Apple iPhone 3G Candy Bar Touchscreen 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ It's a MAC not a PC...

- GPS, Battery life, No Microsoft office

+ very tactile, easy to use and understand.

- no MMS, no video recording, very bad camera - battery life is very low - oh and it nearly got me a divorce cos its so hard to stop playing with it ;-)

+ The package is extremely good value for money, especially the unlimited ( within reason ) web browsing, which is a life saver at times. The phone is well built and rugged, although I recommend a case to prevent damage to the screen and easy to learn to use. It doesn't hurt to have a built-in ipod either which, to my mind, is still the industry-leading music player.

- The camera is, frankly, poor. This isn't something that bothers me as I usually have a 7MP digital camera with me when at work and don't take many pictures outside it, but be aware. Battery life is also an issue. Although the iPhone will get me through the day, the battery can become very low when using the iPod or making heavy use of the web browser.

+ Being able to see full websites instead of just WAP pages

- No Bluetooth, it would greatly enhance the enjoyment of the phone if you could share files via bluetooth. Also not being able to access the iTunes store unless your in a wifi area - that's very difficult - so I am unable to use make the most of the features which I purchased it for.

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- Battery life is awful.. You get 3 days of standby if your turn off 3g and wifi. If they are on you get 2 days max

+ Nice style, iconic

- No picture messaging, poor battery life

+ Thanks to the WiFi/3G you can truly have the internet in your pocket. The App store is amazing, there will be an application for whatever your need. Apple are constantly adding new features as well.

- All the great functionality does take it's toll on the battery but if you listen to music all day, use GPS, view email and surf the web what do you expect?

+ Well designed, good user interface and quality screen

- Poor software, no proper sat nav function, no mms support, short battery use life, no external memory option, no video record option, limited playback support for common audio and video formats.
Almost a great phone, but not quite !!

+ The vast array on software avaliable due to its open source platform.

- Not being able to add ringtones other than those which are in a particual format is annoying.

+ Easy to use software, no problems at all since version 2.1 of the software. Love the browser and email. App store is terrific, you can turn this phone into anything you want it to be. iPod functionality means this is a great multimedia device. Maps function with Google Earth and directions has been useful many times. My life is organised through Microsoft Outlook and this synchronises with it very well for calendar and contacts. Very polished interface. Despite the bad points I have listed, I like this phone better than any I have ever owned (roughly 15-20, I've lost count). I only got it because I got sick of waiting for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 to come out and don't regret it for a moment.

- No ability to forward texts, unable to selectively delete texts, no copy and paste of text, no video recording. Browser can be slow even over 3G. Can't run apps in the background and there is very little ability to personalise the interface.

+ the handset is easy to use, stylish and has a lot of useful features. The web browser is great (when you get a signal) and the ipod I use everyday.

- the phone often freezes and the fact you can't send photo messages is just daft. Sending emails is slow and difficult and the battery life is not enough. I am very dissapointed that the iphone is not anything close to what it could be.

+ Looks good and once familiar it is easy to use

- When this phone is on full volume in my pocket or bag I miss most calls it is far too quiet, even after a download tune and selected the loudest. Really annoying The battery is pants and rarely lasts half a day without needing charging - an impractical business tool coming from Blackberries.

+ The features & layout are great and access to emails, ebay etc is fantastic. The phone is really easy to use and navigate around. The applications is brilliant, especially as more and more are quickly becoming available, there is a wide range of application types which all add to the overall quirkiness of the phone. Many of these are free and others are pretty low cost.

- Battery runs down quickly if you use the phone a few times, so I charge it every night. There are still improvements to be made, like adding a zoom feature to the camera function. Also, the options for settings like ringtones, alarms & snooze times could be improved. Will be great if the skype application gets added. Occasionally the screen sticks but this isn't a major problem.

