Due out on July 11th is a mobile phone destined to be the crown jewel of O2's product range. But can it really be that good? C an the Apple iPhone 3G really beat all other mobile phones?



Apple iPhone 3G - just look at the features!

On June 9th, a product was released that made fans of mobile phones and Apple lovers especially, go gaga with excitement. It was nearly a year since the first iPhone had been unveiled, and now, the newest version was announced. It's due to be released, on O2, in July. But how does this new Apple iPhone 3G differ from other mobile phones? Well, first of all, it has an awesome 3.5 inch touchscreen, meaning that all the slick features and powerful functions are available, quite literally, at your fingertips. And what control you have, as the Apple iPhone 3G is only the second handset in the world of mobile phones to be built around the amazingly intuitive Apple OS-X. Only one other mobile phone came before it, and that was the original iPhone.

You may remember that there was a certain amount of criticism levelled at the original iPhone. Other mobile phones have more features, they said, other mobile phones do more than it. And at the time, in spite of the amazing interface, they were right. Other mobile phones DID outperform the iPhone, although, that's going to be harder to do with the Apple iPhone 3G, arriving soon on O2. The main thing that the first iPhone lacked was 3G, and that was where other, more established mobile phones beat it. That's not a problem now, however, because the Apple iPhone 3G, as the name suggests, joins the world of mobile phones that DO have 3G. And crikey is it fast, since it uses HSDPA, allowing you to connect to the internet at up to 3Mbps. On top of that, you have GPS, and we should all know how useful and invaluable that is!

Apple iPhone 3G - is it really that good?

After the all the hype, is the Apple iPhone 3G really the new hope for mobile phones? Is it REALLY that important? I say it is, but maybe not in the way you suspect...

You see, the is, similar to its forerunner, flawed. It's not all great, and whilst that applies to most mobile phones, with the Apple iPhone 3G, it's being built up as the ultimate phone. However, if you choose just ONE feature, the camera, you'll see that in that particular area it's mediocre at best, and at worst, utter garbage. In the current climate of mobile phones with cameras built in, that's a very bad thing. So, if it's not perfect, why is the Apple iPhone 3G so important? Well, it's simply because the Apple iPhone 3G, arriving soon on , has provoked other mobile phones to up their game. So, manufacturers like Nokia and Sony Ericsson are really battling to make up ground, and take the fight to this usurper. That's why it's important: the Apple iPhone 3G is forcing manufacturers to make better mobile phones, and hey, that's got to be a good thing for us, the customers!