Apple iPhone 3GS review: Same clothes, new feel

30 June 2009
The Apple iPhone 3GS is probably not the next revolutionary iPhone as you might have expected it. But the performance boost, the sharper camera with video and the purportedly improved battery life certainly...

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  • Anonymous
  • Mfx
  • 12 Jul 2010

what?, 17 Jan 2010i hate 2 say dis but i just read d review of iphone 3gs n a... moreyour just upset that u cant afford an iphone

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    • Anonymous
    • Mfx
    • 12 Jul 2010

    somebody, 03 Jun 2010i would go with the samsung wave. radio, better camera and... moreyou just cant afford an Iphone !!!

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      • No6 mum
      • 0F0
      • 07 Jun 2010

      Bought 3gs 32gb, loaded up apps etc using half memory, then it just kept locking out on search page. Got brand new one, backed up from pc and it does exactly the same again. Took all apps off and have been reloading 1 by 1 and retesting, but whilst playing a game it locked out again - it's a pain! Thinking of going to get money back. Anyone else had similar problems?

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        • somebody
        • t0n
        • 03 Jun 2010

        i would go with the samsung wave.
        radio, better camera and screen (super amoled), and it records movie.
        apple is for rich kiddies!

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          • SWL
          • fq4
          • 30 Apr 2010

          Owning a iphone is like owning a Range Rover,all you friends know you have the money to buy one(statement),but deep inside you wish you spent a little less on something more reliable.3.1mp camera and vga recording for a flagship what a joke!

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            • Spider Man
            • uA0
            • 27 Apr 2010

            Actually, i like iphone sumuch I save my money for 6 month inorder to buy a new iphone. when i buy it I am so happy about the program and feature. However, I can use it only 5 day, then my iphone was error and can't open. now it like a stone in my pocket ever and ever.

            Iphone 3gs User.

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              • Anonymous
              • vGC
              • 18 Apr 2010

              no matter how mad people say. this is amzing device....i work in a mobile gaint org and still gets enticed by apple products..and especially this phone is a mirracle....we all owe one to steve jobs..his creation....we shld be proud to a genious like him and never try to bring down the devices capabilities...this is always the superlatives of the phones...ist just simple....dont be jack of all and master of none...

              i being a tester of multimdeia phones based of andriod, windlows ..... tested a lot a lot literally and when i come to use my apple i always wonder by its perfromence..it will never freeze, never slow down and never stop... i still like it ...though its a year old...its brand new...

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                • cams
                • whB
                • 30 Mar 2010

                just bought my iphone 3gd 16gb.. it is the best.. i think it would be may last phone ever!

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                  • peaCe
                  • nTT
                  • 23 Mar 2010

                  no matter how much i dilike this phone sometimes, i cannot replace it with anything else. This is one of the best things made for mankind, so wht if it has a few problems u can never get enough of an iphone there's always something new to it the next day.
                  IPHONE RULEZZZ !!!

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                    • soulashell
                    • P35
                    • 04 Mar 2010

                    Missing on the main disadvantages is the lack of Flash support on the browser.

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                      • LNX
                      • PS6
                      • 16 Feb 2010

                      Alloly, 12 Feb 2010will have anew 32gb 3gs in 2 weeks don't care about all ba... morewelcome new iphone user, haha, ya dont really need to care others. you have your money you buy one. they all are critism, and they love to critic, its their job.
                      i used 3GS 32GB and this is the best phone ever, as ill nominate it as KING OF SMARTPHONE. but it is true, i'm a little dissapointed in battery life but always bring your charger anywhere you travel.

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                        • Alloly
                        • fvI
                        • 12 Feb 2010

                        will have anew 32gb 3gs in 2 weeks
                        don't care about all bad reviews
                        am sure iphone is the best smartphone ever ....

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                          • Ke1
                          • 09 Feb 2010

                          Why HTC phone's review got a mention of possible tweaks by using cutom ROM and iphone review never mentioned possible enhancements with jailbreak?

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                            • rocky
                            • nv0
                            • 31 Jan 2010

                            The whole lack of multitasking thing reminds me of Nokias S40 OS, you know the one they use in their budget phones, and the lack of Adobe Flash, and the lack of proper sms/mms client that can be found on any other phone brand, even in the cheapest mms enabled phones, And the outdated camera with no flash or lamp, no hardware FM radio (only streaming which kills your battery and you need a data plan to even use the Iphone properly).
                            I think the lack of multitasking is a big NO NO for me, but sure it's pretty and shiny.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • M8T
                              • 26 Jan 2010

                              Why are people falling for this nonsense over and over again? Next year it will iPhone 3GS 2, then it will be iPhone 3GSi "for improved" to 3.5 mp camera and glowing compass or something. Apple will suck you dry before til at least 2013 with the same crap over and over again, and u won't even know what hit you. Nothing justifies a mentally intelligent person to keep buying the iPhone if u already have the orginal or the 3G version until 2014 or something, everythin else is just pure stupidity or lack of social life. can't believ people just loved getting ripped of like this, it's scary to see.

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                                • lorraine
                                • pt7
                                • 23 Jan 2010

                                jealouse, 03 Nov 2009have you own an iphone?i have got an iphone & it's agood phone apart from a few glitches, it's got no radio but you can download an app for that, but it drains your battery something cronick, it's got no flash but you can download an app for that too, & you can download a 5megapix camera from apps, but the biggest bug bear is that there is no bluetooth, you can download an app for bluetooth but only to use with other iphones only, which is a disappointment, but there is a hell of alot of app to download & alot that are free , i downloaded the speed cameras for only £1.95 which is good when you think you have to pay £30 to download it onto a tom tom. all in all it's a good allround phone.

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                                  • fuN
                                  • 17 Jan 2010

                                  i hate 2 say dis but i just read d review of iphone 3gs n am disappointd. this is a review site dat is meant 2 b objective. u were usin us n things lyk fingerprint smudges were more or else exhalted on a device dat u claim is d best. u might like s'tin but dont show it when u r reviewin. hw on earth can u compare iphone to hd2 on another runnin a more resource heavy os, higher screen resolutn n size. i ave neva owned an htc device once but i ave used iphone n u cant compare a fanciful chinese fone(iphone) to a machine lyk d hd2. thank u. oh by d way i ave used wm from 5 to 6.5

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                                    • nmC
                                    • 30 Dec 2009

                                    marketing trap

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                                      • noname
                                      • tVt
                                      • 29 Nov 2009

                                      The video posted on the review,comparison between iphone 3gs and iphone 3g.It is not a very accurate result.Both phone should compare in the same condition,the battery status.3G's battery is nearly exhausted, would the performance be affected?

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                                        • dave
                                        • m7H
                                        • 16 Nov 2009

                                        Ok heres the best reason why iphone is rubbish. In the UK I can get most mobile phones free on £35, 18 month, contract. The iphone I need to pay £184 for the phone on the same contract. Rip-off