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[sanchez1980us]

Hello iphone addicts in a few days im leaving blackberry and getting me a 32g iphone 3gs in white. I was just wondering what are the pros and cons of the iphone?

[jtshurtleff]

pros-the phone is very easy to use but is very deep and is capable of more than any phone, ipod works great, apps are awesome and texting is done best on this phone than any other. safari is also the best browser on a mobile device period.
cons-apple's restrictions are kind of annoying to some, but i don't mind paying them for everything since they make quality products.

[garys11]

Welcome to the Dark Side.
My Blackberry has been in 'Paperweight' mode for the past 4 months since I came over..

[iBoxtaboy]

Congrats. My wife and I both switched from Blackberries recently to the 32gb 3Gs. Her's white, mine black. We both like the iPhone more than our previous blackberries but there are some drawbacks.

Pros: the iphone's browser, iPod, and application library beats the socks off the blackberry. If you like to use your phone to keep you entertained and kill time besides just making phone calls and checking/sending emails, you will love the iPhone. With my blackberry's browser, I couldn't even track a package on the UPS site because the berry's browser couldn't handle scripts correctly.

Cons: battery life is a concern with the iPhone because the screen is bigger, and with all the multi-media you'll be using on the iPhone, it'll suck up juice faster. The email delivery is not as reliable as what blackberry offers. Sometimes I have to open my email app just to find out that I have email waiting for me, so notifications just don't always come thru. I miss the red LED message indicator that the blackberry had.

Overall though, we prefer the iPhone to the Berry.

[ksundar]

If emails are damn important,then there is no point in leaving BlackBerry,it is still THE BEST!
Since there is frequent "Outage" problem with MobileMe! I use my BOLD along with 3GS,

When it comes to anything else apart from mails,then there is NO match for iPhone 3GS,ultimate in multimedia,browsing,games,utilities and so on and on....endless...!

[ctt1wbw]

The iPhone still can do email. It's a myth that the Blackberry is better at email. I have my Gmail set up as an Exchange account and there are no outages like Blackberry. And even if Google has GMail problems, you still can use the rest of the data services, unlike when Blackberry went down.

[sanchez1980us]

Thanks guys for the reply's i really cant wait to get my iphone so excited.

[nellybelly333]

Originally Posted by sanchez1980us

Thanks guys for the reply's i really cant wait to get my iphone so excited.

I remember how excited I was when I was waiting to get my iPhone. You are making a great choice! This site is a great place to find tips and tricks as well.

Goodluck!

[drian]

Worst thing about the iPhone No flash support

[ctt1wbw]

For the life of me, I can't understand why people say that it is a drawback.