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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)Apple iPhone 3G Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 July 2008)  Apple iPhone 3G Consumer Reviews (267 reviews)Write a review of the Apple iPhone 3G! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by Daveb on 28/01/2010Well with the new software upgrade all the old problems seem to have gone away. I bought one on pay and go and its totally worth it. Great slick interface. Great internet functions.Looks fantastic . Good phone quality but a basic camera. Text messages are easy with the rotating landscape keyboard even for people like be with big fingers.The apps are fantastic fun and the games are great as well.The i pod is great and with slick links with things like facebook and youtube that work just great. Gps is also a godsend as well. This is what you want a gadget to be like and the i phone does not let you down. Rating: Reviewed by Dave on 13/01/2010 its a top notch phone i would recommend this to anyone! Rating: Reviewed by John P on 08/01/2010 My Iphone is due for an upgrade. I think my next phone will be an Iphone, no worries. Rating: Reviewed by Josh on 03/01/2010 Fantastic phone i recently managed to break mine and purchased a tocco lite for a while while t gets fixed, but my god does it show how good the iphone really is. Every other phone i have used is just boring. The iphone offers everything u can think of perfect. Rating: Reviewed by Colin McSherry on 28/12/2009 I Cannot understand all the negative comments on the iphone, I suspect these comments are from wanna be owners who have never had an iphone. The phone is the best on the planet with nothing to compare. Buy one and be stunned by the technology , There are apps for everything, Games, Productivity,Tools,Maps,etc with stunning graphics and a touch screen to die for. Brilliant in every way. Rating: Reviewed by Vince on 18/12/2009 Well, I have had many phones over the years, smart phones basic classic phones etc. I have just spent out and purchased the iPhone 3G 8Gb as a early christmas present to myself !. Its so easy to use. Setting up e-mail accounts was so easy. So many extra's available. Ive been used to "well thats the one and only case we do for your phone". Ok the camera is a rubbish 2 meg pixel. But even the 12 meg pixel camera on the latest Sony Satio is rubbish. Just buy a digital camera to take good photo's, these even come with a 3 x optical zoom ! for under £100. No I must say Apple, keep up the good work. Rating: Reviewed by Amy on 06/12/2009 It is good. but it can break. The Samsung Tocco lite is better. Rating: Reviewed by lucy Morgan on 28/11/2009 i bought the phone for £350, now its worth £96 and it keeps breaking i wish i bought a blackberry Rating: Reviewed by Marc on 27/11/2009 My wife has just got this phone. She is delighted with it and finds it the easiest to use phone she has ever had. As far as I am concerned, I agree with her. The only think I find to criticize is when using the touch keypad, it is easy to press the wrong key as they are close together and I have big fingers! The battery life seems OK so far. The camera is not great, but who cares, it`s a PHONE not a Nikon D300! Overall, Apple have done a good job and it certainly looks cool! Rating: Reviewed by Ali on 20/11/2009 i have had it for the last 15 months, i would say graphic wise its a pretty good and i have to say what makes it 2 stand out its the programms that u could download from App store. only thing missin its the video camera Rating: Reviewed by stoydi166@gmail.com on 04/11/2009 i have iphone 3g for 6 months.i bought it unlocked as all iphones in greece.after 3 months aplle deside with os 3.1 to lock iphone and not work in wind.i forced to jailbreak it and now i can not connect it to itunes.very good phone very good battery,very good function,application in middle level.the most aufull is that you are not free.apple controls you with the os.i gave 650 euros to be controled.i am stupid.(the stars are for the device and not for the policy) Rating: Reviewed by miz on 30/10/2009 outstanding, but the battery life is poor, so only four starts. quite slippery so would reccomend a case to go with it Rating: Reviewed by PHIL on 25/09/2009 I BOUGHT MY IPHONE WHEN ON HOLIDAY IN AMERICA WORKED FINE.COME BACK TO ENGLAND BUT I CAN USE THE PHONE.BUT I CANT GET ON THE INTERNET.CAN ANY ONE HELP. Rating: Reviewed by adude on 12/09/2009 worst phone EVERRR !! Rating: Reviewed by amaan on 08/09/2009 it is so good Rating: Reviewed by Claire Zumwalt on 04/09/2009 Great phone, a must buy! Rating: Reviewed by Nigella on 21/08/2009 After having kept away from Apple as a whole (I did not even own an ipod), i have given into its demands as i was curious about the fuss and also i have a contract with o2. i've had the phone for less than 48 hours and have completely fallen for it. Shame about not being able to put music to a ringtone but i am astounded at some of the properties - checking your voicemail via a list, a music player which is great and the apps :) I'm still getting to grips with everything (probably as it took me about 30 mins to figure out how to insert the sim card!) but top notch all the way! Rating: Reviewed by colin on 20/08/2009 I have had my iphone for over six months now and have to say its a brilliant phone. I owned a top of the range samsung previously and the iphone is quicker to use than that one. I admit there are a lot of things missing from this phone that apple should of added but all these can be overcome one by one. There is a software app that can make the phone do almost anything you can think of. people who dont like the text keyboard etc can simply install another text program that has a different layout. by the time you have finished the phone can be totally personalised. As someone said previously its not the megapixals that always make a better pictue, there is a camera and video application that is 10 times better that the one installed giving better pictures,zoom functions etc and the pictures are almost as good as those of a 5MP although the phone does lack a flash. My iphone is now fully personalised with ringtones, sms tones, background pictures etc, i have a full europe sat nav installed on it and have all the applications i could ever want. A lot of the apple applications are free for example i did not have a convertor program on my iphone like i had on my samsung, so i simply downloaded one from apple foc which is a far better one than the samsung. The applications that you may have to pay for are around 99p. you cant go wrong. My phone is a pay as you go and my only gripe is that when you purchase the phone you are locked onto O2 which i think is a rubbish expensive network for PAYG customers but this can be unlocked for any network. I would recommend this phone to anyone who is thinking of getting one. Rating: Reviewed by Rosie on 12/08/2009 The only downside to this phone is its size - it is big, but that is because it has a beautiful big screen, which makes internet browsing possible. I have tried to do this on my husband's Nokia 6600 - impossible on such a tiny screen! The GPS is superb, the text messaging in 'speech bubble' conversations is superb, the photo albums are brilliant, with the ability to zoom in - the camera is only 2 megapixel but quite decent pictures. I use 'proper' camera for most pics anyway. I have had lots of Nokias before this, never got very excited about mobiles, but find the iphone is SO much easier to use I would never want to go back! Rating: Reviewed by Om on 05/08/2009 People who cant afford Iphone 3G say that its wortheless. I do acept that iphone havn't got that high mp cameraand you cant transfer files thru bluetooth but the people who use iphone use so many apps that it keeps their interest in the phone. There are thousands of apps out there even for free. I have had bold, storm, nokia 5800 xpress music(seriously worst look from outside and not good touch screen at all!)and many other phones but after a while i got bored of them and wanted to change them but iphone have hundreds of apps comin everyday! that its been a year i am using the phone i am bored at all. Its the phone for every type of user business user, a kid, teen. In apps you can find anything(also many for free) from nude wallpapers to high tech stuff. navigon GPS software and tom tom is comin out in october. Believe me if you can afford iphone 3G or 3GS buy it. I wouldn't recommend you Iphone 2G. For more info on iphone apps search iphone app on youtube and watch some videos. thanks for reading Rating: Reviewed by Dean on 14/07/2009 This is the best phone i have ever had, i love the phone the only thing that is disapoiting is the camera although it is better than nothing. the wi-fi is brill and so are apps altough it costing me a fortune because every time there is a app i have to get it. If you are thinking about getting this phone don't think twice about a bet you, you wont regret it. Rating: Reviewed by Lee on 08/07/2009 Can I just start by saying that the majority of bad rad reviews are probably from people who don't actually have the phone, or even touched one! I love my iPhone, its by far the smartest and easiest to use phone on the market, and with the 3.0 update it adds a whole host of great features to make this phone even better. I have it set up connect to my Wireless broadband when I walk into my house, and even surfing on Safari using 3G is extremely fast. Rating: Reviewed by Abby on 07/07/2009 I've had the iphone for a year now & can't wait to get rid!!!!! I hate it, for the money it is rubbish! No bluetooth, no camera features, silly send buttons thats when your halfway through a text it sends becuase the button is in the wrong place, a silly messages screen that makes the messages come up like a conversation and no video OR video calls. Just not a good phone for the money it is worth. However, 3g is handy and i love the apps, i do like the ipod aswell, which comes in handy. But just not a good phone for the money or the reviews it gets! Rating: Reviewed by David (GBR) on 05/07/2009 well, i have it and it's pretty amazing but I'm just wondering how much better the 3GS is... just because it has compass and some other stuff doesn't mean they should exaggerate how good it is. Ps. they keep saying that it's the best iphone yet well probably because there's only been 3 =) Rating: Reviewed by jimmy on 03/07/2009 "the best phone 4 ever" Rating: Reviewed by Will on 28/06/2009 Brilliant phone and I have updated to the latest operating system 3.0. It still lacks the ability to tell you if your sending 1 message or going into 2 which is annoying (maybe it will come one day?!) Easy to use and by far the best phone/iPod I have owned! Go buy the sim free one for £342 if you don't want to fork out for the monster priced 3G S! Rating: Reviewed by Danny on 19/06/2009 Dear Editor :o) Apart from the camera/video issue, I really can't think of what else could be missing from a Iphone....a Toaster perhaps? What I find frustrating is phones like the Nokia 5800 and Samsung HD get 5 stars even though they have their major faults and flaws. Yet in their cases, you are easily willing to overlook them....(don't even get me started on the 5800 touch screen usability or the horrendous 3.2 camera that is just as bad as the one on the iphone...if not worse)...yet the smooth running Iphone with a 2 meg camera (that actually does a very admirable job)gets 4 stars. Yes its an expensive phone but most apple products are expensive. That's not a valid reason to deduct points!! Bear in mind the Iphone is actually a very good phone, extremely user friendly, great call receptions, hardly crashes and a very very stable OS. It also excels in many areas that other phones don't (with it's apps facility alone, it deserves 5 stars) example: Hitachi makes good cheap products that would give sony a run for their cash, but you can't underrate sony products because they are marginally more expensive... which is what you seem to be doing to the iphone... Rating: Reviewed by Danny on 18/06/2009 Now that many software issues have been resolved with the release of V3.0.... does the iphone 3g get that extra star?? or still hating apple ;o) Rating: Reviewed by Daylight Robbery on 18/06/2009 iphone, more like i am out of £350 Phone, Its all Show & No Go. Rating: Reviewed by DAZ on 18/06/2009 I have pruchased a pay and go I Phone and i agree with Admiral i now only carry my I Phone as it is all i need and does all i need in one handset. i was unsure to buy or not to buy was my issue but now i have i will not look back i sync up all my appointments and music ive got all my pics of the family for when im away and i can go WIFI when im out without my laptop great well done APPLE !!!! I dare say we will see some more tweakes on the updates etc soon they dont let us down with the apps i must admit lots to choose from. All in all i love it.!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Natasha Lawton on 14/06/2009 i love my i-phone it is so cool best phone ever it is a bit expensive but i bought mine on ebay for £50 cool ay. BUY THE I-PHONE Rating: Reviewed by Jay on 09/06/2009 Couldn't live without it...I have the White one, which always gets compliments. There's an awe from other people too, "wow, you have an iPhone..?"...I frequently use the maps while out of foot, when I'm not sure where a restaraunt/street is. The Internet is amazing, I'm using my phone now. I have loads of great apps like the London underground maps, where to dine and tv guide. I'm constantly on facebook too which is almost as good as an computer. I rarely use my pc/iPod now. If I could only take one thing to a desert island it's be my iPhone...oooh and charger :) yes the battery isn't great but how hard is it to plug it in every night?? It lasts allday then.. Rating: Reviewed by Steve on 09/06/2009 TERRIBLE - unless U R always near a wi-fi hot spot this FAILS TOTALLY as a practical MOBILE DEVICE Rating: Reviewed by DAS on 09/06/2009 Absulute Rubbish, Its Just Apple cashing in on you Punters. Just the Same as the first One, Pathetic Camera, LG Arena looks Like a good One. Rating: Reviewed by Sarah on 08/06/2009 Being experienced with a variety of phones, this phone beats every other hands down!! love it to bits and apple has a way of overcoming what some may call 'limitations' i.e. email in place of bluethooth (if you can't afford internet on the go then thats your problem). the only thing is that it literally sucks battery! but that doesn't make it any less exciting. Truly love this phone and is endlessly exciting!! Rating: Reviewed by Kazzzza on 06/06/2009 THE BEST PHONE EVER! Rating: Reviewed by Mutley on 06/06/2009 iphone....love most of it but why oh why did they not go that little bit further. Like most people I am not impressed with the camera and with no video function it lacks even behind 30£ phones from Argos. My other gripe is MMS. WWWWWhy must I email my badly pix elated photo's rather than be able to send them to a mates mobile. And lastly my third gripe. TEXT messaging. No forwarding or cut n paste possible.??? When I get a good joke or bit of gossip I don't want to spend ages rewriting the message to all my friends individually. Absolutely stupid omission I feel. Everything else I like by the way especially video quality and the fact I can watch BBC iplayer over wifi of an evening. But it has to loose half a star for the camera, half for no picture texting and a whole one for it's non forwarding message system. Rating: Reviewed by stu k on 04/06/2009 this phone is aweful....way, way, way to fragile. don't drop it ever!!! Rating: Reviewed by Geraint Morgan on 03/06/2009 First I'll say its a good phone, and the app store makes it even better. It's simple to use, easy to access internet, check emails and so forth.. There are a few let downs, camera is pretty rubbish compared to most phones but don't dont let that turn you away. It lacks a few features which should be on there from the start (update 3.0 fixes this) which is out soon. Overall its a good phone just I'm a camera freak but don't always carry my digital camera on me. Good first or second attempt what-ever way you look at it. Rating: Reviewed by Harvey on 02/06/2009 I agree with all the countless complaints made below which make this the most DISASTEROUS HYPED RIP OFF phone ever, but i think one of the worst things is that you have to stand near a mobile mast to have any chance of the phone to work reliably otherwise its worthless rubbish so you need to carry around a decent reliable mobile with U ASWELL - which is STUPID! - Whats the point of calling it the i"PHONE" when it can't even make clear,audible (FAR too quiet volume as with music) reliable/not droped calls for most of the time/places + i've heard ENDLESS same complaints from people all over world, so proves its purely a problem with the Iphone itself Rating: Reviewed by RIPPED OFF ! on 02/06/2009 AAAHHHH! I'm onto my 5TH replacement phone ALREADY in a matter of months.