5 Reasons Why You Must Have The iPhone 3G

When Steve Jobs had unveiled the original iPhone last year, I was completely bowled over. It was light years ahead of any other smartphone out there in the market. Since the initial release was US only, and unlocking of the iPhone wasn’t a good idea, I held off purchasing the iPhone and patiently waited, waited till this day.

With today’s launch of the iPhone 3G, the iPhone has become a more compelling device than it was last year, and here are 5 reasons why you must have the new iPhone..

Before I move onto outlining the 5 reasons, here is a fact. Many people world over held off from purchasing the iPhone, some for the lack of 3G, some for the lack of a good camera, some for its price. But the fact is that Apple managed to sell almost 6 Million iPhone’s last year which is no small feat.

But with the launch of the 3G iPhone, Apple has managed to shoot more than a couple of birds with one arrow, and that is why it is here to stay..

So here are the 5ive reasons why you must have the iPhone when it comes out this july..

• Price

Well the new iPhone comes in at a price that is hard to resist. The original iPhone was darn expensive for most people, but the new iPhone comes in at 199$ which is an amount most people can afford.

As Steve himself said during the keynote about 50 percent of people surveyed who didn’t buy an iPhone said that they didn’t because of price.

So now with 199$ price point, I’m sure Apple is going to sell a shit load of iPhone’s worldwide.

• Presence of 3G

3G was one of the most demanded features, when iPhone initially came out. With the most advanced browser on a smartphone, the original iPhone’s sole missing point was 3G.

With the latest iteration however Apple has managed to plug the hole. 3G is nearly 3 times faster than the EDGE that was a part of the original iPhone.

Time for some innovative web apps to see the light I guess.. and Mobile browsing got a whole lot better than it was..

• GPS and Location Aware Services

Google had once said that they have seen extremely high usage of Maps via iPhone. With just Cell tower triangulation and WiFi triangulation in the original iPhone we saw high usage of maps.

Now with GPS we’re heading off for a whole new era of Location Aware Services. We already saw a prime example of that during the keynote with the demo of Loopt.

With features like Search, Directions on a tiny mobile device that fits your pocket, the world just got a lot more smaller isn’t it?

• Applications Galore

The App Store will be the single most important feature of the new iPhone. We already some cool demos during the keynote like blogging apps, games, medical applications. The SDK is the most compelling mobile development platform ever.

You as a developer are only limited by your imaginations.

Add that with the distribution model that the App Store has, people are going to go crazy over the apps. Way better than downloading apps for your Windows mobile or Symbian phone.

The iPhone Apps will be a bigger success than the Facebook platform for sure..

• Sync via MobileME

The iPhone 3G brings about a new age of mobility never seen before by normal users. What has forever remained a feature for the enterprise for ages now is in the hands of normal people like you and me.

Complete sync between the iPhone, your PC and MAC and the internet. What more could you have asked for?

So are you going to stand in the long queues this July 11th when the iPhone 3G comes out?