From previous posts about the iPhone, you might have thought that I couldn’t manage one more, but here it is. I finally have managed to go through the process needed to get my new toy working, and no its time to decide whether or not it was worth the hassle that has been today.
First Impressions
It looks good straight out of the box (see below), but so did the old one. I’m still not sold on the black case over the silver, I can see it getting scratched a lot easier. Its lighter, slightly bigger (I’ll get to that) and has new silver buttons. It feels pretty much the same in the hand, the screen is still the same size and buttons in the same place, so no need to learn new finger movements.
The Apps Store
Along with the 3G connectivity, this was ‘The Big Thing’ about iPhone 2.0. I’ve not browsed through all of the apps as yet, but I’ve found some very useful ones. Twitteriffic one is great as I’m new to Twitter and its easy to use. Facebook and Myspace have additions, both similar to the specialist iPhone pages already developed. I’ve also come to like the Itunes Remote app… I’ve managed to confuse Laura by changing what is on Itunes from the other room! There are some organisation Apps on there which I can also see being of great use, but I’m going to spend a little time choosing the right one, as these cost.
3G
Useful – not really tested it as yet as I have WiFi, but this will come in really useful on the move. I’ve seen some of the stats for how much more quickly it will load pages, so hopefully a time saver.
Bad Points?
There are a few actually… the process was a nightmare. It seems that both Apple and O2 completely underestimated demand, which was surprising given the hype, the PR and the number of people who registered an interest. The Dock (or lack of). 1st Gen iPhone came with a great dock to stand next to the computer or wherever you wanted. 2nd Gen didn’t. And to make things worse, it wont even fit into the old dock, its just slightly too big. There is still no voice dialing, no video calling (i’d like to see a Skype App), and its managed to forget most of my saved passwords after the restore from the old one. I don’t remember a lot of passwords and its pretty annoying having to find them again.
Overall
4.5/5 stars, 9/10, pretty good…… almost the perfect phone for me, but not quite. Probably worth the wait since 1st Gen, but not worth the hassle spent having to get it. But I guess its more of a fashion statement than a phone. I wanted to be one of the first, and now I am.
The Old iPhone?
Well Laura didn’t want it… too geeky and difficult for her to use. I don’t want to leave it hanging around so I’m selling it to MazumaMobile.com for £140… which will come in pretty handy, plus they recycle and re-use the phones in third world countries.
The photo is old iPhone moving aside for new iPhone…
