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Paul Swift
15 August 2009
I've tried a 3GS, moving from an HTC Touch HD and I'm afraid the Apple loses hands done. I use a phone for sat nav frequently and, although Apple are using this as a selling point, its only A-GPS and is very very poor, just take a look at the number of complaints on the Apple forums about it. I also found general reception for phones and internet quite poor, often losing a signal where I know for a fact other phones are fine on the same carrier. Emails are a problem too as it doesn't synch unless you have a Google, Exchange or Yahoo account, the Hotmail support is laughable and only one way, no sync and there's no Push yet, just timed checking which is okay. There's still a lack of multi tasking as well. Although its a lovely thing and the screen + processor response is fantastic to use, when you get down to what you need it for, it's still a generation away. I've gone back to my HTC which, while having a slower response, has a much better camera, multi-tasking and a range of sat nav solutions that all work very well.
I'm not just knocking this, I tried really hard for two weeks to get on with this, buying any app that looked like it would get around the problems only to find in the end I couldn't live with a phone that lost the signal more often and not, didn't get emails properly and couldn't be used for sat nav what-so-ever. I miss the screen responsiveness which made the onscreen keyboard great to use but I think Apple have sacrificed phone, internet and GPS performance for the sake of an improved battery (over the 3G). I'd rather have to charge it more and have it working all the time. I also think they expect everyone to have constant access to wifi, like in the States, which we don't have here. If the next model addresses some of these things, I'll give it another try.
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Paul Swift
15 August 2009
I've tried a 3GS, moving from an HTC Touch HD and I'm afraid the Apple loses hands done. I use a phone for sat nav frequently and, although Apple are using this as a selling point, its only A-GPS and is very very poor, just take a look at the number of complaints on the Apple forums about it. I also found general reception for phones and internet quite poor, often losing a signal where I know for a fact other phones are fine on the same carrier. Emails are a problem too as it doesn't synch unless you have a Google, Exchange or Yahoo account, the Hotmail support is laughable and only one way, no sync and there's no Push yet, just timed checking which is okay. There's still a lack of multi tasking as well. Although its a lovely thing and the screen + processor response is fantastic to use, when you get down to what you need it for, it's still a generation away. I've gone back to my HTC which, while having a slower response, has a much better camera, multi-tasking and a range of sat nav solutions that all work very well. I'm not just knocking this, I tried really hard for two weeks to get on with this, buying any app that looked like it would get around the problems only to find in the end I couldn't live with a phone that lost the signal more often and not, didn't get emails properly and couldn't be used for sat nav what-so-ever. I miss the screen responsiveness which made the onscreen keyboard great to use but I think Apple have sacrificed phone, internet and GPS performance for the sake of an improved battery (over the 3G). I'd rather have to charge it more and have it working all the time. I also think they expect everyone to have constant access to wifi, like in the States, which we don't have here. If the next model addresses some of these things, I'll give it another try.
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