Comments on: Who's Using Their iPhone 3G over EDGE/2G?

By: Tony blackwell

Tony blackwell — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:12:11 +0000

Cause can't pick up g3 my phone changes t E on its on

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:13:07 +0000

I use Edge because there is no 3G coverage in my area.

By: jim futterman

jim futterman — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:34:58 +0000

Switched back to Edge because of the dropped calls/poor voice quality. Works great on edge...

By: ALEX SHAG

ALEX SHAG — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:44:50 +0000

EDGE = HAPPY BATTERY

By: Business

Business — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:42:53 +0000

After reading some of these comments I think I'm going to keep my original 2g and not upgrade to the 3Gs. The data plan & text messaging does not justify the price considering I'm always in front of a computer with internet or near a wifi. I wish the processor in the old phones were faster though.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:50:37 +0000

I'm in Chicago and the 3G network here is just horrible. I'd like to use it because of the web/data speed, but phone calls are horrendous on it. I switched to the Edge and use wifi whenever I can. Sad that such a big company like AT&T has such an inferior network to their competitors in a major city.

By: Peter Downs

Peter Downs — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:51:15 +0000

We have a good video on saving battery power which you can find on YouTube or at http://www.iphoneshed.co.uk/acatalog/iPhoneTipsand_Tricks.html

By: Charity

Charity — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:52:38 +0000

I spend most of my time on EDGE. I don't need the speed, and I can check Facebook or Tweetie or get my email on EDGE just fine. Saves battery!

By: Sean peters

Sean peters — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:07:24 +0000

3G baby. I have no problems with battery life or dropped calls. Our area just got 3G coverage a few months ago, and it was a godsend.

By: Hakala

Hakala — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:52:14 +0000

I'm running on a 2G/EDGE network because there is STILL no coverage for 3G in northern Minnesota. But oh well. That's why I've got wifi in my house.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:51:41 +0000

I keep my phone on 3G on only where I have 3G. But edge is not that bad. Oh and AT&T Hurry and get 4G ASAP please???;)

By: Zak Saber

Zak Saber — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:04:11 +0000

You know when I run my iPhone on Edge it's not so slow as people are saying it is. Edge saves a lot of battery life and is not that bad. 3G is not faster but in some way a bit speedier then Edge. I hope iPhone 2009 when running on 3.5G runs with a longer lasting battery.

By: iPHONEMANMAN

iPHONEMANMAN — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:01:40 +0000

North Florida has plenty of 3g.

By: BMartin

BMartin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:23:07 +0000

I don't have 3g where I live. Closest is about 3 hours away although I just read that it's coming to a city just over an hour away. Still not gonna help me though. I've been to a couple places that have 3g and it was awesome basicly same as wifi at home. So for now just livin on EDGE

By: john

john — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:20:25 +0000

I have edge running all day instead of 3g, it preventd thr battery from dying in the middle of the day. I also have the brightness down all thr way to 0. I only turn on 3g when I need to download something or stream a video

By: firesign

firesign — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:10:34 +0000

i'm in cincinnati. i use 3g. i have never had a dropped call on my iphone or the moto razr v3xx that i had, but my windows mobile samsung blackjack 2 sure did.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:34:09 +0000

I run in EDGE mode almost 100% of the time. I live in Atlanta and despite the "vast" 3G network I experience constant dropped calls; and no 3G signal in buildings except on the outer edge within 30 feet from the windows. AT&T's 3G network is worthless.

By: MKAJmayf

MKAJmayf — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:01:14 +0000

This is the very reason I have not upgraded to the 3g phone yet. I don't have coverage in my area where I live or work. I will upgrade in July with the new phone whether or not ATT has their act together or not.

By: Joe Fabeetz

Joe Fabeetz — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:35:02 +0000

I live in the suburbs of Chicago and have owned an iPhone 3G since August 2008. Every month I attempt to use 3G service for a couple days, however the service is simply too unreliable, resulting in poor data performance and dropped calls. I have always ended up back on EDGE. I would swap to Sprint or Verizon in a heartbeat if I could and gladly eat the AT&T early termination fee.

