July 8th, 2008
Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper
The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you’d expect, he loves the “between three and five times as fast” 3G networking, “wireless synchronization with corporate email” and the App Store which gives iPhone 3G “a chance to become a true computing platform with wide versatility.”
It’s not without its negatives though. Mossberg chides Apple for the iPhone 3G battery drain which is “much more quickly” than the iPhone 2G and the fact that it’s sealed and “can’t be replaced with a spare.” He also takes AT&T to task for “jacking up its monthly fee” leading to a higher Total Cost of Ownership.
Bottom line: If you’ve been waiting to buy an iPhone until it dropped in price, or ran on faster cell networks, you might want to take the plunge, if you can live with the higher service costs and the weaker battery life. The same goes for those with existing iPhones who love the device but crave faster cellular data speeds. But if you already own an iPhone, and can usually use Wi-Fi for data, you probably should hold off and get the free software upgrade before deciding whether it’s worth getting the new hardware.
Read Mossberg’s full review at the WSJ and/or watch his video review embedded above.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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