Confused between 3gs and 4g

[a_t_u_l]

I need to buy an iPhone for my wife.
The arising issue with 4g has got me confused where as to buy 4g or go for 3gs. I dont have much knowledge of iPhone.
I dont want the hassle of jailbreaking and all that and my wife is on vadofone would prefer a locked vodafone. That way the phone can be upgraded to new firmware or thats how my understanding is.
Any idea or 4g user to highlight if the network issue is really that big.
kindly remove time and Please advice...

 

[tech_savy]

hey u should definitely wait for iphone4

 

[a_t_u_l]

iphone 4 is already available in grey market or some ppl selling it in india.
but lot of ppl online are complaining abt the network reception problem.

 

[demonic]

^^^if u gonna buy an iPhone 4 then better start learning to hold a phone the way "jobs" does.:jumpy:

Btw the iPhone 4 is way better n generations ahead if u can live wid the reception problem or work a way around it.

 

[tejo]

the reception problem is said to be a software issue by apple and might get solved with a software update, get an officially unlocked iphone 4 if you can find it else a officially unlocked 3gs, they dont sell officially in india so make sure u get a factory unlocked version to avoid hassles

 

[Anish]

Sorry for OT but what are the iPhone 4 grey prices in India like?

 

[gforce]

Sorry for OT but what are the iPhone 4 grey prices in India like?

+1

Any ideas guys?

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

^

Last time I checked pre orders were as high as 75k in heera panna mumbai.

It should be around 45k to 50k now for 16gigs

55k on ebay

 

[a_t_u_l]

dont hijack my thread

search ebay man.
it starts from 42k onwards.
but with the network issue does it seems fit to buy.

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

^

Network issues would be sorted out in next sw update.

 

[desiibond]

I need to buy an iPhone for my wife.

The arising issue with 4g has got me confused where as to buy 4g or go for 3gs. I dont have much knowledge of iPhone.

I dont want the hassle of jailbreaking and all that and my wife is on vadofone would prefer a locked vodafone. That way the phone can be upgraded to new firmware or thats how my understanding is.

Any idea or 4g user to highlight if the network issue is really that big.

kindly remove time and Please advice...

why are you even thinking here? go and get iphone 4G! It's miles ahead of 3GS

 

[apextwin146]

I would suggest you to hold on that purchase as of now. Let the initial batch of phones get sold so that all the production flaws/defects come into light. Get one by the end of July since then it would have been launched in HK too which would mean u would get cheaper in Grey market

 

[Rahul++]

Spare some 10k more and go for iPhone 4 as it is way better than 3gs. You'll get the best screen ever made for phone

eBay.in has some good deals for iPhone 4 -

eBay India: Genuine Apple iPhone 4 - 16GB - Black - Ready Shipping! (item 130404549104 end time 01-Jul-2010 01:43:25 IST)

 

[sydras]

If you buy the 4G now, you will be doing R&D for Apple i.e. you will be taking a chance with newly released hardware with potential bugs. If you are ok with this then go ahead.

 

[hA1d3R]

thats a really tough decision to make

 

[Rahul++]

One thing you can do is to wait for sometime till 'solid' reviews from experts comes out. It will hardly take less than month, geeks are dying to review this extremely powerful gadget :bleh:

 

[kreacher]

Just wait for (rumored) 4.01 firmware and see the results or you could spend some extra money on an iPhone Bumper and buy it now.

 

[a_t_u_l]

Thankyou everyone for your replies, no doubt 4g is far superior in performance compared to 3gs. Hope its a software issue but as per few discussion the reception issue if resolved through firmware upgrade will lead to more power consumption. Already the battery life isnt very impressive. And as nothing can be done on hardware end we will have to live with it.
Looking forward to a stable 4G.