If we had any brains, we wouldn’t be pissing away money on over-priced, over-hyped gadgets like the iPhone 3G.
But we are human after all (though many readers of the SearchIndia.com blog may disagree here) and so we succumbed to the twin banes of American capitalism - temptation and hype.
Yes, we trudged over to the AT&T store this morning and got ourselves a 16GB Black iPhone 3G.
The 16GB iPhone 3G costs $299+$36 Activation Fee (for new customers).
Here’s our preliminary take on the iPhone 3G.
What we like about the new iPhone 3G:
1. Design - Sleek
2. Sound Quality - Good
3. Phone (both Calling & Receiving) - Good
4. Video/Phone Priority - If you are watching a video and someone calls you, the video pauses to give you the option of taking the call
5. Video Quality - Very Good on Wi-Fi; OK on 3G.
We played three songs - the hot favorite Pappu Can’t Dance from the recent Bollywood hit Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and the Tamil song En Chella Peru Apple (Pokiri) from YouTube on both 3G and Wi-Fi. Yes, we also watched baby elephant Neetu Singh (Ranbhir Kapoor’s mother) displaying her plump thighs in the Lekar Hum, Diwana Dil dance number (Yaadon Ki Baarat).
6. iTunes - One of the biggest draws of the iPhone is the integration of Apple’s iTunes music store and the ease of buying songs. We checked out English, Hindi and Tamil songs - there is a cornucopia of Indian music