iPhone 3g … Problems With Reception, UI Performance, GPS and Battery Life!
Well, 7 days later.
Call me unimpressed so far.
1. Battery life with the 2.0 firmware is horrible. 3g Phone can’t make it a single day even if I turn off 3g. My older iPhone would last all day with no problems. I am hearing from friends at work with original iPhone updated with 2.0 firmware and are having serious battery life issues. I have a theory that the battery life and the reception problems are linked. I suspect that the phone is powering up the radio excessively sometimes to boost signal and this is chewing up the battery. I notice sometimes that the phone gets hot in my pocket at random times. A reset fixes the problems. See these threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1610483&tstart=0 and http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1609372&tstart=0
2. Stability with the UI. Lots of lag. The unlock slider is frequently not smooth, the contact list lags and the search box is horrible. See these threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7636899 and http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1603058&tstart=0
3. 3G signal reception. 3G is unusable. Frequent 1 bar, dropped calls, dead calls. See this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1602608&tstart=0
4. Location services problems. Frequently when i got to the maps application and attempt to use the GPS to locate me the UI spins, I get a cellular triangulation and then nothing. Pressing the locate button then does nothing until I restart the phone. See this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1615206&tstart=0
Let’s hope Apple can get this fixed!?
