Apple iPhone 16GB Review
The Apple iPhone-16GB is the largest capacity model of the first run of Apple’s infamous iPhone. When it was released, the Apple iPhone-16GB was one of a kind, featuring a touch screen and a touch screen alone. It had no keys. It lacked support for a stylus. You had to do everything with your fingers. Truly a groundbreaking device. However, despite the incredible style, the amazing ease of use, and the loads of high tech features, the Apple iPhone-16GB still has a few drawbacks.
The Apple iPhone-16GB is a quad band GSM phone which can be used anywhere in the world simply by swapping out the SIM card. Unfortunately, the Apple iPhone-16GB lacks 3G support, so data transfer is limited to the slow GPRS/EDGE network.
Measuring in at approximately four and a half inches by two and a half inches by a half an inch, the Apple iPhone-16GB is a pretty hefty phone, though it can still fit in your pocket without much difficulty. At a weight of 135 grams, it is quite heavy too.
Battery life on the Apple iPhone-16GB is rather impressive considering that this device is like a miniature Apple laptop in terms of features and functionality. Expect to get about eight hours of talk time or 250 hours of standby time on a single charge. However, you will burn through that battery much faster considering that you can also use the Apple iPhone-16GB to browse the web, listen to music, watch videos, and much more.
The Apple iPhone-16GB features a best in class touch screen at the front of the device. It is 3.5 inches in size, capable of displaying 320 by 480 pixels and supports 16 million colors. It also supports a multi-touch interface where you can use more than one of your fingers simultaneously to control the phone, dial numbers, browse photos, select songs, and type emails or text messages.
At the rear of the phone is a 2.0 megapixel camera. It’s unfortunate that such a low quality camera was added, though there are additional programs you can download to make full use of the camera’s functionality.
Multimedia functions include support for a wide variety of video and audio formats. While there is no support for expandable memory, the Apple iPhone-16GB does come with 16GB of high speed flash memory built into the phone.
The Apple iPhone-16GB also runs a slightly scaled down version of Apple’s famous Mac OS X operating system. This provides users with its best in class Safari browser, as well as a native email program, iPod music and video player, iTunes support, and more. Furthermore, as of July 11, the Apple iPhone-16GB will also support downloadable software from third parties, including games to rival the Sony PSP or Nintendo DS.
Other features include 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth support, a large phone book, visual voicemail, an alarm, a calendar, a stopwatch, Google Maps support, YouTube support, weather, stocks, Adobe PDF support, Microsoft Word and Excel support, a calculator, email support, and more.
Pros
-Extremely easy to use
-Tons of features
-Attractive design
-Decent battery life
-16GB memory built in
Cons
-No 3G support
-Poor camera
-No expandable memory
Overall
The Apple iPhone-16GB is really the ultimate consumer phone. It packs in the most widely used features of a laptop or other personal computer into a device as small as the palm of your hand. With a truly unique spin on the mobile market, the Apple iPhone-16GB is an amazing device, only to be trumped come July by the iPone 3G which offers 3G support. While the Apple iPhone-16GB is truly an incredible piece of equipment, it is recommended that you hold off on purchase until its successor, the iPhone 3G becomes available.
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