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Thread ID: 112416	2010-09-05 07:00:00	iPhone 3G vs 3GS	xyz823 (13649)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1134817	2010-09-05 07:00:00	Looking at buying a second hand iPhone, should I fork out the extra $$$ for a 3GS?	xyz823 (13649)
1134818	2010-09-05 08:24:00	3GS	GameJunkie (72)
1134819	2010-09-05 08:25:00	Hell yes! Even better, buy a proper phone and get a Nexus One - they're cheaper, as well as better specced.	johcar (6283)
1134820	2010-09-05 08:45:00	Depending on the cost of the 2nd hand one, but the brand new 3gs GB is $899 from apple.	psycik (12851)
1134821	2010-09-05 09:01:00	Yes, most definitely. The speed difference is huge. Better still, get a Nexus One ;)	Chilling_Silence (9)
1134822	2010-09-05 09:14:00	Yes, most definitely. The speed difference is huge. Better still, get a Nexus One ;) Looking at getting at combing my phone and ipod together. What is the music player like on nexus one? Also, seems like a 16GB 3G goes for around $450-$500 on trademe. Cheapest 8GB 3GS is at $655 atm. Although I have just seen some 16GB models going for $630+. Selling my phone for around $250, ipod nano for $110 and ipod touch has sold for $210 so I have $500-$550 to spend. Could save for a few weeks though, but saving for tv/ps3!! How big is huge? because my current iPod touch speed seems fine to me and I think it has the same CPU as iphone 3G?? (Its the 8GB 3rd gen one) Like is it a 1-2sec difference when opening apps or a really noticeable 5-10s difference? Will it be worth the extra $100 or so?	xyz823 (13649)
1134823	2010-09-05 09:47:00	on an unusually non-harmonious note, buy a 3gs over a nexus one. I have had a 3gs since last september and decided that instead of upgrading to an iPhone4 I would give the android route a shot and got a nexus one. 1.5 months on i have now sold my nexus one and gone back to my 3gs until vodafone decide to let people buy the iPhone 4 outright without re-signing a contract. the nexus one felt generally slower with noticeable lag when opening apps ( even with memory cleared ) its loss of signal issue is even more noticeable than the iPhone 4's with any touches to the lower section resulting in a loss of signal. the touch screen is no-where near as accurate or responsive as the iPhone's and the battery life is abysmal comparatively. having said that I am no apple fanboy and i do wish the iPhone was a more open platform it is just that for the time being the iPhone system ( iOS and the hardware combined ) is a far superior system for normal use than android.	lagbort (5041)
1134824	2010-09-05 10:43:00	Speaking of iphones. Just plugged mine into itunes for the first time in many months, and the piece of crap wiped my damn phone and put on a back up from 6 months ago. All my photos.....gone My email account.....gone All my emails......gone And no doubt my contacts have been erased and replaced. What a total ******** of a phone. If my texts have been erased and replaced I'm going to spew.	Metla (12)
1134825	2010-09-05 10:45:00	www.engadget.com	GameJunkie (72)
1134826	2010-09-05 12:03:00	...the nexus one felt generally slower with noticeable lag when opening apps ( even with memory cleared )...Out of interest, were you running a task killer of some description? I can't say mine has ever felt laggy - my experience of the N1 has been that the performance is substantially better than an iPhone 3GS, and noting your comment of 'even with the memory cleared', I have a sneaky suspicion that your problems were self-inflicted. Note that running task killers on Android is almost always a *very* bad idea, and will, among other things, cause your system to feel sluggish, use more battery, make inefficient use of available ram, and kill off tasks that aren't supposed to be killed. Let the OS manage system resources; that's what it's there for, and it does a good job. It's also worth pointing out that Android 2.2 (FroYo) gave it a huge speed boost as compared to 2.1 (Eclair), due to the addition of a JIT compiler. ...the touch screen is no-where near as accurate or responsive as the iPhone's...Compared to a 2nd-gen iPod touch, I found the touch's digitizer slightly better, but they're both very good - no problems with accuracy or responsiveness from either device. The N1 does occasionally lose calibration if the screen undergoes a large temperature change, but briefly switching the screen off / on sorts it. ...its loss of signal issue is even more noticeable than the iPhone 4's with any touches to the lower section resulting in a loss of signal...I haven't had a chance to field-test an iPhone 4, but I find my N1 holds a signal substantially better than both my old Samsung flip-phone (M510, Telecom CDMA) and a Sharp GX-10 (Vodafone). Coverage area seems to be slightly better than the GX-10. Cupping the bottom of the phone does sometimes decrease the available signal a little bit (between 0 & 10 dBm, depending on location), but not enough to affect performance. It will reliably hold a connection for both calls and data, on both GSM, EDGE, and WCDMA, all the way down to -113dBm. I don't know how the iPhone 4 would fare under those signal conditions, but my guess is that due to the antenna design it will have slightly better coverage than the N1, but at the expense of a significantly larger signal drop if you hold it the wrong way. ...and the battery life is abysmal comparatively...Definitely haven't found this - my N1 seems to get fairly similar battery life to an iPhone 3GS. Once again, this makes me suspicious you were running a task killer... I've owned my N1 since the beginning of March, and would choose it over an iPhone anyday - in my personal opinion it leaves the iPhone for dead - but it's definitely a matter of preference. Android and iOS have very different philosophies governing their design and limitations, and as such there's a huge difference between the two platforms. Darkstar09: No contest, the 3GS is a much better phone than the 3G. If you must get an iPhone, go for the 3GS.	Erayd (23)
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