Apple iPhone 2.0 Review (Two Thumbs Up)
So I got to borrow an iPhone 2.0 from my friend since he knew I was trying to decide between this and a blackberry storm. I figured this would make a good review post.
iPhone 3G The Good:Faster download speeds
Talk and get data simultaneously
New, lower priceSupport for third-party applications
Integrated GPS
The Bad:
Still a 2-megapixel camera
Limited GPS functionality
Still exclusive to AT&T
The Price:
US$199 – 8G
BUS$299 – 16GB
If you look at the iPhone 3G, perhaps you wouldn’t think it’s too different from its predecessor. But looks can be deceiving. And in the case of the iPhone 3G, they’re likely to be very deceiving indeed: the video iPhone 3G looks to be a big jump past the original iPhone.
From its faster Internet connection to its support for GPS and third-party applications – video to iphone 3G converter to its lower price, the iPhone 3G looks to be a major upgrade.
Many things about the iPhone 3G are the same: a 2-year contract with AT&T (subsidized upgrades are available to all iPhone owners and new AT&T customers, as well as select other customers), support for all the same widgets and firmware features, the terrific multi-touch screen, and intelligent sensors that determine whether the phone is near your head and shuts off the screen and the one that knows whether the phone is oriented horizontally or vertically.
And while those familiar features are nice, the video iPhone 3G’s changes should really make the device shine.
A Great Phone Gets even Better. The phone features of the original iPhone didn’t leave too many people complaining (though it’s still missing voice dialing, a feature I’d like). Visual Voicemail felt like a breakthrough (though perhaps it wasn’t quite as useful as its hype would have suggested) and features such as three-way calling were a snap to use. While call quality was decent, more advanced cell phone features sucas MMS messaging or certain Bluetooth features were not available.
The phone features on the iPhone 3G have all the same strengths and even add one: improved call quality. Because the iPhone 3G uses the 3G phone network which carries more data faster, the call quality when connected to a 3G network should be superior.
Overall if you have the chance to get this phone, please do, you will not regret it!
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