iPhone EDGE over 3G choices re-hashed... why?

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Tuesday, 26 February 2008 16:27

Your IT - Mobility

Yes, 3G does use up more power than 2G. As I said previously, it’s well known.

But the 3.5G Nokia N95, which was known to be a battery hog, has performed with much, much better battery life ever since the v20 firmware update that stopped open but unused applications from draining the battery, using ‘demand paging’.

This has made my N95 a much longer lasting device, even if I accidentally leave the browser or some other app open, something which used to be a big battery killer.

I do love my iPhone’s battery life, though, and I’m sure that, had it launched with 3G originally, battery life wouldn’t have been as impressive. But we only need to look at the MacBook Air to see than even Apple can get battery life wrong sometimes, too.

Sorry to be so harsh, Seth Weintraub. But please can you post something new and exciting, like maybe why Apple should ditch 2G and get with the 3.5G program?

Re-hashing the reasons why Apple’s 2G iPhone was such an amazing decision is nice and all, but it’s not a revelation, it’s not news and it’s not insightful blogging.

I hope your fuller Computerworld article proves me wrong, maybe I won’t be quite so cranky.