香港文汇报／苹果公司的iPhone手机推出以来一向是潮流的指标，每次大会都会为客户带来更快更强的惊喜。今次新机虽然强化了各方面的功能，但外形不变略欠新意，反而最令人关注的是苹果将旧版的iPhone减价一半至99美元(约770港元)，分析指苹果是要以低价策略抢占市场份额，伯恩斯坦公司分析师萨科纳吉预计，旧版iPhone降价后需求会升逾5成。(chinesenewsnet.com)
苹果在旧金山举行的大会上公布新版iPhone。苹果解释，新版名称的「S」代表「Speed(速度)」，3GS运行速度将比苹果现有手机快1倍，电池待 机时间也将更长。3GS与3G版本外形一样，但新版容量有16GB和32GB两款，美国售价分别为199美元和299美元(约1,540至2,320港 元)，客户以此价钱买机，需签约两年。(chinesenewsnet.com)
香港下月9日开售(chinesenewsnet.com)
新版配备了300万象素自动对焦相机，客户可触控荧幕，控制焦点。新机并首次具有拍片、语音操控等功能，此外还内置了导航用电子指南针，支持 TomTom卫星导航工具。3GS还可以支持Asphalt 5等多名玩家联机游戏，有分析员指出，这项功能会威胁索尼PSP游戏机。(chinesenewsnet.com)
3GS本月19日在美国、德国等地开售，香港则在7月9日开售。苹果于本月17日会免费发放新版3.0操作软件，客户可下载电影，并可像其他智能手机 般，用发短讯的形式与朋友分享相片和短片。比较特别的是「Find My iPhone」功能，iPhone若遗失被盗，机主可上网找寻其下落，亦可遥距删除所有资料。另外，新操作软件可让家长控制子女下载软件的种类。(chinesenewsnet.com)
苹果并无如传闻般推出平价版的iPhone，只将iPhone 3G (8GB)版由199美元，减价至99美元，是Palm Pre的一半，苹果高级副总裁席勒称这是「突破性价格」。根据苹果公司香港网页，该款净机售价为4,299港元。另外，iPhone美国唯一电讯商 AT&T宣布，iPhone 3G (16GB)亦会由299美元减至149美元(约1,155港元)，售完即止。 ■路透社/综合外电消息/《华尔街日报》/《华盛顿邮报》/新华社
Showing posts with label iPhone 3G. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
新款iPhone价格花样多 购买需算账
苹果公司(Apple Inc.)周一推出iPhone新机型 iPhone 3G S。这款新机型速度更快，功能更强，并具备影像摄像及编辑等新功能。
这款设备立刻就引得众多消费者垂涎不已。但在出手抢购之前，人们或许还得精打细算一番。
对于美国电话电报公司(AT&T)的新客户来说，计算方法很简单。16G容量的iPhone 3G S价格为199美元，32G型号为299美元，均含两年期无线网络服务合约。（AT&T是iPhone在美国的独家运营商。）
但AT&T的现有客户不能享受这个起始价格，包括过去一年内购买了老款iPhone 3G机型的客户。相反，如果他们现在升级到新的iPhone 3G S，就需要再多付200美元。
然后还有的人可能只想要iPhone 3G S手机，不想要AT&T的服务合约。对于这类客户，这款机型的起始价跃升至599美元（16G）和699美元（32G）。
人们或许想将iPhone 3G S与其他竞争机型的定价对比一下。16G的iPhone 3G S价格为199美元，与Palm推出的8G容量Pre智能手机一样，这款手机于上周六开始销售。如果光看设备的话，iPhone显然更划算。
但行业观察人士说，AT&T针对iPhone的服务计划对许多客户来说仍然过于昂贵。AT&T的数据流量包月费用为30美元，短信 包月20美元，另外还有从39.99美元-99.99美元不等的通话费用，取决于用户选择的通话时长。如果流量、短信和通话全都包月的话，每个月的费用大 约为150美元。而Palm的Pre手机迄今唯一一家无线网络运营商斯普林特(Sprint)则有一个“轻松全包”(Simply Everything)计划，费用为99.99美元。
请读者告诉我们：如果你已经是iPhone 3G用户，你会升级成iPhone 3G S吗？
如果你还没有智能手机，那新款iPhone和Palm Pre哪个更能得到你的青睐呢？Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Apple's big announcement: A new iPhone?
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY
Is there a new iPhone in your future?
Apple (AAPL) opens its annual Worldwide
Apple is facing renewed competition from rival
"They had to come out with a new iPhone now, to one-up the Pre," says Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray. Munster expects mid-July availability for any new iPhone.
He also expects tiered pricing, with an entry-level model available for $149 (down from the current $199) and a premium phone with a video camera and higher-capacity storage for $299.
Apple, typically mum, declined to comment.
The software upgrade is even more important than a new iPhone handset, says Charles Wolf, an analyst at Needham and Co.
The center of gravity in the smartphone market has shifted from hardware to software, Wolf says. "And there Apple has an enormous lead."
The latest iPhone software, to be introduced this summer as a free upgrade (or $9.95 for folks who own Apple's iPod Touch media player) offers such enhancements as the ability to cut and paste Web pages and send MMS (multimedia messaging service) text messages with photos.
Apple uses its developers conference to show off its wares and encourage software designers to make programs for its products. Those efforts have paid off greatly when it comes to the iPhone and Touch, which combined have sold 37 million units.
The company has sold more than 1 billion applications for the iPhone and Touch, from games and productivity tools to elegant entertainment apps such as Ocarina, which lets you play the phone as a flute. There are 40,000 offerings at Apple's App Store.
Beyond product announcements today, tech analysts and bloggers are abuzz over whether Apple CEO
Jobs took a health-related leave of absence earlier this year and is supposed to return work at the end of the month.
Munster, for one, is not counting on an early showing. "There's a 20% chance he comes out," Munster says. "And 95% chance he's back at the end of the month, like Apple says."
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling says, "We look forward to Steve's return at the end of June."
At the conference, which is sold out, about 5,000 developers will get a final preview release of Snow Leopard, Apple says. The company, however, hasn't given a release date for the software.
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