By: shollomon

shollomon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:45:40 +0000

WiFi at home and in the office, EDGE around town, there is no 3G coverage where I live and many times I get less 3 bars on EDGE.

3G is ok, even WiFi is only ok, it still does not "snap" like the browser on my desktop, but its OK. The problem is that many of the times I'd like to use it, say at a sporting event, the cell is so saturated you can't get on. So, team makes a great play, you'd like to email a picture of the play or the scoreboard to a friend who cheers for the other team to rub it in -- nothing doing.

I know these are edge cases (no pun intended), but ATT needs to figure out how coverage outside major metro areas and how to deal with predictable saturation spots, sports venues as an example.

By: Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:12:11 +0000

Last night, I was streaming audio in my hotel room, and noticed that 3G was slowly draining my battery, even though I was plugged in to the wall! So I put it on EDGE, found a low-fi version of my program, and the battery charged only slightly slower than being off.

By: sting7k

sting7k — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:09:37 +0000

When I first got my iPhone 3G last July there was only EDGE coverage at my house. There was 3G just 10 miles away heading toward DC or Baltimore (South or East). Then in Dec. one morning I woke up and was amazed to see my iPhone reporting full 3G signal in my basement. Over the next few weeks and into Jan. 3G expanded around my home city/county. Coverage on 3G is now very good every where I go, full service in all areas of my house; yes in the basement. EDGE was nearly cut out though, it's speeds now are ~150kbps/~50kbps; it's really bad. In and around DC and Baltimore I have always gotten great 3G signal and speeds. There are only 3 places I lose signal; at work (secure gov. building), in the DC subway (Verizon has exclusive deal with Metro), and in various (older) gov. buildings in DC. Other than that 3G is great for me, I've never dropped a call or had bad data speeds. And TBH I don't really see any difference in battery life between leaving 3G on all the time, I don't even see a change leaving WiFi turned on; the battery doesn't start to drain until I start doing stuff.

By: 3G

3G — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:06:47 +0000

I live in a 3G deprived area in Missouri. Suppose to get it by end of June. But isn't it funny how I have to pay for 3g in my 30 dollar plan. Kind of like my 30 family messaging plan and I cant send MMS. I have a 2G and 3G phone. Wife has my old 2G and I use the 3G because the speaker was louder and I needed that.

By: Paradoc

Paradoc — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:41:29 +0000

I'm still on edge 90% of the time. We've got lousy coverage for 3G in my area (Jackson, WY). When you are in a marginal area for 3G coverage, the iPhone spends an inordinate amount of time and battery switching between the edge and 3G networks. This results in significant increase in missed calls. I would guess if I have 3G turned on, I miss at least 50% of my incoming calls. With Edge only I miss maybe 10% of my incoming calls.

I'll turn 3G on if I need to do some web browsing or download a large file. And when I'm in a big city I'll turn 3G on, but it does significantly reduce battery life. I hope Apple can address the missed calls/network search and battery life problems with iPhone 3.0 software or hardware.

By: Tobiasnajeep

Tobiasnajeep — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:34:36 +0000

Yeah...same here as alot above. No 3G yet in Roanoke, VA. We're being told it's coming this summer, but I'll believe it when my iPhone says it. No problems with EDGE so far.

We'll see.

By: Biohead

Biohead — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:27:10 +0000

In the UK I must live less than half a mile from the nearest 3G tower. At home I get EDGE, but in college I get the full 3G signal. Speedtests report between 3 and 4 meg. Battery life is murdered when I use 3G though. Gets me through a full day though, even under heavy usage, so I keep it turned on at all times and make sure it gets a charge every night.

By: beebo

beebo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:22:49 +0000

I live in EDGE country. 3G is supposedly coming in June - but I've been hearing that for a bit now.

By: coolbell

coolbell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:53:18 +0000

Im from england. 3G is always available so that is fine. however i always have 3g off, only switching when i intend to go on a website with a few images etc, other than that if im using a quick google, i'll tend to leave it off.

