and some of the 3Gs-only features and can’t help but think we have all become more than a bit spoiled.
Like others on the site I have a 3Gs coming and paid a pretty penny for the device. (Others, JUDIE, got off cheap because they were due for an upgrade. She’s lucky but she also passed on the 3G last year.) While I’m not thrilled with the price I had to pay I do understand it. I got my 3G last summer for $299 when the actual device cost is much much higher. AT&T ate the bigger portion of the cost in exchange for my agreeing to pay out the nose for two years. While I have no love lost for AT&T they owe me nothing at this point. If I want to upgrade the device prior to my two years of commitment that is my choice and is my expense.
The same goes for OS updates. Apple doesn’t OWE us any update at all. When they moved from OS 1 to OS 2 they gave iPhone owners an essentially new device for nothing with the only significant difference being the lack of GPS due to hardware changes. They don’t NEED to update either of the first two generations of the iPhone to OS 3.0. That they are doing so is gravy. And while I love the idea of there being NO differences between the OS when it runs on a 3G vs a 3Gs Apple has every right to have differences that will make the newer device more attractive.
Personally, my only real issue with this entire thing is that they give a nonsense reason for it rather than simply saying- “as a courtesy we are updating the first two generations of the device but our new flagship is the 3Gs and THAT is the device that gets ALL the bells and whistles.”

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By: Tamara

Tamara — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:47:07 +0000

Seriously, Apple? This is crap. http://ping.fm/3sz7n #nfb

By: Raymond Ser

Raymond Ser — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:09:34 +0000

That’s strange, I just did the update myself and there’s no sign of the battery percentage meter. Are you on the 3.0 GM as well? If you’ve updated from a jailbroken iPhone with the battery meter hack it apparently carries over, but not if you had a stock iPhone before the update.

By: breley

breley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:52:18 +0000

Hm, are they taking their cue from Microsoft and their byzantine OS model structure?

By: vkoser

vkoser — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:49:30 +0000

This currently works on iPhone 3G under 3.0 OS betas as well as the GM release that was released Monday. I don’t think this is a 3GS feature only.