*BUT* there's EVEN WORSE news than they all keep developing SERIOUS faults - U NEVER GET a NEW REPLACEMENT its always 'refurbished' ie U just get the OLD USED FAULTY iPhone that someone else returned.... this has happened to HUGE numbers of other iPHONE owners as can be seen from their reports ALL OVER the web. NIGHTMARE!!!! Rating: Reviewed by p-f on 01/06/2009 had for a week - sent back and got a htc touch hd best move i ever made...come on apple u avin a laff?? Rating: Reviewed by wheeeeeee on 01/06/2009 it's not a bad phone actually, but its very easy to break. I dropped it once and it was BADLY broken, after i had it fixed, which took forever, it got all stuck and slow and not good. I am not using the phone anymore because its too much work and too sensitive to use, i will be buying a different phone soon. Rating: Reviewed by Sam on 01/06/2009 Rubbish Rubbish Rubbish , freezes ,Turns itself off,and a complete waste of money Rating: Reviewed by Steve on 31/05/2009 Rubbish - now only a mobile braindead BABOONS buy. Everyone else can get something like the LG Cookie KP500 instead :) Rating: Reviewed by Daz on 28/05/2009 in mobile terms this phone was released in ancient history and since then technology has advanced in leaps and bounds leaving the iPhone an outdated, poorly spec'ed, overpriced + oversized monstrosity that only technologically ignorant, vacuous, dumb fashionistas will still crave - the rest of us, with IQs into double figures, meanwhile having moved on are now benefiting from todays technology like the the LG ku990 which wipes the floor with the dinosaur iPhone in every respect :) Rating: Reviewed by ROCKY on 28/05/2009 When the phone first came out, i was amazed and when i got was shocked at how good thee phone is and what it can do. I only wish that the camera was better. However, in the current market, you can get phones with just as many featureas, better camera and most inportanly, at a decent price. Rating: Reviewed by MOONHEAD on 26/05/2009 I have just brought this phone yesterday on pay as you go and i have to say that it is a brilliant phone. I also own an iPod touch, however i purchased the iPhone for the fact that it is a phone and an iPod built in. I have been using it often and cant see myself buying any other phone for at least 2 years or so from now. Top quality phone that i would recommend to any one. If you like iPods and need a new phone you would not regret buying this!! Dont forget about the app store!! (so many apps i have lost count) good luck with your decision :) The iPhone rules Rating: Reviewed by John on 25/05/2009 Why on this phone to you have to pay to do basic applications which are free to do on other phones. You can't use the phone as a modem. There is no app for MMS. Next you will need an app to make a phone call. Rating: Reviewed by Laura on 24/05/2009 I have never owned a smartphone before and really only used a phone before to text and phone people. Occasionally bluetoothed ringtones to and from my kids and recieved a few MMS every now and again. Borrowed the Viewty for a few days and hated it. Far too complicated and too many features. I love my ipod video and love music, so when my upgrade came i decided, what the hell, and went for the iphone on a 2 year contract never had more than a 12 month contract before! Well when the phone came, i was blown away by the quality! it feels devine in your hand, top quality and gorgeously heavy. Feels high quality. I have very long nails and was surprised that it didnt work with my nails or a stylus like the Viewty or HTC phones, so promptly cut my thumb nails off! Plus points: looks gorgeous, very expensive feel to it, excellent user interface is simplicity itself. Intuitive and FAST. Applications for almost anything including MMS!! so you CAN receive and veiw MMS messages. The applications are very reasonable from free and 59p to 20 quid. I have found contact management apps, facebook, ebay and hotmail apps, i have sinc'd all my email accounts including my microsoft exchange work email, which i have never done on any other phone! It is awesome. Internet conection is amazing and fast, the google maps is brill, and so is the weather app, i can see what the weather is doing in all my fav places (saddo!!) Negs: No bluetooth (well there is but only for carkits) no forwarding of SMS (well you can take a screenshot and MMS it or email it) and the need to have short nails (although you can now buy a stylus that works) The camera is 2mg pix and perfectly adequate for a phone cam. ITS A BLOOMIN PHONE NOT A CAMERA! you want better pics? Use a camera! I have found the features missing for me are the ones i hardly ever used. In MY opinion, the i phone is worth every penny and i adore it. If it could change a plug and mow the lawn I would MARRY IT! If it had proper MMS bluetooth and SMS forwarding (properly) then it would get 5 stars. However at Carphone Warehouse it is free on £34 per month for 2 years and that is fine by me. i was paying that for a LG k600 peice of rubbish. Rating: Reviewed by mr me on 24/05/2009 i have a lgku990 and was going to get a iphone but wont bother now as the ku990 was cheaper an has most of the i phones features your realy only paying for the apple name Rating: Reviewed by Ben Dover on 21/05/2009 You can spend all day on this phone, and you will never get bored, that's how good it is !! And i'm loaded, and i havn't bought another phone for over a year Rating: Reviewed by Ric on 19/05/2009 All hype & No Go, Ive sold my iphone now, might get the LG Arena which seems to have much better spec. Rating: Reviewed by Sue on 17/05/2009 Bought this "phone" (since it only functions like a phone occasionally if you are lucky making the whole thing pointless) quite a while ago and still the battery life rarely makes half a day.Considering its already brick like dimensions adding a battery pack is out of the question and out of budget given the cost already.Its simply ludicrous to call it a "mobile device" more like a "crippled mobile". Thanks to a friend i have been trying out a Netbook and i can tell you its much easier, faster,reliable, pleasurable to use and cheaper. Its far less unwieldy and importantly the battery life lasts for days - a truly mobile device. Given the iPhone never works reliably as a phone anyway thats no loss and a modern budget micro mobile is superior + more reliable to the iPhone's phone functions in every way.To get my own Netbook i only have to get rid of this iPhone, but now it seems the novelty has warn off, its impracticality has been realised and everyone else is trying to get rid of their iPhones too, leaving me chained to the equivalent of a concrete block that cost me the earth but is no longer 'worth a penny'. Rating: Reviewed by vizibledog on 16/05/2009 The iphone rocks. I had a N95 8GB before this but the iPhone kicks its @ss. I dont know how I ever got by in life without it. Rating: Reviewed by Bob jo spankadoddle on 14/05/2009 I have the iphone and it's a good looking phone but the bluetooth dosnt work :(. The camera is good but u can't record videos :( x So the phone has good and bad points. :/ Rating: Reviewed by Tom on 13/05/2009 The usual buggy nonsense from Apple - only a KID could love it (or an Adult that can't count past 10 :D ) Rating: Reviewed by piggy/gum gum on 13/05/2009 This phone has a lot of apps which why i am going to buy this phone. my mum and dad has this phone and they love and they think it has great internet connection the phone is easy to use and has a piggy nose Rating: Reviewed by brian from uk on 10/05/2009 the phone is a as much use as a guitar with no strings i bought one on the 21.04.09 not a easy phone to use in fact i wish i had never seen it its coused me so much trouble take my advice its a no.no NO NO MINE HAS BEEN SHUT AWAY IN MY DROW NEVER TO SEE DAYLIGHT AGAIN Rating: Reviewed by Dave on 08/05/2009 I upgraded to the iphone 6 weeks ago. Before i upgraded to the iphone i spent hours and hours reading reviews by iphone users on various websites. Peoples main gripes with the phone are MMS and Bluetooth all of which will be solved with the 3.0 software upgrade coming in June/July The 3.0 software upgrade will make the iphone a top device and i don't think that anything out there will touch it. The only problem i have had is getting used to the texting, but slowly getting to grips with it. Again once the 3.0 software upgrade is available you will also be able to text in landscape mode so that will make texting easier. The iphone is a stunning phone and my advise to anyone in 2 minds about purchasing one is to pop down to your local 02 or Carphone Warehouse and have a play with one. Another major gripe with the iphone is that it's so addictive, you can spend hours searching through all the apps!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Barry is an iron ? on 07/05/2009 Best way to describe my feelings of the iPhone is Im a serial phone swapper. Not since I got my iPhone . I've had it for 9 months now and not even thought about changing it.I really wanted to hate it but I don't . God bless the iPhone. Rating: Reviewed by Pete in Bath on 05/05/2009 Having read all the reviews I finally decided to go for the iphone, why so long because of the mixed reviews on here. Sadly a lot of people complaints appear false (but I am sure others are) or negative about its features as long as the ones it has work well then whats the problem eg video calling and mms. I checked before buying what it had and what it didn't have and those folks compaining should have and as Mr Bob below says those who haven't purchased please don't review. The phone, I love it, i am wasting hours on the apps, viewing web sites, listening to music as well as crystal clear phone calls and texting, which is a nack but I am getting there. I can only recommend these, the apple interface is so user friendly I only wish I had bought one sooner. The camera isn't great but I didn't buy it for the camera so no grumbles there. Rating: Reviewed by Holly on 03-05-2009 Very good, but I think they should really include video and bluetooth, thats quite unuasual to not have those things nowadays. Texting is okay, not too hard but not very enjoyable, great looking but people always stare at you when you answer a cool or something. Mainly its the features it doesnt have that make the mark less. My opinion though, for some people it will be the perfect phone. Rating: Reviewed by Mark. on 01/05/2009 Fantastic phone, ipod, phone, internet all in one, does everything. software is great. dont moan about camera, if you very high quality phots by a digital camera! Rating: Reviewed by Tom on 30/04/2009 Great Phone, Cannot be beaten. Best phone I have owned and will own for a long time. No other rival, I cant see another rival to this phone for years to come. The User interface is great, easy and fun to use. Rating: Reviewed by Mollie on 29/04/2009 Yes it's a good phone- but not worth the price at all! The cookie is very similar and cheaper; and comes in pink too. But still very good (: enjoy using it Rating: Reviewed by Dennis on 29/04/2009 Gd Rating: Reviewed by RH on 24/04/2009 Amazing, just amazing. In my opinion blows anything else out of the water ! (latest disaster I used was Omnia) Rating: Reviewed by Unusually High SAR Rating!!! on 24/04/2009 Yes Martin U are not alone with the iPhone causing radiation sickness (why it has the name iRADIATE as well as iFAILURE :D ) - its SAR value is exceptionally high and the symptoms you describe specifically beginning with using the iPHONE , can be found reported ALL over the web by suffering owners.The amount of overall switched on time near (anywhere on) the body also relates the degree of absorbed radiation - you would aspect anyone that raves about the iFAILURE to have their brain cooked - but considering how brain dead they are already to come to such an inane belief (eg. given the price and available current technology around TODAY compared to the years ancient iPhone tech ) they are well protected from the risk. Rating: Reviewed by Looby on 21/04/2009 Well I bought my phone 3 months ago and I love it! It was my first new phone for about 5 years. OK the camera isn't great, but that's it. Following the update in July 09 it's going to be even better! Rating: Reviewed by agooner on 20/04/2009 I have had my iphone 3G for 8 months now, as a media device there is nothing to touch it in my opinion. Rating: Reviewed by Clem on 20/04/2009 Ok so the iphone may lack some qualities such as mms and a video recorder but with the release of the 3.0 software soon to be coming out withen the next few motnhs, it solves all of these problems by a long mile. besides what some people think the iphone "lacks" it more than makes up for it in many of the areas. for instants its stunning display and easy interface, the fact you can download thousands of applications for it to combat such prblems. my conclusion is for you iphone haters to grow a pair becasue i the iphone is without a doubt the most revoloutionary phone which has ever been made. to finish this off, you dont see someone switching their contracts to o2 to by the samsung touch phone or the LG one do you!? Rating: Reviewed by ANGRY on 16/04/2009 IF YOU LOOK AT THE SMALL WRITING ON THE ADVERTS IT SAYS "STEPS REMOVED" AND I KNOW THAT THE INTERNET DOESN'T WORK THAT QUICKLY BECAUSE MY DAD BOUGHT ONE THE APPS ARE EXPENSIVE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY TO BROWSE THE INTERNET WITCH EHEM? IS THE MAIN PART OF THE APPLE 3G!!!! THE CONTRACT IS WAAAAY TO EXPENSIVE AND LONG. AND IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH WITCH QUITE ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK BECAUSE O2 IS THE WORST NETWORK EVER. MY MOTHER HAS A BLACKBERRY CURVE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE PRETTIEST PHONE ON THE MARKET BUT IT GETS TO JOB DONE WITCH THE iPHONE DOESN'T. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE ADVERTS OR THE STUPID PEOPLE IN THE SHOPS BUY A PROPER PHONE FROM A PROPER MAKE. YEAH SURE APPLE MAKE GOOD MP3S AND COMPUTERS BUT THEY HAVENT CONQUERED THE MOBILE WORLD YET. KEEP TRYING APPLE. Rating: Reviewed by Unknown on 14/04/2009 First thing WAY to expencive ( 3G PAYG ) I want one but there way to expencive. Even the 8GB is too expencive, but other things, excellent ( i know 'cos i've played on my mates :) ) Rating: Reviewed by sarah on 13/04/2009 After waiting ages for an iphone i was extremly dissapointed by it! Within 2days of having it iam bored of it already and will be taking it back tommorrow . No bluetooth!! Less than basic camera!!! A rip off when you consider you can get the ipod touch which does more or less the same thing for £160 and is slimmer. This will be that last time i buy a phone whithout reading reviews first and just going off the hype. Bigg mistake!!! Rating: Reviewed by Davey Martin on 13/04/2009 I don't own one, and am not a fan of Apple as a marketing company, but am intrigued to see where the 3rd generation of this phone may go. It's a fairly unique piece of kit, having seen it in action, and there is *something* about it. However, it's only on a par with the N96, HTC Touch and the latest BlackBerry phones (which have really impressed me), not in its own league - however hard Apple sells us otherwise. It just seems to appeal to people who see their technology as a lifestyle 'statement' - but if you're a true techie tart, you want something with power, usability & expandability and not, as with many things Apple, something that works hard on its intrinsic good looks first. Rating: Reviewed by Martin Crombie on 13/04/2009 Only had the phone for a few days, gave me serious headaches & nausea with the high SAR ratings 1.35 Both myself and my partner felt car sick whenever it was switched on. We call it the 'iPain' good riddance! Nokia here we come. Rating: Reviewed by Joseph on 13/04/2009 Owned it then sold it got the LG Arena recently very nice! Good phone some unique ideas but limited in some areas some of the apps are useful but a bit gimmicky and with the camera don't even bother. These phones only serve to guarantee apple future revenue as opposed to offering value to the consumer. Apps, replacement batteries, itunes, limited networks and incompatibilty with other devices mean you will always be opening your wallet. Most features can be found on other phones the only uniqueness is apple's flair for sleek design and presentation; very good but as flava said 'don't believe the hype'! :) Rating: Reviewed by me ! on 12/04/2009 i think the iphone is a good fone it is stylish cool the touch screen works very well i am disappointed at the lack of video and the 2 meg camera overall its a ok fone EXTREMLY overpriced and a bit of a rip off !!! Rating: Reviewed by I Sheikh on 10/04/2009 This is, by far, one of the most amazing gadgets I have ever owned. But first, I cannot say that I wasn't slightly dissappointed at the lack of customization options (i.e. mp3 ringtones, backgrounds etc.). I thought that having an "operating system on a phone would allow a greater degree of personalization for power users. Aside from that, I have to say the interface is very fluid; emails are easily managed on this phone; and the apps make this a very powerful phone. Yes, people have expressed their concerns over the camera, but to be perfectly honest I feel this is a matter of preference; I am not too bothered about a camera, more so about everything else, which this phone does very well (if not the best) compared to others in the market. IS 09/04/2009 Rating: Reviewed by Landie on 07/04/2009 Played with an iPhone belonging to a relative last week. All gloss and shine, no substance, major features missing that we in the European market take for granted. A phone for tragics and fashionistas. Good music player, but then so is an iPod Nano. The rest of it is a waste. Rating: Reviewed by Peter on 07/04/2009 Hello.As someone with a PhD in electronics technology and who repairs mobiles for a hobby i can assure you that 5 star iPhone reviewers here either have never owned a mobile without serious issues OR have only ever used apple products (however, given the clear limitations of their IQ it would seem some parents let their children have far too much unmoderated web time ;-) ). A mobile "PHONE" implies exactly that - a functional voice communication ability - clearly these 5 star reviewers never use a mobile phone to speak to people outside the room they're in and/or out of speaking distance.When it comes to a hardware fault created during manufacture NO amount of software updating will remove the problem + those that are bribed so easily with updates instead of the real issue being solved have apple sniggering (at them - as they'll be able to pull the same ploy on those same gullibles again and again) all the way to the bank :D and continued ripp off + misery for a majority of those who are still blissfully unaware of its serious issues and continue to buy the now well outdated technology wise iPhone. Thank you for your time and hopefully this will save you time, money and YOUR DIGNITY ! (but if you have the mind of a child then none of these things will matter and the sheer limmited dumbed downess of the iPhone will make it the best TOY you have ever had in your pointless 2D existence.....LOL! ) Rating: Reviewed by Harvey on 04/04/2009 How can all u 'MUPPETS' say this phone is rubbish. This phone BEATS all phones hands down, yes its not got bluetooth but soon apple would fix that, the HTC HD, Nokia 5800, LG Cookie, BlackBerry Storm, Samsung Tocco and others trying to compete. The IPhone just is the best touch screen phone u can buy today, it never crashes, the qwerty keyboard is VERY responsive, the app store is GREAT, ITunes can be abit fiddly but gets easier when used to it, even for a phone that size the camera is really gud even though its a 2MP, the games and applications are very BRILLIANT and some can be useful. BEST PHONE MADE!