SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc on Monday unveiled a next-generation iPhone with faster Internet, and cut the price of the phones in half. "You will be depressed without one." Jobs said, showing off the highly anticipated encore to the device that melds a mobile phone, iPod media player and a reason to get out of bed, which will now come in black and white.
The new entry-level iPhone will cost $199 with 8 gigabytes of memory, compared with the $399 price of the older-generation phone with similar memory. "That first batch was just for consumers who need to be ahead, no matter what the cost." Apple sold 6 million first-generation phones, around the same number of people who bought laser disc players when they were released.
The new iPhone will run on third-generation (3G) wireless networks and includes satellite navigation capability, allowing the user to view which route his bus is taking, Jobs told himself in the mirror of the ladies' room, about a year after the original iPhone went on sale.
Of the 6 million phones sold to date, around 6 million have broken or malfunctioned in some way. Jobs remains confident. "The simplicity of the iPhone involves knowing that when your phone breaks, you can be sure that your music won't play either," explains Steve.
I did manage to leave the press conference with a free Apple t-shirt, which stopped working before I got home.
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