With June 19th rapidly approaching, I decided this weekend that I'm not going for the new iPhone until later in December when I can get my subsidy to cover the price of the phone. For me, an iPhone 3G [S] will cost me $537 for the 32GB. I barely have my 16GB [3G] full since I use my iPod for my music collection. If you are also deciding not to go for the new phone, it's not such a bad decision.

The new [S] will only have 4 improvements that aren't accessible in OS 3.0 which is scheduled to be released this Wednesday. Voice Control, Video Recording and the Compass. Of course Apple is touting that it's "faster" which will prove useful with the new background application feature part of the OS 3.0 upgrade. This being the feature I'm mainly concerned about, means that I'd be enjoying 3.0 more and more as new applications hit the market. Most users are raving about Cut-Copy-Paste which of course is going to very nice for retrieving MMS messages.

AT&T has been hearing the cries of many 3G users asking them to help subsidize the new [S] but this is exactly what happened before. Since one's contract is for two years, you cannot upgrade your phone after a year. Personally, if you really need the new phone, go for it. But you'll be better off waiting a year or two, and receiving the subsidy.

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