Before You Buy a 3G iPhone, Make sure it works in Your Coverage Area (See Maps).

With the not so impressive new iPhone ready to roll out on July 11th as announced today at the WWDC by Apple, Inc., you might want to make sure you get 3G coverage before actually buying it. That means, in order to "use 3G" you must be in a "3G" covered area by AT&T - or else you're going to have a newer version of the same old iPhone 1.0 with an even crappier plastic black or white back as opposed to brushed metal (hey there had to be some reason the phone got cheaper right?).

As stated in a press release by AT&T today, "The AT&T 3G / BroadbandConnect network is currently available in most major metropolitan areas and is expanding rapidly."

Its not so rapid as you think. Many major areas are lacking 3G and if you don't have it, you just dont have it, you'll be on the same old slow EDGE network.

And something else, using 3G will lower your battery's capacity by about 54%. That means if your talk time was 4 hours, its now going to be about 2 hours. Apple boasts great talking and data time, but they did the same thing when the 2nd gen iPod came out, in regards to battery.

Below is a complete city-by-city guide to where your 3G iPhone will work and where it won't. There are also maps to show you your 3G coverage area in blue-- and it is surprisngly small(and if you leave these areas, it won't work in...)

Alabama
Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery

Arizona
Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Tucson

Arkansas
Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock

California
Anaheim, Arden-Arcade, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Burbank, Chula Vista, Concord, Daly City, East Los Angeles, Escondido, Fairfield, Fremont, Fresno, Glendale, Hayward, Irvine, Lake Tahoe, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Monterey, Norwalk, Oakland, Oceanside, Ontario, Oxnard, Pasadena, Pomona, Richmond, Roseville, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Sunnyvale, Vallejo

Colorado
Colorado Springs, Denver

Connecticut
Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, New London

Delaware
Wilmington

District of Columbia
Washington, DC

Florida
Cape Canaveral, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Gainesville, Hialeah, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, St. Petersburg, Southwest Florida, Tallahassee, Tampa, The Keys, West Palm Beach

Georgia
Athens, Atlanta, Columbus

Hawaii
Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Maui

Idaho
Boise, Coeur d'Alene

Illinois
Bloomington, Chicago, Elgin, Joliet, Springfield,

Indiana
Gary, Indianapolis

Kansas
Kansas City, Olathe, Overland Park, Topeka

Kentucky
Lexington, Louisville

Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Metairie, New Orleans, Shreveport

Maryland
Baltimore

Massachusetts
Boston, Cambridge, Hyannis, Lowell, Springfield, Worcester

Michigan
Clinton, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Livonia, Sterling Heights, Warren

Minnesota
Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Cloud

Mississippi
Jackson

Missouri
Columbia, Independence, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis

Nevada
Carson City, Henderson, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Paradise, Reno, Spring Valley, Sunrise Manor

New Jersey
Atlantic City, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Long Branch, Newark, New Brunswick, Ocean County, Trenton

New Mexico
Albuquerque

New York
Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Hamptons, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown

North Carolina
Cary, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Jacksonville, Raleigh, Winston-Salem

Ohio
Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Tulsa

Oregon
Eugene, Medford, Portland, Salem

Pennsylvania
Allentown, Harrisburg, Northeast-Scranton, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, State College

Puerto Rico
Bayamon, Carolina, San Juan

Rhode Island
Providence

South Carolina
Charleston, Columbia, Greenville

Tennessee
Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville

Texas
Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Bryan, College Station, Carrollton, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Grand Prairie, Houston, Irving, Longview, Marshall, McAllen, Mesquite, Pasadena, Plano, Richardson, San Antonio, Tyler, Victoria, Waco

Utah
Provo, Salt Lake City, West Valley

Virginia
Alexandria, Arlington, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond

Washington
Bellevue, Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver

Wisconsin
Madison, Milwaukee

For more details visit: http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/popUp_3g.jsp