The iPhone 3g goes “buh-bye”
I tried. I love the design. The apps are incredibly beautiful. But I can’t justify ~$1800 over two years for a phone whose battery doesn’t last a business day. Thus my iphone is going back shortly for a refund.
After about 8-9 hours it goes into “20% remaining” panic – that’s a death cookie. The treo I had before my blackberry did this, also, and the battery life will only get worse from here.
Also, although it’s amazing to listen to streaming Pandora audio on the freeway, the signature buzzing line noise goes on and off regularly – very annoying. I’m guessing either from 3g downloads of emails or as the device tries to find wifi for me. For that reason and also because it doesn’t have the 3-4 dedicated buttons of an ipod, it’s frustrating to use in the car.
Useful or fun “time killers” do seem to be the killer apps for iphone and other mobile app development. I like to check on current deals, used piano listings (craigslist, oodle), friends’ blogs, high tech industry news, etc, via google reader while standing in line or waiting for someone. Guessing the sweet spot is 30 seconds to 2 minutes per use.
Update: returned the iphone and wow, was it a pain at the Apple Store to do so. Don’t go before 10am, they aren’t “really” open and it takes a special employee to do the return. Took about 40 minutes for me, and they tried to send me home with a gift card because system had problem w/my (same) credit card.
