The new 3G iPhone is out as the long lines indicated this past Friday.  So, those who didn’t buy the phone want to know is it worth getting. 

Here’s our take on it:

The good:  Finally, the Internet is faster!  No longer do you have to worry about connecting to your local WiFi network when it’s in range.  You can go anywhere and put your iPhone on regular Internet EDGE mode for surfing the web.  Navigating to different web pages is obviously faster than the old iPhone.

GPS navigation is even more user-intuitive.  GPS is pretty much the same as before, but easier to work with and more effective.

The bad:  The battery life is horrible.  Before, the old iPhone had 8 hours of talk time.  This means that if you talked for 5 hours and played music for 2 and surfed the Internet for 30 minutes, your phone was about to die.  Also, there is no way to replace the depleted battery for a secondary one - Apple would prefer to keep its product sleek and air-tight versus allowing users to be more functional and remove the short-lived battery.

So, the new 3G iPhone has improved the battery life, right?  Nope.  Apple has actually done nothing with the battery life which means that talk time is more towards only 4 hours if surfing on the Internet.  The 3G Internet and phone connection access takes twice as much power from the battery; thus, causing the battery life to be cut in half.

We don’t think it’s worth it unless you have a battery charger close at hand whether at work, home, or elsewhere.

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