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Darren on 04/04/2009 After owning the iPhone (3g 16gb) since its launch last year, I can say this Apple has converted me as this the best phone Ive had by a clear margin. Its the sheer simplicity of functions that make it a clear winner as I previously had the 02 Orbit, which was good, but very complicated, the iPhone just does what it says on the tin. I know there have been gripes about the picture issue, but its never let me down clear shots, easy to use too (my 6 yr old daughter can use it with ease). Apps of all shapes and sizes can be got for free or extremely cheap, some of these use the motion capability of the iPhone brilliantly. The ipod function is great too, easy accessible tracks added to the fact that they have added the Genius facility for better shuffle style random tracks. Only thing for me is the text msg forwarding isnt there at the moment, but I only use that to pass on jokes, but as I can receive e-mails wherever I am it cancels it out. Simple to use phone Clear screen Fantastic capabilties on all levels music player will not disappoint Try before you buy, but it will be worth it Rating: Reviewed by Simon on 01/04/2009 MMS on its way, has never crashed, music ace, loud in the gym with decent headphones, internet very fast - never crashed in the year I have owned it, Camera is rubbish..but own a £500 camera anyway, loads of software to add, run a business from it, sleek and great games on it too with awesome graphics. I have owned top to the range everything form cars to phones..Nokia phones are good, but the are not in the league of the Iphone and never will be. You can tell the Nokia employees...they have one star next to them :>) :>) :>) Never need to replace with the next software upgrade!! Rating: Reviewed by Neil on 30/03/2009 If U are keen to be ripped off with buggy yesterdays outdated technology ( the comming "updated" LOL iPhone will introduce ancient standard functions, that even BUDGET mobiles have had since time began, like MMS + Bluetooth...WOW!!!!....NOT LMFAOPMP ) then the iPhone is for U. Otherwise for intelligent, cutting edge and stylish consumers the ****HTC Touch HD**** is one of the best Mobiles around currently with the most advanced superior technology(Huger better quality screen,superior faster non-buggy software to the iPhone's broken beta testing software, infinitely greater more practical battery life ect ect ect) that U will want to be checking out leaving the unflushable turd in the toilet (thanks to the usual highly deceptive + dishonest marketing from apple) that is the iPhone for the clueless dung beetles and bottom feeders to rave about.....poor sods!!! Rating: Reviewed by Ricky on 30/03/2009 had this phone 6 months. Great unit love it but only because of i-tunes. Easy to use, Rubish camera, crashed 4 times this week, touch screen too sensative. Fed up with it crashing and pants camera got a blackberry storm 9500, made a mistake on that one. Just shows you how easy the i-phone is to use really. Gonna get a lg cookie and spend the rest of my £300 on a camera and a i-pod touch! Rating: Reviewed by Jim on 29/03/2009 I am currently writing this review on my iPhone. The new iPhone is amazing. The simplicity of it, the large storage memory are just few of the outstanding features of the phone. The iPhone is the best phone out there, and with osx 3.0 coming soon, will soon clear all other phones at the top of the table for the best phone. Rating: Reviewed by Apple Sucker on 27/03/2009 @Samantha.U DON'T really GET a NEW iPhone when the Apple store exchange - its only a REFURB !!!ROTFLMAO!!! They will always tell U if U ask they "can't guarantee U'll get a BRAND new phone in exchange" to cover their backs (or the staff @ Apple stores R just clueless + gormless about technology/anything specific, since Apple customers are only ever concerned about the looks of the product not whats inside ) ie U were given the phone with fault/issue someone brought in before U for exchange, "cleaned UP" + put in new packaging - read on the Mobile forums some people have had to keep returning the iPhone refurb (for another refurb ) to the Apple store 3,4 even 5 times or more until they get one that has faults(eg cracked case, buttons falling off,signal probs, bugs,crashes, freezing - only the luckiest, bleeting the LOUDEST sheep minority escape from ALL of these) that bother them less than the original fault/issue. Nokia/Samsung would never be so blatantly dishonest in taking such advantage of their most stupi Rating: Reviewed by complete + utter iPOOP on 27/03/2009 This "device" is so broken its not worth a POOP SCOOP. In fact i think you would be better trying to communicate with POOP than this so called "phone"....NIGHTMARE! :O Rating: Reviewed by Jamie on 24/03/2009 Great phone. I would just like to correct all the idiots who think that the higher the megapixel the better the camera. It just so happens that i am into photography, and megapixel is the size of the image, not quality. The quality is focus, is the lens. The lens on Iphone is actually very good compared to most of its competitors. You want great picture quality, get a good FILM camera. Rating: Reviewed by Musiclouis69 on 24/03/2009 I have bought one of these it's ok not great, a good mp3 and vid player as all iods are but not as good an ipod as the touch and not as good a phone as, well just about any phone on the market for a hundred quid less Oh and IF YOUR CONSIDERING BUYING A PHONE FROM AN EBAY COMPANY CALLED E-CELL DON'T. IT'S JUST TAKEN ME NEARLY TWO MONTHS TO GET MY MONEY BACK AVIOD AT ALL COSTS Rating: Reviewed by Paul on 23/03/2009 Well after a long wait I bought the phone today, I must say it's very good and I am a little dubious of the poor reviews this phone has received so far (age of reviewers?). Yes it is more expensive than its competitors but of course it is a well made and stylish piece of equipment and in this world those qualities come at a price. Can surf the net, email, listen to tunes, sms, phone and google navigation (extremely impressive), surely this is an adequate function set, and comparable to any other phone on the market. Rating: Reviewed by jim on 23/03/2009 i have an ipod touch 1ST GENERATION an if it is anything like that when i buy it, it will be INCREDIBLE. Apple are fixing the iPhone problems like bluetooth, keypad and cut copy paste in a new update which is going to be FREE and relased in the summer. sure, the camera is rubbish, but who cares. you wont even be using the camera when you begin to use the phone. people who hate iPhone are idiots and need to have a little patience for the web to load. 3g connection are 4.8 TIMES QUICKER than edge, so why complain. Safari is most definitely the best web browser, behavin much as a computer than a phone. sure, Nokia and blackbery are good for taking a few pics, but iphone outrules the mail, MMS and phone devices. the apps are incredible, leaving you with amazing free games and utilities for next to nothing and with very low memory space. the iPhone ius definitely not poor, it is outstanding in every field, so if you dont like it, take it back and return to your ponsy bla ckberry with its miniscule keys and its brick like appearence. the 3g may seem thicker than its predeccor, but its actually thinner and more appropriate. o2 is an ok network, with good co signal coverage. NOTE: the only way to break an iphone and disfunction it is to drop it from a 3 storey building, but even with the screen smashed, there is still some imagery, making it the perfect phone for any builders out there. Overall, every feature of the iphone is at its best, and i therefore rate it outstanding. Rating: Reviewed by William on 22/03/2009 Now with the 3.0 Firmware Update this phone just gets better! MMS!!! Landscape Email and Texts! Copy and Paste BLUETOOTH :D Rating: Reviewed by Liam on 21/03/2009 Someone down there has written that the N96 is so much more advanced than an iphone? What are you talking about? Are you on crack? The N96 is an N95 in a different packet. And the N95 is old. The N96 doesn't sell because unfortunately for Nokia, people have realised this and discontinued it. Trust me on this, i sell phone for a living. I work for a competitor of o2 and i have an iphone and it is the greatest phone i have ever used in my life. I see, and have a good pay with all the new phones. Nothing comes close to the iphone 3G. The Touch screen is a cut WAY above the rest. The phone rarely has any issues what so ever. And as for people bitching about features... If you want a camera, buy a camera; iPhone can do mms for christ sake, its just an application you need to download! I do however agree that the bluetooth, and text forwarding is annoying not to have but these issues are being fixed in OS 3... as is Push notifications :) P.S. Blackberrys are the cocks phone. Its like how Clarkson says certain cars are for cocks! They are also unnecessarily complicated to use. Rating: Reviewed by jack on 21/03/2009 awesome yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Rating: Reviewed by Angela on 19/03/2009 Wifi not working properly!! My god...it was not connected through Wifi but normal internet (network) connection which ended paying more than my normal phone bills...Network provider receive numerous complains regarding this issue as most of the user unwilling to pay for the internet usage. Feedback and complains forwarded to Apple. No reply from them at all!! Don't buy this phone!! Rating: Reviewed by Samantha on 19/03/2009 Had this phone since August last year. Fantastic Internet browser, Fantastic Sound, all round fab phone. And now that Apple are bringing out an update to enable to iphone to forward messages and send MMS (although with such a reliable email service I don't see the need for MMS) it just gets better. Apple customer service is fantastic, I have had a dead pixel on my phone and taken it into the apple store and they just handed me a brand new iphone (even though it was purchased from o2)! Came home plugged it into my computer, sync up the new phone to itunes and had all my old messages/emails/contacts/calendar dates..EVERYTHING! Tell me another phone out there that does this so simple? And does Nokia/Samsung have a stores available for you to just walk in and get fantastic customer service? Downsides, Camera Quality can be poor as can battery life...That is it!!!! Top phone, looking forward to the 3.0 update in summer. Rating: Reviewed by BIGGEST CON EVER on 19/03/2009 Half baked product and given the price its a CRIMINAL rip off.Nothin works as its says on the tin,it might as well be a plastic kids toy - only people who care abouts its looks will rave about it.Not just inside but outside - case cracking like crazy (probably due to device getting too hot even to hold at times) and buttons fallin off like with original non 3G model - with lack of build quality must have been put together by monkeys(post-lobotomised). Thought perhaps was unlucky until read millions of 3g iPhone owners all over web reportin same hassles as me!!! Well peeved - NEVER BUY APPLE STUFF AGAIN. Check out endless owner's hellish experiences on the web before wastin your cash on this disaster!!! Rating: Reviewed by TOTAL DUD - NO PHONE ! on 18/03/2009 In all my lengthy experience since Mobiles came onto the scene never have i seen such an utter train wreck as this. Dire signal quality if U can actually manage to hear who U R talking to or R lucky enough to experience it long enough with the frequency of dropped calls it suffers from. M8s with the unlocked version have found the same whatever the network provider or area of the country - ie its the device itself not caused by/resulting from the network providers themselves (sim card etc)- google stuff with the iPhone like 'hardware 3G chip fault'/'destructive network requests' and you'll understand why apple are so infamously silent when their products suffer widespread catastrophic problems. Even using the "Loud" (LMAO) Speaker U can't hear the caller (unless the caller is in the same room with U - big fat LOL :D !!!) since its the same Non-loud speaker used to listen to music, the iPOD function is also a waste of space unless U enjoy not hearing your music with the slightest of background noise PMP!!) I couldn't careless about the other functions because the point of a Mobile Phone is a reliable efficient phone ( that doesn't have a non existent battery life without adding a HUGE battery pack to an already brick of a phone - making it completely impractical + unwieldy to carry around especially considering its inferred mobility) - having to carry about an additional mobile phone is impractical + completely defeats the object. Plenty of superior/cost effective/realistically priced/more honestly marketed equivalents out there if U actually bother to look around (as is usual with all apple products) instead of being sheep like "BAAAAAAHHHHH!" + shallow, caring about appearance excessively for what is primarily meant + sold as a functional device/tool not an ornament - so avoid the iPHONE like the plaque it is! Good Luck. Rating: Reviewed by george on 17/03/2009 iv had this phone 2 days and i love it. the camera is brilliant. i got used to it straight away and i recomend this phone to people instead of the iphone . i really think its that good Rating: Reviewed by NOT_a_MOBILE device on 15/03/2009 Jesus this is like carrying an old "Nokia Brick" around *EXCEPT* its tonnes HEAVIER, and even MORE BULKY and UGLY - only Apple could think than fashioning a device to look like a FAT sardine can would be aesthetically appealing..UUURRRGGHHH! I can imagine some people putting up with lugging such a cumbersome device IF it did what it said on the "tin" :D .The fact is that neither myself or the friends i know who have one(all fully updated) whose functions are not plagued by varying significant problems including ; crashing,freezing,lag and malfunctions specific to function...clearly this is still a pilot device at the experimental stages and Apple's customers who can see through the PR + realize this, clearly don't mind donating time and money to Apple for free...AND at least with an OLD BRICK, if you could suffer carting it around, it did have enough battery life so that you wouldn't need to LUG AROUND a CHARGER with you etc as well which is essential with the iPHONE if you even attempt to use it as a real/practical mobile device as claimed - clearly the reason why the combination of a FULLY functional competent/reliable/efficient Net PC (with a cheap bog standard but unlike the iPHONE reliable for communication - mobile phone) have been INFINITELY more successfully than the iPhone :) Rating: Reviewed by unknown on 15/03/2009 absolute rubbish Rating: Reviewed by Stefani on 15/03/2009 This is a brilliant phone, easy to use, efficient and most of all FUN!!! everyone loves it. just looking at it in the shops i knew i had to buy it, the phone looks astonishingly beautiful on thhe outside. WONDERFUL PHONE AND WONDERFUL FEATURES. i would definately reccomend it for anyone. Rating: Reviewed by James Hardaker on 14/03/2009 From the outset, I should say the one main thing that defines the iPhone for me - it's a boy's toy. Good for all the fancy bells and whistles... but to be honest, pretty useless as a phone and lacking a lot of the basic functionality that you'd expect. I feel that Apple have a long way to go before they understand how to make a decent phone. The iPhone would have been a lot better enlarged into a 7 or 8 inch tablet PC style device. The touchscreen operation is, while very impressive, certainly no more impressive than any other touchscreen device that I've used. Many of the extras on here like the calendar, email functions and MP3 player capability already exist in other phones, and I have to say, for a lot less money. Google Maps is nice, and the Safari browser is nice, but again it's hard to really feel the full benefit on a phone-sized screen, hence the tablet PC comment. Here are the real downers. There's no picture messaging capability without downloading an app and paying through the nose to send pictures, the ringtones are pretty rubbish and it's very involved uploading more onto the phone, the small qwerty keyboard you're presented with will probably put you off texting very often, the interface for saving contacts and diary entries isn't very user friendly, applications will sometimes shut down for no reason, you can't take video clips and the camera itself (although there's nothing wrong with it) is certainly nothing better than what I had on my old Samsung about five years ago. All in all, Apple have produced something that has half the right ingredients - but the half it lacks happen to be the most essential ones. I bought the 3G, and quite frankly I wish I hadn't - I just feel that with its £340-odd price tag, Apple rather short changed me. Rating: Reviewed by Rocco on 14/03/2009 All u morons that work 4 nokia or sit in O2 shops playing all day with something u can't afford should stop being so bitter. Yes it's got a few limitations but this phone is the daddy, iPod battery isn't 2hrs at all, the fools that can't even work out how 2 lock the caps lock go on about things they've only read in a manual, you've never owned 1 & probably slag Aston martins off when u own a skoda. Best device ever, u want a camera 2 catch all 10 megapixal glory of ur ugly kids dribbling or ur trashy bird's puke go 4 it, iPod, phone, pc, aesthetic beauty, ease of use & a bit of fun this is the 1 4 u, get a life & get the best thing u'll ever own, if ur not 2 cheap! Rating: Reviewed by igroan on 09/03/2009 the phone itself is lacking. no MMS, cant forward texts, cant switch off predictive text, cant bluetooth, no flash for the camera...... i can live with that. i dont think i could live without this phone. i use it more than my PC. i get my news off it, check facebook, play games, gps track my runs, use it as a wifi memory stick, get directions, youtube, ebay, google, shazam, password keeper, speedtest, wikipedia, stopwatch........ its more than a phone! Rating: Reviewed by Ollie Werby on 09/03/2009 Great phone does everything that you could possibly want a phone to do. The problem though, is Apple, their money hungry stance looks to be the downfall, with the appstore draining wallets etc etc Apple look to want to charge for just about everything worth downloading. To top it off are in a war against the jailbreak firmware, im sorry but what made great mobiles was the fact that you could customize to your liking and make it your own. Who are apple 2nd time phone release to bustle in and prevent this. Great phone but apple lay off and let jailbreak go through download it! Rating: Reviewed by eversmann on 08/03/2009 First of all, if you are business men/women, dont buy 3g iphone. BB is much better than iphone, BB is the best business phone ever made. Samsung or Nokia cannot bit BB for next few years for sure but... If you have a BB for work, and need another one for your private life, need a little bit of fun out of the boring office, or during your lunch break, get iphone 3g. yes, it has short bettery life, but if u are playing youtube with speaker, the wee phone uses wifi, super clear large screen, and speaker also, still connected network. so it is very obvious that the phone spends heck of power, how simple is that? adjust brightness before you complain. iphone screen is super clear and bright enough with very low brightness level. thats what i do. i am playing ipod and internet over 3hrs per day on my way work, and home, and playing ipod at the office with usb cable during office hour, so it doesnt cause any bettery issue at all. poor + slow 3g connection? where the hexx do you live in? check wifi spot where you live before you buy 3g, thats what i did. i think this phone is purly designed for city life, not for suburban, super quiet residential area, mid age users - sorry, no offence. Beside, you never get super fast 3g connection (in the UK) unless you are walking in Seoul or Tokyo. Blame the goverment and BT, not the wee phone. Pic quality is not bad for 2mg pix camera. no flash? or more functions? come on guys.. get a profer wee digital camera, its not that big or heavy to carry these days. iphone 3g offers you app store, one touch youtube connection, itune, the best mp3 player ipod, and internet access anywhere you go, and the most beautiful design instead of poor flash. yes, i do agree there are many functions are missing which are pretty standard in these days, but do other phones have what iphone has? i do have BB 8300, and 3g iphone, i both love them. 8300 is just perfact for business and 3g is the best phone i ever had for past 10yrs. Rating: Reviewed by Max on 07/03/2009 I find the 3G version a real treat, upgrading from Nokia 96 it's not a surprise. Cannot see how I would ever consider another non touch screen mobile after experimenting with the iphone. Q2 2009 promises the N97 and HTC Touch Pro 2 along with Toshiba's 1GHZ unit but will wait and see if these new units have teething problems before comparing with my iphone. Extremely pleased with all the functions and have nothing bad to say about it, will gladly pay a premium price for a more than decent handset. Rating: Reviewed by paul, burnley on 07/03/2009 after struggling to try and work the experia ,i returned it back to vodafone and purchased a 3g i phone got it unlocked and hey presto i have a fantastic piece of kit ,this phone is so simple to use despite not having certain basic features like ,bluetooth,message forwarding,camera poor ,most things can be downloaded like cycorder ,experia returned because everything was awkward due to nature of my job [car valeter]touchscreen but only with stylus unless you sit a desk all day avoid or use a back up phone to take to work Rating: Reviewed by rastahphari on 05/03/2009 The iPhone 3g is just an improvement on the best ever made mobile phone. I have owned my 3g for 5 months now and i love it more and more everyday... I use my phone to do grocery shopping, keep track of my daily morning walks, my gym workout routines and even balance my expenses. If I was to get into everything that I can do with my 3g this would be a novel instead of a review...the battery life is the only thing that hampers the performance but with a new Mophie juice extra battery pack, that has been remedied. There is no such thing as an iPhone killer...no samsung, nokia, HTC.. none. This is the ultimate device...go out and grab one. Rating: Reviewed by Rossboo on 04/03/2009 Best phone i have ever had. Rating: Reviewed by jake on 02/03/2009 it is nice and it works good Rating: Reviewed by andy savage on 01/03/2009 this phone is amazing u will never use ur laptop again Rating: Reviewed by Lizzie on 01/03/2009 I've just bought an iphone. It's great! I love it! Easyish to set up. Compared with my old phone it's fantastic! Rating: Reviewed by Kunaal Chhoker on 01/03/2009 The iphone is undoubtedly the most good looking phone till now.....but it has a lot of shortcomings which shock me.....like no video recording, no mms, no sms forwarding feature, no flash etc etc. but it has some very new and smart features which outshine the shortcomings.....like GPS, Google maps, safari, amazing touchscreen response n looks to die for....another thing which is surprising is the picture clarity, the camera is just a 2mp one but still captures great pics....however it cannot compete with the Nokia N95's camera but it will still do....I've heard u can install softwares from apple and then u can forward sms n also record video clips in ur iphone but I'm not sure how true is that.....however it can be safely concluded in the end that this phone will get u all the attention u want but buy it only if you are fine with the compromises you'll have to make when u have one....I'll say 2.5/5....50/50 Rating: Reviewed by Rebecca on 28/02/2009 Loathe this phone, signal randomly cuts out and then it takes at least half an hour for messages to come through that were received during this time, if someone calls when you are out of range it doesn't display this as a missed call. Good for people who like gadgets and games, bad for people who want a good phone. Rating: Reviewed by nixon on 27/02/2009 I should have upgraded my Ipod to a Ipod Touch - more memory in that too, and stayed with my n95. It's only because I had to upgrade, and there was nothing decent on the market as nokia had rushed out the most recent phone that I decided to give Apple another go, and now I'm stuck. I'm sick of the dissapointment from these guys. I don't understand who the phone is aimed at, it's a bit of a brick for the average handbag, but then to send a text without the fingertips of a child and dexterity of a pianist becomes difficult, and then you put the predictive text into the equation and grown men begin to weep, no options, no settings. I can't manage my text history, it all looks like a facebook chat session. I can't hear the people I call properly, unless they're in the same room. Some things like the appstore are cool, but then the Ipod touch does that too. I can listen to my music - as can those people who have an Ipod touch, but to use my music as a ringtone, AHHHH!!! My N95, I connected to the computer, copied a tune, selected a tune on the phone and it was done. The Iphone, I edit the tune in Itunes as it can't be longer than 40secs, convert it, copy it, delete it rename it, copy it back to Itunes and then sync before selecting it as a ringtone FFS!!!!!!!! So in conclusion, I have a phone that doesn't work well as a phone, but the best points about it are those features available on the touch. Then you have all those little extras like GPS blah blah blah. If I can't use it for phone calls, or texting then what is the point as TOMTOMs are cheaper. I think my beef is that it reminds me of those Vauxhall Novas. It can only be driven one way - as the manufacturer intended, any other way and it ends up on it's roof!! Get an Ipod touch and stick with whatever phone you have at the moment, unless it's an Iphone and you like it. It's an upgrade to my Ipod, but a downgrade to my phone. Rating: Reviewed by Jason J on 27/02/2009 As somebody who works in an 02 store, I can promise you that I know a lot about this phone. Personally, I really dont like it! It lacks all the basics (bluetooth, MMS, decent camera...) and that is just not acceptable for a phone of this price! What is does well it excels in, that I must admit, for example its the best MP3 player on a phone and best internet. There are also a lot of technical issues with the phone itself. The phone constantly freezes or completely blanks out. A lot of times a simple reset method can fix this but many times the phone has to be sent out to Apple for repair. In my opinion, this is definitely a love or hate it phone. I hate it, as it causes too many problems in work and its way too pricey and Apple's policies are so strict in terms of repairal and such. Make sure to try one for a few hours before buying one! Rating: Reviewed by Chris on 25/02/2009 An easy 5 stars! Best phone I have evr had, and I have had a few. After getting seriously fed up with getting and sending back most of sony's latest, due to bugs etc. The apple iphone does just work. I don't miss MMS one bit @EVER HEARD OF THE INTERNET!' Just email the damm pic isn't it. This is a media center with a phone added on. The weak points... Very usable, but not great sound volume on calls. Speaker calls are too quite. No MMS, but just email pics! No video, but hell most phones, apart from the n95, vedeo is pritty rubbish. Some people don't like the camera. Personally I don't think they open there images at 100% to see the quality. The picture quality is better than on my nokia n95 in good light. Besides, there are excellent photo editors that will make your pictures look miles better than any other phone out there. Pro's and this is where the iphone rules.. The apps are simply amazing. The quality of the games (some give my DS a run for there money) are cheap and simply amazing. There are amazing pic editors that can make your pics stunning, this is coming from an SLR user as well. Music apps! I have got an mpc style drum machine on mine, as well as a deep synth. Really you need to see what apps are available on this phone, to understand why people love it so much. I have a Nokia N95, which if you need a phone for bizz or booting your server or something, is the one. For most of us spesh if you like making music, into photography and playing classic as well as contemp games..nothing even comes close to the iphone. I will wager that people that a lot of people giving it a bad review, eitehr can't afford it or just plain don't have it. I would also bet that some people might thinnk it is for suckerz that buy the next shinny toy, but they would be wrong also. It just does what it says on the box, the O.S is a rock. Now and then it is best to reboot as the memory can can full, like any other phone out there, but it has never crashed yet! and I'm using it for pritty memory intensive stuff. It should be noted that it is one app at a time pritty much. No task managers here, but then if you want that sort of thing, your missing the point of the iphone. Don't assume that people that have iphones are sheep, or don't know better. The iphone is the most fun, other than my music production equipment, that I have evr had with technology. For once i have bought something that just works as it should! how many phones on themarket can you say that about. If I had to look for another phone right now I would be depressed to buy anything else. Rating: Reviewed by the queen on 22/02/2009 horrificly bad Rating: Reviewed by carl on 21/02/2009 You can only realise how fantastic this iphone is when you own and use it. It makes most other phones obselete. Im lost without mine. Rating: Reviewed by Abby on 21/02/2009 I haven't got one of these phones, but I have been playing around on my best friend's one now and I actually do like this phone. I thought it would be hard to work with and hard to text, but it really isn't, it's no different than me having the LG Viewty [which sadly, I broke!]. I recommend this for anybody (: Rating: Reviewed by steveo on 20/02/2009 had this phone a while now. and to be honest its the best phone ive ever had. Rating: Reviewed by Scotland on 20/02/2009 Last Week i Went into O2 and Had a go at the iphone 3G the phone is amazing, the camera is excellent, ( very high quality ) the txting is quite difficult though as if you try to press one letter it goes onto the letter next, which can get a bit annoying , Internet access, is easy and able to get onto any website, Ive not tryed the other phones so i dont know which is better but i would recommend just be aware that writing might take a while, music is good quuality the volume goes quite loud aswell,, You can download games etc, onto the iphone, which is a good optional extra, Would Recommend, Would put 5 stars just writing thats putting it down , P.S Dont know about batterylife so on so on ,, :) Rating: Reviewed by sophie on 19/02/2009 i have allways been more than happy with SE phones, however after having owned a SE w910i for the last 12 months and regretted it for the last 11 months(red light crashing ect), i have to say that the iphone it pretty damn awsome! the 2mp camera is much better than the 2mp camera on the SE. however it is only 2mp without a flash, so thats a bit of a let down. im yet to use the internet on my iphone without wifi (free internet hasnt kicked in yet)so cant comment on that but on wifi its incredubly fast! i at fist was upset that it didnt come with game apps, but when i found the free apps on the store that changed my mind! the design is so sleek and the interface allthough hard to get my mind round to beggin with is really easy to use now... alltho i do miss having keypad with numbers. i guess what im trying to say is, its a good little gadget! but not the best phone out there, but better than SE right now! Rating: Reviewed by Iphone sucks on 17/02/2009 Its just another fashion trend!!!!!!! IT MAY HAVE A FRIENDLY UI BUT THANKS TO IPHONE THE OTHER COMPANYS ARE WASTING MONEY ON USELESS TOUCHSCREEN IPHONE COMPETITORS! Rating: Reviewed by Richard on 17/02/2009 Some of you people are complete doughnuts, and obviously Apple-haters. There's a lot of you about unfortunately. I'm not an Apple fan-boy and do recognise that the iphone does have some drawbacks. I personally find the camera adequate - not the best on the market but very good for 2mp and perfectly good for taking pictures in reasonable light on a casual basis. If you like taking pictures, get a dedicated camera, they're very reasonable now. 3g seems swift enough for me whenever I use it and even better on Wi-fi. Also, the user-interface is yet to be beaten to my thinking. Can you honestly say that using a Nokia N95 or N96 is as easy as an iphone? I've always found Nokias very sluggish between applications and different screens. And just not as well-designed to be honest. MMS could easily be added in an update and I'm not so sure why Apple haven't included it earlier. I heard that they thought it was a security risk in terms of it being hacked, but as that happened pretty early in the life of the iphone anyway I don't think they should drag their feet any longer. I don't find the removable battery 'problem' a pronlem either. It is in keeping with the seamless design of the device to not be able to open it. How many times have you dropped a phone only for the back door to come off, spilling the SIM card, battery etc. everywhere? It's just an elegant device to use I think. Try going back to a phone with buttons afterwards and it's a horrible come-down. Apple-haters will always exist adn will not allow themselves to like one of their products even if they liked it slightly. Sad really. I'm going to enjoy mine for many more years I reckon. Another thing, if you don't like them, don't buy one. If you did buy one and didn't like it, take it back. Not difficult is it? Rating: Reviewed by iphone3gowner on 17/02/2009 i dont know any1 can dis this phone. its amazing. it looks sooo cool aswell. its an amazing piece of kit tht offers x10 more things thn other phones. Rating: Reviewed by sandra on 15/02/2009 I bought d I phone 3g 16gb few weeks ago it's nice but I hate how it freezes when u are online den takes forever to return,there's no video calling what a shame,no mms I found that out when I was trying to mms a pix to someone.I wish now I didn't buy it Rating: Reviewed by Roddders on 15/02/2009 I am pretty critical about equipment and i can tell you that the iphone is the best piece of kit EVER. (I am bit an Apple Mac user.) Having said that it DOES have some serious omissions. Lack of cut & paste and text forwarding being the worst. But the phone is brill. the interface with Outlook is brill. The third party apps will amaze you. I can check train departures, book the cinema AND watch movie trailers at the click of a button. I can program me my Sky+, watch BBC iplayer, Youtube, etc. etc. the list is endless. Be warned though- i have been told that i am now very antisocial, as the re is always something interesting to do on the phone! Rating: Reviewed by Evil Monkey on 15/02/2009 I put off going for the iphone till last friday and am now kicking myself for waiting so long. I have had most phones and not 1 comes near the iphone when it comes to interface, applications, internet use. As for it only having a 2mp camera it is of the same quailty as the 5mp tocco lack of flash is a shame but ill live. Anyone debaiting wether to go for an iphone id say go for it you wont find another phone like it, i had the Blackberry Storm before and the iphone makes it look like a amature atempt at trying to beat the iphone. iphone top top phone Rating: Reviewed by CP on 15/02/2009 Well this phone is over-rated and overpriced £400 what a rip off i'll go for the samsung pixon or omnia i think (apple altogether is rubbish) Rating: Reviewed by realblonde on 14/02/2009 i just had to leave a message, am on my 4th iphone, needing a 5th!!!! i went back to my o2 shop were a bought it and they say am stuck with it for a good 7 months yet!. in the shop the guy just kept saying they never have iphones returned and are the best in shop, cant this be 100% true?? he seemed to think i was making my problems up, not happy with that! and tell me its apples problem, am about to phone apple myself as i really feel i should get a refund or the choice to get an other make of phone from o2, they would not be this way if you got a nokia,samsung ect, so why the big deal with the iphone, they sell it to you, they should deal with my request, not just fob me off!!!!, i would say be warned when buying a iphone, not always what you think they are going to be!! thanks Rating: Reviewed by Davey on 13/02/2009 Standby time is a lot less than 300 hours if you have multiple "fetch" e-mail accounts, O2's 3G service is present in many built up area but s-l-o-w, the camera is absolutely cack and some of the recent upgrades are eating my memory. Having said all this, it is still cool to use, works seamlessly with MobileMe and the MacBook and you can make telephone calls with it!! If mine broke, i'd buy another one, but would hope they'd have brought out an iPhone 3G (v2) in the meantime. Oh, BTW...it needs an external memory slot too. Rating: Reviewed by GJ on 10/02/2009 I can't believe all the rubbish that is being said here about what the iPhone can't do. Anyone reading these should be careful what they believe and do some research of thier own. Ok, you really do have to eat some "apple" pie! However, if you can get past that, then the iPhone is actually a very usable device. Personally, my main reasons for choosing the iPhone was that I could use it without a stylus and that I could actually see the screen outside - both of these things make most other phones/pdas useless to me when outdoors (try and use some devices on a beach in summer and you'll see what I mean). The added bonus of an "unlimited" data connection (on contract) was the icing on the cake as with the phone added to my home wireless internet connection; the free (well, part of the contract) openzone and other wireless hotspots; the "unlimited" 3G (albeit patchy), edge and GPRS data connections, and "push mail/calendar/contacts", and I have a very useful, always connected, device. Add the app-store to the mix, and you have quite a fun phone too, with many free games/utils/etc to download. Physically, the hard glass screen is superb in comparison with the soft plastic of resistive screens. NO real need for a screen protector here if you keep it away from keys etc. I know there are a plethora of things the iPhone can't do, but I only miss a few of the things my HTC Kaiser used to do (totally useless outside, btw). Rating: Reviewed by johnnyiphone60 on 10/02/2009 well i did my research for the past 6 months & with my contract with 02 due to expire on new years eve. i was ready to go for the Google G1. So come the new year I took out a contract for the G1 & it was returned within a week (Os problems & wobbly screen), the i was made an offer from o2 with a 16Gb iphone & i Have to say that it is the best phone I have EVER usedowned. Rating: Reviewed by Pepper mint on 08/02/2009 my ks360 is much better than the iphone...i think and people have said so. tbh i never really likes iphones.... Rating: Reviewed by Bradley on 07/02/2009 I absalutely love my iphone 3G. The only people that are deluded are the ones who gave this fantastic phone a poor rating. I love all of the applications and games, especially for how clever they are and cheap aswell. I don't need the best camera either and I think the quality of the photos it takes are already good. I love using the full keyboard for its simplicity from other phones and the touchscreen has left me gob-smacked. The internet is fast, easy, and it is like you are sitting at a desk in your home. And it's 8gb built in memory- Wow! I am amazed at how much data and information it can hold. I put on 536 photos from my computer and it took up only 1cm on a bar of a length 15cm. I also love the design of the phone and the cover I got with from christmas. 