The first generation iPhone is barely on the street , but some exploiter and analysts are already babble out about when a second - contemporaries model will be launched to take vantage of dissolute 3 G wireless internet speeds for speedier Internet browse .

The first variant of iPhone supports AT&T ’s sharpness — Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution — web , a 2.5 chiliad web advertised as put up download focal ratio of 70Kbit / sec to 135Kbit / sec . AT&T and Apple chose that internet because it is the largest internet , extend to 270 million people , last week .

AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel stressed that “ HSDPA is usable in 160 subway system area and AT&T will continue to build it out through the quietus of the class , so obviously we ’re go on to build up 3G. ”

The discussion thread at MacRumors take the great unwashed to post their bound speeds over iPhone using a web measuring cock . Some reported f number were high-pitched than those publicise by AT&T , but most were slower , with 64Kbit / sec on July 3 in San Diego and 71Kbit / sec in Los Angeles that same day . “ Boooooo ! ” is the only comment from the San Diego exploiter identify as FreeState . GnarleyMarley87 in Atlanta cover 126Kbit / sec in Atlanta on EDGE , but 1,245 Kbit / sec over WiFi at habitation . Other apply weighing in on Macrumors about the differences between 3 G and EDGE and why Apple is waiting designate that iPhone users are mindful that AT&T ’s 3 1000 internet is not widely uncommitted in the U.S. Users also noted that 3G - capable phone systematically work down bombardment faster than those on slower networks . One analyst , Ken Dulaney at Gartner recently confirmed that a 3 G phone can employ up a battery at a rate 30 - percent faster than a 2.5 G phone .

Apple officials would not comment on a timetable for the next iPhone discharge , or even whether it will support 3G.

Two analyst incline to support the decision to release the first iPhone over bound to get the broadest web reach over higher bandwidth . “ bound is not a show - plug for iPhone , and I think the next edition will likely have 3 grand , ” said Michael King , an psychoanalyst at Gartner .

King tell some diligence experts consider Apple can have a second - generation twist ready by October , but that Apple wo n’t unveil them so tight behind the first version ’s June 29 release . King believes AT&T ’s HSDPA internet will be more widely available for U.S. users in late 2008 . “ It ’s a fairly usable mesh now , ” he said .

With a second - generation iPhone , Apple is also potential to support QuickTime , yield access code to streaming television that will also apply more bandwidth that will tend to require a 3 G web , King say .

Shiv Bakhshi , an psychoanalyst at IDC , said that Apple was “ wise to have chosen omnipresent mesh reach over bandwidth … a civilisation of mobile information consumption in the U.S. is only beginning to set in . By the time it take hold , Apple will be out with 3 G iPhones and AT&T will likely roll out a 3 one thousand HSDPA internet across its interior footprint . ” ”

Asked when both will happen , Bakhshi said “ in under a year . ”

But Bakhshi said that it is not clear how much current iPhone user will be download from the World Wide Web . song and video can be imported from a calculator , so EDGE upper might not be an impediment for the mediocre user .

“ Every connection fall short as your expectations rise higher , ” he said . “ Some people will always be high-pitched - end users and will find EDGE really frustrating , but for the median Joe Blow like you and me , it will do . ”

Bakhshi said that data usage may not be the large driver of iPhone sale . “ Instead , it might be just its ability to invoke enviousness in your friends , ” he articulate .