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8.2 out of 10 based on 88 reviews.

Apple iPhone 3GS (32GB): Smartphone with 3MP camera, Touchscreen and 62.1 x 115.5 display. See full product description

Ease of use	8.9
Features	9.0
Battery life	5.8
Design	8.6
Value for money	7.4
Overall rating	8.2

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Chris, Rochdale Music and entertainment lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: It is fantastic, so easy to use. There are loads of available apps that are free to download and play and the ones that are not free are not expensive at all. The music player is fantastic and the resolution if you want to watch movies is high def. You can use Safari to surf the internet, either from a wi-fi hotspot, or using the built in 3G capabilities. The phone is clear and the texting is easy with the touch qwerty keyboard!! All in all, this is a great phone!
Bad points:: The only real drawback of the i-phone 3GS 32gb is the battery life. Particularly as it is so much fun, you want to play on it, using the apps, or the internet, this, unfortunately really drains the battery and I quite often need to charge it once a day. Having said that, it wouldnt put me off the phone, i really like it!

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	2.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

Was this review helpful? 7 of 7 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 31 May 2010

Adam, Bordon Basic text and chat user

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: It is an excellent product which has all but replaced my laptop.

The UI is beautiful
Bad points:: The battery life is appalling.
The content is over protected, is cannot Bluetooth sound files, etc
The Bluetooth is hard to use and frequently won't pair with other devices

Ease of use	8.0
Features	7.0
Battery life	3.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	7.0

Was this review helpful? 3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 31 May 2010

Confirmed purchaser Style and looks come first

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: The phones performs tremendously well as a phone, but it is the apps which stand this piece of kit apart from the competition. What ever you can think of there is an app for it.
Bad points:: The only negative is that because it is such a good bit of kit you use it for everything meaning the battery doesn't last much more than 36 - 48 hours.

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	5.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 31 Mar 2010

Shahid. , Nottingham Basic text and chat user

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: It's all most v good but batry life to short
Bad points:: Batry

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

Was this review helpful? 2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 29 May 2010

Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: Looses signal - sometimes during a call.

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	7.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 Apr 2010

helen, leeds Basic text and chat user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: fantastic phone, great for checking email on the go .....
Bad points:: only that battery life is not too good

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	5.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 19 Sep 2010

GERARD, EPSOM Basic text and chat user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Convenient, easy to use
Bad points:: battery life is not good, battery drains very quickly

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	6.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

Was this review helpful? 1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 01 May 2010

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Product Features

Operating system	iOS
Software on which the device runs
Type of phone	Smartphone
Smartphones are phones with mobile computing systems and the ability to perform complex processes such as image and video capture and app downloads.
Shape of phone	bar
Mobile phones come in a variety of shapes: the most common is the bar (or ‘candy bar’) a rectangular block shape. Other common forms are the ‘slider’, which elongates when one section is slid out from the other and ‘flip’, where the two sections of the phone are hinged.
3G	Yes
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen or keypad	Touchscreen
Touchscreen phones do not have physical buttons, instead you can dial numbers and type texts using equivalent numeric and QWERTY keypads on the screen. Numeric and QWERTY keypad phones have buttons to allow you to dial number and write texts.
Connections	USB

Connections	Bluetooth

Connections	WiFi

Extra functions	Email

Extra functions	Camera

Extra functions	Flash

Extra functions	Satellite navigation

Band	Quad
Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	62.1

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	115.5

Camera resolution (MegaPixels)	3
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Talk time (Hours)	12
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Stand-by time (Days)	12.5

Depth in cm	1.23

Height in cm	11.55
The distance from the very top of the product to the very bottom.
Width in cm	6.21

Memory card slot	No
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Autofocus	Yes
Weight (g)	135
The weight of the product in grams.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
FM tuner	No
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom.
MP3 playback capable	Yes

HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)	Yes
Java	No
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
Release date	2009-12-29
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB, Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB, Apple e 3GS 32GB, apple iphone-3g-s-32gb

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Manufacturer's Description

iPhone 3GS. Now with even more to love.
Keep applications open in the background. Organise your apps with folders. Shop for books in the iBookstore. The 8GB iPhone 3GS takes advantage of all the great features of iOS 4.

Multitasking
Now you can run your favourite third-party apps — and switch between them instantly — without slowing down the performance of the foreground app or draining the battery unnecessarily. So you can listen to a football game while emailing. Or receive a VoIP call while playing a game.1

Folders
Drag and drop to organise apps into folders on your Home screens and get fast access to your favourites.

iBooks
More than a full-colour ebook reader, iBooks is also an amazing place to browse and shop for books anytime you feel like it.2 It works with PDFs that you can sync using iTunes on your Mac or PC. And you can customise iBooks to suit the way you read — adjust the brightness, change the text size and more.

Phone
On iPhone, making a call is as simple as tapping a name or number. And Visual Voicemail lets you play messages in any order — just like email.

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