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anyone else HAPPY with their iPhone 3g???

I'm very happy with mine.

If people would give Apple time a lot of the problems people complain about here would be solved. Remember they have only been in the smart phone game for a little over a year now.

AT&T and wireless service in America in general now that's another story...
 
I love mine. I bought my wife a white one and now she is addicted like the rest of us. She used to always say "why are you always playing with that damn phone" and now she understands. It really is a great device. Its pros far outweigh its cons.
 
I'm super happy with it. Especially over my first gen. It's louder, I get a stronger edge signal, it works. I'm just lucky I guess. :x
 
I've been thrilled with mine.


I'm actually happier with the AT&T network than I expected to be, which has completely shocked me. And as for the phone itself, no problems, physical or otherwise. The only issues I have are the occasional Safari crash.
 
jz7410 said:
I read a lot of negative posts in these forums, and I thought I will share my iPhone experience.

I bought mine one week after launch at the apple store in the menlo park mall in nj. I do not get a 3g signal at home (don't need it at home), but my edge is great. The edge service is better than the Verizon service was in my house.

I have never had to restore my phone. I do drop calls like others when switching from edge to 3g (2.1 will fix this hopefully). I experience a little contact lag and occasional sms lag. A simple restart of the phone fixes the txt lag (hopefully 2.1 will fix this)

I got the ALoD once, I thought here we go.., but after 2-3 hard resets the phone came back up after about 2-3 mins (way longer than usual). My phone has reset itself twice while installing new apps, but I lost no data on my phone and was able to install the app a 2nd time and it worked (one of those times was the now playing update that crashed everyone)

The one problem I do have is sometimes I have 5 bars of 3g and data does not download, and I can only hope this is the "everyone needs to upgrade to 2.0.2 problem"

Safari has crashed twice since i got it, and my ipod touch crashed more than my iphone.

I have upgraded the firmware the day it comes out, and have 3 screens filled with apps.

So I can happily say I like my iPhone!

Did I get the only good iphone out there??? I have no cracks, no dust, no light leaks, and decent battery life
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I bought my first gen iPhone in Menlo too!

I got my 3G in GSP.

Both are GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT besides the occasional dropped call.
 
Yep, I'm happy with my phone. Can't see what all the fuss it about, personally. 3G coverage isn't the phone's fault. Crashing apps isn't the phone's fault. A therapeutic restart once in a while doesn't do any harm. I come from the school of hard knocks and have been using computers for years. So what if it isn't completely bomb-proof? In my experience (as an operations manager for an IT outsourcer, among others), nothing ever is.

I am happy. The UI is fantastic, as is the functionality. I've been looking for a true, single convergence device for a decade. I think I may finally have it.
 
The one thing that is driving me crazy is the way the screen jumps around when entering text into a form field. And the sluggishness of the software. Other than that I love my iPhone.
 
The poor battery life is an issue for me. I Have about 17 hours of standby and only 5 hours usage which according to the indicator I believe means 12 hours of standby and 5 hours use. That's with the brightness on minimum (one step below the far left) and only Wifi use--no phone or 3G or pics).
 
I love mine. It's the best tack hammer/paint scraper/flashlight/paperweight combination I've ever owned.
 
Ntombi said:
I'm actually happier with the AT&T network than I expected to be, which has completely shocked me. And as for the phone itself, no problems, physical or otherwise. The only issues I have are the occasional Safari crash.
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Same here - amazed at the great difference between ATT & Sprint, much better reception on both sides of the conversation. Now I'm just worried about how big the bill will be! :eek:

Phone hasn't ever locked up/reset/whatever. Only Safari crashes I've had so far have been trying to look at maps on weather.com.

Had some terrible backup times, deleted the backup in iTunes, removed apps that I had purchased directly on the phone, now my backups take @ 5 mins unless I change something. My first backup today took 15 minutes because I downloaded some apps & podcasts, changed contacts, took pictures, etc since yesterday's backup. After that 15 min backup, I unplugged it and the second backup took 3:45. Still playing with this to determine the best "process" to follow.

