MSM Reviews Peg iPhone 3G a Qualified “Buy”
8:43 am, July 9th, 2008, Lonnie Lazar
Three of the mainstream media’s most influential technology writers have published their initial reviews of the iPhone 3G and the consensus opinion seems to be “well, why not?”
Edward C. Baig gives the phone 3 3/4 stars out of 4 for USA Today and says “it’s cheaper, faster and a lot friendlier for business.”
Walter J. Mossberg writes for the Wall Street Journal that he found Apple’s upgrade “a more capable version of an already excellent device. And now that it’s open to third-party programs, the iPhone has a chance to become a true computing platform with wide versatility,” but notes the access to speed promised by AT&T’s 3G network seriously degrades the phone’s battery life.
The New York Times writer David Pogue has the least glowing of the three reviews and says that while there are notable, if small improvements in the 3G model, “unfortunately, most of the standard cellphone features that were missing from the first iPhone are still missing.” He cites lack of voice dialing, video recording, copy-and-paste, memory-card slot, Bluetooth stereo audio and phone-to-phone photo sending (MMS) capabilities as reasons to think twice about getting the phone.
All three reviewers praised Apple’s upgrades to the sound quality on the new model, an important consideration for those who might view its price in terms of the savings realized from not needing to purchase a new iPod, and always a welcome improvement to any portable multi-media device.
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[...] Außerdem gab es immer wieder Zwischenrufe, ob das iPhone 3G überhaupt einen Kauf Wert sei, weil es sich nur um ein geringfügig verbessertes Gerät handle, dessen Nachfolger wiederum bald zu erwarten sei. Tatsächlich würde ich nicht updaten, wenn ich ein iPhone der ersten Generation besäße, denn vom neuen OS und damit einhergehend dem App-Store profitiert man ja auch so. Da dies aber bei mir nicht der Fall ist, werde ich zuschlagen – das ständige Warten auf ein bald erscheinendes neues (Apple-) Produkt macht schließlich nicht all zuviel Sinn (man sehe sich nur die zahlreichen Diskussionen dazu in den einschlägigen Mac-Foren an). Ãœbrigens geben auch Walt Mossberg und andere eine Kaufempfehlung heraus, die Ãœbersicht gibts bei Cult of Mac. [...]
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