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Hardware Smartphone
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Written by admin
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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Connectivity
Of course for accessing the web or YouTube you will need internet access and this is one of the problems we found with the iPhone.
For the majority of cases (unless you have access to a Wi-Fi hotspot or router) you will have to use the EDGE network, which tends to result in slower rendering of the latter webpage’s and YouTube videos.
3G in this instance was a better option to take advantage of the larger 3.5" screen.
Bluetooth at least supports the advanced EDR option for faster connectivity when linking up to other Bluetooth devices.
For accessing the ITunes store from the iPhone you will need a Wi-Fi connection (it won't work without one), so unless you have access to the latter you are stuck for new songs until you get back your PC.
Storage
Of course having all these multimedia capabilities is pointless unless you have the storage capacity to match, but thankfully the iPhone comes with a respectable 8 or 16Gb of storage, but we have to say this is still not enough!
After a month we filled up over 6GB of video and music content pretty easily, so this is one area of the device that falls down in comparison to the iPod classic (80-160GB).
Phone
When you strip away all the gloss and amazing interface, the iPhone is simply a standard phone.
The 2MP camera is poor, with no automatic zoom control, no flash and no video mode.
The images look great on the iPhone itself, but when viewed back on our PC the images looked grainy and a touch out of focus.
Call quality - thanks to the various updates that we have downloaded - was fine. I know other reviews in the past have stated that the volume is a little low, but we found no problems during our tests.
Currently the iPhone is still only available on O2 contract, with you having to pay £269 for the 8GB phone and then you are put on an 18 month contract, though by the looks of the new tariffs you get unlimited data usage for £35 a month, which is handy.
Documents
For opening and viewing PDF/Microsoft office documents, you can only currently view these as email attachments. But no doubt when 3rd party developers get their hands on the SDK a dedicated document viewer/editor will be available soon enough.
Battery Life
Battery life is actually pretty good, we could watch several hours of video footage before the device needed a recharge. The claimed battery life times will vary with your combination, so if you use Wi-Fi a lot then expect your talk time to be affected more dramatically.
Overall its battery life was closer to the claimed battery life than a lot of other devices we have used.
The only downside to the battery is that it is integrated within the device itself, so if you want this repaired you will have to send the product off to Apple.
Editor review : Final thoughts
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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8.0 |
| Features |
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7.0 |
| Design |
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9.0 |
| Memory |
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8.0 |
| Connectivity |
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7.0 |
| Performance |
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9.0 |
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