Who else pre-ordered the iPhone 4?

[Honest_Bob]

Waiting for it to be jailbroken.

[sureal00]

i was reading an article one dude is camping out in dallas to get his iphone4 next week

[420sx]

So whats the story if you just upgraded to the 3gs last year, and want to go to the 4g? I'm only a year in on my two year contract. Does that mean I have to pay list price if i want the 4g?

[Whitekryptonit3]

Originally Posted by 420sx

So whats the story if you just upgraded to the 3gs last year, and want to go to the 4g? I'm only a year in on my two year contract. Does that mean I have to pay list price if i want the 4g?

Yup I'm in the same boat.

[XAlliedYouthX]

Originally Posted by 420sx

So whats the story if you just upgraded to the 3gs last year, and want to go to the 4g? I'm only a year in on my two year contract. Does that mean I have to pay list price if i want the 4g?

I bought my 3GS on launch day and I'm eligible for an upgrade. If I remember correctly the normal upgrade cycle for AT&T is 12-18 months if you spend over $99 a month on your phone bill. They also reduced upgrade cycles by 6 months to get more people to upgrade sooner. Also, in the past they have only extended my plan by a single year instead of 2 since I've gone from original iPhone > 3g >3gs.

[~Brian~]

Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

Anyways, you can still line up for one before launch and get one. It just means they sold out of pre-orders. They still ship more just for sale the day of.

Exactly. I didn't pre-order the 3GS last year either. I just walked into Best Buy about two hours after they opened and went straight to the mobile phone section. 15 minutes later I walked out with my iPhone.

[420sx]

Just found out im not eligible for an upgrade until feb '11, but I'm on a family plan and my mom has an upgrade that she doesnt want to use. So i'll be taking it.

I have the 16g 3gs now, and I'm only using like 4g of space on it, and have had it for a year. I cant decide if i should get the 16g or 32g, since ill probably be trying to put some movies or something on the new one.

Although, Im seriously living paycheck to paycheck right now, so realistically I probably wont be able to afford it until the end of july. Hopefully by then i can just walk in and walk out and not put up with the nonsense thats going on right now for it.

Another thing to consider is this new data plan BS. With the 3gs, im still on unlimited internet for $30 for another year. If i upgrade, im stuck with 2gigs a month for $25. I dont think ive ever exceeded 2gigs in a single month with my 3gs, but Im assuming the 4 will be much faster and ill be on the internet a lot more (streaming vids will kill me). So I'm not sure if it'd be worth hanging onto the 3gs for that reason, or buying the 4g at full list price so my plan doesnt change.

[Turbo_CitrusEs]

Originally Posted by Honest_Bob

Waiting for it to be jailbroken.

4.0 os is already jail broken. I know because im running 4.0 already and have it jail broken.

Originally Posted by 420sx

Just found out im not eligible for an upgrade until feb '11, but I'm on a family plan and my mom has an upgrade that she doesnt want to use. So i'll be taking it.

I have the 16g 3gs now, and I'm only using like 4g of space on it, and have had it for a year. I cant decide if i should get the 16g or 32g, since ill probably be trying to put some movies or something on the new one.

Although, Im seriously living paycheck to paycheck right now, so realistically I probably wont be able to afford it until the end of july. Hopefully by then i can just walk in and walk out and not put up with the nonsense thats going on right now for it.

Another thing to consider is this new data plan BS. With the 3gs, im still on unlimited internet for $30 for another year. If i upgrade, im stuck with 2gigs a month for $25. I dont think ive ever exceeded 2gigs in a single month with my 3gs, but Im assuming the 4 will be much faster and ill be on the internet a lot more (streaming vids will kill me). So I'm not sure if it'd be worth hanging onto the 3gs for that reason, or buying the 4g at full list price so my plan doesnt change.

Not true. As long as you currently have the unlimited data plan you can keep it. The new data plans only apply to new customers after June 7th.

[Turbo_CitrusEs]

Just installed the 4.0os on my iphone 3g and Jail broke it as well and its pretty cool with all the new stuff they added.

