Preview of the iPhone 3GS. Is it any good?

I’ve recently found out what the new iPhone 3GS is capable of.

First of all, it will appear the 32GB version, along with the 16GB one. The price will be 299 and 199$, associated with some monthly plans to fit. We don’t know yet how much it will cost without monthly plan and if they will be available this way. The 8GB version will still be available for a while for 99$ (but the 3G version, not the new one).

We know that the 3GS was realeased on June 19th and it’s expected to be available in stores now already.

iPhone 3GS - better on the inside, the same on the outside

The 3GS comes with the following new features:

• S stands for “speed”. Because the new iPhone is theoretically faster, having twice as much more RAM (256 MB) and a stronger micrprocessor. Anyhow, the 3G iPhone was pretty fast, way above the competition as HTC Touch HD for example (running Windows Mobile), and the bigger speed can only be a good news. We’ll be waiting to compare it with its future big competitor, Nokia N97.
• The 3GS iPhone has a new 3 MPx camera. It’s not a big innovation at all, considering that SE Satio, for example, will have a 12 MPx one, but it’s a an improvement for Apple. Besides the 3 MPx, the camera has now autofocus and a VGA capturing capacity at 30 fps.
• As we were expecting, the 3GS has a HDSPA 7.2 Mpbs and a Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, but still no ADP2 (meaning you won’t be able to connect stereo buletooth headphones on it)
• The design is identical with the previous version. But in order to follow up the ecological movement, they used “green” materials.
• The new hardware includes a 3D graphical support, therefore we should see better games made for iPhone
• The battery has been improved, its life expectancy being 20-40% longer, depending on how it’s been used (more details in the picture below)
• Lots of new functions have been added, such as Copy+Paste, MMS (wow!), Voice Dialing, magnetometer and others
• The 3GS has an OS 3.0 operating system and all of its advantages

One over the other, the 3GS iPhone is an upgraded 3G, that removes some of the previous model’s deficiencies. It will probably also be a success, because Apple will always know how to market its products and to attract new customers in its fan-club. If you like more news about Cell Phones, Plans, Samsung, LG, iPhone you can check Handys ohne Vertrag.

But, I for one am kind of reluctant in buying a 3GS for now. Because as any other Apple product, the 3GS is cool and interesting, a little too limited regarding some functions and probably over priced. But I might be mistaking. What do you think?

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