Apple iPhone 3GS mobile phone review

The hottest phone this summer?

Apple iPhone 3GS mobile phone. Phones, Mobile phones, Apple, iPhone 0
Reviewer
Chris Hall
Review Date
22 June 2009
Manufacturer
Apple
Price as reviewed
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Our score

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Quick review

The good
App Store, user interface, simplicity, compass improves mapping
The bad
Price, battery life, no FM radio
Verdict
It may offer one of the best experiences that mobile telephony has to offer, but there is still room for improvement
Key specs
3 megapixels, 3.5mm jack, 3G, Bluetooth, GPRS, GPS, GSM, HSDPA, Li-ion battery, MP3 player, Touchscreen, Wi-Fi

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Comments

  • How apt that you should ask whether it is the 'hottest' phone this summer! With it's famed over-heating problem I would say 'yes' to that. In a similar vein you could ask whether it is the 'loudest' phone this summer, and again, with it's rattle you'd have to agree.

    It's a shame to kick the a phone when it's down, but I have never been impressed with this over-hyped under-performing piece of kit. I said 'kit' don't look at me like that! I may have been thinking of a similar sounding word....
    Posted by Tony Hedges, United Kingdom
  • Tony - lucky I guess! Our review model was free from these problems and I'm sure there will be plenty of 3GS owners who never encounter them. I guess all devices are prone to some sort of problem for whatever reason, but some of them we never hear about. Posted by chrishall, United Kingdom
  • please can anyone pass this information to me. i would like to know when apple first introduced the apple iphone 3gs. that is when it exactly appeared in the news any story relating to the new iphone 3gs before it was released on the 19th june 2009. Posted by john efozia, united kingdom
  • It became official on the 8th June.

    http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/24636/apple-announces-faster-iphone-3gs.phtml
    Posted by stuartmiles, United Kingdom
  • No dout Apple 3GS is a great phone yet .Ilikes it and want to buy it Posted by BHAWANDEEP SINGH, INDIA

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