Apple is advertising that the new iPhone 3G is twice as fast..

But what i want to know is twice as fast in what? Processing performance ? Connectivity using internet?

cause what i'm worried is our 1st Gen iPhone could not take the 2nd Gen iPhone apps due to the 2nd Gen iPhone being "twice as fast" compared to our 1st gen ones

twice as fast in Internet connection speed if you are in 3G area..

Curent iPhone Edge do support all app in iPhone 3G firmware 2.0

The software is the same..just the hardware able you to run faster

Speed(3G)

oh so the processing speed for the 1st gen iphones is the same as the 2nd gen just that the 2nd gen has 3G which is faster speed compared to edge ?

Twice as fast compared to previous EDGE connection. That was one of the bullet-points given by Jobs during the keynote.

Yes,you right...
++GPS(not sure working on Malaysia or not)
++You will get alot of finger print at the back and the front..

lol.. thanks for the clarification on this matter.. i was worried my phone wouldn't be able to support 2.0 apps..

anyway i heard the new gen iphone the back casing is plastic instead of aluminium due to the aluminium interfering with signal connectivity? true/false ?

Yes. With the addition of a GPS receiver inside the new iPhone 3G, you need as big a receiving surface not affected by interference to allow optimum GPS reception. Otherwise, Apple would have to use protruding form factor that would ruin the look of the iPhone.

Most of the oversea user say it feel even better when you hold it compare to iPhone EDGE...I hope i can try one soon...lol

This post has been edited by ff8ong: Jul 13 2008, 07:30 PM

Which has positioned the EDGE iPhone as non-worthy ones too, a little embarrassment there.

how does the GPS receiver work for the iPhone 3g? is it like those in our cars ? or does it requires 3G and it charges by the amount of data transferred?

On the contrary, I rather like EDGE speeds. They are constant and stable. My last encounter with 3G is with Celcom Mobile Broadband, and that is embarassing to see the 3G speeds barely crawl past EDGE.

Same. The catch here is you cant cache the map via Google Map, and have to rely on 3G connection to download the mapon areas you're driving. Without unlimited 3G plans, your bill would be astronomical.

what it the service provider network slow?
still as fast as wired network?

how about iPhone specification in term of hardware?

The same specs as per previous model, with the inclusion of 3G and GPS chip, as well as a warmer temperature display screen. The previous EDGE iPhone screens are skewed towards colder temperature, meaning they are biased towards color blue. The new 3G model is biased towards yellow, and warmer colors, hence why you see the initial report saying that the screen having a yellowish tint.

Did I miss anything?

Addition: Improved speaker volume and headphone jack design.

Improve build quality....maybe

stringfellow, and I thought the GPS on iPhone does not capable of giving turn by turn GPS directions?

yes it is. the slightly more slim iphone 3g does make the difference.

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Added on July 13, 2008, 8:58 pmits exactly the same as google map with the directions, from-to route, but with the addition of a dot as your position.

This post has been edited by youngkies: Jul 13 2008, 08:58 PM

You can't drive and get GPS routing/directions right?

a normal gps is able to get routing/directions while driving.. i'm not sure bout the iphone 3g.. need to check it out..