+ very easy to use the internet is fantastic and the look of the phone is great the text message lay out is cool and the ipod is a big bonus as are the other features like the calcmaps and so on

- not alot on the phone ie ring tones video call or any video at all ,games(unless you are willing to pay).also you dont get very much in the package like earphones and the instructions are very limited although after a week or so you learn your way around the phone yourself

+ Design, inclusive data contract means you can actually use all the functions. Mobile Me means you can actually use email on the phone without it resulting in separate email on multiple devices

- However Mobile Me is very prone to downtime and sync of appointments can be a problem. No ability to send pictures other than via email, no flash player - the usual iPhone problems listed on many web sites - but overall it works MUCH better than other smart phones I have used

+ web browsing and email

- Unable to view photos by text and unable to text photos. Also when talking on the phone the touch screen is still active, hence putting caller on hold or speaker phone etc.

+ the good thing is this Email

- camra

+ Touch screen. Stylish & compact. Good Internet use. Great music player. Good e-mail facility.

- You cannot forward SMS text messages. You cannot transfer/receive data via bluetooth from other mobile phones. No video capture facility. You cannot change themes or personalize SMS tones.

+ internet, ipod

- text messaging, call log

+ I could not live without this now, it syncs all my mac email and calendars, gives me films on the go, has tons of really great apps to download, just the best mobile device I have ever owned.

- Battery life could be better, but I ask it to do so much, it not surprising it runs out fairly quickly

+ Ease of use and functionality.

- Having to sinc with pc. Not able to send photos via SMS.

+ Fantastic and reliable product

- Battery life while browsing Internet

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- Battery Life is really poor, I have to have a charger with me everywhere.

+ web use with additional features

- battery life

+ everthing

- camera

+ Great range of applications available from iTunes App Store. Easy to use. Great having internet on the go. Music player and phone in one device.

- Dreadful battery life. No browser support for Flash and other movie formats. Can't use Recently Played features on songs/podcasts.

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- battery life, sometimes screen freezes.

+ The iPhone is the first to be better for my uses than my Treo 600 bought about 5 years ago.

- Lack of Flash and any sort of iWork functionality (for editing Pages or Numbers documents etc)

+ I can look at the Internet anywhere (just like writing this review). Loads of space to put loads of albums on! Also the extra software you can download is awesome. Overall it's designed exactly how you need a phone plus so much more. Excellent phone.

- only one that could be a turn off for some is the battery life when used on the net. When using anything else on the phone the life lasts fine, but due to the complexity of the Internet it takes a lot of power. Then again, on flight mode on my holiday travels the iPod on the phone played for hours without the battery dropping down 1 bar ;)

+ in theory it's amazing

- it crashies amost once a day. Battery late a day and a half. No copy paste

+ Pleasure to use overall, but hopefully Apple will release software updates to copy with some of the issues below.

- As expected it loses charge quickly if used a lot for data (emails, web browsing etc).
The screen is scratched / damaged easily.
No MMS support
No copy/paste functionality.
No support for bluetooth data transfer.
Poor camera, and no video capture.
No video calls despite 3g support.

+ It's easy to use

- cannot send or recive mms messages

+ its apple so straight away its a quality device.basic 2mp camera still delivers great shots. fantastic functions and features with the possibilty to get more from the itunes store.built in ipod!

- the battery life leaves a little to be desired

+ compact with different functions

- poor battery life, unfriendly keypad

+ Looks pretty

- Really slow in pushing email. No bluetooth. Low res pictures. Can't 'cut and paste'. Can't 'back space'. Can't 'select all'. Can't save drafts. Can't schedule tasks

+ Looks good but is not a serious piece of technology. Good for fun but not for business.

- Email arrives too randomly; Battery life terrible; sms & email editing terrible i.e., no cut and paste etc;

+ Design, ipod.

- Its not a true web browser i cant watch any flash videos, ie you cant watch any bbc website videos. The you tube feature is ok but it depends on the quality of video which has been uploaded to youtube, otherwise there is not much point. The sound at full volume distorts. The battery life is appalling if you use the net or pay a game. There are no instructions. You have to buy ring tones from apple.

