First iPhone 3G Reviews

Walt Mossberg / AllThingsD

- "it mostly keeps its promises."
- "more capable version of an already excellent device"
- Battery drained much more quickly using 3G
- Greatly improved audio, much louder speaker
- Data speeds 3-5x faster than original iPhone
- Better voice coverage with 3G. "At my neighborhood shopping center,
where the first iPhone got little or no AT&T service, the iPhone 3G
registered strong coverage."

Edward Baig / USA Today

- "iPhone 3G: The Sequel, is worth the wait."
- Still no recording video, no stereo bluetooth or voice dialing
- Supports PowerPoint attachments; mass move or delete multiple e-mail
messages
- 10-30 seconds to load popular websites on 3G.
- GPS was very accurate
- Speaker sounded better for both speakerphone and music.
- "started receiving low battery warnings toward the end of a busy
work day; I found myself charging the device overnight, the same as
with the older iPhone."

David Pogue / NYTimes

- Sound is much improved. "In fact, few cellphones sound this good."
- Feels better in your hand due to the curved back
- "According to Apple, the iPhone’s G.P.S. antenna is much too small
to emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle,
for example."
- No voice dialing, video recording, copy/paste, memory card slot,
Bluetooth stereo, MMS
- "the really big deal is the iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store,
neither of which requires buying a new iPhone."

4phun

Same as above.
Voice dialing and Video Recording are iPhone add on applications if
you need them.