iPhone

Find out what journalists are saying about the new iPhone 3GS.

Changes make an already marvelous device that much better

Ed Baig (usatoday.com) applauds the new iPhone 3GS he’s been testing for more than a week. “You can now dial by saying a name or number aloud.” Or even pick songs to play “by issuing voice commands.” He notes that “shooting video on the iPhone is dirt simple.” And he enjoys the ability to “shoot in portrait or landscape mode” and to edit and email or upload video to YouTube of MobileMe” right from iPhone 3GS.

iPhone 3GS “the finest iPhone Apple has made”

In his 4.5 (out of 5) mouse review, Jason Snell (macworld.com) points out that the iPhone 3GS offers “a major step forward in terms of the iPhone’s technological underpinnings,” one that results in “indisputably faster device, not just at some tasks, but at every task.” And in detailing the many new features it introduces, Snell concludes that iPhone 3GS “is still leading the pack, in most cases by a wide margin.

iPhone 3GS the “best all-around smartphone available”

“Once you start using it,” Jason Chen (gizmodo.com) reports, “the speed of the iPhone 3GS will amaze you.” He notes that “Safari, Email, Camera all load noticeably faster than on the iPhone 3G.” In fact, “even “booting the phone takes about half the time.” And “apps with long load times, like Sims 3, Oregon Trail or Metal Gear Touch all show how much faster you get up and running on the new” iPhone 3GS.

iPhone 3GS “the best iPhone yet”

“Everything works flawlessly,” says Bob LeVitus (chon.com) of the new iPhone 3GS. “The camera takes better pictures. The video quality is amazing for a phone and the editing and sharing features are superb.” And iPhone OS 3.0 delivers “more than 100 new features“ — such as global Cut, Copy, and Paste, global search, a landscape keyboard, and Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe — that are available to all existing iPhone customers.

iPhone 3GS “the gold standard for smartphones”

In his review of iPhone 3GS, analyst Michael Gartenberg (gartenblog.net) says that the latest iPhone model “raises the bar for smartphone features and performance,” calling it the “best performing phone I have ever used.” From its “greater memory capacity” to its improved battery life, the iPhone 3GS takes “the platform to the next level,” he says, “delivering a powerful updated experience” that “once again sets the standard for the competition.”