Call quality
Call quality was
good for the most part, but it wasn't dependable. Though voices sounded natural, the volume was often too low, and
the microphone has a sensitive sweet spot. When we moved the phone away from our ears ever so slightly, the volume
diminished noticeably and we had to move the phone back to just the right place to hear clearly. The volume wasn't
so bad that we weren't able to hear a friend who was in a crowded bar, but it could be better. The speakerphone was
also too quiet, though conversations weren't too muffled.
CNET.com users have also reported volume problems, and a few people we called said they heard a slight background hiss. We didn't hear the hiss on our end, but more than one of our friends said they noticed it. Automated calling systems were able to understand us, but only if we were in a quiet room.
Browser speed
Our first test with the Safari browser was over CNET's internal Wi-Fi
network. Web pages loaded in 5 to 10 seconds, though sites with heavy
graphics took longer. It was a smooth experience overall, though it not
quite as zippy as we had hoped. We thought that could be due to CNET's
network, but it seemed to be more or less the standard.
Pages took about the same time to load on a home network and just a couple seconds longer in a café. When not using Wi-Fi, you're stuck with AT&T's EDGE network, which is just too slow to render the lovely Safari interface enjoyably. With speeds in the 50-to-90Kbps range, it reminded us of a dial-up browser. In other words, it's pretty intolerable. We can only hope Apple adds 3G soon.
Battery life
The Apple iPhone has a rated battery life
of 8 hours talk time, 24 hours of music playback, 7 hours of video
playback, and 6 hours on Internet use. The promised standby time is
10.4 days. When we tested the iPhone with the Wi-Fi function turned
off, we got about 7 hours, 20 minutes of talk time. When we tested it
with the Wi-Fi activated, we came away with 4 hours less. Video time,
however, clocked in at an impressive 7.5 hours.
We'll report additional test results as we get them. Just keep in mind that it's rare you'll be using just one feature for hours on end. As such, your battery life will vary widely as you switch between functions. Large colour screens such as the one on the iPhone tend to be battery drainers, so you'll most likely need to charge your handset every couple of days. According to the FCC, the iPhone has a digital SAR rating of 0.974 watts per kilogram.
Edited by Lindsey Turrentine
Additional editing by Nick Hide
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AppleJuice 3 November 2008
Good: Everything
Bad: Other peoples bad reviews.
Comment: This phone, I bought on Saturday and it is now Monday, had taken over my life. I cannot stop playing with the thing. Its amazing. I just don’t get what peoples problem are. Yes it doesn't have Bluetooth for file sharing but the iphone user can either send the file/photo by email (or various other means) or if someone wants to give the user a file, then they could probs find it for themselves on the internet which is FREE.
Yes it doesn't have video but the cameras pretty good - and fast - and i know the cameras only low quality but its a shadow in the greatness of this phone.
Yes you can't take the battery out but why would you want to anyway - the batt life it great.
All these things are trivial compared to what you get. Its fast! (Yes as fast as the advert) and with many means on internet access your always with it.
Applications are amazing and you can get ones such as Palingo so you can IM people reducing the amount of sms's sent (but you also have email to reduce that too)
Music is SO well done on this phone I can't describe it to do it justice. The way you can turn it sideways for a scrolling, art cover, view is great!
You can put on vidoes, TV and audio books (!!) to name a few!.
The subtle animations on it like switching screens, deleting files etc etc are so smooth it’s great.
I know its pricy but at only £99 (or even free over a £35 taffif) its is a bargin! Promise you won’t be able to get enough of it if you buy one.
As you can probs tell I LOVE this phone, and also that my spelling is bad :P, but best thing i bought so far!
Daud Pranoto 3 June 2008
Good: Slim, and beautiful
Bad: SMS are terrible, keyboard are the worse, speaker are not clear, still 2.5 G phone
Comment: I have Nokia Communicator 9500, E90 and dopod 838 pro, And Iphone 8G for the last 4 month and i am really dissapointed due to program always crash, SMS is not working properly ( iPhone cannot distinguish the new sms or the old one you have) even you already upgrade to os 1.1.4, keyboard was not really good due to you have type on letter "i or o or P" these letter are close to send button so iPhone will send you sms automatically before you finish the sms.
2) if someone give you their address and number you have to write it down on a piece of paper first or remember it and write it down again to add your contact (it does not look like smart phone at all)
3) no function cut and paste like other smart phone does.
4) if you have more than 500 contacts which most busy people do and you do not remember the name but only the company so YOU CANNOT locate them due to IPHONE does not have search engine only use SCROLL by alpabetical order..
5) we have to use the 3rd party software fo SMS like "Dsms" so we can use the FORWARD and sent To many function.
6) In Australia or outside UK and US this phone is NOT support it mean none of the GPRS function is working so no wheather checking, GPS, eternet and ETC.
Hopefully Apple we fixed this problem.
by the way i like other apple products and i buy most of their products but not this one. Orange might taste better :)
jamie simpson 20 April 2008
Good: Everything
Bad: Nothing
Comment: Its ridiculously good!!!!!!!!
Design: 100 percent
Features: 95 percent
Performance: 100 percent
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