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Apple iPhone 3GS review: Same clothes, new feel

30 June 2009 | Read the review | Post your comment
Apple iPhone 3GS review: Same clothes, new feel - read the full textThe 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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Does this firmware update add a hardware keyboard, a camera flash, add Flash & Java, add haptic feedback or help make typing messages faster without the annoying "predictive text input" getting in the way? Most importantly, does this update cure the fanboyism affliction of the phone's owners? :P

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  • 2009-07-09 13:26
  • RKp{

The iPhone is for people who can't operate electronic gadgets with more than one hardware button and for certain nationalities where SMS text messaging is unheard of, unlike in the rest of the world. It has long been proven that hardware keypads are the fastest & easiest way to create text messages and to make phone calls. If you wanna get a fancy gizmo, get an iPod Touch, or better yet, a PSP.

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  • 2009-07-09 13:26
  • RKp{

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-06 04:18 from EqVqThe N97 does not have touch to adjust light level settings like the iPhone 3GS...

...you seem to be lacking in comprehension skills.

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  • 2009-07-09 09:41
  • P%nm

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-04 02:56 from 4TLi"Degustibus non disputandum est": You like to browse with a small little display, I find it stupid and authistic. I like to see my childrens when I am away from home for a business trip, you find it useless. Choice and taste are not reprehensible, but, Professor X, could you please explain me why all the competitors brands are including video call capabilities in their devices?

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  • 2009-07-06 11:53
  • S4L%

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-05 16:31 from P%nmOMG!!!!

U really think N97 has NO light level adjustment settings? u think this is some kind of crap company phone?

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  • 2009-07-06 04:18
  • EqVq

> In reply to apt.pupil @ 2009-07-04 01:28 from PP$8funny as i think he was stating 'eye doctor' to make it fit better in the sentence, and as u have proven, not everyone knows what the PROPER and correct term is

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  • 2009-07-06 04:17
  • EqVq

> In reply to Flames @ 2009-07-04 22:39 from 0CDrYou said:-

"All the improvements on the iphone camera are already on the N97 and the N97 even offers more settings."

Where is the touch to focus and adjust light levels function on the N97?

I guess you are wrong, fanboi.

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  • 2009-07-05 16:31
  • P%nm

the review seems biased

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  • 2009-07-05 14:18
  • m5mq

> In reply to Flames @ 2009-07-05 10:41 from 0CDrIn no way am I saying the camera is good on the 3G S. You lashed out at gsmarena for praising the 3G S's camera when they didn't like the N97s camera features even though the latter was better. Obviously the camera on the N97 is superior, it's no comparison. My point that I have been trying to get across is that gsmarena's praise of the 3G S's camera was due to the significant upgrade it was from the previous model, which was what they were comparing it with. The N97's one is still practically the same in specs compared the N96 and N95. Also I would like to add that you are not buying a 3G S just for it's camera.

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  • 2009-07-05 12:12
  • tAV{

For the love of god!

ha ha ha ha ha


what a joke

http://www.trustedreviews.com/...Overheats/p1

funny how GSM Arena didnt mention this? ..........figures!

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  • 2009-07-05 11:51
  • 3J1r

Flames speaks complete sense, Apple make me sick, the i-phone 3GS is nothing special, i tried one in the shop and i thought "yeah, not bad" - but still got lame camera, no bluetooth file transfer, poor call quality, mono speaker, average audio quality with headphones, (not enough volume on maximum)
no flash in the web browser, no multitasking, - anyway, enough bashing, let the fanboys buy it, who gives a crap

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  • 2009-07-05 11:34
  • 3J1r

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-05 09:02 from tAV{Geez, it seems as if they come off a conveyor belt around these boards. Predictably, you couldn't resist the urge to call me names as well. I pity you. Anyway,it's clear your comprehension skills are weak coz if they weren't you would have seen how the the OP long realised what i was trying to say. So let me break it down for you for the last time.

Apple has so far released 3 versions of the same phone with very poor camera settings that have been tweaked here and there. Regardless of the tweaking, the 3gs is still a poor camera compared to other brands. I don't understand why you celebrate mediocrity. So adding a feature or a setting or two excites you???. . Let me give you a task that may enlighten you coz you are clearly in the dark, can you go and find an N Series phone and place it alongside a 3gs phone and go through the camera settings. C'mon, no flash and a whole host of other settings? Only a delusional fanboy can be pleased with that.

