Comments on: My review of the iPhone 3GS

By: Daniel Fernandes

Daniel Fernandes — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:59:12 +0000

Thanks a lot for the interesting and useful post. I am crazy behind iPhones. I agree, the built-in video camera is amazing. iPhone 3GS has good design and features. Surfing, tweeting, checking mails can be done in great speed with iPhone 3GS.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:53:02 +0000

I just bought the new Iphone 3GS 32 and I think its pretty neat. This is my first smart phone so I can’t really compare it though. One flaw I have found is that if you have too many contacts the voice recognition doesn’t work. Apple had me send one phone back and replaced it (shipping on my dime) and it wasn’t the phone because the new phone had the same issue. I have over 15k contacts so they say that is too many…?

By: steve blom

steve blom — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:01:32 +0000

I used to have a blackberry, and hated it. It just seemed to complex. Then I finally exactly as you said, got my wife’s hand me down iphone.

Man I love this thing. I love apples sense of simplicity and usability in design. And the new operating system is a big upgrade. You didn’t emphasize enough the ability to copy and paste, which is huge for a lot of things.

Eventually all of our computers are going to shrink to the size of the iphone and beyond, and that is going to make a very interesting new world indeed.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:59:36 +0000

One of the best reviews I’ve read. Very honest and showing the bad as well as the good, so thanks. I especially like the video showing off the capabilities of this smartphone’s recording ability. IMO this is the best thing about the 3G S and why the upgrade is worth it.

By: James

James — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:09:16 +0000

Thanks for the review! Do you know if the recent iPhone security vulnerability that was publicized applies for the new iPhones as well as the old ones? It seemed so from what I read, but I couldn’t find anything definite with respect to specific version of iPhone.
Cheers,
James

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:27:55 +0000

I´m a owner of the iPhone 3G and really have no need to upgrade to 3GS since I run Apple OS 3.0 on it. Also an upgrade ist too expensive here in Germany for casual users. Our provider t-mobile only seems to be interested in new customers. The new functions are cool, but not worth the price for me. I really like the iPhone and its handling. It´s kind of noob-proof. My wife recently bought the new Toshiba TG01 which runs with Windows mobile. And believe me, I wish she had an iPhone or a HTC Android.

By: Denny

Denny — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:59:45 +0000

Glad to see that I’m not the only bothered by the copy/paste. They really need to create a setting to turn that off or delay it a few seconds. I also like the trickle-down take, never saw it that way. As for the 3GS, as an early adopter I think I’ll skip this one and see if they can improve the battery life a bit, my 3G is bad enough!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:45:13 +0000

I’m a frustrated iPhone-less man in the UK. Long have I waited for Orange UK to get the contract. I’ve been with them for almost 10 years and always very happy with the service. Just wish I had some concrete evidence that them getting the iPhone this year was true. Plenty of blogs out there been saying it for the last year, just to get traffic no doubt. I’ve spoken to customer services who tell me they are in talks, but many factors to take into account.

I shall wait in anticipation…..

By: Roni

Roni — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:04:55 +0000

Hi Matt, I’m sorry to say this, but the only reason to think iPhone 3GS camera is cool is the fact 3G camera was really crappy. I mean 2MP fixed focus in 2008 & 3Mp AF in 2009? 3MP AF was a hit and a must 3-4 years ago. 5MP was a hit in 2007 & 8MP is in high-end phones nowadays. As for features, point to focus is cool (give credit where credit due), but where are other auto features like face detection, smile detection, blink detection? Samsung, LG, Nokia, Sony ericsson have that already.
As for video comment: In 5 years one in 10?! I do not know anybody here in EU (except for my grand aunt), who does not have a cameraphone with video capability already. Is US really so much behind in this respect?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:05:46 +0000

I’ve had my 3GS for about a week now, after using the 3G for several months. I’ve noticed similar behavior in battery life. For my usual usage pattern (email, browsing, RSS feeds, the occasional photo) it seems to run down noticeably faster than the 3G. I’d estimate the battery life of the 3GS at about 25% less.

Any others have feedback on battery life (compared to 3G)? My expectations were up to 1.5X LONGER life, so this has been quite disappointing and I’m trying to determine if I got a dud.

Aaron

PS: Yes, I’ve performed the “full deplete followed by it full charge” at least once since purchase.