+ the screen is slick

- the entry of texts can be painfully slow with letters taking several seconds to enter

+ Great internet access. Charges really quickly. Great predictive text. Looks good. Email is fantastic. The iphone has everything i could need in a compact stylish design. I couldnt live without it nw

- Speaker sound quality. sometimes crashes when on internet and is overloaded.

+ Email and web browsing

- It constantly needs charging - Battery like extremely poor.

+ Easy to use Looks good

- Poor battery life, while downloding Itune, I lost all data. So be careful Its a disaster

+ there are too many, I love my iPhone it's agazing
The camera takes good pics
You get you emails sent to you phone
Can go on Internet
Buy music and apps
Listen to music
Play some amazing game
Plus many more I can't think of right now

- can't change the home screen unless it's jailbroken
Can't write sideways in SMS
Bit slow sometimes

+ email, web browsing, app store, screen resolution, music player, photos and build quality

- battery life, lack of customisation, no video recording, no mms, no cut and paste, no flash, size of phone, ringtones and alerts are quiet.

+ Its very user friendly

- Battery Life needs improving

+ Stylish, range of features, sat nav linking in to contact details and ability to make call directly without having to input telephone number.

- Terrible battery life.
Have yet to get emails to work.

+ Has a wide range of apps e.g facebook, games ect. and other features wich other phones dont and looks great and is easy to use.Also being able to buy music on the go.

- Advances in some areas of phone technology but is lacking the basic functions which are standard with nearly all other phones for the last few years e.g bluetooth concetion with other phones, able to record video and send and recieve pics.

+ Very easy to use, superb design, excellent e-mail functions, clear music and it is sexy.

- camera not the best on the market, but hey it is only meant for snapshots not studio photography.

+ Lots of features

- Camera

+ Great design and great features. Very user friendly.

- The battery life when browsing.

+ easy email access

- no multimedia messages and no video camera very disappointed

+ it's classy over all it's g8 having it in my hand

- no Bluetooth access to other phone

+ The iPhone 3G is a great phone for everyone. It can really do everything. I receive emails whenever and wherever I am, the iPod use is an added plus. The App Store is also fantastic. Maps, Youtube and Weather are all really good applications. I am very pleased with my iPhone 3G

- The battery life is a bit poor though it may be because I am constantly using mine to listen to my music and play games which I have downloaded from the App store. The camera is good however not very useful in low light areas.

+ Great support from Apple, ease of use, connectivity

- Battery life

+ Very easy to use and set up. The large screen makes use very easy even when not wearing glasses. Absolutely fantastic 'phone although the battery life could be better, probably my fault as I use it a lot as an iPod. Hardly use my old iPod as the iPhone does everything. Excellent for receiving and making calls while using iPod.

- Software/download issues can arise when using the safari web browser.

+ the ease of use and the email are the best things about his phone

- the worst thing about the phone a the battery life t could be longer lasting

+ gadgets
size
organiser
interface

- short battery life
too simple camera (no zoom/flash)
no option of forwarding txt msg
small keypad- (at least there's predictive texting in different languages)

+ Ease of use, design, look, web,

- Worst point is lack of microsoft office document amendment ability. Needs mobile office suite. Battery is appalling. 3G still slow. no video facility,

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- Desperately needs MMS and proper bluetooth connectivity

+ easy to use. Keyboard is excellent and intuitive

- can't forward e mails

+ The best thing about this phone is that the phone is such a tiny section of what this machine is about. For keeping up with emails and web browsing on the go it's second to none, the gps has got me out of trouble many times, and the app store is amazing. Who'd have believed I could find resistor values on my phone?! And for FREE?!

- All that power does make battery life a bit of an issue though... it needs a full charge every day, sometimes a top up sooner.

