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Jun 29 2009

iPhone 3G S week one

Published by japadamus at 6:39 am under tech, iPhone 3G

It’s been a week since I got the iPhone 3G S. Here are a few impressions:

-The video camera on the 3G S is great to have around. It’s not a great camera by any means…but it’s good enough. That combined with the fact that it’s always with you makes it really quite valuable.

-Searching is overall way better with 3.0 (and all iPhones can get this upgrade). Not only do you have the global search field, you can also easily search through your emails. And search is fast – since everything is indexed on your phone results pop up almost immediately.

-After a week I still have no desire to play with voice navigation. I mean, the iPhone interface is so quick and intuitive that using voice commands would actually be slower, in my opinion. I can see that this may be valuable to people that need complete hands-free operation, but even when I’m driving I’d rather just use a few flicks of my thumbs to get what I want.

-You get used to the increased speed on the 3G S pretty quickly. And it does make the 3G and 1G seem pretty slow by comparison. It’s like when you use a really old computer that takes a super long time to load simple programs like IE. That said, if you’re a 3G user everything opens fast enough – I didn’t have a huge problem with app load times on the 3G, for example. Only after I used the 3G S did the speed difference start to irritate me.

-Stereo bluetooth is a great feature. I love being able to put my phone down and walk around the house or office with bluetooth headsets. The range of the 3G S is not great, though.

Overall the 3G S does improve on the 3G in a lot of areas, but these improvements are not monumental. If you need to wait 6 months or so before you upgrade for the subsidized ATT price then there’s really no need to rush…unless you really need the video camera. If you are able to get the $299 upgrade price though you should really just sell the 3G on ebay for ~$300 and pick up the 3G S – it will cost you virtually nothing.

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