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[Rene Ritchie]

Right after the iPhone 3G came out, we posted a tip on how to turn off 3G and run on the older, slower EDGE standard to save battery life. Some people, who live in areas *still* lacking 3G coverage have no choice but to run on EDGE. Still others suffer so many dropped calls and other network problems they've downgraded to EDGE out of sheer frustration.

Based on the comments we received on the rumors of Apple re-releasing a new, low-end, iPhone 2G, there may be more iPhone 3G owners running on EDGE than we imagined.

So we're asking you. Who here is running his or her iPhone 3G on EDGE and why?

Let us know in the comments or head on over to the forum and make it all scientific-ish in our poll.

[shutter]

Edge cause no 3G where I live or work. If I am in a 3G area I will turn it on for faster internet speeds and internet + voice capability, otherwise I turn it off.

[llofte]

I used EDGE if I have WiFi to save battery life. But if I don't have access to WiFi, then I'm on 3G.

So I chose "NO"...

[vanishingvision7]

Horrendous battery life forces me to go to EDGE.
Was planning on buying mophie then heard of the new iPhone speculations so holding off....... I torture myself >.<

[rknowlt]

3G finally came to my town about a month ago. Still in honeymoon stages with it. Uses more battery, but really, how long am I away from an outlet for in today's world?

[jasonact]

There needs to be another option to reflect those of us who use 3G regularly but switch to EDGE when battery life is concerned. For example, Mondays are always a long day for me, so I usually turn off 3G early in the day, but I have it on most other times.

[Jeremy Sikora]

EDGE? Whats EDGE? 3G all the way.

[JohnH59]

We just got 3G in our area about a month ago. I thought I would be turning off 3G to save battery, but battery life has not been a problem. I do have a charger in my vehicle as well as at home and work. Although I don't need to use them much.

I keep 3G on due to simultaneous voice and data. I haven't had one dropped/miss call with 3G. I was missing calls with Edge since you can't have voice and data at the same time.

[taylorh]

A little pet peve of mine. You don't run on EDGE, your run on GSM. But never mind that.
I wish I could lock the iPhone to 3G so it would not fall back to GSM when I have perfectly good 3G coverage. You know, like I can lock my other phones to 3G.
The darn thing falls back to GSM and stays there and never goes back to 3G.

Calls sound so much better on 3G I hate to use GSM when I don't have to.

[Justin]

EDGE is why I didn't buy the first iPhone. So No!