XT: buy iPhone now or wait?

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arnies

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#219597 29-May-2009 22:17

Haha cheers Tim :P

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#219601 29-May-2009 22:29

Get It Now Its A Long Time To Wait. And The Outcome Might Not Be So Good If You Wait.. could just be time wasted

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#219604 29-May-2009 22:34

A week or two til the anncouncement is fine to wait

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#219628 30-May-2009 01:09

New iPhone is 99% certain to have - a better auto focus camera, a 200MHz bump in CPU speed (600 vs 400), 256MB RAM (anyone who's been experiencing crashing in latest games due to current 128MB RAM, lag in apps will really appreciate it), electronic hardware compass (likely full turn by turn in GPS - although no sign of it in current beta 5 3.0, afaik). Possibly will also have; better power management (however any battery life increase is likely to be eaten up by faster CPU, more ram, auto focus etc - but maybe...), improved 3D acceleration, flash (camera not the software.)

So yeah, I'd wait the extra few weeks. If you are really impatient - buy a second hand 2G for $500; then sell it when new ones come out. They are not likely to drop in value.

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#219629 30-May-2009 01:13

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#219630 30-May-2009 01:14

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#219631 30-May-2009 01:20

arghh sorry about the multiple post - my browser got stuck so I hit send a couple of times... then when I relauched it voila... now I can't seem to delete them...

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#219709 30-May-2009 10:26

wait 8 days and see what is offered at WWDC

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#219749 30-May-2009 11:50

its only a week and a bit.. hold out

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#219767 30-May-2009 12:46

Yep I'm holding out.
So you can stop telling me too lol :P
I'm waiting for my tax rebate anyway(when do we get that btw)

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#219809 30-May-2009 14:16

SMS working fine now - I should learn to be more patient or give thanks to freitasm for having a quiet word with someone... Next staging moving my number!

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#219834 30-May-2009 15:01

arnies: Yep I'm holding out.

So you can stop telling me too lol :P

I'm waiting for my tax rebate anyway(when do we get that btw)

If you have processed an IR3 form already then you will receive your refund within 10 working days, If you are waiting on a PTS then i think the refundwill be out in a couple of months

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#219869 30-May-2009 16:16

I ws going to do it via Tax Refunds cos I can't be botherd with forms.

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#219892 30-May-2009 17:15

I would do what my friend in the states does before WWDC - buy what you want from a place that offers a price match within xxx days or the ability to return things the week before WWDC.

If the announcement is a better product, return the unopened one you got the prior week, if its cheaper then do the retrospective price match.

Richard rich.ms

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