The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Apple Iphone 3G

The good
Apple iPhone 3G has a range of critically new features which includes
1. the support it provides for 3G networks of high speed,
2. support for any applications provided by third-party and
3. support for expanded e-mail.
The call quality of the Apple iPhone 3G has improved. The quality of video and music that is delivered by the Apple iPhone 3G is also of an excellent range.

The bad
Apple iPhone 3G still lacks some of the very basic features that can be availed on the simplest of the simplest of the cell phones. The life of the battery is very uneven. The 3G connection provided by the Apple iPhone is also very shaky. The synchronising of the email has lots of faults associated with it.

The new features
The iPhone 3G has all the features of the original iPhone. But there are a few new features in the iPhone 3G. The first generation iPhone users are lucky because almost all of the new features which has been incorporated into the Apple iPhone 3G can be obtained as impressive additions in the form of free software update, version 2.0. You can get support for 3G and enhance GPS. The other new features are organising features, the YouTube application, notepad, visual voicemail, widgets on stock as well as weather and the threaded texting.

The Ugly

Apple delivered it’s news of the cheaper phone so astutely, no one even thought about the hidden costs of the new iPhone until the day after. Everyone cheered over the $199 (8GB) and $299 (16GB) price point on the phone, but what most didn’t realize was the we, as consumer, were still responsible for paying the full price of the phone over the course of two-years.
You see, AT&T is paying Apple a subsidy for each phone as opposed to a monthly usage fee. Once the phone sells, Apple makes it’s money, and now it’s up to AT&T to pass the cost on to its customers. Customers who sign up for the new iPhone 3G will have to pay $30/mo for a data plan that used to cost $20/mo ($45/mo for business users), they’ll also have to pay an extra $5-$20 more per month for SMS because they’re not bundled anymore, and those who want MobileMe will pay $99 a year extra.
Vallewag did the math, and they says you end up paying $1,038 over two-years for the new iPhone. That’s equivalent to buying two or three iPhones at full price.
Another huge obstacle for consumers who have bad credit is the canning of AT&T’ GoPhone prepaid plan for the iPhone 3G. As you can imagine, consumers aren’t too happy about this especially because they won’t be able to activate a new shiny iPhone at home. Which brings me to another ugly point: activation.
Unlike the iPhone 2.0, the iPhone 3G will require that consumers activate their new phone in-store, which means longer lines and wait. There’s also no online purchases after the iPhone 3G launch, so like everyone else, you’ll have to wait for your phone to be activated. What’s worse is, if you do buy your phone online, you still have to go to the store to get it activated or AT&T and Apple will penalize you for it.
It seems to me getting an new iPhone 3G is going to be ugly, but I’m sure most of us will get one anyway. What about you? Are you getting one?

The final line
Apple iPhone 3G has managed to keep up its promises. The promises include addition of certain critical features as well as providing a sharper quality of the calls. The 3G support which it provides is really welcomed by the users. Also the iPhone’s iTunes App Store is pretty much amazing.
Even with these, certain critical features are missing from the iPhone still. The battery gets depleted at a very fast rate if the phone is under heavy use. But the improvement of the phone over its older version is really appreciable.

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