3G iPhone

CountryAir · June 22nd, 2009, 01:24 AM

So, this company sent their CEO to London to beat the USA release of the new iPhone. They're disassembling the device to compare it to the old iPhone.

http://twitter.com/ifixit

Here's the details with video and photos.

http://sn.im/iphoneteardown

iNeed My Minions! · June 22nd, 2009, 01:29 AM

What makes you think he is the first and that other companies had not already gotten their hands, quietly, on the new version and already have taken it apart?

CountryAir · June 22nd, 2009, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smigaldi

What makes you think he is the first and that other companies had not already gotten their hands, quietly, on the new version and already have taken it apart?

Not a thing. My post was simply a FYI.

iNeed My Minions! · June 22nd, 2009, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard

Not a thing. My post was simply a FYI.

I just find that guys like that are all squeak and no mouse.

hm · June 22nd, 2009, 09:11 AM

The exercise is interesting because Apple does not talk much about the specs of their iphone hardware, presumably because they don't want people viewing the iphone as just a collection of off-the-shelf third-party components commonly found in other phones, nor as a collection of "specs", e.g. RAM, clock speed, etc, because Apple has no particular advantage in any of that.

So it's important for the consumers to know that the goodness of the iphone comes not from widely available and inexpensive chips, but from home-grown Appleyness itself! Every iphone is actually infused with just the right amount of Apple-goodness, and that's all you need to know. I've heard it's actually mixed by waterfall right there in a secret Apple factory in Cupertino.

But once the hardware is available publicly, then people not bound by NDAs can rip the thing open, and tell us what it actually is, and therefore what it actually can do.
-harry

CountryAir · June 23rd, 2009, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smigaldi

I just find that guys like that are all squeak and no mouse.

That's a pretty good description of marketing at it's basic.

TangoWhiskey · June 24th, 2009, 09:55 PM

Is this a good deal for an iPhone 3GS?

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/930265/

Dave · June 24th, 2009, 10:46 PM

I switched to the dark side and bought my 3G-S Friday afternoon. Got the last one at that location, and had to settle for 32 gig, cause they were out of 18..(grin)..

Quantum leap from the dumb-phone I had before.

Who cares about apple-goodness, or shrewd marketing.. I'm actually USING quite a few of its features.

iPulledALance · June 25th, 2009, 12:09 AM

Full price is a good deal on the iPhone 3GS.

Former member · June 25th, 2009, 06:48 AM

I too will moving up from the 2G to the 3GS but decided to give it a month and let
someone else find the bugs.

iNeed My Minions! · June 25th, 2009, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT Arrow

I too will moving up from the 2G to the 3GS but decided to give it a month and let
someone else find the bugs.

Let me educate you a little about consumer electronics.

Generally any bugs that are found in the A model are fixed when the B model comes out. Then the bugs in the B model are fixed with the introduction of the C model. The hope is that at each iteration that the bug list is less than the previous model and that there are fewer serious performance bugs. Doing development this way speeds product introduction into the market. That is essential for CE as there is usually only a 18 month window to earn back your NRE on sales.

That all being said there are sometimes the ability to put patches into the current model of phones on a running basis. Those could be hardware but are also software related.

Specifically for cellphones operators are loath to just let new models onto the network without serious field testing and regression testing. I am willing to bet that the 3GS has been tested in a variety of AT&T markets here in the US for the better part of 6 months. I am also willing to bet that AT&T has had the phone in their engineers hands for at least 3 months.

Bottom line is that I think the phone is free of any serious bugs right now.

iPulledALance · June 25th, 2009, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CT Arrow

I too will moving up from the 2G to the 3GS but decided to give it a month and let someone else find the bugs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by smigaldi

Bottom line is that I think the phone is free of any serious bugs right now.

Andy, I've been using the 3.0 OS since it was seeded to developers. It's rock solid and I haven't found any bugs yet. Go get your new iPhone.

Former member · June 26th, 2009, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyingcheesehead

Andy, I've been using the 3.0 OS since it was seeded to developers. It's rock solid and I haven't found any bugs yet. Go get your new iPhone.

maybe so...The first Officer will pick up her 3GS this weekend and I'll see how that works out. Being involved in Commercial Electronics for 28+ years has taught me to patient

vonSegelGoober · June 25th, 2009, 11:31 AM

Lol these discussions invariably remind me of one of my favorite Onion videos.

