Comments on: TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G App Launch Battle Royal!

By: sally

sally — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:05:43 +0000

thanks for your sharing!!

By: BUY DVDS

BUY DVDS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:51:08 +0000

Is the picture above you, how it is blank, the picture shows the error.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:08:09 +0000

@xdrylandx Fair enough. I understand your point of view. I believe I use my iPhone a good amount but maybe not as much as you. It is a matter of perspective taken by the viewpoint of the user on this topic and it seems we have a good representation of both sides in this thread. It's just annoying when "Joe" up there acts intolerant of the people who disagree with him that I find annoying.

By: xdrylandx

xdrylandx — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:47:26 +0000

@Mike.. it really just depends on how heavy of a user you are. I started not to upgrade but I'm glad I did. Jumping in and out of apps is so much easier. This is the way the iphone is supposed to be. I've been putting my "i" through the wringer since launch day to see what I could break. Nothing yet.

If you aren't a heavy user, don't upgrade. If you are, it's mandatory.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:09:11 +0000

Hey Joe, some of us think before we buy and decided the phone is not worth the upgrade, GET OVER IT!

Not all of us are so in love with the phone that we must spend our money on it even though it's advantages are minor. Funny how some people have to rag on others to justify to themselves what they bought.

By: Joe McG

Joe McG — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:18:25 +0000

The whining over the price of the 3GS needs to stop. WE GET IT. YOU ARE BROKE AND CAN'T AFFORD A NEW PHONE.

@Rene

Can you do some battery lifetime tests between the 3G and the 3GS??

By: Sainte

Sainte — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:11:58 +0000

Yeah its all nice and good, but unless I happen upon alot of extra spending money, I just don't see the need to upgrade now. Next's years iphone should be a killer

By: nondual

nondual — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:05:01 +0000

love your reviews. among the better ones out there the non-reloading browser pages is def. a big plus! thanks for testing this!

By: JDM

JDM — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:26:29 +0000

Hey Rene...

Can you do a test with Docs to Go and Quick Office? PLEEEEEASE

By: Cobra302

Cobra302 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:05:00 +0000

good comparisons, but as some have already stated, i just dont see enough to justify an upgrade.

By: Adller

Adller — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:13:36 +0000

Really fast !

By: MRidgeway

MRidgeway — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Good job Rene! The 3GS is fast, but still not worth paying more than the sub. price. Can you imagine what the 4 gen phone will be like? I'm hoping with that phone we at least get a real upgrade.... Come on 2010

By: frog

frog — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:18:32 +0000

Good job Rene. I'm more and more interested in the 3Gs as each little "upgrade" comes to light, it seems now - a few weeks later - like a bigger update than it seemed initially.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:14:38 +0000

Rene great job with the video. From using my 3GS for a few days, the difference is staggering. With push mail, safari with 6 tabs, ipod on, I still can play star defense or open heavy apps with ease with no lag AT ALL. To the people who think 3GS is not an upgrade, use it for a few days and trust me, you'll change your mind.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:57:38 +0000

The more video comparisons I see on your blog, the more I want the 3G S I'm almost starting to think my 3G is outdated...

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:52:27 +0000

hmmm...cool but not yet worth shelling out the extra coin for a few seconds of more star wars playing time and a compass.

let me know when next gen comes.

By: Airbrushkid

Airbrushkid — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:25:39 +0000

I have a 3G and EA's Need for Speed was 2 seconds faster opening then your 3G S. Why would that be? No 2 phones are a like?

By: icebike

icebike — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:12:30 +0000

Definitely the 3Gs is faster, especially if you have a big nasty App in the mix. It seems to take only one of those screws up lots of other apps.

I was amazed that some apps were virtually identical. What about those apps we use most often, such as mail (and for Rene, a twitter app)? I can put up with an occasional dog, as long as the dog is not in my hourly list of things to do.

I wonder if the APP store should start warning users about those apps that really don't work well on the 3G?

By: Forte

Forte — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:09:28 +0000

Yeah may not seem like much but during the time I had the 3g it lagged sometimes I have not noticed that with the s. It's quicker at loading and doesn't get bogged down.

By: sting7k

sting7k — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:59:35 +0000

Can you post a video launching some heavy use apps. Msgs, mail, safari, phone, a list, notes, news/rss etc. Also how those apps perform such as going into landscape mode in the key apps and such.

I like the gaming performance.

By: tkd27

tkd27 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:58:29 +0000

The Sims was a great comparison. I played it on my first gen a lot - when I started it up on my 3G S... wow is all I can say.

I also did my own test with the web browser last night. I had open seven pages, including a javascript heavy page that used to crash my browser a lot on OS 2.something. Then, with those seven pages open, I clicked a youtube link off one, watched the video and came back. All seven windows still loaded I am psyched about this.

By: john

john — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:51:01 +0000

Dude the banner on the bottom covered your mouth, it looks weird, zoom out more

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:44:53 +0000

Don't be rude. It's not acceptable.
I almost never play games, but a large portion of the audience does.
I included apps like PCalc to show the 3G S launches those twice as fast.
Many people use browsers so I included that ;)

By: nz

nz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:39:26 +0000

u can get numeric battery in 3g...just jailbrake

By: sting7k

sting7k — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:24:12 +0000

Still can't decide, keeping 3G for now.

By: Dmys

Dmys — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:13:02 +0000

Ummm....... most of the apps didn't seem that much faster. Definitely waiting for the next gen.

By: Drake

Drake — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:49 +0000

Way to diss the 3G...

By: wolfmore

wolfmore — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:59:10 +0000

Yeah the 3GS has lots of new cool features that are not obvious...like the numeric battery which I believe is only available on the 3GS and not the 3G running 3.0. For sure I hope TiPB does a Top Non-Obvious 3GS Features list.

By: John

John — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:58:07 +0000

The games on iPhone are boring, and the touch controls just suck

By: Glenn_CO

Glenn_CO — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:43:36 +0000

Great comparison? Not! So the 3GS is a good for games. Boring. Good thing I don't use my phone to play games. The person who did this review loves his games.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:30:18 +0000

oh I didn't know 3GS can keep more pages open!! That's awesome!! >_> Man the more I look at this thing the more badly I want it.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:28:07 +0000

Great comparison ! Hope i'll be able to get a 3G S on launchdate here (june 26th)

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:18:11 +0000

The narration was both amazing and incredibly annoying. hahaha