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Anyone Else Happy To Stick With Their 3G iPhone ?
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If it works for you, then yes. But once you get iPad, you will notice how painfully slow 3g is comparison
I have the 3G and an iPad. I'd much rather have the new iPhone over the iPad. iPad is just not there yet and the size makes it limited to where you can bring it. I find the 3G to be painfully slow. The 25th can't come soon enough!
My roommate is considering just sticking with the 3G. He wanted more of a battery life (not sure what else, but that's the one thing he would tell me). I mean sure it has more talk time but me and my roommate use the phone far more for data and internet than talking.
Though I have noticed on my phone it seems talking sucks out battery life quicker than playing on the internet.
This. My 3G is painfully slow. I don't want to re-up with ATT, but am not going to buy it outright.
My dad will probably stick with his 3G, but that's mainly because he doesn't like spending money on stuff he doesn't think is worth it. And as far as his use goes, I think he'll be fine with his 3G until it breaks or dies.
I currently have a JB 3G iPhone and it's still quite fast. However, the hardware upgrades in the new iPhone 4 are things I've wanted so I'm going to upgrade and give my phone to my gf who uses T-Mobile. I could easily stick with my 3G but the latest update has me excited and after I can jailbreak this one, I should be good for 2 years. Unless apple decides to roll out with a 4" screen next year..
I for one can't wait to upgrade. I'm tired of my 3G slowing down and lagging on a lot of the bigger games. I can't wait to have REAL movie recording and 32 gigs of memory. I'll finally be able to throw my whole library on my phone and not worry about things slowing down. I can't wait to get the iPhone 4, it's everything I wanted and more.
No.
The 3GS is still fine, but the 3G is effectively obsolete as of now. It's MUCH slower than the 3GS so I can only imagine how much slower than the 4th-phone it'll be.
Add to that all the other improvements (camera, screen, etc.) and it seems like an easy choice to me. (The screen alone is reason enough. Even though it's fast enough, my wife is upgrading from her 3GS JUST because of the screen!)
iPad? There's no way I'll be buying a 1st gen. It'll clearly be getting a better screen, more RAM, and probably a front-camera next year. I'm betting the 1st-to-2nd gen jump of the iPad will be just as great as the 1st-to-2nd gen jump that happened to the iPhone in 2008.
Apple loves to do big jumps from 1-to-2 but then a smaller jump from 2-to-3. It worked well for me on the iPhone to buy a 2nd gen, I'll be doing the same with the iPad.
The 3GS is still fine, but the 3G is effectively obsolete as of now. It's MUCH slower than the 3GS so I can only imagine how much slower than the 4th-phone it'll be.
Add to that all the other improvements (camera, screen, etc.) and it seems like an easy choice to me. (The screen alone is reason enough. Even though it's fast enough, my wife is upgrading from her 3GS JUST because of the screen!)
iPad? There's no way I'll be buying a 1st gen. It'll clearly be getting a better screen, more RAM, and probably a front-camera next year. I'm betting the 1st-to-2nd gen jump of the iPad will be just as great as the 1st-to-2nd gen jump that happened to the iPhone in 2008.
Apple loves to do big jumps from 1-to-2 but then a smaller jump from 2-to-3. It worked well for me on the iPhone to buy a 2nd gen, I'll be doing the same with the iPad.
I'm just gun shy because I (just my opinion) have a feeling that other carriers are coming at the end of the year and I would be upset if I locked in with AT&T for another two years when I could go back to Verizon with the phone I love. My plan is to hold onto my 3G until year end to see what the rumors are at that point.
Also this.
3G is slow.
JB 3G is painfully slow.
Sure it can do 'more' than the 4 with JB'ing, but to be honest, and I never thought I'd say this, I'll be happy giving up Lockscreen for all of the hardware upgrades over the 3G. I'll probably still have time for a coffee after checking emails, today's calendar and twitter compared to how long it takes to do half of it at the moment!
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Reasonable.
I should point out, yes, there are reasons for sticking wtih a 3G. But all the reasons I can think of are external forces, like this, and NOT anything to do with the 3G itself being compelling.
My first iPhone was the 3G. I had it for a year and then upgraded to the 3GS. Once I found out a new iPhone was coming out I sold my 3GS and I was so used to the speed the 3G is painfully slow. I'll gladly retire the 3G for good once the iPhone 4 comes out.
Edit: Plus it's old hardware. I don't want old hardware.
Edit: Plus it's old hardware. I don't want old hardware.
Hehe, and when I said no I meant no to my 32GB 3GS I don't get the mentality of people who are waiting for "this that and the other". Guess what? So am I. I have had every iPhone on day 1 and plan to do so until there is something out there that is reliably better. I guess for me, the iPhone is a business necessity so the $299/year is peanuts... I mean, the phone hardware (not service) costs me $.82/day. I bet most here spend 3-5x that a day on coffee.
/rant
I don't get the mentality of people who are waiting for "this that and the other". Guess what? So am I. I have had every iPhone on day 1 and plan to do so until there is something out there that is reliably better. I guess for me, the iPhone is a business necessity so the $299/year is peanuts... I mean, the phone hardware (not service) costs me $.82/day. I bet most here spend 3-5x that a day on coffee. /rant
I think we will see a Verizon iPhone by the end of year. I think about waiting too. But, I'm unsure if this is a wise idea. Yes, the Verizon iphone will be an iphone, but it will also be a 1st generation device.
No one predicted the AT&T iphone would have so many growing pains, but it did. The same might happen to the Verizon iPhone. Too many iphone users on Verizon may slow down their network too. And, all the people leaving AT&T may result in better performance of the AT&T network. Who knows.
But, it may be a bit naive to say that all iPhone problems will cease once it goes to Verizon.
Isn't the iPhone 3G processor THE SAME as the processor that's in the original iPhone released in 2007? Why would anyone be content with a phone that slow?!