Apple iPhone 3G - features and reviews

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Editor's Note

The Apple iPhone 3G needs no introduction.  The iPhone is the best known, most desired phone in history. The iPhone is loved for its fantastic, easy to use and intuitive menu system, for the thousands of Apps you can download, for its amazing web browser and of course because its the ultimate personal music and video player too. 

The iPhone 3G improves on the original by adding 3G connectivity for faster downloads of emails and web pages whilst on the move (and out of wi-fi coverage).  GPS is added making the Maps function more accurate, but also opening up the Apps market to more location based services, such as automatically finding restaurants with great reviews close to where you are.

The iPhone 3G is available free on £45 tariffs from O2 or CarphoneWarehouse.

It launches on Pay as you go on September 16th too.

 

User Ratings

Overall 9
Ease of Use 9
Style/Design 10
Battery Life 7
Camera 7
Music Rating 9

Pros

  • Easy to customise
  • Easy to use - menu
  • Great for mobile internet
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Cons

  • Poor battery life

Key Features

  • Width: 62mm
  • Height: 116mm
  • Depth: 12mm
  • Weight: 133g
  • Standby time: 300 mins
  • Talk time: 300 mins
  • 2 megapixel camera
  • Calendar
  • Calculator
  • Download games and applications
  • Email
  • Alarm
  • Using abroad: Quad-Band
  • Full internet browsing
  • Speaker-phone
  • GPS/Sat Nav
  • 8GB internal memory
  • 16GB internal memory
  • QWERTY Keyboard
  • Touchscreen
  • Apple Mac compatible
  • Bluetooth
  • PC compatible
  • WiFi
  • 3G
  • Dedicated music player
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Stereo headphones included
  • Video playback
  • Flight mode
  • Notes
  • Synchronise with your PC
  • Black
  • White

 

Expert's review

by willg60

I had the 1st gen iPhone, so was keen to get my hands on the 3G version as soon as it was launched. So, I queued for 3 hours and was lucky enough...

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