spectrum48k

1 week on, with my first iPHONE and I have to admit, I'm in love with the damn thing.

I'm no fan of Apple (I bloody hate iTunes) but I have to say this is the best phone I've ever owned by a LONG way. Beautiflly crafted in both hardware and software - the interface is intuitive (no need for instructions)

It does everything as advertised, extremely well. In the past, surfing the web for example was a real pain on mobile phones, but Apple have made the whole experience so elegant.

Effortlessly sniffs out available Wi-Fi, or switches to o2 / 3G when needed.

I've been away for a break this last week in Padstow and I've not had to get my laptop out once for email or web.

As for it's lack of multi-tasking - I think that's been exaggerated as it DOES multi-task - it'll happily get on with pulling up several web pages, whilst I've switched to email for example.

Battery life is acceptable - I was able to walk around all day with it, texting / emailing / surfing and by the end of the night, the battery would be nearing the empty mark.

I never had the first iPhone or iPhone 3G, so can't compare with those, but suffice to say, I absolutely love my 3GS.

Hanley

Same here mate

I can't see why I would want to have any other phone / device.

Markus

Glad you like it I'm rather pleased with my 3GS too. I agree that iTunes on the PC is rather horrific, which is a shame as if it was as stable as the Mac version then people would be happier.

Data usage so far this week seems to be about 500kb sent and 8.4MB received, which isn't bad considering I've been downloading apps on the phone, browsing graphic intensive sites and viewing youtube videos.

Battery life seems pretty good too, and the in-car charger I had for my iPod works with the iPhone, so that's nice. The dock I got with my 4th Gen iPod does not though, gives me a message about being incompatible, I'm guessing it's because it might not be fully USB2 compatible?

Hanley

The iPhone can no longer be charged using the 12V firewire (pins 19 and 20 on the connector) which is what most devices use to charge it.

Markus

I spoke to a friend and he said the warning from the phone is because the dock controller isn't iPhone friendly. As the iPhone is a radio device, accessories need to meet various standards, hence the "friendly" bit, and obviously my dock was around way before the iPhone. Interference is the main thing they worry about. Dismissing the alert the iPhone displays allows it to be used and I've not had any other problems yet either.

Hanley

Doesn't charge though

At least I don't think mine does, I'll check in the car on my way home

JackClark

You can buy adaptors for Firewire connectors in the Apple store.

I hope Snazy and Mart are reading this thread.

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

I've had mine since Monday. Up until I got it I was pretty much anti-Apple but this phone has completely won me round. Everything on it just 'works' and everything is so seemless.
I've been quite surprised by the battery usage, and that's coming from owning a N95 but when I think of what I've been using on the iPhone and how much I've been playing with it then it's not too bad considering. I've got bluetooth and wifi running, plus it's set to fetch my mail every 30 mins (unless someone can tell me how to set Googlemail to push it to the iphone?! ).

The only niggle I've had with it is loading ringtones and complete *** it is to get custom text sounds!. However I can live with that cause it's such a nice piece of kit!

I won't be switching from PC to Mac though.....

Iain Young

I've come from an N95 as well, and the battery life is certainly worse on the iPhone. Having said that, I've been playing a lot of games on it, the wifi is turned on, and it's checking my email every 30 minutes. Anyway I suppose it does use the battery with a lot more style

Really annoyed about the lack of being able to play flash video though

spectrum48k

an interesting article benchmarking the new iPHONE 3GS
AnandTech: iPhone 3GS Performance: A Significant Performance Bump

corradoboy

Slightly off topic, but isn't the point of 'being away', especially in a lovely place like Padstein, supposed to get you away from the daily stuff like texting, emailing etc I was away down there recently and my phone got switched on for an hour each evening whilst I cooked dinner for family to get in touch. Anything w*rk related went to the answerphone which informed them I was out of the office

Would love an iPhone, just wouldn't love paying for it. £10 top-up does me every 3-4 months these days on a hand-me-down phone

spectrum48k

I know what you mean - I'd be able to switch off if was still an employee at a company, (I used to work in mech engineering) BUT when I realised I could make a lot more money being self-employed, I put myself through an IT honours degree and started a small business.

The downside is when I'm on holiday, I STILL have to answer the odd call or send the odd email. But that's a small price to pay for how much I love my life now

corradoboy

I know what you mean too, I'm self employed, AND employed I make sure my customers are well sorted before I leave though

spectrum48k

I offer h/w support for several local businesses, so it's impossible to avoid the odd call if you know what I mean. I'm winding that side of the business down and concentrating more on software development these days, which is less hassle for me. - I make sure they have a comprehensive help system they can call on!

zs_phil

iTrader: (1)

sound just like me im the same ,i'd love an iphone been thinking about one for a couple of months but i prefer a top up every now and again on my
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how much are these new iphone 3gs's think i'd like it for surfing the web while working