Anyways, I took the decission back in feb 2010 that I would be buying a new iPhone and that I would have it on release day! Afterall my old 3G was getting a bit tatty and looking a little worse for wear but it’s been an amazing little iPhone has my 3G! Its been through the thick and thin, and even has continued to work after water damage!

So here where my options. Im on the UK mobile network “Three.co.uk” and while they are actually one of the best UK 3G carriers, they dont offically support the iPhone.
I’ve been using them for years and years and managed to get my iPhone 3g to work with them with some cool little software settings.

So i was a bit upset when I heard that only O2, Orange, Vodaphone and T-Mobile were going to be getting the iPhone 4. Then in early June 2010, Apple announced that the iPhone 4 was going to be released with Three!

That left me in the middle… Choosing tariffs, arggg…

Tarrifs, Do I stay or do I go?

I Did alot of research with this, and although I dont want to bore you with to much detail, I worked out that a 18 month contract @ around £35 a month would make the phone and contract together a whopping £900 for 18 months. That also means that when the new iPhone 4s or iPhone 5 as it might be called comes out I won’t be able to upgrade as i’ll still have 6months left on my contract.

That aside, I didnt want to be tied down to any contract or any particular carrier, So i bought the iPhone 4 Outright. Its factory unlocked, and for that it was well worth it!

Performance over the 3Gs and living without JailBrake

Well having had the use of all generation of iPhone’s I actually can tell that the iPhone 4 is rather much more quicker than its little sister the 3Gs, When you place the two side by side and start to use them in an identical manor the speed differences are so obvious and second to non that the iPhone 4 is the quicker of the two by at least 2 times. I had this when I compared the iPhone 3g with the iPhone 3Gs.

After playing around for a while, I was leaving the old iPhone at home even though I do need a few of my jailbroken cydia applications. Now while my iPhone 4 is not yet jailbroken, I dont fee the need as much as I thought I would to require a Jailbroken iPhone.

Now I know that there isn’t a long wait now for the iPhone 4 jailbreak to be released the apps in which I do require like MyWi and Auto Silent will soon be available on my iPhone 4, I can only honestly say I’ve not overly missed my Jailbrake!

Overall Conclusion

Im well in pressed with the iPhone 4, and I know that its the best thing I’ve bought in a long while. Even with all the reception issues, Which may I add havn’t been that bad with the carrier “Three.co.uk” While other who use the same phone on O2 are having somewhat differnt results.

I’ve not had a call drop out, or anyone not able to hear me via the normal phone call method. Skype has has its issues but thats due to bad wifi and bandwidth issues, but that aside The phone itself is twice if not 3 times better than my old iPhone! Im truely impressed!

Update

I’ve recently installed MyWi on iOS4 and My3G and I’m really truely impressed! I’ve now turned my iPhone into a Wifi access point and can now also use Facetime over 3. Although FaceTime wasn’t designed to work over 3G I’ve not had any more or less issues than I do at work or home with using the wifi access point.

This I openly admit has nothing to do with that either! So I set out looking into VoIP one night after reading that I could make calls world wide without actually spending alot of money, which im sure apeals to most people. After reading for a good few hours, I already had multiple accounts with various voip websites all of which where offering different services, but mainly they consisted of the same basic needs.

After a few hours I had 3 Land Line PTSN numbers directed via VOIP to my PC and I could make calls to any UK landlines for free. After now finding out how to setup a PBX server and have all the PSTN calls forward to that server and I can now recieve calls from my old phone line to anywhere in the world, and if I really want to be cool I can call them back from my home landline, even if im on my jollies anywhere in the world! Technology, You’ve got’a love it!