Since I’d already upgraded the software to 3.0, some of the changes weren’t quite as dramatic as they might have been (frex I already had Spotlight search). But overall, I’m pleased with the new phone.
Although some people said the 3G was too slippery, I haven’t yet found it that way, and I’m still carrying it with no case. The curved back definitely feels different in my pocket though.
The oleophobic screen really does seem to make a difference — it gets less dirty and is easier to clean.
One unexpected plus is the new earbud remote. It’s now possible to change volume without pulling out the phone. (It had already been easy, since the volume button is easily located by feel.) Also, you can start music just from the remote — with my old iPhone, I had to first wake the device.
Speaking of volume, this phone is a lot louder than the 2007 model.
The GPS and compass are nice, though their accuracy doesn’t seem quite as great as I had expected. While sometimes I’ve seen it accurately track me as I walked down a sidewalk, it put me on the opposite corner of a downtown intersection.
Web browsing is a lot faster. It’s harder to tell the difference with other applications, though one that always crashed (Glyder) no longer does — presumably the extra RAM makes a difference here.
So far, I’ve gotten a 3G signal almost all the time. It took over a week before I saw my first EDGE symbol.
I have had some problems with it attaching to my AirPort — when it wakes it sees the base station, but doesn’t use it. (After a few minutes it does, and I’ve got an open bug with Apple I need to gather more data for.)
Basically, it’s an incremental improvement over the original. And for me, enough of an improvement to be worth it.
I’m not pleased that AT&T is going to charge me more for 3G, and that the basic plan no longer includes text messages.
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