Personally (no slam intended, folks!), I don't have a problem with no push with my Gmail account, just got it set to check every 15 mins and that works great for me.

Love it SO much more than my Treo 650!!
 
icewing said:
Same here - amazed at the great difference between ATT & Sprint, much better reception on both sides of the conversation. Now I'm just worried about how big the bill will be! :eek:

Phone hasn't ever locked up/reset/whatever. Only Safari crashes I've had so far have been trying to look at maps on weather.com.

Had some terrible backup times, deleted the backup in iTunes, removed apps that I had purchased directly on the phone, now my backups take @ 5 mins unless I change something. My first backup today took 15 minutes because I downloaded some apps & podcasts, changed contacts, took pictures, etc since yesterday's backup. After that 15 min backup, I unplugged it and the second backup took 3:45. Still playing with this to determine the best "process" to follow.

Personally (no slam intended, folks!), I don't have a problem with no push with my Gmail account, just got it set to check every 15 mins and that works great for me.

Love it SO much more than my Treo 650!!
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Yeah I like ATT better than verizon, my old verizon phones signal got worse as the days went on
 
Ok good... from reading all the forums I didn't think their was a happy person put there
 
pmzpocket said:
Sure they can. This isn't an AT&T product, its an Apple product. It depends on service to work, thus Apple is just as responsible for the existence of service for the device as AT&T.

When services goes out, yes its AT&T's fault because its AT&T's network........but Apple picked them. We did not. WE had no choice. So Apple has effectively roped us into a bad network.

Its pretty easy to blame Apple IMPO
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Agreed, I was merely saying that it is both companies. Apple for choosing AT&T and Apple for putting out 2.0 firmware when it obviously wasnt ready. When you cant scroll through your contacts without lag or type a text it isnt ready.

As for AT&T, they knew over a year ago that this was coming, and in my eyes they did nothing. I get tired of every phone coming out being called the iPhone killer, the real iPhone killer is AT&T.
 
I've had a few replacements due to light leak and cracks but have enjoyed the iPhone regardless of this. It is an awesome device. It has a few quirks but then what product doesn't?
 
I'm extremely happy with both of my white 3G phones. Bought the first one on launch and the second 30 days later. Both have been perfect, no light leaks (checked in a completely dark room) no crashes, no lag, just perfection like what I have come to expect from Apple.
 
denm316 said:
Agreed, I was merely saying that it is both companies. Apple for choosing AT&T and Apple for putting out 2.0 firmware when it obviously wasnt ready. When you cant scroll through your contacts without lag or type a text it isnt ready.

As for AT&T, they knew over a year ago that this was coming, and in my eyes they did nothing. I get tired of every phone coming out being called the iPhone killer, the real iPhone killer is AT&T.
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Dennis, sorry you had a bad experience. I've been a software developer almost 25 years, and as much as you try some things always slip past you. Sometimes they look pretty obvious yet never showed up in bench or QA testing. Sometimes the company makes a business decision to ship anyway and try to get a fix out quickly. Again sorry you had a bad experience but you never know why the QB passed instead of running...
 
Happyness? Here? Surely not? Can't have any of that nonsense here mate... :D


All joking aside, it's a very good point made in this thread, that the happy and content iPhone owners are away, enjoying their iPhones, whilst those with problems, are on here posting about them, leading to a lop-sided view, of things overall.
 
I love my 3G iphone! Few things missing but I really enjoy my phone. Amazing maps application and finding things I need.

My wife love the ability to compare prices on the run.
 
Love Apple Hate the Iphone !

I have had to many dropped calls , crashing apps , rude att people .

I love macs osx and damn near everything apple make's , The stupidest thing they did was use those cheap ass infineon chips THAT IS THE PROBLEM !!!!
I think there is a possibility of a recall on the iphone, No a Software update will not solve the problem !!!
 
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