iPhone 3GS announced!
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The Apple iPhone 3G S also comes with a better camera – 3-megapixel unit with auto-focus – tap on the object you want to focus (just as the HTC Touch Pro2). Macro mode is also available for shooting as close as 10centemeters. Low light image quality is also said to be improved. It also captures video in VGA resolution and at 30fps - the clips can be edited directly on the phone and easily shared with MMS (AT&T will not support it initially).
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The iPhone 3G S looks identical to the standard 3G |
The new iPhone 3G S will look identical to the current 3G model, with a glossy plastic back.
It will also feature digital compass and come with an app for it. Other new feature is the Voice Control - hold the menu button and the voice control menu will appear. You can ask the phone what song is playing, ask it to play similar music or a specific track you like, or call somebody by name. iPhone 3G S also comes with a hardware encryption. It will also offer improved battery life (5 hours of 3G talk time, 9 hours of Wi-Fi internet) and will come in 23% smaller packaging, to be eco-friendly.
Apple iPhone 3G S will be available as soon as June 19th, 2009. It will cost $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model, both available in either black or white. The current iPhone 3G 8GB will remain available for $99.
Of course, it will run on the iPhone 3.0 OS, which also brings a lot of new features (to name a few, stereo Bluetooth, MMS, tethering, turn-by-turn navigation, push notifications, more intelligent accessories). You can check our preview of the 3.0 OS here and the new features announced today here.
Apple iPhone 3G S Specifications
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101 Comments
94. thebigguy (unregistered) posted on 12 Jun 2009, 19:52 0 0
Seriously....did you not read the Specs of the phone. IT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL I-PHONE WITH, so what they added a little be more speed to it. In my opinion it is like putting a V-Tech engine in a '88 DX CIVIC. WOW. I would much rather wait for the phone that supports PICTURE MAIL!!!! But you can have fun camping out with all the other I-aholics for the same phone that ATT already carries.
3. SwagR posted on 08 Jun 2009, 14:31 0 0
They sure did...sell the same phone to the same people every year...Steve Jobs for president! :-S Guess i can scratch this of my list of wants...waiting my Omnia HD....
5. iammclovin804 posted on 08 Jun 2009, 14:48 0 0
same phone? twice as fast, better camera, compass. how is it the same phone? ignorant.
10. E.N. posted on 08 Jun 2009, 15:31 0 0
I have to honestly say that I was pretty let down. I forgot to keep in mind that all these rumors we've been reading were just rumors. I expected video chat and an OLED Screen. I also wanted a new design. But $199 for significantly increased internet speed, 16gig of memory, increased ram speed, better camera capabilities like touch to focus, video capture (and editing right on the phone!! I think that's so cool), increased battery life, universal search that in my opinion is superior to that of the pre, etc. Plus I can get all those other features offered by 3.0 OS like copy, cut, paste, voice memo, and mms (even though these should have been offered years ago). But also new stuff like peer connectivity, turn-by-turn gps directions, youtube login, (hopefully commenting too), and the best part is all the new applications that will be developed with the new APIs. I've gotten over the lack of video chat and an OLED screen, but I'm still a little disappointed that the design is still the same. But I guess thats what other comapnies do. Like the similar-looking curves and the upcoming storm with touch sensitive buttons and the voyager will look only a litle different. But, anyways its not like the iphone 3G was really ugly anyways so....
14. SwagR posted on 08 Jun 2009, 15:51 0 0
I completely agree....it seem like everyone else is either blind or just ignorant...
29. paulb09 posted on 08 Jun 2009, 17:58 0 0
The Omnia HD is probably the only phone I'd choose over the iPhone, but considering I'll use Internet a lot more than calls and texts, the O2 deal for the iPhone is better value to me than the Omnia HD on Orange.
44. phillipxenxciel posted on 08 Jun 2009, 20:10 0 0
im getting a omnia hd~~alrdy pre order it, but u cant say they r selling the same phone, they got the point of ppl care about OS, software wide then a new looks, i was pretty amazed with the guide video, iphone was alrdy smooth and fast, they made it even faster, and they put exactry what ppl were asking for, thats a smart move~~i will still get my omnia hd though, my itouch can get 3.0 OS, it does the job
95. thebigguy (unregistered) posted on 12 Jun 2009, 19:54 0 0
Why...I was just looking at the upcomming Sprint phones, their DASH looks like a better phone? But I guess we shall see. The Omnia does look pretty sweet though.
96. thebigguy (unregistered) posted on 12 Jun 2009, 20:10 0 0
*Cough Cough* Plam PRE *Cough Cough*
97. thebigguy (unregistered) posted on 12 Jun 2009, 20:29 0 0
OHHH A COMPAS!!!!!!! I think i Want it NOT!!!!!! The phone is the same. The camera still sucks, so does the phone. Even better, better camera BUT alas still no PIC MAIL OR FLASH!!!!!! LAMES
4. Jyakotu posted on 08 Jun 2009, 14:48 0 0
16GB for $199 is a steal for some. And getting an 8GB iPhone 3G seems like a good deal for all.
6. driv14 posted on 08 Jun 2009, 14:59 0 0
swagr your an idiot.. take the time to read the article and notice the substantial differences between the current iphone and the iphoneS.. its not the same device @ all.. all of the main reasons people have been saying the iphone is a bad device are being eliminated..
13. SwagR posted on 08 Jun 2009, 15:49 0 0
If any other manufacturer put the a tiny bit of difference in the same shell for 3 years y'all would be upset...but because its apple its the best thing...thats just stupid...u add 1MPX to the cam, a few more mhz to the processor, a few more GBs, a compass and a S to the name and put this in the same shell, same screen, same battery etc and call it a new phone??? does that make sense?? Let nokia add all that to a N95 and i bet y'all wud be throwing more flames than the new transformers movie....The iphone has a lovely UI but thats where it ends...say capacative screen...every manufacturer is doing that...multi touch..getting common also...i hope it can multi task finally....the hardware is still weak..just admit that...get off steve jobs nuts...
32. matistight posted on 08 Jun 2009, 18:17 0 0
APPLE WILL NEVER GO TO VERIZON! WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IPHONE IS? A RAZR?!?! IF YOU DIE, COME BACK, DIE AGAIN, AND COME BACK AGAIN...THEY MIGHT HAVE IT... BUT KEEP WISHING FOR A VERIZON IPHONE! plus you have the blackberry storm, arent you satisfied with the worst invention since the slide on case for the iphone?(scratches it up more than you would to begin with)
