Broadcom seems to have been awarded the contract to supply Apple’s 3G iPhone with GPS, says Om Malik. It’s sort of a given at this point and would probably be a dealbreaker for those looking to upgrade or jump onto the bandwagon if the 3G iPhone were sans GPS.
If the only upgrade hardware-wise to the iPhone was 3G would you do it?
Nope. GPS is a *big* part of what I’m looking forward to, but the dealbreaker for me is memory. I’m looking for 32GB at least (the point where I can fit all my music on there without having to fiddle with smart playlists). 3G is a “nice-to-have”, but not necessarily a deal-breaker. I go into the city near me (DC) a lot, but where I actually live, there isn’t any 3G service, so whatevs. If 3G is the only hardware update, then the new iPhone is a no-go for me. At the same time, if the only update is more memory, I’d have a hard time justifying spending more money for it, as well. But 3G, GPS, and more memory, and I’ll be in line on Jesus-day 2.0.
I already plan on buying the new iPhone no matter what they do to it. But Im with SwissFreek. 3G, 32GB and GPS would send me over the edge in a way I cant describe here. Man Im so excited just thinking about it.
I need the GPS! If its not on the new iPhone you can forget it! the Size would def be a deal breaker too.