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Ask HN: Which mobile phone would you buy?
I need to get a new phone and was wondering what suggestions HN has. I was waiting for Android, but I can't wait forever. And it seems like there are a lot of problems with the new iPhone. What do you currently have or what would you get? Any general suggestions are greatly appreciated - thanks!
- mrjbq7 18y agoI love the new iPhone 3G. And the SDK, plus the distribution that the App Store provides, makes a compelling combination. Battery life is a little light, but the screen (oh the screen!) and wifi, gps, bluetooth, 3G, EDGE, etc.
- geuis 18y agoI have the iPhone 3G after upgrading from my first-gen iPhone. Honestly, it's not any more useful than the old one. 3G sucks the battery in only a couple of hours. I live in San Francisco and the 3G coverage is so sporadic and unreliable it switches back to edge anyway. I mainly just leave 3G off. The gps is next to useless. It doesn't matter if I'm inside or outside, it never really works. I can be side by side with a Garmin that locates me exactly while the iphone only sees a 10 block radius. So basically, buy an iPhone. I absolutely loved my first-gen. Had it jailbroken for the better part of a year. Edge was slow, but was reliable. The jailbroke apps that the hacker community put together were much better than the crap that's coming out of the App Store. It's a great phone, but 3g/gps isn't the reason why.
- ca98am79 18y agointeresting - thanks very much for the comment