Analyst: absence of a 3G iPhone not that big a deal
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Dec 17, 2007 at 12:46pm
The absence of a 3G iPhone is being overblown as a problem, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a note to clients. Why? He lists four reasons.
One: 3G (WCDMA/UMTS/HSPA) is still a relatively niche technology and not widely deployed in the US despite all the publicity and hype. Two: 3G is not as field tested as 2/2.5G. Three: costs of 3G iPhone parts would also be pretty expensive right now. Four: 3G technology is a battery hog.
Still, Wu believes a 3G iPhone will probably see the light of day around mid-2008. Why? “We believe by then, the network coverage, price points, and battery life issues will be better addressed,” he wrote to clients “Should Apple decide to ship earlier, it will likely be positioned as a high-end smart phone and allow Apple to re-position the current 2.5G iPhone as a more mainstream product.”
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