By: iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:51:54 +0000

In England we barely get 3G so I'm using Edge constantly

By: Alok

Alok — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:35:17 +0000

I do use edge on my iPhone 3g ,since in India right now my carrier does not support 3g but I more than satisfied with my edge right now which saves my battery life

By: DDay

DDay — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:13:32 +0000

I have edge in central GA, and it works fine. As soon as I get up to Atlanta in May, I'll be on 3G. No problems either way, but when I'm in the GA Dome watching the Falcons play, my data service is garbage.

By: Paulo

Paulo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:56:00 +0000

I usually leave my iPhone on EDGE until I need to do some Internet browsing and there's not WiFi around. I'm on a college campus most of the day, and there's campus-wide WiFi, so I hardly ever have to use 3G. I can't stand using EDGE for browsing, though. I don't know how you first generation iPhone users do it.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:52:14 +0000

If you're in the U.S. in a region with consistent 3G coverage, I can't imagine turning off the 3G most of the time to save battery life. You got the phone and are paying an additional $10/mo. (over the original iPhone 2G) specifically on unlimited 3G service. Plus, the 3G is pretty good (albeit really only in major cities and metropolitan areas) and its speed seems to approach the maximum for webpage rendering permitted by the iPhone's processor. So I guess the issue is coverage more than anything else (for me), though I could understand wanting to conserve battery, especially for heavy users that are unable to charge for extended periods of time.

By: Mario

Mario — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:46:44 +0000

I turn off my 3G because where i live theirs poor coverage and when haveing 3G on it keeps staling because its contently changing to EDGE and back so for example viewing youtube vids is FUSTRATING!!!

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:40:39 +0000

@Damien now that I think about it , I've had a lot of dropped calls on 3G. I don't remeber having any being dropped on EDGE

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:05:53 +0000

Disabled 3G to save up batterie life.

By: Agent_s87

Agent_s87 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:18:47 +0000

Hey, i use my iPhone 3G on EDGE/2G for a very simple reason, we do not have 3G yet in Amman - Jordan!! and if we do, am not quite sure i might use it that often for battery issues!!

By: Dwaine

Dwaine — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:08:32 +0000

Here in the UK 3G is exellent for me, but I find that I turn it off more often to save battery life. Only turning it on when I am downloading newsfeeds in byline before going in the underground. Other than that EDGE speeds are fine and plus on EDGE I get signal even deep inside buildings on full bars, on 3G it tends to remain on the lowest bar and don't switch over to the stronger EDGE signal.

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:08:25 +0000

I have a decent 3G signal where I live but my calls still seem to drop too often. I use EDGE full-time unless I want to download something quicker. Calls are 100% more stable on EDGE!

By: nelson

nelson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:01:05 +0000

I'm generally on 3g when im out and about or during work hours with push activated. At home I have acces to wifi so turnoff 3g.

3g is definstely a must as far as I'm concerned.

By: Twent

Twent — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:25:36 +0000

I run 3G all the time, with the exception to one of my jobs that's in my town's mall. It stays connected to 3G, but nothing loads or just takes forever. The EDGE isn't that bad... But I prefer 3G.

By: Danny R

Danny R — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:13:00 +0000

I personally have a 2G so obviously this doesn't apply to me but a cousin who has a 3G can't sent text messages when he has 3G on I wonder why that is?

By: RF9

RF9 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:00:06 +0000

I wish I could lock the iPhone to 3G like I can my other phones so it would stop falling back to GSM all of the time when it doesn't need to. When it detects even the slightest amount of congestion it kicks back to GSM and never goes back to 3G.

Calls sound so much better on 3G I wish I could stop using GSM completely.

By: E

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:39:31 +0000

I'd say I'm running EDGE 80% of the time by choice because of dropped calls and battery life. UGH

By: Al

Al — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:37:15 +0000

3G always for me. My battery will be low at the end of the day but it will make it. I need that speed though, no EDGE for me!

