Friday, July 11. 2008
3G iPhone happiness.. At last
After months and months (and months and months  ) of endless rumors and a 2:30 hour wait in line, I at last got my hands on a 16 GB white 3G iPhone (we'll skip over the worthless 30 minute wait in the AT&T line only to find out that they only had 30?! iPhones at the store - wtf? ). Fortunately, by the time I actually made it inside the Apple store, the online iTunes store was back up, so I could walk out with my phone activated instead of just a nice looking brick. Initial reviews are that the 3G network speed upgrade, built-in GPS, not to mention the iTunes App store made it well worth the wait. I should have a full review up shortly.(By the way, for you iPodTouch owners, it looks like the 2.0 software is up and available - and no, I don't know why Apple is still charging for it  ). |  |
#1 - weierd 2008-07-14 06:05 - (Reply)
So the bit I am most interested in between the 2.5G and 3G iPhone is the rumored volume increases. Have you noticed it? It is just the speaker? the handet earpiece? the ear buds? the ringer?
That might be the biggest sale point for me at this juncture. The 2.0 software on my old phone might be all I need after playing with it a bit.
#1.1 - C Velo said:
2008-07-14 14:39 - (Reply)
Definitely seems to be louder (but then again, maybe I have just had too much of the Apple happy juice
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#2 - Kevin said:
2008-07-14 08:34 - (Reply)
the $10 I had to shell out to upgrade my touch to 2.0 was worth every penny!
#2.1 - C Velo said:
2008-07-14 14:40 - (Reply)
Good to hear! (at least Apple didn't charge an arm and a leg for it).
#3 - RMA said:
2008-07-15 22:37 - (Reply)
I haven't noticed much difference in volume. Just walked for an hour listening to music on mine and it didn't seem any different. Except I no longer need that stupid adapter for the headset jack.
#3.1 - C Velo said:
2008-07-15 23:13 - (Reply)
Hmm - wonder if the earpiece volume only seemed louder (kind of like the screen
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