5 stars from me, apple! Rating: Reviewed by Bradley on 06/02/2009 I absolutely love my iPhone 3G as it has all the things that I would like on it. The Internet and YouTube is brilliant on it's wide screen and typing on the full keypad is so easy with the word prediction and sensitive touch screen. To me it is the most clever phone because the applications. You can get loads of free applications just by searching on the apps store. I like the camera because of it's simplicity and to me the quality of the photo is amazing when you can use multi-touch software to zoom into any of your pictures. To me I would say that this phone is 5 stars. Rating: Reviewed by Peter on 06/02/2009 This phone is absolute rubbish, I bought one and sold it within a month. There is no functionality around sms (no forwarding sms, you can cannot edit a sent sms), you cannot create groups, its as heavy as a suitcase. You cannot sync the basics (calendar, contacts) to more than 1 PC without loosing data. Basically it's an ipod that you can make calls from. Absolute rubbish. I wouldn't take a present of one. Rating: Reviewed by SmartRRs on 04/02/2009 just got my 3g iphone, it seems to be ok except for bluetooth. it wont find any bluetooth devices in my house yet my old samsung d500 finds bluetooth devices from 3 doors away. to be honest, i am thinking of sending it back and sticking with samsung. (it was an o2 upgrade). Rating: Reviewed by Dave on 03/02/2009 I bought the 8GB phone last sunday on pay as you go. Its the most expensive phone I have purchased,the sim that came with the phone gave me 12 months unlimited access to internet. I really like the gps navigation and the i-pod. One thing that apple should have bundled with the phone is a screen protector as I am constantly wiping the screen of finger marks. Overall I`m really please with my purchase Rating: Reviewed by Emma from hastings on 03/02/2009 Im fourteen years old,Name is Emma,From Hastings my mum and dad bought this for me and its "poo".its keeps freezing turning itself of ressetting to all diffrent languages and worst of all deleted my contacts and messages:( and sometimes the screen will go fuzzy.this all started happening 2 days ago so i am getting a "Blackberry Bold" today in town im very excited, will be writing a reveiw tonight.dont waste your time with this phone x Rating: Reviewed by surfa on 02/02/2009 OMG, I should have looked here first before jumping into an 24month contract with this dissapointing device. Lacks basic applications eg: MMS capabilities, you can't send or receive pictures (only via email), you can't video call, battery life SUX, camera function and picture quality poor, no flash, and I've only had it for 3 days. If your thinking of buying an iphone make sure you can live without all the basic applications it fails to have. For the price, its just not worth the money, a phone of half the price would match the features of this apple lemon! Rating: Reviewed by Dan on 01/02/2009 BEST MOBILE PHONE EVER!!! Its amazing I havn't had any problems with my iphone at all. Ok so the camera might not be brillaint and the lack of video might put some people off but I mean look at it it looks amazing and it is! Rating: Reviewed by Sajji on 31/01/2009 After hours of reading review after review, comparing specs, listening to comments for and against - I decided to sign up for an Iphone 3G and guess what - I have one word for it ..amazing - I can only compare it to another must have device and that is the Wii - like the Wii it may not be the most technically advanced but its the look and feel of the interface that is second to none Seamlessly moving from application to sms, from web browsing to GPS it is all just so effortless and the feel good factor is just too hard to put into words I tried other phones before this (Xperia, Blackberry Storm, G1, Touch Diamond and Tocco to name a few) and none of these gave me this experience of really enjoying using the phone - I cannot think of a negative word against this phone as it suits MY needs down to a tee apart from having dealt the worst and rudest salesperson in my local O2 shop - but even that couldnt take the shine of it - again amazing phone! Rating: Reviewed by cctt on 30/01/2009 this phone is bear nang Rating: Reviewed by mal on 28/01/2009 The original iPhone was a flawed beauty. It was one of the first touchscreen-driven phones, and probably the most user-friendly. It had tons of memory, and was one of the best music players on the market. Other great features included the Safari web browser, Google maps, a brilliant LCD display to make the most of the multimedia features, and WiFi support too. But on the bad side, it was phenomenally overpriced and was locked to O2. It had a very poor quality camera compared to the competition. It lacked 3G (a major problem in a multimedia phone, and the only smartphone on the market to be missing 3G) and had limited Bluetooth connectivity, with no filesharing and no support for stereo Bluetooth headsets. Battery life was also poor, and there were various other limitations, such as the omission of MMS. The whole thing clearly demonstrated Apple's lack of experience as a cell phone manufacturer. So, one year on, has Apple learned its lessons and fixed the problems? Well, the first lesson that Apple has learned is that it needed to release the iPhone worldwide simultaneously. No waiting 6 months for the second generation to appear in the UK. 6 months is a heck of a long time in technology! So Apple learned this lesson and released the iPhone worldwide on 11 July 2008. Secondly, they learned that the first iPhone was too expensive, and so the second generation model is cheaper. Still expensive (£159 for the 16 GB version on a £30 per month contract), but not quite as expensive as before. Still, let's have a reality check here - the iPhone 3G is still the most expensive smartphone on the market. What about the phone itself? Well, clearly it's a 3G phone, so this fixes the single biggest complaint about the original iPhone. But remember that every single smartphone on the market has this feature, so this is nothing special. However, it does mean that finally the user can make the most of that huge screen and Safari web browser for a really outstanding mobile browsing experience. The 3G feature also supports the music downloading capability of the phone, and we can start to see the second generation iPhone fulfil its potential as a true multimedia device. We'd be mean not to say that it's a fantastic platform for all kinds of multimedia. The camera is one feature that hasn't really got any better. Apple make a big deal about how user friendly the camera is - it's certainly easy to take pictures (partly because it totally lacks any useful features such as a flash, macro, autofocus, etc that all of Apple's competitors include as standard), and the photo management system is nice too, but the camera quality still lags well behind phones such as the Nokia N95 or Sony Ericsson C902. Some other stuff that we take for granted is missing too, like MMS and video calling for instance. But the new iPhone does include some powerful new features. First up, there's GPS, combined with Google maps. With the iPhone's huge screen, this is a brilliant implementation of satellite navigation. You can use this for in-car or pedestrian navigation, and can use keyword searches to find places like nearby cafes, etc. Traffic information is also available. Another feature is the App Store, where you can browse, download and buy third-party applications for your iPhone. So, what to conclude? The iPhone 3G is still a strange kind of phone. Some things it does incredibly well. Others it does badly. Overall it's definitely a big improvement over the original iPhone. Is it worth the money? It really depends what you want from your phone, and what kind of compromises your willing to make Rating: Reviewed by Phedra on 27/01/2009 i had this phone, but i hated the camera and it was too big to fit in my pocket, i prefer the samsung tocco . Rating: Reviewed by divay on 27/01/2009 very nice phone Rating: Reviewed by Locke on 26/01/2009 I love this phone for the following reasons: * the Contacts management system is very user friendly and you can access most things from 1 touch of the screen rather than layer after layer of menu options * i like the fact that you can see all texts from the same person (sent & received) and scroll thru them with ease * excellent Map software which doubles as a satnav system allowing you to find just about anything from anywhere and then get all the contact info eg. tel. no., website, address, directions to and from etc. Very useful! * i like being able to assign a photo of a contact to their contact details * the calendar is very easy to use and I now often use it to alert me to meetings, etc. * the phone is actually very good too. May sound odd but with so many gadgets on phones these days I sometimes wonder how good they are at being a phone. This is excellent. * access to email & internet from just about anywhere is very good Things I'm not so keen on: * no ability to forward text messages or send multimedia messages such as photo messages * copying music on to the phone from anywhere but iTunes is challenging if not impossible * can't use any music on the phone as a ringtone * the battery runs down quickly with alot of 3G usage so if you're going to listen to music all day long or email/surf the web then you should expect to charge it daily. Not a major issue for me. To me the above 4 points are so trivial that I'm personally not that bothered by it but some people send 1000's of texts or listen to music all day and they may not like it for these reasons. Of course these people should never buy the phone in the first place! Yes, of course the iPhone is not as quick as it is on the tv - did anyone really expect it to be lol - but it is still quick so don't let the neg's put you off on this point. It is plenty quick enough. Also, the camera is 2M pixels which I think is fine but there are people who are not satisfied with this. It is a phone with a good camera on it - it is not meant to be a state of the art camera with a phone on it! All in all I am highly delighted with my iPhone and really enjoy using it. It feels like a really well made piece of kit and I think you will not be disappointed by it. Rating: Reviewed by Laurie Taylor on 25/01/2009 Right, 1st things 1st. To all the people who bought this phone and then slagged it off, 1 word - RESEARCH! If you had bothered to look at what you were buying you would not have bought it in the 1st place. Why do you thing O2 had this phone out on display for all to touch and play with? So you could see what you were getting!! I personally love this phone and i think the internet is the best iv seen on any phone, even in non-3g area its still pretty fast. The iPod is brilliant, have it hooked up in my car and works with all my old iPod accessories. The fact that the camera is rubbish is the reason you buy a digital camera, i mean come on, even SE's new 8MP camera is still no where near as good as an actual camera. I hate using bog standard phones now and i love my iPhone. Just the fact that everyone still goes 'oooh is that an iPhone?' is enough to buy one!!! Also, the O2 tariff is pretty good in my opinion, i mean unlimited internet access and access to wi- fi hotspots? who else offers that? Can you download music direct to your nokias and samsungs? no you cant. Accept it for what it is and go and get a n96 if you dont like it. seriously give apple a break, this phone is mint!! :-) Rating: Reviewed by RD on 23/01/2009 Amazing phone for those who need a do-it-all smart phone. Far superior to the N95 or N96. Rating: Reviewed by Dan on 22/01/2009 I've had my iphone for quite a few months now after upgrading from what i consider, the naff LG viewty. In my opinion when the phone leaves the box it's not as good as many on the market. But it's when you start to utilise the applications that you realise that it really is a great phone. It's just a matter of time before it can do everything that other phones can do. I have mms and it works fine. I have friends who have 'jailbroken' the phone (not 100% sure how that works so don't quote me) and they have amazing applications that cure alot of the problems mentioned. I agree that the phone is alot of money, possibly to much for todays market. Especially with other networks and companies bringing out good phones for the fraction of the cost. This could change though if someone brings out a real challenger. Rating: Reviewed by Calvin Stuartson on 22/01/2009 I sold my Samsung I900 (running WM 6.1) for this Iphone 3G. So far so good. At least this Iphone never hangs, compared to Samsung which jammed almost every two hours and had to reset. I agree the bluetooth and camera functions are very very poor, but the rests of the functions are great, especially the i-tune programs and download. Rating: Reviewed by henry.h on 20/01/2009 i think it is average i reccomend the HTC TOUCH HD I KNOW IT IS £6OO BUT IT IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by harsha on 20/01/2009 worst battery,worst music clarity,no bluetooth,overall a worst zero rated expensive mobile Rating: Reviewed by Afzal on 19/01/2009 iPhone is really not as good as it might seem. First of all, without a Wi-Fi connection around, it's damn near useless and no different than a common phone. The touch screen doesn't excite you for too long. The battery is short and the phone reception sucks most of the time. It also has lots of defects, the most common one is the Light Leak that people have on the left side of their iPhone. I think it's good, but the only thing I like about it is the iPod, and I could have bought one seperately so... Yeah no big deal. My suggestion is do NOT! rush into buying one of these. If you want one, make sure you know what your moneys worth before you purchase this product. Good day! Rating: Reviewed by James Walton on 15/01/2009 terrible phone, poor battery infact the only good thing is the ipod function. Get a proper phone and buy a proper ipod too. I have had mine 2 months it is now sold on ebay Rating: Reviewed by Jake on 14/01/2009 i dont really agree with 'mr bob' this phone isnt the best and i wouldnt agree with that im not to pleased with mine. i think that the original is better Rating: Reviewed by jimmy on 14/01/2009 Had this phone for a couple of weeks now. Superb in every way. Lots of fun to be had with this phone. Looks great works great. Rating: Reviewed by Bobby on 13/01/2009 I am bemused and perplexed by the negative reviews for this phone - in my experience it is so far ahead of other mobile phones (including my share of smartphones) in terms of how well it fits together around the user, the range of functions it can perform, and the ability to tailor these functions around personal requirements through the addition of apps that I see it as a major leap forward in terms of what a mobile phone can do. Three months on from having bought this phone I am still incredibly satisfied and regularly impressed with what I am able to do with it. Oh, the internet far, far better than I have experienced on any other phone. Rating: Reviewed by Dan on 10/01/2009 if you want a phone that is simple and fun to use with great multimedia capabilities the iPhone 3G is for u, it is by far the best phone I have ever had! The only downsides I find is the ability to connect to other blue tooth devices, poor camera and it's a bit annoying to have to log onto the o2 sit to view your mms every time u get sent one. However the speed of the Internet, great gaming and quality videos more than make up for it's minor floors. Best bit of kit ur ever own! Rating: Reviewed by Holli x on 07/01/2009 firstly i apologise for my writing im in a bit of a rush!!x onto the phone, i have gotta give it too apple that the music player, internet,apps, email are great. i mean GREAT. But then u get onto the normal phone stuff that you excpect a good phone to have: picture messaging video bluetooth zoom on camera reliable battery being able to hear people I mean u wuld think a phone like this wuld have bluetooth!! these r the bad points : wenever im out i think someones gonna steal it no bluetooth video picture messagin zoom the battery is rubbish it turns off all the time then u have to reset it expensive££££££££££££££££££ cant customize much AKA a phone for boys this one!! i hope this helped if not just ignore me!! lol ;) personally i think girls would much prefer somthing like the lg viewty ;) Rating: Reviewed by nathan on 05/01/2009 great i phone got nokia n96 aswell as apple i phone 3great phones Rating: Reviewed by Adam on 04/01/2009 I got my iphone on contract, and was deciding about whether to get an ipod classic with a cheaper phone, a nokia n96 or the i phone 16 gig. I took some of the cons into consideration when buying it and took up apple on an hour long one to one session showing me the features. I knew the battery wouldnt be great with all of the features available but its so straight forward and easy to navigate around i am so happy i bought it. The safari browser has turned itself off a couple of times but doesn't do it often so i guess i may be knocking some button i haven't figured. 