By: Tnerb

Tnerb — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:34:56 +0000

Everytime I go into NYC from NJ I can barely keep a 3G signal. Recently traveled to the Ft. Lauderdale area and it was the first time I ever experienced a decent 3G connection. AT&T blows in NYC/NJ.

By: Wilsonator

Wilsonator — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:32:31 +0000

im in eastern iowa and i have ZERO 3g. ive been pretty much all over the state and havent found any spots where i can get it. the only time ive been able to get it is when i go somewhere like chicago or something (my battery didnt make it back out of the city) but im not complaining. where i live edge does just fine and just like frog i am usually on sites that are formatted for the iphone and it works pretty well.

By: flampy

flampy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:29:28 +0000

I switch to edge via sbsettings swipe across the top, if I think my battery will run out before getting to a charger on 3G

By: doug

doug — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:15:19 +0000

Here in Morgantown (mere miles from Pittsburgh) we still have no 3G so I'm forced to use edge. Anyone know if there's a list if cities up next? One can only hope....

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:09:17 +0000

Here in Canada I've never travelled anywhere that doesn't get 3G except inside the movie theater, where my iPhone claims to have an Edge connection yet will not do anything on the internet.. Then again movie theaters probably have signal blocks to prevent cellphone use.

But hey, even when I turn 3G off all day, I notice NO difference in battery at all. :/

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:56:35 +0000

I would rather use 3G, but where I live I don't get it. Only EDGE. The cities above me and below me both have 3G. I'm stuck in the middle.

By: Gerald Smith

Gerald Smith — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:54:31 +0000

I'm in the same boat as Drake. No 3G in my area, but when I do get into a 3G area...I love it. Even if Apple released another Edge only phone, I'd still get the 3G version. It's worth it.

By: frog

frog — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:52:37 +0000

Australia's 3G network is double the size of our largest GSM/EDGE network. So coverage is supurb here on 3G. I personally stick to EDGE though, since my battery struggles to last the day with 3G on! Pretty much everyone I know does the same. Most sites I view, are formatted for the iPhone - so load very quickly over EDGE. We also don't have unlimited data plans here, so the idea of a high speed always on network isn't as appealing.

By: Drake

Drake — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:47:55 +0000

I HATE EDGE. I have no choice but to use it. My area probably won't get it until there's a 10G out or until the world is a giant Wifi Hotspot.

But when I do go out of town to somewhere with 3G, I LOVE it. Of course, my battery dies faster than flies in a frog pond. And my iPhone gets REALLY hot. The radio starts working and never stops. Sometimes, I'm scared it's going to burn me.

But, yes, I am running on EDGE.

By: Jason D

Jason D — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:45:32 +0000

To show you how smitten I was with the iPhone last fall, I left Sprint's EVDO RevA in my area to go to AT&T 2G!

I use wireless in most places nearby and get 3G as soon as I head about 10 miles north. But not here! However, my 2G is rock solid. I can use my phone in the basement without a hitch.

Kankakee, IL (sixty miles outside of Chicago).

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:40:01 +0000

This sounds nuts to me. I am still using an iPhone 2g and edge is terrible. I'm usually around a wifi hotspot so it's not a HUGE concern but I often like to check product reviews while shopping or look up info at restaraunts where wifi is not available. Usually I'll pull out my sprint tp2 but the experience is awful. Evdo rev a runs circles around edge. It would be hard for me to imagine having a 3g phone and being forced to downgrade. Why pay the extra 10 a month for the 3g data plan?

By: Omari James

Omari James — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:28:35 +0000

They both have their advantages for people who have coverage . EDGE saves battery and is actually not bad when it comes to speed. 3G is faster and you can be on a phone call while using data. It depends on what my day looks like, If I'm going to be out the whole day, and won't have access to a plug, I'll stay on EDGE.

Other than the mishaps with 3G, I find my self sticking to either 3G or EDGE because of where Apple " hides " the 3G/EDGE switch. They should put it right under the Airplane Mode switch or put the " network " button on the main settings page.

Edge does seem to be the better choice since it saves battery.