iPhone4 - Page 5

divine · 09-06-2010, 06:47

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Originally Posted by Garp

Sure, but there is nothing to stop Apple / AT&T offering it in both modes, with the caveat that 3G won't compete with wireless for video quality

Well, there is the quite simple element that it would lack the polish the current version has. I think the decision is more down to Apple wanting a minimum quality level than anything else.

Burble · 09-06-2010, 07:07

I'd like get get a new iPhone, purely because I like shiny new things - there's nothing wrong with my 3GS.

There's no way I'll stay with O2 though and I don't want a new iPhone enough to buy myself out of the remaining 6 months of my O2 contract so I'll either upgrade around Christmas time when I switch back to Vodafone or go PAYG on Vodafone and keep the 3GS for another year.

Desmo · 09-06-2010, 07:12

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Originally Posted by Chuckles

The version of iOS4 which is GM and floating round the net works fine on my 3GS by the way.

Folders are fantastic

Folders do sound handy....once I can JB it I'm installing

LeperousDust · 09-06-2010, 11:17

It's the best they've made yet. And i'm impressed, the hardware seems nice, again nothing special, but nice looking etc... I'm almost interested

It's just some big problems still exist, one thing i think about now is bluetooth transfer anywhere. I guess i could jailbreak. Then theres the price, i just can't justify it when i'm hoping the android lot will get cheaper and/or even more polished hardware (HTC produce some nice stuff now i just hope they have to raise the bar).

Will · 09-06-2010, 16:23

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Originally Posted by Burble

I'd like get get a new iPhone, purely because I like shiny new things - there's nothing wrong with my 3GS.

There's no way I'll stay with O2 though and I don't want a new iPhone enough to buy myself out of the remaining 6 months of my O2 contract so I'll either upgrade around Christmas time when I switch back to Vodafone or go PAYG on Vodafone and keep the 3GS for another year.

What's up with O2? Just so I know so I don't renew my contract if they are a shambles....

Blighter · 09-06-2010, 16:58

Yeah, I've not had one issue with o2.

Burble · 09-06-2010, 17:29

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Originally Posted by Will

What's up with O2? Just so I know so I don't renew my contract if they are a shambles....

It's all based on personal experience so YMMV, but for me I find their 3G coverage shambolic, data throughputs crap, voice coverage patchy, customer service unhelpful, 'frequent' brief outages of data service and far too often for my liking all my incoming calls will go to voicemail for no reason that O2 can find.

LeperousDust · 09-06-2010, 17:36

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Originally Posted by Burble

It's all based on personal experience so YMMV, but for me I find their 3G coverage shambolic, data throughputs crap, voice coverage patchy, customer service unhelpful, 'frequent' brief outages of data service and far too often for my liking all my incoming calls will go to voicemail for no reason that O2 can find.

Agreed, o2 do the job, but they seem very basic and stretched. Everyone i talk to seems to hate t-mobile, but i used to actually get a decent stable 3g/3.5g stream with real throughput on my laptop, whereas i barely make anything now days... I'm looking at vodafone next in the interest of fairness

Mark · 09-06-2010, 21:31

O2's 3G network is significantly overstretched. That's the price everyone has paid for O2 giving iPhone almost 'free reign' on their network and then not planning for capacity to match.

Not sure about Vodafone. They always used to be expensive (IMHO) for what they offered - but did all of that end up with the shareholders, or did some of it get reinvested.

One would at least assume that living in their 'home town' ought to be an advantage.

Garp · 09-06-2010, 21:47

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Originally Posted by Mark

One would at least assume that living in their 'home town' ought to be an advantage.

PC World here did a fairly exhaustive test of all the wireless carriers. Strangely enough the fastest and most reliable connection they found was:

Right behind the Apple HQ, on the AT&T network.

Can't think why.

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Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I'd like get get a new iPhone, purely because I like shiny new things - there's nothing wrong with my 3GS. There's no way I'll stay with O2 though and I don't want a new iPhone enough to buy myself out of the remaining 6 months of my O2 contract so I'll either upgrade around Christmas time when I switch back to Vodafone or go PAYG on Vodafone and keep the 3GS for another year.

09-06-2010, 21:31	#49
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	O2's 3G network is significantly overstretched. That's the price everyone has paid for O2 giving iPhone almost 'free reign' on their network and then not planning for capacity to match. Not sure about Vodafone. They always used to be expensive (IMHO) for what they offered - but did all of that end up with the shareholders, or did some of it get reinvested. One would at least assume that living in their 'home town' ought to be an advantage.