Baig, Mossberg, and Pogue review the iPhone, we sit quietly weeping
- July 8th, 2008
- 3 Comments
The three heavy-hitters have already reviewed the iPhone and were all, unsurprisingly, pleasantly surprised. Baig likes GPS and the 2.0 update. He couldn’t get 3G everywhere, which is a huge issue for some users.
Pogue has been rolling in a field of iPhones for months now and he really likes it… except the 3G part.
There is, however, a catch: you don’t get that speed or those features unless you’re in one of AT&T’s 3G network areas — and there aren’t many of them.
Finally, Mossberg says the battery is hitting about 4 hours with 3G running, which is pretty paltry. Hmmm… the 3G in iPhone 3G is what’s holding the bugger back. Maybe we should all go back to EDGE.
Shawn Farner (Who am I?)
1 month ago
I don’t know, I find it hard to believe that an Apple product could be over-hyped.
gi joe (Who am I?)
1 month ago
4 hours! and you can’t swap the battery?
maybe i will need to buy 5 of them.
line my belt with’em so it looks like Batman’s utility belt.
TO THE APPLEMOBILE!
Charles Ditzel (Who am I?)
1 month ago
There are other things happening in the world. I use the Samsung Instinct as a new phone benchmark that has number of features not found on the iPhone. For starters, useful (real) GPS on the phone. A user replaceable battery. Expandable memory (based on off-the-shelf MicroSD card). Thousands of Java mobile applications (open architecture). Option to use stylus or finger. Streaming TV. Mobile Radio. Camera video capture. Voice commands. Tactile feedback. - just a few things. I think it serves readers to compare and contrast these two phones - which each do some things very well. However - my money is on Samsung.