Any of you who have read my previous ‘iPhone vs G1′ post will know I am a HUGE Apple fan, and so inevitably I went out this afternoon and signed my life away to get the new iPhone 3G S. We have tried here at FlipCurve.com to fish through rumours of the new iPhone, and now finally it is here!!!

As any phone-geek is aware, the iPhone has never been about the spec-sheet, but rather about the way it does what phones do. It’s browser is second to none, the video playback is superb, and usability is stupidly simple (it makes pretty decent phone calls too).

The newest and biggest thing to occur with the latest incarnation, the 3G S, is the new software, OS 3.0. Apple, (rather nicely) made this available for download a day before the phone release for everyone who has the iPhone 3G, meaning not only does it look exactly the same as the previous model, but it has the same operating system. So it looks the same in every way… (almost). The iPhone 3G S owners will know they have the faster version, with twice the RAM etc… and a few will even have twice or even 4 times the memory if they opt for the 32GB version.

There are a couple of new shiny features, like voice control, digital compass, 3.2 megapixel camera (rather classily disguised, and not plastered all over the back of the phone like a Sony Ericsson), Video Recording and editing… All which work well. My favourite new adition, personally, is the voice control, I can’t imagine myself using it while the handset is in my hand, but whilst walking and listening to the iPod function I can press a button on my inline mic and command it to call anyone I like or change track. Genius!

Do I recommend it? Only if you don’t already have the iPhone 3G, just update your OS, but if you have any other phone… change it now!

Cam

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