This little glimpse into the minds of the tech elite should tell you everything you need to know. It isn’t that the 3g iPhone isn’t a great device (I find it ironic that the battery is such an issue… carry around any other 3g device for a day and you’ll find the iPhone is superior where the battery is concerned)… it is simply that it isn’t awe inspiring.<\/p>\n
This will be Apple’s challenge for the next year or two. It isn’t about creating excellent devices\/software anymore… the tech elite expect to be AWED by every release. Frankly I think expectations at that level are foolish.<\/p>\n
NOTE: I did get a 3g iPhone on release day – and I stood in line like everyone else.<\/p>\n
\nReview: iPhone 3G
\n Written by John Biggs<\/p>\n\n Hype, hype, hype. Now that the iPhone 3G launch has blown over and I\u2019ve been able to integrate the phone into my daily routine, I think we\u2019re ready for an official CrunchGear review. Our advice? Wait. With 60% certainty I predict a minor hardware or, more likely, software update in the next month or to improve the 3G\u2019s thus far abysmal battery life.<\/p>\n
\n The iPhone 3G is incrementally better than the 1st generation iPhone, which means that only die-hards and non iPhone users should upgrade. Everything good about the iPhone is still here – the UI, the size and shape, the music player. To paraphrase Churchill: It has been said that iPhone is the worst mobile phone except for all the others that have been tried.<\/p>\n
3G is nominally faster in the right areas – my Brooklyn haunt is not one of them – so if you were expecting improvements over EDGE think again. While most f [From CrunchGear \u00bb Archive \u00bb Review: iPhone 3G<\/cite><\/a>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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