iPhone3G - What doesn't it have?

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Now that the announcement is over and you can read all about what the new iPhone3G has at tons of sites (like Gizmodo, Engadget, MacRumors or ArsTechnica), the specs of what it DOESN’T have is what sticks in my mind.

  • No second forward facing camera
  • No native Video Conferencing over iChat or 3G phone-to-phone
  • No A2DP Stereo Bluetooth Support (at least not yet)
  • No Copy and Paste (at least not yet)
  • No MMS (at least not yet)
  • No iChat (at least not yet)
  • No tethering to Laptops or other devices (use like a broadband modem)
  • No upgrade pricing/deals from AT&T (at least not yet) for us iPhone early adopters

We’ll see how this pans out, especially the last bulleted item, when it becomes available on July 11.

UPDATE: Prices for upgrading to the new 3G iPhone? $199 for 8GB and $299 for 16GB with reset 2Yr contract. Yes, that’s the SAME price as it is for new iPhone buyers. I was hoping it would be the same as some European providors who are offering free/cheap upgrades, but I guess AT&T isn’t going that route. *sigh*
Info comes from CrunchGear.