Comments on: Apple Announces iPhone 3G S – Ships June 19

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:40:08 +0000

Does anyone know when tethering data plan from AT&T will be available. Why are they offer ‘tethering’ if they have no plan…I’m not going to buy this phone now. Or so I’m leaning heavily that way. When I heard it had tethering, I was excited, but now the AT&T Mobility store said it had no plan as of June 10, 2009.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:03:48 +0000

The battle rages. This is fun: I’m liking the iphone but loving the storm. Smartphone smackdown! woohoo! http://coolintl.com/?p=149 More interesting fodder-and the debate rages

By: SBlyth

SBlyth — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:11:55 +0000

@jtz5:

I'd have to agree - if you read the fine print, the battery life figures for 3G are from pre-production units done last year! I'd bet that if they are redone on 3.0 firmware, that the figures would be identical.

@Mike: Most of the software features are there for 3G - only the ones related to new hardware are missing. And Apple considers the updated camera and speed necessary for video, so it's reserved for the 3GS as well, even though the 3G can do it - just not at the same level of quality.

Check the link provided by jtz5 for a quick comparison.

By: jadams

jadams — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:20:58 +0000

EH! Keeping my 2G still. Works like new, never a problem I couldn’t handle, great battery life, fast enough on Safari (and faster with 3.0 due to new rendering capabilities I hear), great look, and all the capabilities I need. Never liked video cameras on cell phones (silly), don’t care about MMS (hardly use), steroe bluetooth kills battery life (and only 5 hours talk time? C’mon!)… the other updates are worth more, not just toys. Frankly, it’s an iPod that on the side is a phone. Isn’t that enough, folks?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:11:48 +0000

Does anyone know if there will be an update coming out for the Iphone 3g that will include any of these features? or are we relegated to upgrading the phone entirely? Thanks!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:23:14 +0000

AT&T ruins all. Can we have Cingular back? They were a friendly, non-monstrous company.

By: jtz5

jtz5 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:02:55 +0000

Has anyone visited the Apple website to look at the 3G vs. 3GS side-by-side? Battery life is barely better on 3GS. In fact, talk time is the same, as is standby. Only video and audio battery time is better. I don’t think they made the battery better, but just made those apps take less juice from the battery.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/

By: Cuz2333

Cuz2333 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:59:22 +0000

I have to say that i am not a fan of the Iphone. I am a Blackberry user. But I have always just wondered why in the world can you not send text pics on the Iphone. That is probably the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

By: iPhoneMIlk

iPhoneMIlk — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:33:00 +0000

WTF???

Why do i see nothing but "i'm disappointed" Waaaaa waaaa, nothing but cry babies.

What did you expect? what did you want the new iPhone to do, Feed you and change your diaper for you?

Were getting better BATTERY Life, VIDEO + video editing (dont make some lame excuse blah blah jailbreaking has it) Yes it does, but this will clearly be a BETTER picture. Were also getting a faster processing phone. These are really nice upgrades to an already amazing device.

THere's not enough tissues for all these tears im seeing. Get a grip on reality. nothing else beats the iPhone and now that the 3Gs is coming out, nothing will even come close.

Also i just have to laugh at the excuse comments im seeing for justifying how its not worth it.

I saw one comment say "Im not impresses with a better megapixel camera ive got a sony 7 megapixel in my pocket". OK???? isnt that the whole reason of owning ONE device, or should i say stepping forward in technology not backwards?

By: BarryL

BarryL — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:34:24 +0000

I think it’s a great day. Huge improvements over my first gen 8 gb! Must decide between 16 or 32 gb now… Mmm