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My biggest issue with my 2G phone is, well... The phone. The speaker of the ear piece has such a low volume. Was there a significant boost in volume from 2G to 3G?

Other than that I'm still very happy with my humle little first gen iPhone.
 
My biggest issue with my 2G phone is, well... The phone. The speaker of the ear piece has such a low volume. Was there a significant boost in volume from 2G to 3G?

Other than that I'm still very happy with my humle little first gen iPhone.

agreed, while in a phone call i usually keep clicking the volume up button and jamming the phone into my ear to make a better seal. Im also not going to miss the recessed headphone jack, the silent switch sometimes not working, better speaker on the bottom, and EDGE.... o and not being able to use gps, my dad has the 3g, and thought that was pretty cool. Plus i get the tapered back which makes it feel thinnner and easier to grap on-to with the shiny back o and White ftw, plus twice the storage (16gb)
 
I can safely say I'm annoyed that MMS isn't live right now, even though I was using it in the beta just fine, but I'll live.

Tethering would also be nice, as it's something I've been using through PDANet for a while, official is always better imho.

I've been without a jailbroken phone since I started running 3.0b3 and I can safely say I don't miss it, especially because the quality of the code isn't as high as in the App Store, it also always seems to make my phone really slow to start up.

So yeah, I fully expect the dev-team to jailbreak 3GS and they've shown then can unlock 3G's, but the official stuff offered this time (once fully live) around might make jailbreaking obsolete for the most part.
 
No word from the reviews on how much storage the video takes? I did some math and estimated about 27MB/min, but wanted to see how close I was. Guess I have to wait till Friday.

from pogue's review:

You can’t beat the capacity, either; in theory, the 32-gigabyte iPhone can capture 17 hours of video — just enough for the elementary-school talent show.

about 1.9GB/hr..? i assume he's ignoring system space, etc., and just using 32GB as a round storage number.
 
agreed, while in a phone call i usually keep clicking the volume up button and jamming the phone into my ear to make a better seal. Im also not going to miss the recessed headphone jack, the silent switch sometimes not working, better speaker on the bottom, and EDGE.... o and not being able to use gps, my dad has the 3g, and thought that was pretty cool. Plus i get the tapered back which makes it feel thinnner and easier to grap on-to with the shiny back o and White ftw, plus twice the storage (16gb)

Is your dads 3G louder during phone calls?
 
Calendar Events

WTF happened to being able to open calendar events (.ics) files on the iPhone with 3.0? I was really looking forward to that feature. And now? It doesn't work at all. I can see the calendar icon, but I just can't do anything with it, like OPEN IT UP! I really hope this isn't one of these features that gets showcased by Apple, but then goes quietly away. Anyone one else have luck with this?
 
i told everyone before that its not worth it to upgrade. The new iphone is good for new customers only. Only dumasses would waste their money.
 
Most of these reviews don't matter, we all know the reviewers are Apple fanboys who won't say anything bad about it.

This is very true, but it's what they are not saying that speaks very loudly. For example, all of them are going to say very good things about the 3Gs. But, none of them are raving madly and saying you must go out and get one. Reading these reviews between the lines, they are saying "well, it's an iPhone, so it's the most fantastic phone on the market. But, if you have a 3G or don't want to extend your contract for another 2 years and really don't need the extra storage, you really aren't missing much because you already have this phone."
 
If you keep doing that, you'll always be looking to the next model next summer (for an iPhone) or the next September (for an iPod) :D

I just upgraded from the 2G... can't wait. If next years model is "revolutionary" (meaning significantly better, iChat (front facing camera... would easily fit the bill) I will upgrade NEXT year as well. WITH no complaints, no whining, no wishing I could get the subsidized price. Since I converted from Windows in 2000, I have always wanted a phone that spoke with my mac. This is it.. and unless the iPhone somehow goes away.. this is my phone forever....... NOW....... AT&T... can kiss my sorry ass goodbye, if this phone is available somewhere else.. LOL.
 
What I want to hear from Walt is whether or not an original iPhone running OS 3.0 should be upgraded to an iPhone 3GS or should I wait one more year.

I don't NEED 3G speed, happy with EDGE and the fact that I always manage to find a free WiFi spot while traveling. GPS... nice but I bought my wife the 3G a few months back and we never travel apart from each other so I can always use hers.

Come on reviewers.... I don't think the real question for users is whether or not they should upgrade from the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 3GS, but it should be for those of us on the first gen phone. If you have a 3G it should be really painfully clear that it is the same phone in essence.


