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Published:
9 Jun 2008
Market Status:
Released
US carrier availability:
AT&T - Available
    (Since Jul 2008)
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Apple iPhone 3G Official Page
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Description:

Apple iPhone 3G adds support of 3G HSDPA fast data and GPS. It has the same screen, camera, OS and memory (8 or 16GB) as the first one, and almost the same design but now will accept any 3.5mm headphones. It will run on the new software version which support third party application thanks to the official SDK.

User rating
Good
6.8
out of 10
based on 24 reviews
Editor's rating
Good
8
out of 10

PAppeal

Christian Dior:
10 of 10
Very high
Average Joe:
8 of 10
High
Corporate US:
6 of 10
Average
High-Tech junkie:
7 of 10
High
Apple iPhone 3G specifications

Apple iPhone 3G specifications

  • Announced
    • Date
      • 9 Jun 2008
  • Network
    • Type
      • GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
        UMTS tri-band global 3G (850/1900/2100 MHz)
    • Data
    • 3G Capable
      • Yes
  • Size
  • Battery
    • Type
      • Li - Ion
    • Talk
      •    10 hours (600 mins) of Talk time
    • Standby
      •    300 hours (13 days) of Stand-by time
  • Main Display
    • Resolution
      • 320 x 480 pixels
    • Type
      • 16 777 216 colors
    • Touch Screen
      • Yes, Multi-touch
  • Camera
    • Resolution
      •    2.0 megapixels Resolution
    • Features
      • Photo geotagging
  • Multimedia
    • Video Playback
      • H.264, MPEG-4 fortmats supported; up to 640x480, 30fps , Video player
    • Music Player
      • MP3, MP3 VBR, AAC, Protected AAC, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV formats supported , iPod player
  • Memory
    • Built-in
      • 8GB or 16GB
  • Smartphone
    • OS
      • iPhone OS
  • Input
    • Predictive Text Input
      • Yes
  • Connectivity
    • Internet
      • HTML, Safari Browser; Tabs supported
    • USB
      • Yes
    • WiFi
      • 802.11b/802.11g
    • Bluetooth
      • 2.0
    • Connectors
      • HeadPhone Jack (3.5mm), Proprietary
  • Other Features
    • PhoneBook
      • Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
    • PIM
      • Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, Stopwatch, Google Maps, YouTube, Weather, Stocks, Microsoft Word/Excel and Adobe PDF readers
    • Voice
      • Recording, Speaker Phone
    • Email
      • IMAP/POP3/SMTP/Microsoft Exchange
    • GPS
      • Yes
    • FCC Approved
      • Yes

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Should do more for $500 price tag

27 Sep 2008 by SoCalAdam

6 out of 10

Ok, so I popped for the iPhone 3G 16GB version and so far, not too bad. I love the touch screen, ability to add more apps, built in ipod and large storage capacity.


Things I think apple SHOULD have included with this 2nd generation of phone for the $500+ price tag. ARE YOU LISTENING APPLE????


1) Flash for the camera. - Seriously? No LED flash? The camera quality reminds me of my old Olympus 3030 without a flash. Come on guys, it's 2008 and you can't get decent quality from a built in camera??? Or add a $0.50 LED as a flash???


2) Bluetooth issues - When you are using a bluetooth device such as an earpiece and you turn OFF said earpiece, why does the phone continue to search for a device OVER and OVER and OVER again eating up all my battery life??? You would think they could be like all the other phones and WAIT for a signal form the BT device to re-activate the PAIR... Back to the drawing board boys...


3) WiFi power hog - Wow, just when I thought the phone couldn't draw more power... WRONG. The WiFi connection eats electrical power like Godzilla at a buffet. Unless you are plugged into 3mile island for your power source, forget WiFi and stick to 3G.


4) Handsfree dialing - Why can't Apple include voice activated diailing with a $500 phone? Really?? Blackberry has a WONDERFUL voice activated dialing interface that works through the bluetooth device. Press the little button on your BT headset and say "Call (name here)", the voice command interface will call that person in about 3 seconds. VERY handy for those of us who are REQUIRED to use a handsfree device. AND NO, I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR AN AFTERMARKET APP TO DO THIS. $500 for a phone should be enough to cover this app.


5) Picture text messaging - MMS Service. The nice folks at apple will tell you how to send pictures via email to another phone ( phone number @ serviceprovider.com ) however, ask them how to RECEIVE pictures from people who don't have internet access on their phones. Uh, Err, Ummm.....  Yea, thanks a lot APPLE...


6) Video - Although not a necessity, this would be an added bonus for those of us who like to record small snippets of life and send them to friends.


Lastly, battery power. Really, the battery should last the entire day, not half a day, not a few hours, ALL DAY long. 16+ hours with NORMAL use.





Touch screen is great, internet connection via 3g is fast, lots of support for extra apps.
No multi-app functions, No flash on camera, No video, no picture texting (or receiving), no voice dialing, PITA text messaging keyboard, Battery life blows big time OMG does the battery life SUCK!!!


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A nice toy

6 Sep 2008 by MT

2.3 out of 10

The phone is very pretty, and the touch screen is nifty, of course aimed at teenage girls or even some little boys who need to think they have the coolest gadgets. (great marketting apple!) but when it comes to performance this thing sucks... I hate the battery life, It should last for more than 1 hour of playing around with the touch screen, the thing drops calls all the time, and it freezes or hangs all the time, just stops responding for 5, 10, 30 mins or more. I do like the music player, but if this is all I wanted, i would have bought an iPOD! Now I must admit I do press the phone hard and try to make it do all the things it was made to do, but for crying out loud, it should do what it was made to do. No Media messaging sucks, but at least I can attach a pic and sent it, more of a pain, but it works. I wish I had a flash!!! inside pics suck. My husband has a old HTC Touch and I have Touch envy... I wish my phone could do half the things his can!






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Stunk

30 Aug 2008 by Kathy

3.7 out of 10

I can't believe I thought I'd get a deal with the iphone.  Sure it's slick and does certain things really well, but cmon! It doesnt even send a picture message. I thought for sure the new one would. I loved most things about this phone, the screen is really big and colorful, and the touchscreen worked really well. But it was AT&T's service that absolutely sucked! If this phone was on any other network it would be a beauty! PLUS, even though they lowered the price of the phone, they upped the price of the monthly package for it. All in all I returned it. I was really dissappointed!





beautiful screen, touch screen works well. Does most functions really well
no picture messaging. AT&T's service was horrible.


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