Comments on: iPhone 3GS – Day 1 Impressions – Speed Demon

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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:39:21 +0000

[…] I was the most keen to see on the new iPhone 3GS. As I’ve mentioned before – in my Day 1 impressions post about the 3GS – I find it more than a little disappointing so […]

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:16:01 +0000

In reply to Terry. Glad OS 3.0 is treating you well. :)

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:34:56 +0000

In reply to Martin.

Martin – actually the App Store is local app (a built in one) – and the performance increase in loading it is huge. Also, Twitterrific, Tweetie, and AP Mobile are all local apps, not web apps, though they are pulling web-based content. I think the point is native apps – when pulling some web-based contents or other content types – are rendering graphics and pages much, much more quickly than on the 3G.
I don't believe the majority of even my very non-comprehensive little tests reflect faster WiFi / 3G network speeds – WiFi tests were all done on my home WiFi network, which has certainly not improved in speed of late.
The page loading / rendering etc improvements – IMO – are almost certainly the result of having a much faster processor in the 3GS.
Thanks very much for the kind words as well Martin!

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:29:03 +0000

In reply to Sebastien.

LOL – Voice Control has misunderstood my mongrel (half brit / half american) accent several times as well. 🙂

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:43:02 +0000

Interesting, so every quick-test you performed, with exception, was testing the speed at which a web page or web application loaded? The exception being the camera test (proprietary application), where a one (1) second difference was reported between the 3G and 3Gs. Please correct me if I am wrong, but does not the majority of your 'speed tests' have more to do with wifi/3G data transfer rate/throughput than the hardware specs of each model? You say it 'feels' faster, but only offer up comparisions that are entirey contingent upon outside variables.

Then again, maybe I just need to sit back, shut up, keep reading, and see how all this hashes out in the next few weeks, huh? I think old age is making me more and more synical…

Regardless of my nitpicking, keep up the good work, Patrick!

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:08:25 +0000

Hell yeah!!! Speed it is! I am so impressed by the speed! I almost gave up on TweetDeck for iPhone when I was still on 2.2 because it was just too slooow and crashing all the time. On 3.0, TweetDeck is lightning fast. Safari on 3G is also great. I don't really like the voice command thing though. By the time you push 2 seconds on the home button, start saying what you want, and actually have it work, you're better off doing it "manually" on the phone. Besides, I don't think voice command likes my thick French accent…

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:11:46 +0000

TC – I have atually found that the 3g OS makes my 2g phone much faster. My wife's pages are loading much slower…haven't upgraded her's yet.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:07:39 +0000

In reply to fdase. The 3G has been restored not long ago during while using 3.0 Beta 5.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:06:49 +0000

In reply to mmnowakjr85. Great stuff - the performance improvement for V1 owners has to feel just huge.

By: fdase

fdase — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:15:19 +0000

That's one slow as hell iphone 3g. I bet if you restore it, things would go quicker.

By: mmnowakjr85

mmnowakjr85 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:29:14 +0000

Just got mine set up after having an iPhone 2g for the past year. A world of difference!

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:41:14 +0000

Peteo – cool – glad to hear you're liking the speed as well.

By: Peteo

Peteo — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:30:40 +0000

Really loving the 3gs.It's way faster than my 3g. Safari browsing over wifi feels just like your on a computer now