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Originally Posted by surur
I, of course, disagree. In this case the motivation counts. Apple consciously decided to use 2002 technology when everyone else was already 3G for 2 years now, to "protect their uses from battery life issues", and in the process deprived their users of the choice of sacrificing battery life for speed.....
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All readers of this site should understand by now that design is difficult; it always involves hard choices. One should not infer malice in making the choices (any more than one should infer malice when stupidity will serve) because one might have chosen otherwise.
That said, I am willing to take Apple at their word: "We wanted all iPhone users to have a similar experience." Since AT&T still has 3G in only a small number of markets (yes, I know that they list every small town in Texas as a "market."), that means EDGE.
(Yes, I will buy a 3G iPhone as soon as it is available, in spite of the fact that there is still no 3G coverage in my market, thirty miles from NYC. Admittedly, Fairfield County is not as densely populated as NYC; that is why we live here. On the other hand, it is not exactly rural New Jersey either.)