16 gig is more that enough to keep me happy music wise and it is so slim but i just carry my camera with me when im going out. Brilliant phone! Rating: Reviewed by TechnoBoy on 04/01/2009 I love this phone :) never had problem with it Rating: Reviewed by PAC on 03/01/2009 RUBBISH "NOT a truely'MOBILE DEVICE' or a '3G PHONE' 3G Mobile Phone" waste of time and money. Only the most child like, ignorant or vacuous fashion victim minds would recommend this broken technology to you. The only advantage is that if you want to use the 3G phone AS it was/is advertised (with you living in a 3G coverage area) and sold to you in a legally binding CONTRACT - YOU CAN'T (unless you want to move home to a fixed position you've found the 3G iPhone will pick up the signal now + then) And why is this an advantage? Well the BATTERY life is so SHOCKINGLY NON-EXISTANT you wouldn't be able to use the rest of the product if you had a 3G phone that worked which Apple won't even mend a part of till the next release - a POINTLESS EXPENSIVE toy for the shallow to impress the shallow, a complete TRAIN wreck as a functional tool or gadjet for everyone else. Rating: Reviewed by james on 31/12/2008 absoutley rubbish!! got this from my friend as a present (he can get them for free from work). touch screen died in the first 2 hours i had it. had to send it back sadly. am now looking at the n97 and xperia x1 Rating: Reviewed by kyle on 31/12/2008 i got this as a present and i realy have to say it was a total waste of money. if you already own an ipod touch, and own a phone with a decent camera like me - k850i and 2nd gen ipod touch 32 GB, then there is absoultely no point in owning this phone. its exactly the same as my ipod, but it can make calls, and with a crappy camera added. if only apple made the optics better on the camera then it would've been good-ask any one who owns a k750i or a d600 and they'll tell you how good there pictures are from good quality optics. this phone is good for internet though, but it is costly on 02, but im quiet happy using my k850i with opera mini on vodafone-which only costs £1 a day for unlimited use :), but again if you have an ipod touch this would be a better option as the wifi seems slightly faster on my home network when compared to my iphone, also the iphone safari browser is a bit more laggy, and crashes more often !! my friend has the original iphone, and its exactl y the same as mine (apart from the back cover) so i would say if you have the original then dont upgrade !!!! but it is a good looking phone. but dont get it if your've got an ipod touch and are happy with your current phone!! Rating: Reviewed by The McPigulator on 31/12/2008 an outstanding phone. Shame Apple allowed it to be sold to the working class, who have nothing better to do than listen to chavvy pop music. Rating: Reviewed by Mr Brown on 31/12/2008 Best phone Ive ever brought bar none. The interface is incredible, the ipod is the best music player by far , the apps store is what helps this phone really stand out with the 1000's or free and paid apps for the iphone at this moment in time there is not another phone that can match it. Ive had this phone for three months now and all those wanna be iphone clones just dont cut it. Love it. Rating: Reviewed by Paul Valente on 30/12/2008 An average phone for the reasons listed: No text forwarding (used a lot in uk) No flash on camera No video Only 2mp camera No MMS Ringtones a rip off as I say cute but very very average Rating: Reviewed by stuart simper on 30/12/2008 had this phone 3 weeks now and it is the best phone i have ever had by a mile ok people always highlight the bad points that this phone has but i have had lots of phones like n95, c902, n82, viewty being my most recent ones and they all have problems i have always gone for high end camera phones but at the end of the day once the novely wears off you just dont use the camera on the phone. the iphone cant forward messages cant swap files by bluetooth and doesnt send mms. but the iphone delivers in other areas the screen is superb music player is the best around the internet needs to be seen to be believed and everthing this phone does it with pure class and style i could never have a clunky nokia or an unresponsive lg or a ericsson after owning one of these it even looks better than any other phone around,all my photos that i take with mt 12 megapixel cam i put on my comp then when i sync my iphone they all transfer over and they look better than any photo i have eve r seen on a mobile , lust get one of these they r truly beautiful Rating: Reviewed by wariya surban glodfey on 29/12/2008 not bad but in this place it is a one so slow. good screen tho Rating: Reviewed by Calvin on 29/12/2008 Battery really drains out very very quickly. Signal reception is poor. Rating: Reviewed by David on 29/12/2008 What a waste of time, I have the Omnia which puts the iPhone to shame in every aspect bar interface. They have just added 3G and GPS, everyone may argue that they don't have to carry around an MP3/Ipod, but the battery life wont do you any favours. Us being the goons that buy the iPhone, don't realise that they wont seriously improve it each time they release a new model. Nowhere near worth £350, it begs the question, is it worth more than a PS3? Give me a PS3 and a k800i any day for roughly the same price. Rating: Reviewed by archie on 29/12/2008 I love my iPhone 3g I got it for Christmas it's so good I look at other phones and think how boring are the. I like it so much im on it now it does everything u need a phone to do but not just a phone it's a computer aswell. You can go on msn facebook and enythin else it is easy to text with and surf the internet. You can also download games and stuff from the app store and u can stor lots of music on it coz u can get the 8g or 16g or 30g. It takes realy good pics the only things it doesent do is vidios and Pic messageing and sending songs or pics to another phone u can resive pics on the Internet if someone sends it to u. Get this phone it is the best phone ever!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Dean on 28/12/2008 Well after a year of owning a Nokia N95 and LG Viewty I decided to get a 3g Iphone as I was going to get an Ipod for Xmas anyway. After two weeks I have fallen in love with this phone and given my mum my old N95 (she is happy!). The phone is sleek, compact and the screen is superb. Also the available Apps are affordable, and the free ones are also great. It also doubles up superbly as an Ipod. The only negatives I can say are No MMS support Can only connect via Bluetooth to headsets. Cannot connect to other Bluetooth enabled phones. Battery life is a bit poor. But 5 stars from me! Rating: Reviewed by SR on 27/12/2008 Hate it. Complete waste of time and money. I have never wasted more time before I bought this phone. I have spent more time looking for new apps, dealing with glitches, syncing it, charging it, worrying about breaking it, etc. We got an ipod touch about the same time for our daughter, and it locks up either computer we try to sync it with. No one is able to solve the problem and I have wasted so many hours messing with these devices. I would give seriously advise everyone to avoid these products, I wish I had. Rating: Reviewed by LTR on 26/12/2008 I have just recieved the iPhone 3G 8GB as a christmas gift, and i was a bit worried as i have read all the bad reviews, but it completlet amazed me , its the best phone ive ever had, the internet is superb, and the app store, is amazing, i Love it, dont knock it till you tried it, if offered one of these DO NOT TURN IT DOWN!!!!! Well Done Apple!! Rating: Reviewed by dan the man on 26/12/2008 a fantastic phone! people say they freeze, but don't most phones?! its so easy to use, and incredibly easy to set up! the price's are abit unreasonable, but in my mind its worth the price to pay! Rating: Reviewed by frank on 25/12/2008 this fone is a waste of money! the only good thing is the touchcreen. the camera is not good. i bought as a replacement for my samsung u600 which i loved .come back samsung youre better than the iphone Rating: Reviewed by Matthew on 24/12/2008 I have read the reviews on the Iphone 3G and i have to say they are usually extremely pro IPhone or at the other extreme very negative. It seems this phone really is a classic "martmite" product, either you love it or hate it. In my experience it is a very very very good MP3 PLAYER with a kind of phone built in, its hard to explain but to me coming from nokia n72 and then n95 8gb it seems like the phone features have taken a back seat to the multimedia features you get. In some ways i regret moving from t-mobile to o2 and taking the 3G as i use my phone primarily for doing just what a mobile telephone should do IE allow me to make calls and contact my friends and family whilst away from home. I must say the UI is first class, ten times anything ive had in the past, it is extremely intuitive and crisp. Also very easy to use i imagine anyone could pick one up and use it with no significant problems. Media player is industry leading as we already knew although i do think the ability to send and recieve files with any other device via bluetooth is inexscusable and in my opinion a blatant tactic to maximise Apples profit through music downloads from itunes. Within that point i have never liked itunes layout and functions,but i expected this when choosing the phone so i can hardly mark it down on that issue. Another big problem is the battery life, I have had the phone for 3 months now and i am a commuter, i dont know if anyone else here commutes to and from work on public transport every day but it usually involves heavy ipod use to ease the pain. Now in this state the iphone disappoints, At least a full charge every day. This is probably better than my n95 but i am sure that was a dodgey unit as one of my friends had the same model with the same firmware which would only require a charge every 48 with moderate use. Pretty good for a phone with so many features. BIG negative for me personally is the quality of the camera. Coming from an n95 to this really is disappointing. There really is no excuse for the apallingly bad quality of the camer and lack of features to go with it. My old w810i SE had a better camera than the 3g and that phone feels like a relic now. Sorry apple but for the price of this phone the camera should REALLY be at least 5mp, which is the industry standard for TOP OF THE LINE smartphones like this one. I think on balance the iPhone 3g is a great device, i would hesitate to call it a phone considering it lacks features like mms and sms forwarding which i first had on my nokia 3330 about 8 years ago. Having said that i do enjoy using my iPhone, it is without a doubt a quality device which is stylish, lightweight for its size and very durable in my experience. In terms of intution it is miles ahead of the other smartphones out there, the touch screen is a revelation to me and is very quick and effective when composing new texts (dont email :) But the lack of a few basic feature i have come to expect from my mobile lets it down somewhat. The bluetooth issue makes me very angry as i was never told about this at the point of sale but i suppose i just assumed a phone of this price and prestige would have such, lets face it, basic features. The rest i cant fault and without a doubt the 3g is the best at what it does. If you want an extremely easy to use and intuitive phone to browse the web, watch movies, play (fully 3d!) games and of course listen to your mp3 collection and occaisionally call your friends i would say get this phone without a doubt. But if you need a solid, reliable smartphone to send/recieve email,live through those conferences and numerous hours on standby on your desk, forward texts, and video call then i suggest looking elsewhere. To sum up i would say the new iPhone is a great phone which you WILL either love or hate, but if you prefer your phone to make and recieve calls and texts, have full bluetooth functionality and last a few days on standby 1. you shouldnt be shopping for a smartphone and 2. The n95 8gb or even n96 would be a safer bet. I think this phone is designed for the slightly younger person who have a grip on technology, as we all do to be fair :) Rating: Reviewed by Ahmed on 23/12/2008 this phone is absolutely brilliant to use. it doesn't feel cheap it feels extraordinary in your hand and the touch is superb never seen anything as good as it. obviously i think for the price its a bit much as it doesnt have basic features that you would find it a cheaper phone like camera flash, mms, send files through bluetooth etc but if you have the money and you buy the phone all those draw backs just go away because the phone is amazing to use. Rating: Reviewed by Me on 22/12/2008 Cracking phone. I have a mac and the two interoperate brilliantly. The only time I find that battery life a bit short is if I have wireless, 3G & bluetooth enabled for extended periods of time. For the majority of my days, I keep it on 2G and enable the bluetooth only when in the car. If I do need wireless or 3G, I turn it on for the duration and then revert back. Easy. Nay dramas. Previous reviews are correct in that you cannot MMS but you can email the pictures to friends. the majority of multi-function phones have an email client so that isn't a problem; your friends can still receive your pics. You can also make your own ringtones so again there's no issues with that. If you are willing to wait for some geek to write an app for the iphone to allow video messaging then that isn't a drama either. Personally I find video messaging a tad naff. I mean what's the point. The best things are the browser, email, contacts and calendar apps that synchronise with my mobileme data. Also pictures I take are synchronised with my mac and are therefore loaded onto my online photo gallery. This is a very cool multi-function phone. I only wish that the camera was a 5mp with a flash but that is only a minor gripe. Rating: Reviewed by x on 21/12/2008 The iphone is good if you want a phone for looks everything else is rubbish about it. Go for the lg renoir that is a million times better than the iphone Rating: Reviewed by PhoneAddict on 21/12/2008 I had the choice of 3 phones, Nokia N96, Sony Ericsson X1, and the iPhone 3G. After reading negative after negative review on the N96, it was narrowed down to two. After finding out the X1 has windows mobile, it had to be the iPhone. Now, I have to say that the only thing I was disappointed with, is that Apple did not implant the metal back into the 3G, but apart from that, I think the phone is fantastic. Like 'The Admiral', I with no hesitation sold my iPod touch, as the phone has a full feature iPod. I do not know why people moan about the camera, it is stunning quality, and this review is from somebody who just upgraded from the N95! The internet browser is just the best, the screen rotation is a very clever idea, and multi touch makes it easy to effortlessly scroll around the screen. The built in Wifi just put the icing on the cake. I have the 16GB White model on an o2 pay monthly contract. If you are looking for an easy to use, high quality phone, then I heavil y suggest you go for the iPhone 3G! Thanks Rating: Reviewed by alan noble on 20/12/2008 i like the 3g i phone. their are a few things i miss that are pretty standard to other phones, not being able to forward text messages on, not able to save them in a sperate folder. also not abble to bluetooth files or receive them and you are stuck with only the ring tones that are on the phone Rating: Reviewed by DD14 on 20/12/2008 What can I say "Its Fantastic". Had Iphone From Nov last year, and its a brilliant phone. Every thing is simple and pain free and fast to use. Got Sony X1 as a work phone yesterday and its....... well what can I say” The sonys a piece of tat" The X1 may be better at one or two things but the iphone is better at Hundreds and hundreds of things over the X1. Rating: Reviewed by Shepherd on 17/12/2008 Rubbish phone! Had my since the release and totally dissapointed! Problems include the phone freezing, no picture messaging, no video, poor camera and the blutooth will only connect to hands free kits not other phones. This is basically an ipod touch you can ring out on!! Do not buy one total waste of money. Its that poor that I'm selling it to get another phone!! My prevoius phone (Sonyericsson K800i) was a better phone! Rating: Reviewed by Mr Andy on 17/12/2008 Top phone no problems with it, easy to use good quality, great add on features that can be downloaded free or you can pay for the list in never ending, i can never put it down and it gets used more than my laptop computer. try it before you slag it off :( Rating: Reviewed by jatt on 14/12/2008 not bad but goes way too slow on the menus of settings, applications ... Rating: Reviewed by IphoneUser on 13/12/2008 Well I just got this phone and as everyone else, I agree that it looks simply amazing and whoever notices it in my hands instantly tell me that it looks kick ass. but after working with it a few weeks, you will notice very bad and annoying specifications about it. For example, the bluetooth is worthless. It's just there to be used only and ONLY by apple's own bluetooth hands-free headsets.You can't use the phone's blutooth for ANY KIND OF FILE TRANSFER. There are also some bugs which sometimes prevent you from using your service's GPRS connection or even WiFi connections. Also, if you want to put songs, pics and everything else into the device from your computer, you'll need to use iTunes which is downloadable from apple's website. iTunes, in my opinion, is one of the most annoying and frustrating software to work with. Managing music, picture etc. libraries is a hell lot of work and there are so many frustrating elements to it that I'm just not going to dive that deep. The bad thing is, you can't delete or manage files in your iphone using the iphone itself so everytime you don't want a specific picture in your iphone you have to