I have had 3.0 running for a few days on my EDGE phone.. it's not exactly "slower" but not as zippy (lol if that could be said for the 2G) as it once was. However, the SEARCH page is a godsend, and I wish I could make it my home page.. I can't WAIT for the speed increase. my main want for the new phone. I can't stand the slowness... and now that I have 3G in my area, I can't stand EDGE.. LOL..
 
This is a bigger upgrade over the 3g than the 3g was to 2g, if this one is not worth upgrading to, then I guess the 3g was an even worse upgrade.

WHICH... lol.. is why I waited the extra year! :) LOL.. When the 3G came out, I looked at the map.. .NO 3G for MILES... that was last year.. this year.. they rolled out 3G in my area... :) SIKED!! :)
 
Not true. The move from this year to next year will (with multicore processors) is going to be like the move from PowerPC to Intel. If they didn't think that the 3gs couldn't handle multitasking it could only stand to reason that they think next year's model will. I'd seriously doubt Apple will hold off on multitasking another year. If they stuck with the A8, it would only be a bump in processor speed which will only hurt battery lie which is what Apple does not want. The A9 is far faster with better battery life. This is not even mentioning Open CL support. This will give Apple the ability to offer multitasking without battery life suffering. It would also be the intro of a PA Semi modded chip with all the ATI graphics people they hired. A revamped OS to combat the Pre will be coming and next year's hardware will get the full potential of it.

The move next year will signal a new shift in the iPhone's abilities that will stay around a long time. If you're contract is up, get a new one. It's a great product. For those under contract wait until next year because it will be special.

It's not that the 3GS can't handle multitasking.. I'm very sure it can. it's Apple's decision that by enabling multitasking you greatly decrease the battery life. They don't want their phone lasting 4hrs, and then people bitching about battery life.
 
I'm confused about these "new" features of remembering WiFi and webpage settings. I've never had that problem with my iPhone. Unless I tell it specifically to forget a network, my iPhone logs itself in seamlessly. And most web pages work fine when I check off "remember me" when I log in. I usually don't have to log in again.
 
Texting is idiotic. Tests have shown Morse Code to be a faster and more efficient method of transmitting text than SMS on a cell phone. Seriously.

Not to mention all the idiots who do it while driving down the highway. :mad:

Agreed. A 10 min text conversation would take 30s - 1min on the PHONE. Texting blows, unless you want a one way conversation (i.e - update someone on the status of "something" )
 
Texting is an easy, fast, efficient and fun way of communicating. It is also useful when you need to be discreet. It has many advantages. I'm kinda shocked that some members of this forum fail to understand it. (But maybe they don't get reception in the cave they live in...)
 
I can safely say I'm annoyed that MMS isn't live right now, even though I was using it in the beta just fine, but I'll live.

Tethering would also be nice, as it's something I've been using through PDANet for a while, official is always better imho.

I've been without a jailbroken phone since I started running 3.0b3 and I can safely say I don't miss it, especially because the quality of the code isn't as high as in the App Store, it also always seems to make my phone really slow to start up.

So yeah, I fully expect the dev-team to jailbreak 3GS and they've shown then can unlock 3G's, but the official stuff offered this time (once fully live) around might make jailbreaking obsolete for the most part.

I totally agree. I jailbroke my phone (2G) once. It became slow, prone to random resets, etc.. granted the programs offered were awesome, but with winterboard etc.. on the phone it became unstable. Switched back, no problems.. not going through that again. With every new SDK jailbroken phones will become obsolete.
 
Texting is an easy, fast, efficient and fun way of communicating. It is also useful when you need to be discreet. It has many advantages. I'm kinda shocked that some members of this forum fail to understand it. (But maybe they don't get reception in the cave they live in...)

Yes.. it is fast... it is fun. IT is NOT efficient. Just like e-mail, emotions etc get lost in the text - meaning gets lost. A simple phone call can solve all these problems.
 
I just feel as though there was much more in the 2G to 3G jump than in 3G to 3G S. The GPS and the 3G itself plus the change in design were all major shifts. Nothing like that has happened here.

Maybe.. but during the "time" of the switch (2G - 3G) AT&T had a crappy 3G network, (meaning why bother). GPS was/IS a major upgrade, however IMHO not worth it if that's it. The design change.. well that's fairly superficial. .. (as a 2G soon to be 3GS owner) I like the design of the 3G/3GS.. better than the 2G.. (the chrome back doesn't do it for me).. but that,for me, wasn't worth upgrading.

SPEEED... is what I want. I want GPS.. bad.. (using maps with EDGE really blows...), I could care lesss about the video and voice control. The Camera though, seems to be much better. I want the magnetometer (for GPS... and later on.. A-Reality). That's it.. I want my damn phone not to be so sluggish...
 
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