Joe has posted a comment on 247 which is pretty damning about the iPhone 3GS. Always good to see both sides…
“I’m extremely disappointed with the 3GS. After the Os 3.0 update I am getting fantastic battery life on my 3G but the 3GS drains fast with everything turned off. The 3G battery is lasting longer with everything including push turned on. Almost everytime I reach for the 3GS there’s a no connection warning and when I go to browse I often get a ‘no connection’ message. Pages load 8 times slower on the 3 GS. I’ve never ever seen them load so slow even not load at all!! Nothing seems snappier at all. Where’s this speed ncrease supposed to be? Charging the battery is very slow on the 3GS but very fast on my 3G.
And voice dialling is terrible. I said call Mandalay and it couldn’t. My Nokia can call Timbuktoo. Many times I voice dialled it reported it couldn’t find anything. Even the Google search dial is heaps better. So what gives here? I am still trying to find even one thing better than my 3G but cannot. My faithful 3G was a friend to me but this 3GS is a nightmare with it’s call drop outs and poor voice dialling and slow page loading. I can’t understand what the S is for here.”
Joe has a defective unit and needs to get it replaced.
No offence but I’d day it is more damning about Joe….patently, the poor wee soul has a duffo 3GS. Hope he gets it replaced…
Agree with previous posters… Have you tried calling your customer service line?
The S is for Sizzle, as in “the device gets so hot in use it’ll sizzle”.
No problems with my 3GS at the moment.
Battery life is dissapointing coming from a Nokia E71, but that’s just one of the best smartphones on the market (battery life wise).
Therefore can’t compare the batttery to the 3G.
Overall device is super fast in use, especially coming from a first gen iPod Touch.
The oleophobic screen needs to be mentioned, it’s definitely a game changer in touch screen land (feels so much better and is far less greasier).
As for browsing the web: on 3G it’s smoking fast.
That is, whenever I receive 3G signal here on the crappy Dutch signal.
I agree with the previous posters. I just got my 3Gs and and it’s way faster than my old 3G – connections are a non issue. Joe…you got a bad unit. Get it replaced and we look forward to your amendment to this post.