connect it to your computer and thhen delete the file in the library folder of your computer and then Sync your iphone with the updated library to get rid of the picture. It's Ridiculous!! The camera also takes very poor shots while still restricting video recording! you can't even record any voice and there's no FM radio! I just can't see why all this has managed to sneak past the developers the second time around. If apple had just came out of its shell and took a look around to see what other mobile devices are capable of, they would have probably done a better job with the 3G. Too bad Apple has always been a "Holier than thou" company. but once you accept what the iPhone is (and that's pretty much Apple forcing you to do what they want you to do with a multimedia mobile device and nothing more like a big Dictator) I think you'll enjoy it. But now that I'm stuck with the iphone because I paid so much for it (900$ in my country, unlocked) I think I would have been much happier with an HTC touch pro or HTC HD. at least the device looks extremely nice from far. Rating: Reviewed by bp youngers on 13/12/2008 this i phone is the best phone i could ever have im a kid and i think it is complicated but the best phone in the world Rating: Reviewed by Navi on 12/12/2008 Phone is WAAAAY too expensive and overrated! For 400 of the queens english pounds you get a pretty basic phone. I mean a 2mp camera is like stone age tech these days and you cant even record video on that. I give it 3 stars because I like the web browser, music capabilities and apps store. Rating: Reviewed by yehia on 12/12/2008 i love iphone i got 2g and 3g it gooooooood Rating: Reviewed by Matt on 09/12/2008 This multimedia device is great i have used the samsung omnia but i prefer the apple as the larger screen is much better the the apple operating system is so much better not to say the omnia crashed when i first started it this left me thinking, and i decided to take it back i got the iphone 3G so so so much better the new software update (2.2) fixed lots of bugs like call dropping this phone needs 7 stars Rating: Reviewed by John from Northern ireland on 09/12/2008 I have had phone for 4 months now,O2 network is terribly only gprs and edge and sometimes you see 3g only for a second though. The iPhone is user friendly but after coming from nokia n95 8gb , i miss the features on my old nokia phone.The problem with this phone is you are taken in by apples marketing but the actualy phone is very poor.No video recorder or mms or turn by turn app yet.I so wish i hadn t of got it . BE WARNED THE PHONE IS POOR DO NOT BE SUCKED IN VIA APPLES MARKETING OF THIS POOR PHONE Rating: Reviewed by shivam on 09/12/2008 nice Rating: Reviewed by Jay on 09/12/2008 slow when playing music and watching youtube videos online. alot of it's features are missing, or apple forgot to include.sharing or sending or recieveing anything using bluetooth is not allowed weird, can't select text or drag and highlight and copy, no text forwarding, comes with a basic cheap camera no flash no zooming, battery life very poor(cheap battery) if you are away from free wireless router you get very slow 3G internet slower than 56k modem, Safari keeps crashing, no msn messenger, no adobe flash player. To be honest you can not do much with this phone it is waste of money compare to other smart phones which offer alot more than iphone 3G I do not recommend it at all. I will neva eva think of buying iphone again. Rating: Reviewed by Yousif on 07/12/2008 The new iphoe 3G is the an excelent smart phone ,bu you can't buy it around the world. Rating: Reviewed by joker on 07/12/2008 it's just a waste Rating: Reviewed by demi on 07/12/2008 good enough phone. Internet and 3gs al good. No video :[ and you need the internet for almost everything. :/ but i LOVE it. Rating: Reviewed by Parislisa on 05/12/2008 rubbish phone i wish i never rushed out to buy this piece of junk, i am a gadget freak but i was so dissappointed i love sending data via blue tooth well, well apple put a stop to that everything is from the apple store nothing free complete rubbish. you can not send any data pictures music or anything via bluetooth for free and i couldn't wait for this piece of RUBBISH i am willing to swap with anyone who has Samsung i8510 or Sony E C905 just e-mail with so that we can do the exchange you must have receipt or forget the swap parislisalee@hotmail.com bought on 11/07/2008 Rating: Reviewed by Adam on 05/12/2008 For people who keep saying its a rubbish phone, you are all telling lies. The iphone is the best phone on the market. It has the best internet, phone and music player all on the one device. By far it is much better than the T-mobile G1. The T-mobile G1 has a rubbish video quality for watching youtube videos, you cant even make out who the people are in the videos, it has a rubbish music player, very big and heavy for a phone and it has a keyboard that all the buttons dont feel like a normal button. The iphone 3g has a far better quality screen which is bigger than any other phone apart from the HD TOUCH HD, the videos are as clear as a tv, thw apps are very good for keeping you entertained, the built in ipod is better than any other ipod you would get and the gps is excellent. The sceen on the iphone moves much more smoother than the T-mobile G1 and its far easier to use. If you gave it to a dog it would probably know how to use it its that easy. Iphone 3G is the number 1 phone on the market by far !!! Rating: Reviewed by nay nay on 04/12/2008 great phone Rating: Reviewed by Ortgol on 02/12/2008 I want to like this, but I'm ust not sure about this. Upgraded from a Nokia 6300 and quite impressed by some things on the phone - the maps are very good as is e-mailing and the web browsing. BUT, the contacts can be a bit annoying....I was setting it up late at night and it kept on trying to call the numbers I was entering - which isn't good. Also, the camera and the resolution is poor. Think I'm going to swap it for better camera and something slightly easier to use. Rating: Reviewed by Mr T on 02/12/2008 Love the iPone. I'm a Mac user so I'm going to be biased, however it just works. Battery life is as I expected for a smart phone, but it sits on my desk in a cradle for most of the day. Took it to Germany on a business trip, watched a 2 hour movie on it and then used it as a normal phone. It lasted for the whole day no problem. Camera could be better, however I use a camera to take photographs so I'm not bothered. Like all Apple products, it just works so there's no faffing around with firmware upgrades or the likes. Love the apps avaiable for it. Highly recommended phone - for adults. Rating: Reviewed by apple on 01/12/2008 amazing phone should be cheaper on pay & go Rating: Reviewed by Sophie on 28/11/2008 personally dont own this phone, however, i do find it slightly ridiculous to purchase one...for the price - not worth it. texting - slow and annoying. truthfully i think people buy it for the label and not reliabilty and design. looks plain and slightly cheap if you didnt know it was an iphone. apple have created a scam - pure daylight robbery. have fun with your joke of a phone that costs about 150 quid more than any reasonable human being would price it at. Rating: Reviewed by Richy on 27/11/2008 The whole point of the iPhone is it's fabulous ease of use. Its so different from other normal phones that it makes them seem an unpleasant wasted struggle. With an iPhone it's actualy worth having capabilities such as web browsing and e mail because now it's actualy a breeze to use them! A snip to synch for music photos podcasts addressbooks. The GPS is so functional its a laugh. You can improve on the ropey old sound quality of standard Mp3 files. Yes there is no video capture and 2meg camera could be a bit stronger but using it's many free apps and beautiful interface is a revelation. Pinching, swiping or typing on a querty touch screen is fun. Only nerds would pick holes before admitting that its intuitive usability leaves all other phones looking backwards I love it! It's well worth the cash. Rating: Reviewed by anna-lisa on 24/11/2008 awesomeesssttt phone everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Rating: Reviewed by melonie on 22/11/2008 THIS PHONE IS OUTSTANDING I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE AND I WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. Rating: Reviewed by Nick on 21/11/2008 I'm Apple through and through and have waited patiently for my old contract to run out (a very crashy N95 on Vodafone) The iPhone is brilliant, the integration with my Mac and contacts/itunes etc is seamless, the interface is beautiful, I don't care if the camera is a bit on the small side, I use a Canon for taking real photos, and cameraphones for the odd snap now and again, The only downside is the battery life, but then if you don't mess about with it for hours each day I'm sure it's more than adequate, plus mine is permanently linked to my Mac during the day anyway. As a business device it's a serious contender, the texting and email facilities on it work pretty much off the back of the first sync, although there is the usual smtp problem (which happens on all mobile devices and is easy to get round), brilliant, highly recommended, get one. Rating: Reviewed by Tim Randall on 20/11/2008 Incredible phone. I work for O2 and have had one of these since launch day. I have always used Sony Ericsson's, but after owning this I just can't wait until the next iPhone comes out. As previously mentioned, there are a few things missing such as MMS. But after a while you just forget about it. There is so much else to do, who cares if you can send pictures. The app store is brilliant, I have downloaded dozens of apps and most of them were free. The ipod is the best MP3 player on the market. The GPS is excellent, and with future updates all the time this phone will only get better. Not forgetting.....O2 has far superior coverage than its competitors, with a huge update on the 3G speed coming soon ;) Rating: Reviewed by Nick on 20/11/2008 One of the best phone in market. peroid. Rating: Reviewed by Ryandc on 20/11/2008 Best phone i've ever owned. The user experience is far superior to any other phone or PDA and makes doing anything an enjoyable experience. Expensive monthly contract is worth it considering how much i use the internet on it. I tried N95, Viewty, but neither come close interms of useability and design. In short, excellent phone, txter and internet device, but a few improvements (better camera, video/ MMS) would just sweeten the deal. Rating: Reviewed by Rachel P on 20/11/2008 Thid is a truly appalling phone. It's hard to decide what to hate the most about it: as a UK-based user, though, I'd have to say that it was the un-turnoffable spellchecker, which, despite having UK and US English settings, still replaces words like 'recognised' with 'the US equivalent 'rcognized' in UK mode. This quickly gets annoying. The iPhone manual is revealing as to the mindset of the developers of this awful system - to paraphrase from memory: 'if you persistently override a word suggested by the spellchecker, the iPhone will eventually *permit* you to use that word without prompting'. Well, gee whizz, thanks for 'permitting' me to enter what I want like that, Apple. Incidentally, despite as a matter of course now dismissing any suggestions made by this system, it has never yet managed to stop suggesting certain words that I have told it again and again are not my preferred spelling. The default behaviour of the spellchecker is to assume you have made a mist ake, and to show a suggested replacement word in tiny, pale blue text, next to the word you have typed. If you click space, or make a full stop, your word gets replaced instantly. Because the text generally appears at the top of the screen, whilst you are focusing on typing at the bottom, it's very easy to miss when an inappropriate replacement of what you have typed has occurred. Invariably, this leads to you typing your whole e-mail, then reading back to discover it has completely Americanised your English, even after you have turned that dictionary off and overtly chosen the UK English one. This issue gets even worse when you are typing in a different language entirely. Another feature I found annoying was the camera. It's of particularly low quality, even for a 2MP camera. Worse, though, the 'shoot' button is a virtual touch-screen one. This is tricky enough when you are taking a photo of something in front of you. Try taking a photo of yourself, with the screen pointing away from you, though, and it just gets ridiculous - as there's no button to feel, it becomes nearly impossible to control. There is a real physical button on the device, and I feel this would have been a much better control to assign to that particular feature. With regard to the phone itself, several times now I have found myself unable to use to make simple calls in the middle of a busy city centre, with 5 bars showing and 3G internet otherwise working. To me, that's a fundamentally unacceptable shortcoming for any phone: if it cannot reliably perform its most basic function, than it's not much use to me. With regard to build quality, the small silver switch that controls the 'silent/vibrate' mode fell off of mine within 8 weeks of purchase. Upon checking the web, this would seem to be a widespread problem that goes back to the original iPhone and is still present in the 3G model. Apparently, they will fix this persistent fault if asked to (I haven't asked them to fix mine). I'd have preferred it, though, if they'd recognised this was a major issue from the first release, and avoided users having to send their phone away for avoidable repair with the 3G. Finally, the battery life figures I've seem quoted appear to be complete unrealistic. Mine, which I don't use heavily, lasts barely a day without recharge. All-in-all, I'm not taken with it. I find it frustrating to use, unreliable in operation, and of low build quality. I wouldn't purchase one again. Rating: Reviewed by th yo yos on 17/11/2008 Well...Its a bit rubbish. i dont no y i bougt it. i waisted all my money on it :-( now im sad. boo hoo. but its ok if your a techno geek. but buy one it will make you sad. Rating: Reviewed by adam on 14/11/2008 goooooooooood ppphhhhhonnneeee get ittttt!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by jk on 12/11/2008 just returned my iphone today on the last day of the 14 day cooling off period... i do miss it because it is beautiful and quirky but unfortunately its not a very good at the primary elements - phoning and texting... jfor the reasons that have already been mentioned below. After much deliberating, i have decided to go back to Orange, (who are definitely better cust services etc) and get the sony c905 which is getting good reviews as a PHONE AND I will ALSO buy the IPOD Touch, (which is practically the same but without the rubbish phone and texting) - enabling me to get the best of both worlds!!! Having tried and tested I can state that although I do love Apple and the whole package/idea of the iphone... it was just a little too basic as a phone for me :( Rating: Reviewed by fatima on 11/11/2008 The word is Apple is not experienced in cell phone making. the iPhone is pretty and fun to an extent, i bought it to show off but when i an not showing off and need to do stuff it gets annoying..... like i said when you need to do serious stuff... its a no, no! eg. text forwarding..If you have one try sending an SMS you already sent to one person to another person. etc etc. i don't have the omnia but samsung i think knows cell phones. All said an done its not as bad as some make it out to be. the web browser is great.. less than a five star is not being fair. Rating: Reviewed by Kaka on 11/11/2008 Had the Omnia for a few days, didnt like it! Got this, and its honestly the best phone ever. Cant recommend this enough! 5/5 Rating: Reviewed by Michael Walker on 10/11/2008 The best thing to do is to buy an IPOD TOUCH and have a decent phone. Phones today concentrate on complex features and forget the basic stuff like texts, battery life, reception and durability. The IPOD TOUCH is a better product Rating: Reviewed by alex on 10/11/2008 mine broke in five minutes Rating: Reviewed by Luke on 09/11/2008 RUBBISH, RUBBISH AND EVEN MORE RUBBISH. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE DO NOT. I REPEAT DO NOT BUY WHATSOEVER FOR WHATEVER REASONS Rating: Reviewed by sinha on 09/11/2008 Well i went out and took the plunge on wednesday and got the iphone. I didn't do any research and just went to the shop and told them i wanted an iphone. I haven't regretted it yet, it is fantastic, it does everything i expected it to and a lot more. I am really chuffed with it. There are just a couple of downsides with the phone which i will go through, but I have to say it doesn't stop me loving it!!! 1. The bluetooth does not connect to the laptop for file sharing or using the data connection for internet access. This is a real drawback and it seems the only thing you can use the bluetooth for is connecting to a headset/car kit! 2. No MMS. I miss this one especially because I cannot send picture messages to anyone and no video messages either. This is a basic function and should really be supported. As I said even with the two problems I love the phone and highly recommend it to everyone!!! One reviewer mentioned ringtones, and i know that you can create ringtones from your itunes library with garage band. I have done it my self and its really simple! 