Most of these reviews don't matter, we all know the reviewers are Apple fanboys who won't say anything bad about it.
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.
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.
You cant beat the capacity, either; in theory, the 32-gigabyte iPhone can capture 17 hours of video just enough for the elementary-school talent show.
Could it be the reviewer's accent? Mr. Ihnatko from Chicago.
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)
Most of these reviews don't matter, we all know the reviewers are Apple fanboys who won't say anything bad about it.
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)![]()
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.
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.
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.
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.
Well the positive reviews are to be expected.
They should just come out and say it:
The iPhone saves lives.
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.![]()
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.
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...)
How?
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.