+ it's easy to use and has great features

- no MMS

+ good 3g for internet use,good email, and telephone, apps store is very good

- sms has no multimedia cannot sen receive photos, or emotions
battery life is not good

+ Web browsing & music is great but the battery performance is awful. I need to recharge every day if I use the internet or bluetooth for over an hour at a time!

- No picture messaging and syncing can be difficult at times.

+ it's so easy to use

- honestly can't think of any

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- texting as it guesses all the words, good for english, hopeless for any other language!!!!!!!!

+ Very intuitive, brilliant for checking email and browsing the web, as well as making calls obviously!
Great applications can be easily downloaded to customise the phone - many are free.

- Battery life is atrocious - the worst performance of any phone I've had in the last 12 years!
Inability to send contacts is annoying.
Alarms / alerts don't work if phone is switched off which adds to battery woes.

+ Excellent, working with outlook and coorinate using mobileme

- Slow at times when you press an icon

+ I love the web browser, and obviously the ipod features. The fact that the genius feature has been ported is, well, genius!

- Constantly crashing! Some apps like last fm are fantastic but suffer from poor software.

+ Music and web browsing are very good. Syncronisation is fantastic

- Not user friendly but adorable once you are used to it. Limited text message options. The fact that you can read all of a contact's messages (received and sent) on one screen is appalling. There is no separate menu for inbox, draft, sent messages, outbox, saved messages etc. Sound isn't loud and sound quality isn't state of the art for its hype. Love it though.

+ Good design, nice user interface, lots of useful features, lots of applications available

- No MMS facility

+ Email push, proper internet, apps

- Camera, battery life, no picture messaging,

+ Great design and ease of use.

- Short Battery life, can't send or recieve picture messages, no video camera. A few memory leak problems.

+ e-mail web browsing i-pod

- you cannot forward e-mails this is a joke
camera is dredfull
it can stall when opening things

+ Good integration with Facebook, iTunes and Applications. Love the remote application! Good design and very robust. Dropped it a couple of times accidentally and it doesn't seem to have damaged.

- Battery life is still poor even after the update. Because of the finish on the phone, it attracts a lot of fingerprints though.

+ The iPhone is an amazing piece of engineering, the looks are incredible and the things it can do are completely breath taking. It's so easy to use from the moment it's turned on and it's so handy to have everything in one pocket iPod, Phone and camera.

- The sound quality as usual with the whole Apple iPod family isn't brilliant, which is very frustrating for how much it costs. The sound chips they put in their products need upgrading. The camera is very bad, in the day it's 'ok' and the colours are brilliant but unless you have the right lighting conditions it's terrible. The camera needs a flash and an anti-shake built in.

+ Great intuitive user interface

- Poor battery life and few compatible peripheral devices so far

+ Big screen, great touch screen, great internet and email, is an ipod as well.

- no video recording, no forwarding texts or numbers, no multimedia messaging, cant use your music as a ringtone, poor battery life.

+ Great smart phone with online web browsing the truest yet - email connectivity is good and accessing the internet over wifi is real easy to setup - music is easy to use and of good quality and the interface is the easiest and sexiest to use by far

- Battery life doesn't last too long if you surf often - bluetooth is limited to using handsfree (no file transfer etc) and no MMS...no flash for the camera either..

+ fantastic execution of a phone and music device combo with
stunning Apple design.

- battery life could me better and 3g reception is patchy.

+ It is so stylish, easy to use, versatile

- Camera is rubbish, battery is not wonderful

+ Just because it has everything I need in one superb design

- the battery life ain't good, not surprising considering what it does
I expected the camera to be improved over the 1st generation

+ very good upgadeability via application store

- doesnt record video, camera quality could be better (only 2MP) iv had cheaper phones with better camera's

+ it's beautiful and easy to use

- gprs doesn't work in mid Norfolk, the diary doesn't link with contacts (which is really annoying)

+ everyone loves it
So fun to play with
Good email access
Cool game downloads

- rubbish keyboard for texting
Why doesn't it bluetooth?
I want cool ringtones

+ Stylish, easy to use.

- Battery life is poor