I am an iPhone owner and a fan of Apple as a company.  By releasing the iPhone 3.0 upgrade 2 days prior to the release of the new iPhone, Apple probably made a mistake.  Sure, they sold 1 million phones over the weekend, but how many more could it have been if they had guys like me wanting to buy?  Leading up to the release, I felt I needed the new iPhone right away.  However, after upgrading to 3.0 on Thursday, I felt that I could wait a bit for the new hardware.

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It feels like I have sommething new and I don’t need a new phone yet.  At lease AT&T grabbed some sales that they might not have had otherwise.  They relented and allowed a hardware upgrade price of $199 rather than $399 for a big chunk of users.  That probably didn’t benefit AT&T nearly as much as it benefited Apple.

Thanks for the free 3.0 upgrade Apple.  I’ll get my phone when I get around to it.

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