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The unboxing of the new iPhone 3GS (photo taken with iPhone's upgraded camera). |
| By Andy Tarnoff Publisher E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Andy Tarnoff |
| Published June 19, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. |
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Yes, I'm that guy. The guy who stood in line to get the iPhone 3G the day it came out a year ago, and the guy who stood in line to get the new iPhone 3GS this morning.
Unlike last year, this line only had four people in it at 7 a.m., and I was in and out of the AT&T store on S. 76th St. by 7:15 a.m.
In fact, the store had more employees than customers when they swung open their doors, and this time around, they were prepared and eager to help -- which is a big compliment, since my transaction involved switching out my old phone with a co-worker, porting her number and swapping accounts.
Now that I'm synced up and ready to go, I'll share a few first thoughts about the new iPhone. It is faster; Web sites come up quickly. It's a bit heavier. The voice-activated dialing is cool (though on the first time, it tried to call Mexico, not my wife's cell phone).
The compass GPS function is neat, and the video worked flawlessly (including easy integration with YouTube, which will surely come in handy for upcoming OnMilwaukee.com blogs -- see below).
Otherwise, most of the goodness comes from the 3.0 software update, not from the phone, itself. It took care of things that the iPhone should've had from the beginning, like copy and paste and global search.
But yes, I'm impressed. The best phone in the world got better. How much better? That remains to be seen. For a mere $200 (the co-worker iPhone switcheroo avoided the $217 mid-contract upgrade charge), it would be hard to pass this up, especially if you use the iPhone for work like I do.
Apple did it again. But I'm guessing I find out the real power of the iPhone 3GS in the days and weeks to come. Share your upgrade stories, or why you stuck with what you have, using the Talkback feature below.
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5 comments about this article. Post a comment / write a review. |
Posted by speakthetruth on June 25, 2009 at 10:16 p.m. (report)
Not even a video camera with poor VGA resolution can make the lovely, fetching Miss Maureen Post look bad.
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Posted by alba on June 22, 2009 at 11:04 a.m. (report)
There's no way that phone is worth $200 more than your regular iPhone 3G, especially since you could upgrade to OS 3 for free.
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Posted by JKrunken on June 20, 2009 at 8:56 a.m. (report)
Everyone at Onmilwaukee works in a circle looking at each other everyday?
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Posted by swami says on June 19, 2009 at 3:03 p.m. (report)
Do you have an app for that?
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Posted by Red_5 on June 19, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. (report)
Andy, I love my iphone and am considering getting the new one but I have a question. How much better is the camera? I feel the my current one is sub par in terms of picture quality and detail. If you could revisit this subject of the new phone in a week or two after you have had some quality time with your new purchase to let us know of what is good and not so good about it that would be cool too.
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