Well, I took the plunge and upgrade my 2-year-old original iPhone to the 3GS model. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly:
Good:
1. WAY FASTER – especially on cell data – I was trying to get my mail on the Edge network and it took forever – the 3G network and faster hardware make a huge difference.
2. Video camera – this thing takes awesome little videos – I can’t imagine why I would need a separate video camera ever again.
3. Did I say faster? With the same wi-fi connection Safari loads web pages much faster – it’s actually usable. Hallelujah!
4. A working compass… this is neat, however see below.
Bad:
1. Gets pretty warm when using it as a phone.
2. Still no turn-by-turn navigation program, even with a compass.
3. My old iPhone dock doesn’t work, nor do any of my case accessories – they changed the shape of the phone from 2g to 3g revisions – aargh. Fortunately my bluetooth headset paired easily.
Ugly:
1. Battery Life – don’t expect to use this phone heavily without toting around some sort of charger or extended-life battery accessory. The battery is actually worse than my 2-year old iPhone 2G. And yes, I disabled Push. I refuse to turn off 3G to save battery life – what a hassle.
Overall I’d say I’m very happy with it – the only real complaint being that I must strategize my use of it to conserve battery life – may get a car charger soon.
