Why the iPhone 3G Is a King and a Beggar at the Same Time

Apple’s iPhone 3G, officially announced only two days ago, on June 9, will almost surely be one of the most popular mobile devices of this year and probably next year too. I’m saying this because the handset offers even more than what the first-generation iPhone does and we all know that the latter is a huge commercial success.


Coming with the slogan “Twice as fast, half the price”, the iPhone 3G is, indeed, a lot faster than the previous iPhone when it comes to data transfer speeds and Web browsing. That’s thanks to the tri-band 3G / HSDPA connectivity, of course (which, according to many, should have been included in the iPhone from the beginning).

Aside from 3G, the new iPhone also brings internal GPS, A-GPS, App Store access, support for Microsoft Exchange, a longer battery lifetime and an overall improved design. Added to the features already existent in the first iPhone, the new ones make iPhone 3G worthy to be called king (of all mobile devices, if you will).

But before you hurry up and bestow this kind of title on iPhone 3G, you should also know about the aspects that pretty much make the handset a beggar and not a king.
1. The “MMS curse” that was present with the first iPhone has stuck to the iPhone 3G too. Therefore, the iPhone 3G is, like the first-generation handset, not capable of sending and receiving MMS. I’m no MMS specialist (if I may say so myself), but how hard can it be to make a mobile device capable of sending and receiving these types of messages? The vast majority of phones currently on the market can do that. So why is it that the iPhone 3G can’t do it?

Source : news.softpedia.com

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