4 stars from me!! Rating: Reviewed by Amad on 08/11/2008 Old 2g iphone is better...firmware wise and from looks! Rating: Reviewed by cheese cheese on 08/11/2008 it isnt bad but it is at the same time so save your money dont buy this phone it sux it is apporling Rating: Reviewed by James on 05/11/2008 There are some lovable things about it, but it really is a pain when you figured how much you have spent and realise you cant do basic things such as picture messaging, its text alerts you dont hear and you miss texts, Not to mention mine was faulty from the start and was dropping all calls within the first 20 seconds! The keypad is awful to use and takes allot of getting used to as your finger miss the desired button and you stand in the street cursing why you ever bought the goddamn thing. My advice, wait for the next generation folks! Im off to buy a Nokia Arte-Carbon on ebay and still have some money over for a seperate I Pod!! Rating: Reviewed by Rob on 03/11/2008 Oh dear, no no no! Rating: Reviewed by whufc on 02/11/2008 in response to chezzaboy!!! you say the tones are naff, well if you know your stiff then you can make your mp3's into tones and message tones! it can take any sim if you get the right applications! the internet always works not sure where your going with it for it not to! the buttons are small on the text but it predicts what you are going to write perfectly! i suppose you just gotta know your stuff n it, probly a phone for the more intelligent! best phone out there by far!!! lol Rating: Reviewed by Sergius on 01/11/2008 IMO, iPhone has the most intuitive and user-friendly interface of all portable devices currently available. It is its sexy looks and unique design as well as its tremendously inviting ease of use that make up for all the shortcomings of which it is being justly accused. I have used a number of Nokia smartphones, a Nokia fan myself, but iPhone has given me more positive emotions while using it, during just a couple of weeks,than I had got out of all my previous mobiles combined before. You have got to give it a try and pretty soon you see that the way iPhone does things compensates for the things it can not do, yet. It is a whole new kind of experience dealing with this unique device. I love iPhone and would recommend it to those who can enjoy mobile Internet surfing, mobile gaming, and multimedia content. Rating: Reviewed by chris bburn on 31/10/2008 i thik that i phone is a brilliant phone to have the camera is good for a phone but if you want perfect picture go and buy a digital camera , the web browsing is very quick and good to use , really easy to read text , the lack of file transfer throughbluetooth did put me off buying the phone at first but who needs it when you can just buy songs very cheap and legaly off the phone.. overall i would give this phone 5/5 becuase it is stylish and very easy to use and never gets boring . Rating: Reviewed by SHOKKA on 29/10/2008 iPHONE is POOR. This is not a phone, it's an iTouch with some phone functionality. Get a grip fashionistas and get a device that does what you want it to do. BUY A SAMSUNG OMNIA i900. Does it all and more, download apps, MMS, 5mp camera, wifi, 3G, touchscreen, GPS, 8/16GB internal storage with MicroSD slot, bluetooth (all functions), very customisable as Windows Mobile. Fair enough the iPhone might look good, but that's it. It's a phone that can't do the simplist of tasks. Go home please a rediscover yourself. Rating: Reviewed by Cappuccino Kid on 28/10/2008 Love it or hate it, it depends entirely on what you use it for. I've had mine for a week now and it does everything I want, great internet browsing, room enough for all my best songs, as well as Google maps which is surprisingly good and blows the old Maps off my N95 into the water. If you want a phone that has a decent camera, don't buy this. If you want to send MMS (my biggest problem with the phone), don't buy this. If you just want to be able to set an mp3 as a ringtone, don't buy this. But if you want a reliable, fashionable phone with the best internet browsing on the market, look no further than the 3G iPhone. Rating: Reviewed by paul on 26/10/2008 foolishly after owning every xda made i went to the iphone 3g. how stupid do i feel now. i love internet while i'm out and about but safari just can't manage it. 'null value' is the special pop up everytime one try to open apps on sites!!! aaarrgghhh!!!! this doesn't include it hasn't got all the simple things that others have. it's a gloried toy that can be used as a phone!!! unless you love apple stuff aviod like the plague!! i'm now off to get a htc diamond instead Rating: Reviewed by Simon Jones on 22/10/2008 When iTunes tried to load fw 2.1 on the phone it bricked it..... I am still waiting for a replacement from Apple 4 weeks later. I am trying to find a way to get out of the contract and get rid of this useless thing. I have copied another review as it is bang on. This is the first and last Apple product I buy. Lifestyle marketing over content and functionality is not for me. Is everyone deluded???? No MMS - No video calling - Missing basic functions like text forwarding - cut/paste - Bluetooth device incompatibility - Can't be used as a modem to connect a PC - Web pages don't work as they require plug-ins - 2mp camera - the standard now is 5mp - No flash - Poor battery - Touch screen is pretty tho - wow!!! Most of the functions above are 'as standard' in most new phones! Rating: Reviewed by Mr James on 22/10/2008 im undecided? i would say that the iPhone is the best phone ever ... if it had a longer battery life. thats it, thats the only negative thing about it. Unfortunately battery is effecting all phones these days (n95, n96, etc) so theres not much to do about it.... sure it has a 2mb camera, but it works well and starts up quickly. also, people are forgetting Apps!!! theres so many, you can literally do anything you want on your phone... would only swap if for a phone with longer battery life ... nothing to fault, and LOVE the SMS display :P Rating: Reviewed by Jimmy on 21/10/2008 Brilliant. Never been a fan of apple or macs so i was reluactant to get one but im so glad i did. Best phone out there bar none. Being able to download applications just put the phone streets ahead of any other phone on the market for me. So what if you cant send mms? (ive only EVER sent two) and so what if the camera is only 2megapix- im not a freelance journalist nor am i goin to blow the photos upto A3 size. If you gave this phone one star then get your nokia 3210 out of the drawer and use that. Rating: Reviewed by Brad on 21/10/2008 Just handed my iPhone back as I couldn't live without the simplest of things...send/recieve MMS,video recording,sms forwarding,bluetooth file sharing,any simple camera functions,Hotmail and i didn't like the way every sms looked like a chat session... I had it for nearly 2 weeks...and if you can do without the above then it's a brilliant phone...GPS/Google maps is great,wireless browsing superb...although Safari doesn't cater for flashplayer, Itunes/Ipod is good as is the video playback.I also liked the weather update and stock update applications...doesn't work well though if no 3G or wireless signal. It's good but not that good. Hopefully the next version will sort these "easy to fix" short comings...Please Rating: Reviewed by Dunboy on 21/10/2008 Well i've had my Iphone since mid July, upgrade from the N95 and I really can't beleive people can even compare the two!!ok the N95 has alot of features but none where any fun to use, it was a jack of all trades master of none! I definitley dont miss my N95 not even the camera the iphone is the most amazing piece of gadetry i've had the pleasure to own. My other half has the samsung omnia which she is happy with and is a great phone but still not a patch on apples offering. It makes me laugh to see people write such negative reviews if you dont like it fair enough get another phone. Yeah its missing some key features but its hardly the end of the world, but every thing it does do it does with style and the app store is awesome what other phone offers this kind of service? some of them are free as well, how about 3D games like Super Monkey Ball which is almost as good as the DS version or a free spell check app thats also doubles as a dictionary I could go on but just wanted to put out an honest review as it seems the haters are determined to put people off a phone which I consider to a fantastic piece of kit. Rating: Reviewed by Mirza on 20/10/2008 i have the iphone 3g for a month and i just love it it has a very easy to use interface a satisfying camera and an excellent web browsing it's simple the best gadget ever and it's amazingly cheap you have to buy it. Rating: Reviewed by lula on 20/10/2008 awesome phone best eva Rating: Reviewed by chris on 16/10/2008 Wow, there are some negative nancies on here. Let's get one thing straight, there are Apple haters and Apple lovers and never the twain shall meet. With that understood let's look at things objectively, the iPhone is more of a handheld computer with the ability to make calls than a suped up phone. It can email like your PC, it can view photos seemlessly, you can type very fast using the keyboard, the apps add so much functionality just like a PC does. If you want what almost everything your home computer can do, albeit in a new way, then the iPhone is for you. If you honestly can't live without MMS then maybe not. I used to Mms a few times a month but now I email photos instead, cheaper and easier using the mail app. Bloomberg app is free and great for news and markets, tube apps keep you informed, Around Me app finds bars/restaurants/cinemas/etc near me using gps. These apps and hundreds more free ones take the functionality to another level. I change my phone every year and this is the phone I've been waiting for. I've owned a k850i, N95, n82,k800i, ngage, 6600, etc. The iPhone is faster, more functional and a joy to use. That bundled with an iPod and BBC iplayer functionality it is perfect for me. There are some niggles like with any technology, my tv at home doesn't do everything I want. But as some have said the good points outweigh the bad. By the way, I wrote all this on my iPhone on the train home whilst surfing to my hearts content and no extra cost on my bill. e Rating: Reviewed by david on 13/10/2008 i bought this phone recently and its only good for music apart from that its rubbish as a phone. u cant send pictures u take from or to your pc. u cant send music through bluetooth. u cant make videos. u cant set a song u want as the ringtone without buying it from itunes. u cant edit pics u take. only thing i like about it apart from it being a ipod is its looks. and texting is also very hard. Rating: Reviewed by Ian on 12/10/2008 I have read a few of the reviews below, I am just glad I didn't before buying one of these little beauties.. According to some of the consumer reviews, it can't forward texts. Err, yes it can. I read that it doesn't do video, yet this is the best feature it has. I ripped a few movies into it and they keep me happy on flights and trains. It is a decent phone, (wish it was on Orange, as the signal is better here,) the programme and ipod features make it brilliant too. Extremely happy. Rating: Reviewed by john on 11/10/2008 its really good Rating: Reviewed by Gez on 11/10/2008 Having used samsung & Nokias in the past. I tried my friends iphone for a week. What a breath of fresh air, simply brilliant!! Whether it is worth the actual price O2 are asking is another thing? But then I am due an upgrade in January and I am strongly thinking ...maybe a iphone for me ;0) 8Gig version free on a £45 contract (for me no tarrif price change) Small, eaasy to use, great internet use and ...well just isnt it so - make love to me, make love to me..!! The candy coloured touch screen buttons just "will" you to seduce this phone. Gets my vote... bye Nokia & Samsung.. Rating: Reviewed by Drew on 11/10/2008 Possibly the nicest user interface on any phone ever. Smooth and functional. Basically, if you don't understand the Apple company, don't buy this phone. I'm not an Apple fanboy, infact I rather love Vista & XP; but this phone is immense. Although basic things are absent, for me, they aren't missed. I agree that they should be there though [e.g MMS/Bluetooth functionality/5MP Cam]. Best internet I've seen on a phone by far. Youtube app is brilliantly simple. And of course the app store just brings endless expansion. Overall an outstanding phone, but with some basic missing features that some users might miss. I will never turn back. Rating: Reviewed by rabyburns on 09/10/2008 bought this 2 weeks ago, the best phone i've ever had, period. however, doesn't mean best phone forever, just this present time, always find this site has a lot of bias towards other phones rather than this though Rating: Reviewed by Lucy on 09/10/2008 Luv it! Luv it! Luv it! Luv it! Rating: Reviewed by Rollie on 09/10/2008 I Love It, yes the camera is pants, yes you cant forward texts, and yes no mms or video. But look what you do get, and i never used the previous really anyway. Ipod, thousands of free apps, internet that actually works, utube, skype(app), and to admiral you can convert the ring tone yourself, search the net, youll find how, really simple, and free. And my battery lasts the day, but i cant put it down, cinema times direct to my phone, and changes when i drive around, with the built in gps with the nearest cinema. And some of the games, resemble the wii, which i also like. Class what more can I say. Well done apple Rating: Reviewed by kruton9000 on 29/09/2008 quality speaks volumes, the iphone 3g is designed and made like all Apple products and far out-classes every other phone out there. To call it a phone is an injustice it is a multimedia machine with real internet browsing which is free on contract with 02, and the best music/video player in it's class with it's fully integrated ipod. The camera may be poor by todays standards but for general day to day snaps it does the job. Applications from itunes are superb, I connect to ebay, check football with live summaries, play quality 3d games and so on with absolute ease and that touch sensitivity makes other touchscreens cumbersome by comparison. I cannot recommend it enough. Rating: Reviewed by Kev on 26/09/2008 Love my iPhone.... Only had it 2 weeks, and so far so good. Only improvement - Better camera with a flash, please Apple. 9/10 Rating: Reviewed by hev on 13/09/2008 I bought the newer 3G iphone model, expecting to be more than pleased by its supposed many features. I bought it home to be more than happy with some of its 'many' features... the ipod music player is the best iv ever seen... very clever and holding many more songs than you probably will ever need... the screen is very large and the phone itself does look a million dollars to use the phrase. However, on closer inspection the iphone has many faults. You cannot send images and songs via bluetooth to the handset, the camera is only 2 megapixels... nothing in today's market... and just try to text on it and you will soon realise how difficult this everyday task is! As for the phone itself well its very large, i suppose it could be pocketsized if you would be prepared to have your trousers down by your ankles caused by the weight of the thing!!! Even more frustrating is the phones simple lack of ability to connect to the internet due to constant low signal. After been given the impression i would be able to connect wherever i was i later found out that this was definately not the case... Infact, i couldnt even connect to the internet in a single place both within my house and the location surrounding it. All this is not to even mention the fact you have to buy the handset ontop of a very poor contract. Overall, the iphone unfortunately seemed to be a complete waste of money, time and to be honest a complete let down to the hype it is currently receieving. Take my advice and save your time and money by investing in a much better phone that can actually do the things it claims to be able to! Rating: Reviewed by daz on 10/09/2008 terrible phone Rating: Reviewed by DAZ on 28/08/2008 TOP TOP TOP Rating: Reviewed by daz on 15/08/2008 excellent phone Rating: Reviewed by robman on 23/07/2008 3G reception is the worst I have ever seen of any 3G phone I have tried. The iPhone never got past two bars while my work phone (on the same 3G network) always showed maximum signal strength. Frequently the IPhone had not enough signal to receive or place calls (1 bar) while the Nokia worked fine. The fact that bluetooth is severely crippled on the iPhone, only allowing mono headsets and worst of all, no BT data pass through from navigation systems that get traffic info via the phone or the special PDA that I use for work actually would make it necessary for me to carry a second phone. The SMS "Text message" application is very inadequate and limited compared to the capabilities of even low end phones. No templates, no delivery receipts. MMS (Multimedia messaging) is completely absent. Very disappointing. Also missing is voice dialing, voice call accept or reject, which is something I expect in this price range in the 21st century. So the reception issues, bluetooth woes and IMHO severly limited messaging, even dated core functionality make the iPhone 3G a huge disappointment for me, I reset and returned it after trying to use it for 4 hours. Rating: Reviewed by Rupert on 22/07/2008 The BATTERY LIFE is the HORRENDOUS even with the different useage habits of my wife. In its present configuration, under "real life" situations, the iPhone drains its battery faster than any phone I have ever seen. Case in point: Start out my day at 7 am. Fully charged iPhone. Check my email. 10 items download. Briefly review all. Total time: 18 min. Make a 45 min call. Make a 20 min call. Drive to work and after arriving, I respond to a text msg back and forth for three text sessions Text time used is approx 5 min. It is now 9:30 AM and I have 20% BATTERY POWER REMAINING! Unacceptable. If, instead of being at my office, I were on the road, at the airport, in the mall, etc., I would soon be out of power and then what??? My wife, on the other hand, uses her phone quite differently. Yes she makes calls, but she utilizes the internet and recreational apps a lot more then I do and she runs into the same problem. We both find ourselves walking around with car charger adapters and wall outlet power charger adapters in our pockets or briefcases. I almost can't believe that my phone has raised my daily stress level! Rating: Reviewed by Toby on 20/07/2008 The battery life is actually MUCH worse than the original - which ABOVE all else despite what its like to use or what it does, makes it impractical for those that want a truely Mobile device like even a half decent modern Mobile Phone is today. Another VERY worrying FAULT is the phones HEAT production - sometimes it becomes so HOT that it is uncomfortable next to the body and when held. :( Rating: Reviewed by Rob on 09/07/2008 Okay, the new 3G Iphone, this will be realsed on the 11th july and there isnt a big waiting list for it, hmm, maybe because people have actually listened to me for a change, or maybe people know that it's a rip off. Indeed it is, there is no change to the actual phone itself, it just has a faster tinternet, and to be honest, apple did not need to launch a brand new phone for 3G. Which they didnt, they simply reselling the old one, but the 3G, you still cant video call and that fault is still there, bascly, apple are wasting there time, and they should go back to just making laptops, and even they are not much good. It's a poor phone, and very limited! 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With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one - a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser.