Warning this videio contains NSFW language, but it is bleeping hillarious...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ

iNeed My Minions! · June 25th, 2009, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vontresc

Lol these discussions invariably remind me of one of my favorite Onion videos.

Warning this videio contains NSFW language, but it is bleeping hillarious...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ

:t arget:

June 22nd, 2009, 01:24 AM	#1
CountryAir (User ID: Richard) Final Approach Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Coast Resistance Posts: 5,604	3G iPhone So, this company sent their CEO to London to beat the USA release of the new iPhone. They're disassembling the device to compare it to the old iPhone. http://twitter.com/ifixit Here's the details with video and photos. http://sn.im/iphoneteardown __________________ I think the sky is the prettiest. Especially when you're up there with the world at your feet. --Aunt Bea

June 22nd, 2009, 01:29 AM	Posted in reply to Richard's post "3G iPhone" #2
iNeed My Minions! (User ID: ScottM) Taxi to Parking PoA Test Pilot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cary, IL Posts: 34,928	Re: 3G iPhone What makes you think he is the first and that other companies had not already gotten their hands, quietly, on the new version and already have taken it apart? __________________ Scott CP-ASEL-IA '80 Piper PA28-161 *Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus* ------------------------ See, some peckerwood's gotta get the thing up. And some peckerwood's gotta land the son of a bitch. And that "peckerwood" is called a "pilot". States I have flown in -----------------------

June 22nd, 2009, 09:11 AM	Posted in reply to ScottM's post "Re: 3G iPhone" #5
hm (User ID: mantakos) Final Approach Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 5,289	Re: 3G iPhone The exercise is interesting because Apple does not talk much about the specs of their iphone hardware, presumably because they don't want people viewing the iphone as just a collection of off-the-shelf third-party components commonly found in other phones, nor as a collection of "specs", e.g. RAM, clock speed, etc, because Apple has no particular advantage in any of that. So it's important for the consumers to know that the goodness of the iphone comes not from widely available and inexpensive chips, but from home-grown Appleyness itself! Every iphone is actually infused with just the right amount of Apple-goodness, and that's all you need to know. I've heard it's actually mixed by waterfall right there in a secret Apple factory in Cupertino. But once the hardware is available publicly, then people not bound by NDAs can rip the thing open, and tell us what it actually is, and therefore what it actually can do. -harry

June 24th, 2009, 09:55 PM	Posted in reply to Richard's post "3G iPhone" #7
TangoWhiskey (User ID: TangoWhiskey) Final Approach Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 7,859	Re: 3G iPhone Is this a good deal for an iPhone 3GS? http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/930265/ __________________ Troy "Tango Whiskey" W. Fort Worth TX PP-ASEL-IA "In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn't that crazy?!" - Seal, Crazy, 1990

June 24th, 2009, 10:46 PM	Posted in reply to Richard's post "3G iPhone" #8
Dave (User ID: Doggtyred) Position and Hold Join Date: May 2009 Location: Houston area, Texas Posts: 618	Re: 3G iPhone I switched to the dark side and bought my 3G-S Friday afternoon. Got the last one at that location, and had to settle for 32 gig, cause they were out of 18..(grin).. Quantum leap from the dumb-phone I had before. Who cares about apple-goodness, or shrewd marketing.. I'm actually USING quite a few of its features.

June 25th, 2009, 12:09 AM	Posted in reply to Richard's post "3G iPhone" #9
iPulledALance (User ID: flyingcheesehead) Touchdown! Greaser! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Southern WI Posts: 11,044	Re: 3G iPhone Full price is a good deal on the iPhone 3GS. __________________ Kent.CP-ASMEL-IA.KMSN Subscribe to The Pilotcast for free in iTunes! We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. -- Barack Obama

June 25th, 2009, 06:48 AM	Posted in reply to Richard's post "3G iPhone" #10
Former member (User ID: CT Arrow) Pre-takeoff checklist Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 409	Re: 3G iPhone I too will moving up from the 2G to the 3GS but decided to give it a month and let someone else find the bugs.

June 25th, 2009, 11:31 AM	Posted in reply to Richard's post "3G iPhone" #14
vonSegelGoober (User ID: vontresc) En-Route Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madison Posts: 2,525	Re: 3G iPhone Lol these discussions invariably remind me of one of my favorite Onion videos. Warning this videio contains NSFW language, but it is bleeping hillarious... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ __________________ "The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Douglas Adams Pete Ka-6 N4793T - Silver Badge #6747

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