3G iPhone

I picked up my iPhone 3G this morning. There’s been mixed reports of how people got on with most people managing to get something. As a rule it seems to be that O2 Retail stores got 30-50 iPhones with about a quarter of them 16 GB models. O2 Franchise stores seemed to get less than … Continue reading “3G iPhone”

I picked up my iPhone 3G this morning. There’s been mixed reports of how people got on with most people managing to get something. As a rule it seems to be that O2 Retail stores got 30-50 iPhones with about a quarter of them 16 GB models. O2 Franchise stores seemed to get less than 10 iPhones. And Carphone Warehouse didn’t get any at all.

I’m not going to bore anyone with unboxing, just relevant detail.

  • Swapping over the SIM made everything work really easily.
  • The old iPhone, without SIM, is essentially an iPod touch. You don’t need another SIM.
  • Syncing the OS2.0 units takes a long time. A lot longer than the OS1.0 units.
  • The black back picks up fingerprints easily. Buy a case. Why risk it.
  • There were no white units in stock anywhere.
  • O2 staff have infinite patience.
  • 3G is as fast as my home WiFi.
  • GPS works. Though not so well on the ground floor of a 2-storey building.

Did you get yours?

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0 thoughts on “3G iPhone”

  1. When I can buy, I want white.

    1) To have an In Your Face Statement: Yeah, I’ve got an *iPhone 3G*, you chump! Put away that pathetic Centro!

    2) That fingerprint thing

    3) Also the 16GB!

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