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"Amazing phone, would have paid $200, but can't beat $99" on by talya926
Pros: Battery life, apps, calendar, everything
Cons: Not very personable
Summary: I love this phone. I've owned Blackberry phones for about 4 years, and decided to buy a Droid from Verizon. I returned it within a couple weeks because the battery life was just terrible. They told me all smart phones with apps, games, touch screens, etc would have terrible battery life, but I needed a phone that I could rely on to be able to make a phone call at the end of the day. If I wanted a laptop for a phone, I would have bought a...wait a second, I already have a laptop, I want a cell phone!
Had for 5 months now, and still the best phone ever! I didn't charge it last night and the battery only went down 2%. I don't think I'll ever get tired of it because there's always new apps and software upgrades! I do like how the iPhone 4 looks, and could use a front facing camera for Skype, but I think this is the first phone I will actually keep until my contract is up :)
So I paid $200 to get out of Verizon and get an iPhone, and I love it! I have been at work for 6 hours today, and my battery is at 98%. I even have ios 4, which supposedly has worse battery life for the 3GS. But I have read about 10 emails, gone on gchat, played Words with friends with 4 friends, checked facebook, played chess, and still only down 2%! This is even comparable to my blackberry, that "had internet" but by the time the page loaded I didn't need it anymore.
All the apps are great. This thing is amazing. Oh, except you have to pay to make your own ringtones, which is always something I enjoyed being able to do for free on a Blackberry (edit song in GarageBand, export as MP3, send via bluetooth, and viola). But that's the ONLY negative about the iPhone.
And for those of you with ios 4 on 3GS with battery problems, I restored the phone from iTunes as a new phone after the AT&T rep set it up, and I make sure to quit applications if I've got like 15 open. Otherwise, I don't have to think twice about the battery!
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"Love this phone" on by BDawkFan
Pros: You can do everything with this phone. Music,photos, videos,and of course the hundreds of apps
Cons: The battery drains if you use the internet a lot, but what phone doesn't. No flash when taking photos
Summary: This is my first touch screen smartphone and I can say I have not been disapointed. I was going to get the iphone 4, but it has a lot a junk that I really don't need like facetime, I really don't need to see who I'm talking to. Overall I'm very happy with this phone
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"It's a good phone,but the new versions are better." on by joshster33309
Pros: It's faster than the 3G.
Cons: The volume rockers are hard to use with some cases.
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"i hated this phone" on by bullet1013
Pros: it looks cool
Cons: everything. mine crashed after just two hours of purchasing it
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"Purchased refurbished in May 2010 for $29 CDN" on by ChuckBartowski
Pros: - Inexpensive (cost me 29 bucks!)
- Integrates seamlessly with iTunes.
- Mobile internet on a 3.5" screen is awesomeCons: - Slow.
- A little too cute looking for this guy.Summary: So I got it from Fido in May 2010. It ran okay, then I updated the iOS in July. Ran like crap for a month. Then someone emailed S. Jobs about this issue that summer and weeks later Apple had released the update in late August which I downloaded, installed on my iPhone and behold - it fixed the issue. Why can't Microsoft ever do anything like that??? Any-hoo, it could be faster, but it's an old model now. Looking to replace it with a phone worthy of a man: a Blackberry.
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