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New iPhone previewed
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 10 June 2009
Apple has unveiled the all new iPhone, in case you’re interested in these things. It’s called the iPhone 3G-S, the ‘s’ standing for speed I think. Or possibly ‘longer battery life’ in some weird language. Anyway, Apple’s Phil Schiller, who previewed the phone on Monday, says the new device will have both better battery life and faster loading times for apps, web pages, games and the like. A cut and paste function, phone-wide search function and internet tethering (allowing you to use your iPhone as a modem) will also be introduced.
The phone will be available in the UK via O2 from 19 Jun. It has to be said that most of the UK iPhone users who blog about these things concentrated less on the new functionality of the 3G-S and more on the news that if they want to upgrade their iPhone straight away they’ll have to buy themselves out of their current O2 contract first. That’s pretty standard mobile phone practice, but last time there was a new iPhone, O2 let geeky users upgrade straight away without penalty, a nice gesture that’s now backfiring. O2 say this is because the original 2G iPhone handset was not subsidised, while the 3G and 3G-S are. The fact that internet tethering will cost users another £15-£30 on top of their monthly tariff has come in for some stick too.
Existing iPhone users can download a new operating system from 17 Jun which will also offer many of the new features (including the longer battery life, according to O2).
