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An instant classic and has set the bar high for future smartphones

Jun 13, 2009

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: great looks & screen, industry-setting touch screen, formiddable App Store
Cons: no copy & paste!, not 7.2mbps, not truly multitasking, slows down considerably when you add many apps
Opinion:
While many poo-poo the iPhone in a spec-for-spec comparison against other smartphones there's no denying that the iPhone changed the way the industry and consumers looked at smartphones and set the bar higher in our expectations of what mobile devices can do.

I do love my iPhone and for many things it's the only thing that will do (mobile surfing, twittering, listening to music and watching video on the go) but I do have my own personal gripes with the phone:
- no hard buttons for music control (so you can still navigate it while the thing's still in your pocket)
- no a true multitasker
- no bluetooth AD2P support
- slows down to glacial levels when you start adding apps

And the iPhone 3G S? Am not sure about that. It isn't the quantum leap that we've come to expect from Apple. Most of the features that are appealing to me you can get from their 3.0 upgrade

http://www.lowbang.com/2009/06/new-iphone-announced-looks-the-same-even-the-name-is-only-different-by-an-s.html