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14.1 million iPhones sold last quarter, over 70 million since launch
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October 19, 2010
By: soyacincau
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Steve Jobs has been busy bitching about Android lately and he certainly has a good reason to brag. The official figures for iPhone have been revealed with a massive 14.1 million units sold by Q4. This is huge jump of 91% over the same period last year. Last quarter they managed to sell 8.4 million units.
In total we’re looking at a massive 73.5 million iPhones sold since the original iPhone was launched. Impressive accomplishment indeed.
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Will iOS 4.1 make things faster for the iPhone 3G?
Posted:
September 9, 2010
By: ccsoya
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Anyone who’s using the iPhone 3G and updated its OS to any variant of the iOS 4 are probably regretting the move. There’s no denying that iOS 4 have made the iPhone 3G unbearably sluggish. With promises of bug fixes and improvements in response and speed for iPhone 3G users, is the new iOS 4.1 worth the download?
While we wait for iOS 4.1 to be available for download, the good people at AnandTech ran some tests comparing the iOS 4.1 with it’s predecessor the iOS 4.0.1 and the iOS 3.1.3.
So what did the test reveal? You can read about the full test here. But the gist of it is that, although the iOS 4.1 does offer up improvements in terms of speed and response over the 4.0.1, it appears that the new generation of iOS is beyond the limits of the aging iPhone 3G with it’s 412Mhz processor and 128MB RAM.
“The bottom line is that if you have an iPhone 3G, iOS 4.1 will make you hate how slow your phone is a little less. Apple deserves credit for keeping a device just over 2 years old fully updated and supported. On the other hand, it’s obvious that Apple could have saved some face had it optimized the initial iOS 4.0 ARMv6 kernel for the iPhone 3G a little more than it initially bothered to.”
Conclusion, if you’re planning to keep your iPhone 3G for a couple more years, you might want to consider downgrading to a 3.1.3 if you can.
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iOS 4.1 vs iOS 4.0 on iPhone 3G
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September 4, 2010
By: soyacincau
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After the introduction of iOS 4, iPhone 3G users complained about slow performance after upgrading. Steve Jobs had purportedly responded by saying a fix was underway to solve these sluggish issues with the next iOS update.
During the big event few days back, Steve Jobs announced that the new iOS 4.1 update carries a lot of bug fixes for the iPhone 3G which we hope addresses the issue.
So has the iOS 4.1 fixed the slow issue? Gizmodo puts that to the test. Overall, it is faster than the previous iOS 4.0 especially when it comes to Maps.
Head after the jump for the video comparison.
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If you’re using the iPhone 3G and have the iOS4 running on it right now, odds are you must be cursing the day you made the upgrade from Apple OS 3.
It’s no secret that iPhone 3Gs running iOS4 suffer from laggy performance and slow everything, not to mention suffering from poor battery life. Well it seems that your slow iPhone 3G days are numbered. Apparently Apple and Steve Jobs have received enough complaints from disgruntled iPhone 3G iOS4 users that they are now working on a fix.
The email below was sent to the man himself by an iPhone 3G owner that has had enough:
I’ve waited patiently through 4.0.1 and 4.0.2, looking for a fix that will make my phone work again. I’ve read the forums that advise me to jailbreak my phone or use some other method so I can downgrade back to a version of iPhone 3, however I’m not prepared to use a method that is not supported by Apple.
The email produced a trademark Jobs reply:
Software update coming soon.
Sent from my iPhone
Well, that settles it then, there will be an update to fix the problems plagueing iPhone 3G users running iOS4, but there’s no set date, so it could be next month or it could be next year. At least, iPhone 3G user are ensured that there will be a fix. Here’s hoping the wait won’t be too long.
iOS 4.0.2 jailbroken by Redsn0w but only for iPhone 3G
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August 13, 2010
By: soyacincau
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Yesterday, Apple released iOS 4.0.2 which thwarts any chances of jailbreaking via Safari. Just a day after the new update, Redsn0w has already jailbroken it! Before you get excited, this jailbreak is only for the iPhone 3G. That’s right, 3G version only so 3GS and iPhone 4 users will not be able to jailbreak yet.
This redsn0w’s jailbreak is a bit more complicated as it requires you to download some utilities and firmwares to be flashed onto your device. Head to redmond pie on instructions to download.
VIDEO: iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, 4 Speed Comparison
Posted:
July 28, 2010
By: soyacincau
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Apple has released a total of 4 iPhones so far, the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and the latest iPhone 4. Performance is obviously improved with claims of “fastest iPhone yet” each time a new iPhone is announced.
So how much faster can it get? To make it easier, there’s a video demonstrating all 4 iPhones running apps such as Plants vs Zombie, Google Earth, Seadragon and Safari. As seen on the screenshot above, the latest iPhone 4 boasts up to 3X faster loading time on apps such as Plants and Zombie.
Head after the jump to watch the full video.
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iPhone 3G dropped and iPhone 3GS price slashed
Posted:
May 25, 2010
By: soyacincau
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According to a tip off, sales of the iPhone 3G has been frozen by AT&T signaling the end of the model. At the same time, the price of the iPhone 3GS has been reduced by Walmart with the 16GB version going for only $97.
All these changes are pointing that the iPhone HD/4G launch is near, making the iPhone 3GS the lowest entry level model in the market. Maxis did the same thing last year when iPhone 3GS was launched.
Lets just see how soon Maxis & DiGi will react towards these market changes for iPhones.
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DiGi to bring in iPhone 3G & 3G S
Posted:
March 3, 2010
By: soyacincau
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DiGi has officially announced that they will be offering the iPhone 3G S by middle of this year. This announcement is certainly great news especially when Maxis, the first to offer the iPhone in Malaysia is plague by network data congestion and long waiting list for the device.
With this DiGi has ended Maxis monopoly of the iPhone game in Malaysia for about a year since its launch of iPhone 3G in March 2009. Now we just have to see how DiGi packages and price the iPhone 3G S to offer some real competitive advantage.
In another note, we also hope that DiGi have studied the impact of the iPhone on Maxis in terms of device stock availability and network capacity. To date, DiGi has been getting rave reviews on their Turbo3G network but is it ready to withstand the massive data consumption of iPhone users?
If you’re a DiGi customer or a potential customer who are looking to switch to a telco with iPhone 3G alternative, do drop your email to register your interest.
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iPhone 3G: 2 more days to the second wave
Posted:
August 20, 2008
By: ccsoya
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In the midst of all the WiMAX excitement, this is just a friendly reminder to all the iPhone 3G fans out there.
Mark 22 August on your calendar.
In less than two days the second wave of iPhone 3G launches will hit 20 new countries. One of them is our neighbor across the causeway, Singapore and none of them is us – Malaysia.
In the build up to the Singapore release, exclusive (for a limited time till StarHub and M1 comes in) device partner SingTel has released its price plan to complement the sought after device.
Check out our sister blog iPhone3GforMalaysia on some of the details.
Maxis, Celcom, DiGi, U Mobile – so how? Malaysia Boleh right?
Maxis to offer iPhone 3G under RM1000?
Posted:
July 11, 2008
By: soyacincau
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A little bean has informed us that the Malaysian Insider reported that Maxis will offer iPhone 3G in Malaysia at a competitive price below RM1K. We are unable to verify if this true at the moment and there are no further details on the contract period, plan offers & content bundling.
Anyway, don’t forget to check out www.iphone3gformalaysia.com and show your support for an iPhone 3G in Malaysia.
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