It’s All About Apple iPhone 3G “S”

After a number of rumors and gossip, the long awaited next gen iPhone 3G has finally launched with an “S” suffixed to its name which, they say, signifies its increased Speed. Apple unveiled the iPhone 3GS at Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8th, 2009 ago. Digging out the rumors provide a clue that Apple is using a new chip to crank up the performance. Now some questions arise: What makes it so fast? What processors do they use that makes it superior? What’s inside the iPhone 3G S? How much its price for sale? What buyers exactly can get in iPhone and didn’t? …and other similar questions.

So here’s i make a comprehensive analysis will try to answer all of those questions, also will cover a lot of aspects of iPhone 3GS. Take a note that this analysis heavily based on Fast Company’s article.

Processor :
The “S” in iPhone 3G S stands for SPEED! With the help of new built-in processor, launching applications and rendering webpages are much faster that before as we speculated. Apple claims that launching messages is 2.1 times faster, loading New York Times is 2.9 times faster in Safari. The processor also consumes less energy which is reflected in increased battery life.

A majority of smartphones today, including the previous versions of iPhone are based on some version of an application processor from ARM. The cortex A8 is a more recent and faster version of ARM design. ARM claims that its Cortex A8 is the highest performance and most power efficient processor available from ARM. It can scale up the speed from 600 MHz to higher than 1GHz. ARM claims that its Cortex A8 is the highest performance and most power efficient processor available from ARM. It can scale up the speed from 600 MHz to higher than 1GHz.

However, as mentioned on a various information sources that the features of the iPhone 3G S include 256 RAM” and 600 MHz-processor. It is important to notice that there are 600MHz ARM processors available based on older designs, so the new cortex A8 is not the only option.

Connectivity :

The “S” also stands for faster 7.2 Mbps 3G connectivity. This option will stream in data faster if the service provider supports for that. The other connectivity options include Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE, WiFi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

Graphics Display :

The display seems to be identical to the original 3.5 inch widescreen multitouch display of iPhone 3G though there were rumours about OLED screens. But those screens come pretty expensive and it is almost impossible to deliver OLED screen maintaining the same price point. Any way the display comes with a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating which may help you soothe the pain of not getting the OLED screen. The iPhone 3GS includes new 3D graphics support which will be able to run faster and more complicated 3D games.

Design :

The design remains unchanged. The new phone looks absolutely identical with the old phone from outside including the same glossy finish of the back and the same form factor of 4.5X2.4X0.48 inches. The weight increases only a bit from previous 133 grams to 135 grams, I wonder if that can be called a weight gain at all!

Anyway, the same form factor is a bless for the iPhone accessories makers at least. And oh! Apple goes green. They are using Aresenic free glass and BDF-Free, Mercury-Free LCD for the screen.

Camera :

As expected, the camera resolution is increased to 3 MP though we speculated it to be of 3.2 MP resolution. Anyway Apple may be rounding off that figure to 3MP. We will get to know the exact resolution when we get hands on the device. The camera is equipped with auto focus, which means the leaked screenshot with blue rectangle for focusing any object was real.

Storage :

The leaks revealed that the capacity would be 16GB and 32GB and it came to be exactly matching the truth.

Battery Life :

As speculated, the battery life has increased upto 50% from the previous one. According to Apple, the battery is capable of providing 12 hours of talktime on 2G, 5 hours on 3G, 300 hours standby time, 5 hours of internet use on 3G, 9 hours of WiFi use, 10 hours of video and 30 hours of audio. I must say that it’s a pretty good standard battery if it goes as claimed.

Price & Availability :

As expected, the price points remain the same despite a good improvement in the hardware. The 16GB version is available for $199 and 32GB model is available for $299. Anyway, AT&T is charging more for the phone and you have to spend $599 for the 16GB and $699 for the 32GB model. What the hell! AT&T is really crazy!.

Overall :

At the end of the day, we can only say that the new iPhone 3G S is just an expected evolution on the original iPhone 3G. There is nothing revolutionary that that can drive another craze for the latest iPhone. But the changes have erased its flaws and made it an irresistible champion. Can iPhone 3GS beat Palm Pre? What do you think?

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