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Apple iPhone Review
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Apple iPhone Review
A legend is born or ...A legend is born or ...
Published on: 29 June, 2007 by PhoneArena Team
Performance:
The UI on the iPhone is wonderful. It is responsive, quick, and accurate thanks to a 620MHz ARM processor in the iPhone. There were occasional hang-ups with typing when using Safari but this was rare and not repetitive.
Sound quality is rather lacking and for a phone at this price. There were times where both parties had a problem hearing the other even when signal was good. There were moments where volume was an issue. Some of the issues experienced were hissing sounds, static, echoing, and just overall low volume. Hissing occurred on both end occasionally but more so on the other party’s line. If the iPhone was moved too far away or positioned just right, then the party on the other end would have a hard time understanding us. Echoing occurred two times and this was experienced on the other end. Low volume was only an issue with the iPhone. After asking the other party to adjust their headset or raise their volume, they would try a combination of the two but with no avail.
Apple claims that the battery lasts for 8 hours of talk time, 24 hours of listening to music, seven hours of watching videos, six hours of surfing the internet, and 10.4 days of standby time. During our tests, the battery managed to last right around 6.5 hours of continuous talk time. When making a call, the screen will be visible but once held up to you head, the screen will turn off. Signal strength is, well, all over the place. While the iPhone did pickup signal in plenty of places, it kept jumping around at times, even when held in the same manner and in the same spot.
Conclusion:
So, has the iPhone lived up to the stellar hype? Yes and no: the interface is just wonderful. It is much better than I had expected it to be and much more user friendly. Features, such as Google maps, YouTube, and iPod, are just wonderful features added onto this. All this and the phone manages to stay very slim and not too large.
Now, the bad part is that there are many features that are missing. 3G, MMS, A2DP, video recording, voice recording, voice dialing, and flash are just a shame to see missing on a phone this nice and this expensive. Call quality and signal strength has been an issue as well, and not just to us but the public too.
With that, we end with mixed feelings. While the iPhone is just remarkable in what it does, the lack of key features may be a turn off for some users.
The UI on the iPhone is wonderful. It is responsive, quick, and accurate thanks to a 620MHz ARM processor in the iPhone. There were occasional hang-ups with typing when using Safari but this was rare and not repetitive.
Sound quality is rather lacking and for a phone at this price. There were times where both parties had a problem hearing the other even when signal was good. There were moments where volume was an issue. Some of the issues experienced were hissing sounds, static, echoing, and just overall low volume. Hissing occurred on both end occasionally but more so on the other party’s line. If the iPhone was moved too far away or positioned just right, then the party on the other end would have a hard time understanding us. Echoing occurred two times and this was experienced on the other end. Low volume was only an issue with the iPhone. After asking the other party to adjust their headset or raise their volume, they would try a combination of the two but with no avail.
Apple claims that the battery lasts for 8 hours of talk time, 24 hours of listening to music, seven hours of watching videos, six hours of surfing the internet, and 10.4 days of standby time. During our tests, the battery managed to last right around 6.5 hours of continuous talk time. When making a call, the screen will be visible but once held up to you head, the screen will turn off. Signal strength is, well, all over the place. While the iPhone did pickup signal in plenty of places, it kept jumping around at times, even when held in the same manner and in the same spot.
Conclusion:
So, has the iPhone lived up to the stellar hype? Yes and no: the interface is just wonderful. It is much better than I had expected it to be and much more user friendly. Features, such as Google maps, YouTube, and iPod, are just wonderful features added onto this. All this and the phone manages to stay very slim and not too large.
Now, the bad part is that there are many features that are missing. 3G, MMS, A2DP, video recording, voice recording, voice dialing, and flash are just a shame to see missing on a phone this nice and this expensive. Call quality and signal strength has been an issue as well, and not just to us but the public too.
With that, we end with mixed feelings. While the iPhone is just remarkable in what it does, the lack of key features may be a turn off for some users.
Pros
- Innovative and responsive interface
- Large, vivid 3.5” touch display
- Sleek design
- The best iPod seen to date
Cons
- Many key features missing (3G, MMS, video calling, voice notes, voice dialing, phonebook search)
- Non-removable battery
- Signal strength and sound quality issues
- AT&T only!
PA rating 
- Excellent
- out of 10
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