iPhone 3gs Review

First off, I've never owned an iPhone previous to this one, so be easy, k? Thanks.

The iPhone 3gs is an amazing phone. Let's get on to what the s means. Speed.

I previously owned a Blackberry and the speeds between the two are quite substantial. Apps take around 2 seconds to load, while games will take around 5-8. There is no waiting with this phone. What really wowed me with its speed is the trimming tool for your videos. It's amazingly fast, and you can upload videos directly to youtube from your iPhone.

Now video quality. I understand that the camera angle in the video below is a bit weird, but you can still judge the quality of the video. For a phone, this is some great quality video. Great for vlogging and capturing randoms moments with your friends and such.




Let's move onto sounds quality. The speaker from the phone has some decent quality sounds. I wouldn't recommend this for listening to music, use the headphone that came with it. You can turn it up quite loud which is nice? What annoys me is that the speakers are located at the bottom of the phone (where you plug in the usb). Now the reason this annoys me the fact that if I'm playing a game and I have to hold the phone sideways, my fingers seems to block the speakers a little bit to where I slightly hear the sound of the game. Sometimes even blocking the sounda altogether.

Even though the battery life is a bit longer than the other iPhones, switching from a Blackberry to an iPhone, I noticed that the iPhone's battery life is quite short. It's fine if you just talk on the phone or text. But if you go about playing games, browsing the net and using applications, the iPhone's battery can be low 3/4 of the way through the day. Also, when playing games or taking video and trimming it, I notice the back of the iPhone can get really warm. I'm pretty sure most of you know by now that the 3gs has some overheating issues. Especially with the white casing on the back, which I have. I was going to buy the black one, but they were sold out. Anyways, if you do own the one with the white casing on the back, beware that parts of the white casing can turn green or brown. I have not yet experienced this and I really hope I don't.

A couple new features that they brought to the iPhone 3gs were the compass and the voice control. The compass is a neat feature, but I don't use it, but it's fun to play with from time to time. The voice control is a great feature too. I only use it for telling my phone to play music by a certain artist or when I'm driving. For example, to play a song by Lupe Fiasco, just say "Play songs by Lupe Fiasco." You have to be clear, the voice control can sometimes play a different artist. I'm not a fan of driving and talking on my phone at the same time, but if I need to make a phone call, the voice control feature comes in handy because I don't need to worry about looking for the contact in my phone. I simply say "Call Corey."

Overall the iPhone 3gs is fantastic. I don't recall the last time I could do pretty much anything from my phone. If you don't own an iPhone, go ahead and do yourself a favor and buy one. Go with the 3gs though. The video recording and the speed alone should win you over.

If you have and questions, post them in the comments and I'll try to answer them as soon as possible.