[**Alex**]

Is anyone getting theirs today? My boy just tracked his online and they had a scheduled delivery for today.

[420sx]

So... 3.13 to 4.0 on the 3gs... worth it?

Im always hesitant to upgrade because the newer versions always prevent me from using things like iFunbox, which I use all the time.

[XAlliedYouthX]

Originally Posted by **Alex**

Is anyone getting theirs today? My boy just tracked his online and they had a scheduled delivery for today.

I have mine reserved at KoP so I know I'm not, some people were actually getting theirs as early as yesterday though. Tomorrow bright and early I'll be lining up to get my phone. Waiting in line is just part of the fun I think. Waiting for the UPS guy to decide to deliver my phone is just boring.

[XAlliedYouthX]

Originally Posted by 420sx

So... 3.13 to 4.0 on the 3gs... worth it?

Im always hesitant to upgrade because the newer versions always prevent me from using things like iFunbox, which I use all the time.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/i...er-multitaski/

Good link for you to check out about the 3G upgraded with 4.0.

[420sx]

Originally Posted by XAlliedYouthX

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/21/i...er-multitaski/

Good link for you to check out about the 3G upgraded with 4.0.

Thanks! So the only thing really earth shattering for the 3gs is the zoom... but I would assume itd be no different than the digital zoom i have with Camera Genious.

Not worth the risk of my ifunbox not working.. ill probably hold off til i get the 4g, and keep the 3gs on 3.13

[XAlliedYouthX]

The folders helped me out a ton. When I put beta 1 of 4.0 on my 3GS I had so many garbage apps so being able to put them in to folders tidy'd things up a bunch.
The geotagging of pictures isn't a "gamechanger" but pretty slick when I saw that some old California pictures were tagged as so.

[420sx]

Folders- this just means you can put your apps into one icon? Like all of your games in one folder?

Whats geotagging? Lol, I'm behind the loop considering ive had this phone for a year.

And whats the deal with tethering? You pay $25/month for 2gigs of internets, and $20/month for tethering... does the bandwith you use for tethering come off your 2gigs a month? And if so, wouldnt we be paying for the same service twice?

If the tethering comes with an additional (and substantial) amount of bandwith, i'd seriously consider it (as Im currently paying $52/month for internet service). But if thats all coming off my 2 gigs a month, well **** that.

Also, Im still on the plan thats $30/month for unlimited internets. Can I upgrade to the 4g without affecting this? Even though I rarely (if ever) exceed that 2gigs, it just seems to me the extra $5 is worth not having a limit.

[XAlliedYouthX]

Folders - Yeah, that's pretty much all they do.
Geotagging - Meaning that the pictures I took have the latitude/longitude attached to them so that it knows where they were taken.

Tethering - For tethering you can have either the 200MB or 2GB plan I think. If you currently have the $30 unlimited plan they make you drop down to the $25 2GB plan. Also on top of the $15/$25 plans you are charged the $20 tethering fee. That fee is just for the ability to tether, it doesn't give you any extra features aside from AT&T not calling you when you get caught tethering your phone.

[420sx]

So the $20 for tethering is just a bull**** fee, and theyre charging me for the same internet twice. Sounds like a scam to me. If im paying an extra $20 a month just for the ABILITY to tether... It should come with unlimited internet as well. Otherwise I cant see the benefit.

Can you tether without the tethering plan? Without being jailbroken?

[XAlliedYouthX]

Data is the major unit that people use anymore so they're just trying to make their money where they can.

The only way I know of to tether is to either set it up through AT&T by signing up on the phone or by jailbreaking. If you do it via jailbreaking just be aware that they can probably slap you with some sort of fine for doing it outside of a tether agreement.

[Subie_sleeper]

Originally Posted by **Alex**

Is anyone getting theirs today? My boy just tracked his online and they had a scheduled delivery for today.

FedEX says I'm getting mine today. I'm hoping it shows up during my 3-5 dinner break. LOL