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LOLs at the 95%. Sure skew the stats to make it look way better. Take the average time across all apps and then calculate the number, not the summation across all apps.
It's more like 51.3% faster on average, which is pretty good.
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Should I get an iPhone 3G S?
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LOLs at the 95%. Sure skew the stats to make it look way better. Take the average time across all apps and then calculate the number, not the summation across all apps.
It's more like 51.3% faster on average, which is pretty good.
Don't worry about him. I am pretty sure he is just trolling. Anyone that have used a previous generation iPhone and moved on to a 3Gs haven't looked back. The difference in speed is mind-boggling. Every single operation I made on my 2G with any delay whatsoever is instant on the 3Gs.
I'm guessing you don't go to school in the US? I only say this because it's illegal to block cell phone signals so if you are in the US, your school shouldn't be blocking signals.
As for your question, hands down if you want a smart phone, iPhone is the best. There's definitely a difference in performance between the 3G and 3GS and I'd recommend it highly.
This.
As long as you keep the Settings icon on the home page, turning airplane mode on/off is just two taps away.
It's likelier that his school has concrete/brick walls/facade, or is near buildings with such, which does wonders for attenuating the 1.9GHz GSM frequency band that AT&T tends to use (in the US, of course). AT&T is supposedly starting to use the lower GSM frequency bands (850 MHz?), which goes through walls better, but that's supposedly not yet widespread.
I went from a 2G to a 3GS, and I wouldn't call the speed difference, "mind-boggling". Yes, it's definitely faster, and the 3GS is definitely the one to get (if you get any kind of iPhone), but I wouldn't say that the difference is huge.
And, no, I don't think he's trolling. That "95%" number is pretty lame. I don't see how you can get any kind of meaningful mysterious numeric percentage just by measuring 8 apps. Now, the article might be good (no, I haven't read it), but that "95%" number just doesn't make any sense.
Speed isn't the only main feature of iPhone 3GS. It has a very nice autofocusing camera with the ability to shoot videos, built in compass, voice control and so on.
It all depends on what your needs are. If you want a phone with a good camera that can do good video, has built in voice control that'll work with your bluetooth headset (will show up in 3.1), built in compass to help with foot navigation with GPS, video and music playback, best internet experience and ALL of that in one phone, then get the iPhone 3GS.
There's always 14 days return policy (or is it 30 days) if you don't like it.
It all depends on what your needs are. If you want a phone with a good camera that can do good video, has built in voice control that'll work with your bluetooth headset (will show up in 3.1), built in compass to help with foot navigation with GPS, video and music playback, best internet experience and ALL of that in one phone, then get the iPhone 3GS.
There's always 14 days return policy (or is it 30 days) if you don't like it.
I went from a first-gen iPhone to an iPod touch 2G to an iPhone 3GS. The touch was a little faster than the first-gen iPhone, and the difference to the 3GS was still quite a bit. Just about every single task that previously had a noticeable delay got sped up by 3-10 seconds; from opening an app, to sending a photo in an email, to loading the next level in a game. And when you use the phone heavily, there's easily a dozen or two of those 3-10 second speed-ups in an hour.
Compared to my touch, I would, in fact, say that the 3GS is about or at least twice as fast in every way, objectively and subjectively.
There are also nice little differences that are much harder to quantify (or is qualify the word?).
Like scrolling through web pages. I hardly get the checkerboard now - only when 1) I tap the status bar to get to the top of the page, or 2) I needlessly scroll like a madman with total disregard for reading anything... and even then, it's there for only a fraction of the time it was on the iPod touch.
Scrolling and animations (drilling down in lists and getting that slide effect; screen rotation) are smoother, making it feel more responsive.
The keyboard keys respond better and there is no longer the occasional hiccup where it stops showing what you're typing for a second while the page is loading or something is going on in the background.
To say nothing of the improved framerate in every game.
Without knowing more about how you use it, I can't say for sure what about it you're missing, but there are definitely those of us who are feeling that 2x that Apple is pushing.
