The market research firm iSuppli Corp reported on Tuesday that the new second-generation iPhone will have have a higher profit margin than the original iPhone. A new iPhone 2 will cost $199 plus a service plan from AT&T. AT&T in turn pays Apple an estimated $300 subsidy for delivering them a new custom. [...]
Tethering a cell phone to a laptop allows you to use your cell for wireless internet on the road. This could clearly be a very enticing usage of the new iPhone’s faster 3G speeds. Unfortunately, it appears that tethering won’t be allowed on the new iPhone 3G. So says iPhone Atlas’s article:
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iPhone unlocking may soon be no longer. The new second-generation iPhone 3G can only be purchased with a long-term AT&T service contract. This revelation certainly dashed the hopes of the many people who hoped to use the new iPhone with a non-AT&T service provider. From the Baltimore Sun:
From Now Apple has contracts with carriers in over [...]