APPLE iPhone 3GS 16GB: Still Competitive Despite its Relative Age
The 3GS is soon to be surpassed by the iPhone 4, but it’s no ageing dinosaur. The iPhone 3GS still offers enviable usability and a form factory that oozes class and quality…
The interface is incredibly simple, with shortcuts and apps spread over an unlimited supply of home screens. The seamless working of multi-touch still impresses too, letting you pinch to zoom and scroll through web pages with nonchalant ease – unless they happen to be flash-based web pages, of course.
At 3.2 inches the 480×320 screen seems relative small and low-resolution nest to the Desire and Wave’s offerings, but it’s perfectly adequate for viewing movies and photos, and fantastic for gaming with an accurate accelerometer and plenty of affordable titles from the App Store, such as Real Racing HD.
The Apple App store is still the best in the business, offerings a vast choice of games, utilities and social networking tool, It’s not open-source like Android, but with an app count of 200,000 and rising , iPhone user are spoilt for choice.
The music player is as you’d expect of Apple, to-drawer. Scroll through track, artist and albums and create your own playlist on iTunes. There’s 16GB to store your tunes in. The supplied ear buds are famously rubbish, but a 3.5mm socket means you can swap them.
The 3,2-megapixel camera takes adequate snaps, yet the lack of a flash limits its uses and you’ll have to charge the Battery every night.
The upcoming iPhone 4 boats a five-megapixel camera with 720p video capture, along with improved battery life: tempting indeed. If you can resist the lure of the new, however, you should be able to snap up this still highly desirable phone- despite Apple officially limiting its sale to a budget, 8GB model- with the new iOS 4 software at a reduced price when the 4 hits.
Details
- OS Apple OS 3
- Processor 600MHz
- Storage 16GB
- Screen 3.5-inch, 480×320 capacitive LCD
- Connectivity 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, 3.5mm audio
- Camera 3 Megapixel
- Video Capture 640×480, 30fps
- Battery 5 hours 3G talk, 20 hours music, 10 hours Video, 9 hours Wi-Fi
- Price £449
Love - Superlative multi-touch interface. Huge variety of apps.
Hate – No flash. A smaller screen than its main rivals. The forthcoming iPhone trumps it in pretty much every area
We Say – The iPhone 3GS’s killer OS, multi-touch interface and superior app selection keep it competitive despite its ralative age. Still well worth a look.
The 3GS is soon to be surpassed by the iPhone 4, but it’s no ageing dinosaur. The iPhone 3GS still offers enviable usability and a form factory that oozes class and quality…
The interface is incredibly simple, with shortcuts and apps spread over an unlimited supply of home screens. The seamless working of multi-touch still impresses too, letting you pinch to zoom and scroll through web pages with nonchalant ease – unless they happen to be flash-based web pages, of course.
At 3.2 inches the 480×320 screen seems relative small and low-resolution nest to the Desire and Wave’s offerings, but it’s perfectly adequate for viewing movies and photos, and fantastic for gaming with an accurate accelerometer and plenty of affordable titles from the App Store, such as Real Racing HD.
The Apple App store is still the best in the business, offerings a vast choice of games, utilities and social networking tool, It’s not open-source like Android, but with an app count of 200,000 and rising , iPhone user are spoilt for choice.
The music player is as you’d expect of Apple, to-drawer. Scroll through track, artist and albums and create your own playlist on iTunes. There’s 16GB to store your tunes in. The supplied ear buds are famously rubbish, but a 3.5mm socket means you can swap them.
The 3,2-megapixel camera takes adequate snaps, yet the lack of a flash limits its uses and you’ll have to charge the Battery every night.
The upcoming iPhone 4 boats a five-megapixel camera with 720p video capture, along with improved battery life: tempting indeed. If you can resist the lure of the new, however, you should be able to snap up this still highly desirable phone- despite Apple officially limiting its sale to a budget, 8GB model- with the new iOS 4 software at a reduced price when the 4 hits.
Details
- OS Apple OS 3
- Processor 600MHz
- Storage 16GB
- Screen 3.5-inch, 480×320 capacitive LCD
- Connectivity 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, 3.5mm audio
- Camera 3 Megapixel
- Video Capture 640×480, 30fps
- Battery 5 hours 3G talk, 20 hours music, 10 hours Video, 9 hours Wi-Fi
- Price £449
Love - Superlative multi-touch interface. Huge variety of apps.
Hate – No flash. A smaller screen than its main rivals. The forthcoming iPhone trumps it in pretty much every area
We Say – The iPhone 3GS’s killer OS, multi-touch interface and superior app selection keep it competitive despite its ralative age. Still well worth a look.
