As much as I want this to be true, I don't think it is.

To be fair Dude, choosing Telstra would not only suit more people,(Me for one!) but would also present Apple with the widest possible market potential. I have said it before. I can't see Apple reducing he sales potentail of the iphone by choosing to go with anyone but Telsra.

30 somehitng percent versus just over 40%?.

thats optus to telstra market share

optus also have more of the top 100 asx listed companies.

whats market share?

at&t wasnt the best in the usa, its going to get a shitload of people with this new phone..

nextG is sameG,

its 3G (or 3.5G with HSDPA) that 3, vodafone, optus also have, today!.

nextG is at 850mhz, the others at the european standard 2100Mhz.

a nextg iphone (may not) work in europe..

it prefer it to follow the european standards, 2100mhz/900Mhz. thats where the MARKET share in 3G is!

Yes, Telstra has an "in" with the current iPhone, as it has the only nation-wide EDGE network. Further to that the 3G implementation AT&T uses is the same as Telstra's NextG. I know I sound like a broken record but they are already making a phone suited to NextG. When Apple come to Australia they will look for a partner with the largest customer base and largest breadth of coverage, and best speed for the network. Further to this, Telstra uses the same Israeli-made messagebank platform that AT&T use. Implementing visual voicemail will be very easy.

I'm sorry, but that's Telstra regardless of your views on them.

I never thought I'd say this - but I'd be OK if it was on Telstra. I'd happily switch carriers, providing that the plan is right.

is anyone actually using your "edge" network?

Yes, i think a little bit in all of us has died.

I'd still be surprised if thats what they go with. The 3g version will be primarily for europe not australia so logic says they will use the european 3g stuff not the one telstra uses. I seriously doubt we would get an australian only version

Uh yes? Anybody on Telstra with an EDGE-capable phone uses it - nearly all Blackberry subscribers, a majority of Nokia users (most Nokia handsets post-2005 have EDGE support), most non-3G PDA handsets. Would you like me to go on?

EDGE is no more expensive for customers to use than GPRS, and the activation is transparent to the user. In fact, the when the switch for EDGE was flicked the only indicator to customers was that their device showed an E(DGE) rather than a G(PRS) on the screen.

We wouldn't be getting an Australian-only version, we would be getting the same 3G version that AT&T will use. 3G is taking off in the US in a big way - look at Something Awful or Howard Forums, the first question people ask when a new phone is announce "Where's the 3G support?".

I've got an insider's perspective on mobile technologies and regardless of your feelings on Telstra you have to look at the facts.

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Well apple haven't even said they are doing a 3g version for the US as far as i know. They have said they are doing 3g for europe.

I am looking for the quote but yes, they said they were working on a 3G version for the US that would work on AT&T's 850mhz network. Which as has been previously mentioned is the same as Telstra's NextG network.

Actually, they said they're doing a 3G version for Asia, ah la Australia

They have said 3g for both asia and europe although the first european version may not be 3g according to most reports.
The rumored date for the european 3g version is early 2008 which is roughly the same time we are supposed to get the iphone.

I'm just going to start linking to past rebuttals of this rather than retyping it every time.