The Apple iPhone and iPhone 3G cracked the mass consumer market with their sub-$200 price-tag on the entry-level 8GB iPhone 3G. But, considering that most of the US wireless ecosystem is populated by lower-end handsets that undercut the iPhone 3G’s already attractive $200 price-point, the iPhone and iPhone 3G are still premium hardware offerings.

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Things are looking good for Japan’s iPhone carrier, Softbank. Ever since the Japanese wireless carrier signed on as Apple’s iPhone 3G carrier partner, Softbank has seen their bottom line moving onwards and upwards.

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In a move that takes a page straight out of Motorola’s RAZR playbook, Apple has rocketed to the top of the US sales-charts with their iPhone 3G. According to NPD, Apple has seen its iPhone 3G become the No. 2 best-selling handset in the US. Motorola’s RAZR V3 still takes top billing as the overall […]

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In a move that follows Best Buy in the US, Best Buy Mobile in Canada has announced that they too will be carrying the iPhone 3G.

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Internal RIM and AT&T documents have floated up, discussing the competitive points between the iPhone and the upcoming BlackBerry 9530 on Verizon. The long and short of the arguments is that the BlackBerry Storm has all the back-end security and support, while the iPhone 3G has the panache of multi-touch and iTunes integration. A lot […]

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As we wait for Sony Ericsson, RIM, HTC, and Samsung to drop their latest wares on the entire world, the iPhone 3G has apparently been doing quite well for itself. With the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 rumored to go live at the end of this month (except for us Yankees, of course); RIM’s first touchscreen […]

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Original source of rumor: Erica Sadun at Tuaw tried something funny with her iPhone 3G. The 3G iPhone may work out of the box with AT&T Pay As You Go SIMs. It might even work with other SIMS but then one can’t just depend on a single person’s recounting. So, maybe we should not go […]

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The frenzy surrounding the iPhone sometimes just downright sickens me. But this is not one of those times since I just spotted an absolutely astonishing case or the good old Apple phone that just blew me away with its innovativeness. Called ToughSkin, the all new rugged case for the iPhone 3G features a rubberized case […]

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Turkey’s leader mobile operator, Turkcell, has announced that it will bring the iPhone 3G to the country. The official release says that the shiny handset will be available to the operator’s both prepaid and post-paid customers.

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Brando is a house that has constantly provided us with steady nick-knacks for our gadgets. Sometimes their ventures are stupendous and sometimes (like this one) dreadful. Totally killing the aesthetics of the 3G iPhone, this telescopic lens begs to be ignored. I’d rather take my chances with the 2-megapixel camera than succumb to the 6x […]

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