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The iPhone 3GS: Should You Get It?

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14 pointsvaksel12 comments

I just can't afford the monthly bill. That bill, despite my lifestyle, tells me it's a want not a need.

Many of the reasons to want a 3GS apply just, if not more validly, to the Hero or Pre. Alas, there's no mention of other multitouch phones.

If you're in Canada, wait until October, Telus and Bell are supposedly going to break the Rogers iPhone monopoly this fall. And next year, a whole bunch of new wireless companies are joining the market. It's a bad time to be signing a 3 year contract.

While this would be great if it was true, I highly doubt it. Bell and Telus are on a cdma network, currently no cdma iPhone exists. So unless apple has one hiding around for all this time, we are not getting any iPhones on Telus or Bell.

As for the new companies, who knows?

Edited for grammar(which is still terrible, just less terrible).

They've been building a HSPDA network for about a year now:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/21/tech-cellphone...

Rumor has it they are ahead of schedule, and launching in October.

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/656939

iPhone 3GS seems to be have overheating issues (http://theappleblog.com/2009/06/30/iphones-heating-up-anyone...) Strangely I had overheating issues and battery charging problems in iPhone 3G after upgrading to OS 3.0. Managed to solve it (http://www.manu-j.com/blog/fix-iphone-os-30-battery-charging...) but it included a hard reset. On the upside phone now runs ultra cool and battery is lasting longer in 3.0

haven't had any heating issues, but the battery definitely is lasting longer in OS 3.0.

Video taking, scrubbing, uploading to youtube, and sending a link to the grandparents is pretty nice. I can do all that in 10 minutes on one device now.

I guess this is not a big deal to most people.

Yes.

If you want to have a beautifully crafted full-fledged computer in your pocket. Yes.

Bonus, it also makes phone calls.

this is how I feel about my iPhone 3G. Bonus, it doesn't overheat like the 3GS does.

I haven't had any problems with overheating. The increased CPU speed, RAM, better camera and oil resistant screen coating are a big improvement over the 3G. (Note that I don't particularly care about the compass, I've never needed one so far).

The compass is fun! You can wager with friends: "That's due north." "No, that's about 12 degrees off towards the northwest." "Wanna bet?"

It's almost as much fun as "guess the driving distance between two randomly chosen landmarks" with Google Maps.

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