According to Fortune, AT&T will sell the 2nd generation iPhone with a US$200 subsidy when it goes on sale on or around 27 June 2008. I’ve compiled a list of my billso.com iPhone articles below, as they contain hints or information about iPhone 2.0
It’s an Interesting way to mark the first year of the iPhone, and it’s unlikely that AT&T will lose money, given the costs of data plans for the iPhone. The subsidy may or may not be available at Apple’s retail stores.
Those discounts would make the 8GB model US$199 with a new 2-year contract, and the 16GB model US$299. Those prices make the iPhone more attractive for consumers. Expect to see more iPhones in Starbucks stores around July, as customers use AT&T WiFi access points to download songs and videos from iTunes.
The new model iPhone will be 2.5 mm thinner than the original model, and will also have 3G, GPS and 802.11n chipsets. Current models support the slower EDGE protocol, a simulated GPS system and 802.11 b/g WiFi connections
It will also include version 2.0 firmware, which will support Microsoft Exchange servers. It will be interesting to see what AT&T charges its corporate customers for iPhones.
Many of these items will help some CIOs justify the iPhone as a corporate device. RIM is preparing its own “iPhone killer” model to support its Blackberry line, according to this New York Times article.
The new firmware will also support true applications for the iPhone, instead of web-based apps.
Related posts on billso.com
- 28 April 2008: Should Apple sell hardware on two-year contracts
- 22 April 2008: Android vs iPhone
- 19 April 2008: Salesforce for Google Apps
- 4 April 2008: billso.com on the iPhone and the iPod Touch
- 27 February 2008: Coffee, Starbucks and music
- 20 February 2008: Mobile phone platform wars
- 11 February 2008: Starbucks signs with AT&T
- 10 February 2008: AT&T announces business and enterprise iPhone plans
- 31 January 2008: Applications are coming for the iPhone
- 26 January 2008: iPhone helps AT&T add more wireless customers
- 25 January 2008: Nokia claims 40 percent market share
- 13 January 2008: The story of the iPhone
- 11 January 2008: Blackberry vs iPhone
- 20 November 2007: An iPhone for China?
- 14 November 2007: No iPhone for you, China
- 30 October 2007: Apple working with Salesforce.com on iPhone CRM integration
- 4 September 2007: Gartner: Expect an enterprise iPhone
- 6 July 2007: 9 reasons not to use an iPhone in an enterprise
- 29 June 2007: Not everyone wants an iPhone
- 18 June 2007: Steve Jobs and his iPhone
- 17 June 2007: Anticipation builds for Apple’s iPhone
- 6 June 2007: Year 1 with an Apple iPhone = US$1936
- 7 July 2004: Downloading music at the coffee bar
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// May 6, 2008 at 10:06 am
Engadget claims the release date may be 29 June 2008, based on a leaned AT&T memo that asks retail store employees not to take vacation between 15 June and 15 July. A similar memo went out last year, in advance of the 29 June 2007 release of iPhone 1.0
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