All your points on the N series camera are meaningless coz the N97 is a touch screen phone so coming from a point were there was only the 5800 which was a 3.2mp phone that criticism is really unwarranted. You have to compare apples with apples and not with oranges.

And where did i hold a gun forcing my opinion on anyone?. I just tell it as it is and the weak minded will obviously get worked up, and if you dare go personal with me i will fight fire with fire. Get over it, the 3gs camera is crap.OK!!!!

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  • 2009-07-05 10:41
  • 0CDr

> In reply to Flames @ 2009-07-04 22:39 from 0CDr"What does NOT seem to have soaked into the dull and torpid sponginess of what passes for your 'brain', is that if you make derogatory comments to me then don't expect a timid response.

If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, then simply walk away. You think i will let you call me names and expect me to smile at you???. Think again, dolt!!!.

Next time, engage your pea brain slowly instead of exposing your ignorance to a worldwide audience. OK!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

Calling you names huh? Look who's talking. The child who has been doing if excessively for all the past replies. Your opinion that gsmarena has something against Nokia is just your opinion. Stop trying to force us to believe your opinion is a fact. Also from what I can see, you don't want to accept ones opinion as being valid. Derogatory comments huh? Yea right coming from a foul mouthed person who has been showing it through his use of language. It looks like others including me also disagree with you. I'm not very suprised.

From your reply to "P%nm", I can now see that you are a very arrogant person. You haven't even responded directly to his comment. Instead you have once again trailed off and compared the N97 to the iPhone. He said the those are substantial upgrades over the PREVIOUS MODEL. This is why it was praised. N-Series is also not the only one that makes good cameras. Sony Ericsson, LG and Samsung do aswell. Makes me wonder if your just some 10 year old Nokia fanboy.

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  • 2009-07-05 09:02
  • tAV{

ya it couldnt heart with 12 pixel camera

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  • 2009-07-05 07:13
  • w7ii

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-03 22:43 from P%nmStop making excuses for Apple. Nothing has stopped it from implementing a better camera and it beats me why you are celebrating it's relativelyy mediocre camera. All the improvements on the iphone camera are already on the N97 and the N97 even offers more settings. It's undoubtedly clear you haven't tested an N series camera phone coz if you had done so you would notice how mediocre the iphone's camera is. But then again it ain't your fault!!!!

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  • 2009-07-04 22:39
  • 0CDr

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-04 02:52 from 4TLiStop farting supposed facts. The N97 is not a camera phone but a social network oriented device hence the focus on active widgets. The N82 and N86MP are the last 2 camera oriented Nokia devices.

Thus your whole comment is devoid of logic........

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  • 2009-07-04 22:25
  • 0CDr

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-03 12:46 from S4L%Here we go again with video call. Do you know how much video calling would cost through your carrier? You can do it for free on your computer at home, with better quality. So please, you are 1 out of a million user who needs video calling on their phone, ok. So please stop already. Millions of users are happy browsing the web with their iphones. I am sorry that you are not. I hope you are happy with your PDA and I wish you the best =) I hope you can be happy for us as well =)

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  • 2009-07-04 02:56
  • 4TLi

> In reply to Flames @ 2009-07-03 12:17 from 3H@MGSM Arena will not knit pick on the iphone's limited camera features like it does with the N97 because, the iphone was NEVER A CAMERA focused device like the N97 is. The iphone's review will focus more on internet and music and the 3rd party apps, because that is what the iphone is all about.

You cannot use the same standards of critiquing a sports car and a SUV.

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  • 2009-07-04 02:52
  • 4TLi

> In reply to apt.pupil @ 2009-07-04 01:28 from PP$8"eye" doctor is called opthalmologist, optometrist is like a technician

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  • 2009-07-04 01:57
  • uBRF

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-07-02 13:03 from ib6xmeet my fren m3gi, the guy who work as 'repairer' in 'nokia service center' who actually has 1st hand experience that all or 100% of broken phones are Nokias.

OMG!! How could all 100% of broken phones get seen by him? Nokia must be wrong somewhere so much of crap phones!

Yeah, im also shocked why some eye doctors only see 100% eye cases everyday.

lol.

"eye" doctors are called optometrists

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  • 2009-07-04 01:28
  • PP$8
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