30,000 consumers in France say 'oui' to iPhone

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Wednesday, 05 December 2007 22:09

Your IT - Mobility

But now the real test comes, in the face of competition from traditional phone manufacturers, in just how well the iPhone will truly fare in 2008, a year where iPhone clones will undoubtedly grow more numerous and try to get closer and closer to the iPhone’s ultra simple and intuitive interface, or at least offer a range of other compelling features in as easy to use manner as possible.

But as we go further into 2008, savvy consumers won’t be able to help but wonder if their new 2G iPhone marvel will turn into yesterday’s old 2G model in the blink of an eye

Naturally the world knows about the Nokia N95 and its multi-talented capabilities, which with its updated firmware is almost like an entirely new phone, with plenty of even more advanced smartphones to come in 2008.

But it’s perhaps the arguably most advanced smartphone of them all to come in 2008 that will test French – and global – consumers worldwide in their desire for a 2G iPhone.

The phone I’m talking about? Why, the upcoming 3G iPhone, of course. Still, as a 2G iPhone owner happily enjoying everything the iPhone can do (and more than Apple never intended, at least to begin with), and am glad I’ve been an iPhone user for months now.

I don’t personally think a 3G iPhone will appear until at least the second half of 2008, unless Steve Jobs pulls an iRabbit out of his hat at Macworld ’08.

So, buy now or wait? The answer for me (and 30,000 Frenchmen and women) was clearly ‘oui’, but only you can answer that question for yourself, unless you have generous friends and relatives who’ve already put a nicely packaged small-ish box under the Christmas tree.